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India's Power Crisis: 22 States Raise Tariffs, Discoms Still Struggle
4 months, 1 week ago

India's Power Crisis: 22 States Raise Tariffs, Discoms Still Struggle

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Twenty-two out of 28 states have gone for power tariff hike post-elections. Despite an uptrend in tariff hikes in a few states in recent years, discoms continue to incur losses due to increase in power purchase cost, operating inefficiencies and high debt burden. Discoms continued to have weak operating efficiencies, as reflected by higher-than-regulator-approved aggregate technical and commercial losses, …

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No power tariff hike except for railways in Andhra Pradesh, says APERC Chairman
9 months, 1 week ago

No power tariff hike except for railways in Andhra Pradesh, says APERC Chairman

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has stated that there will not be any revision in the power tariff for the financial year 2024-25 except for the railways. There are apprehensions that the power tariff would be hiked to bridge the gap, when the APERC conducted public hearings, he said, adding, “the State government has communicated to the APERC that …

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UPERC may not revise power tariff for fourth consecutive year
1 year, 6 months ago

UPERC may not revise power tariff for fourth consecutive year

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh Regulatory Commission, which may issue the power tariff order for the year 2023-24 by the weekend after a prolonged exercise, is unlikely to make any tariff revision despite discoms’ demand, people in the know of things said. UPERC has been insisting that discoms should increase their income, improve their efficiency by reducing line losses, and not through …

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No power tariff hike for domestic consumers in AP
1 year, 8 months ago

No power tariff hike for domestic consumers in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: There will be no hike in tariff of power supplied to domestic consumers, while the state government will pay ₹10,135.22 crores for supplying free power to farmers and subsidised power to SCs, STs, MBCs and aqua farmers, APERC chairman C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy has announced. Releasing the retail supply tariff order for the financial year 2023–24 in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, …

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No hike in power tariff
1 year, 8 months ago

No hike in power tariff

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission did not increase retail supply tariff for the 2023-24 financial year which covers the period of the Assembly elections scheduled in December. Besides, the state government decided to pay the pending true-up charges of Rs 12,718.40 crore, something that the electricity distribution companies had wanted to collect from consumers. Speaking to reporters here …

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Public hearing conducted by TSERC
1 year, 9 months ago

Public hearing conducted by TSERC

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Power consumers strongly spoke against the electricity utilities’ proposal to increase charges under different heads, here on Friday night. The consumers made it clear that the distribution companies should first collect arrears from the government departments, corporate hospitals and educational institutions and only then approach common consumers. Farmers' leaders said that despite providing 24x7 supply for the agricultural sector, …

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No proposal from discoms for domestic power tariff hike: APERC chairman
1 year, 11 months ago

No proposal from discoms for domestic power tariff hike: APERC chairman

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy said on Thursday that no discom has sent proposals to hike the domestic power tariff. He said the commission would take decisions keeping in mind the financial position of the discoms and by protecting the interests of the consumers and overall health of the power distribution companies in the …

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No power tariff hike in Telangana for next year
2 years ago

No power tariff hike in Telangana for next year

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Power consumers have got good news ahead of the New Year 2023: Telangana power distribution companies — Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company Limited and Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited — have not proposed any increase in the existing power tariff for 2023-24 financial year. According to power tariff proposals that the discoms have submitted to the …

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Explained | Power tariff revisions and the state of DISCOMs
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Power tariff revisions and the state of DISCOMs

The Hindu  

The story so far: On July 13, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation filed a general retail power tariff revision petition with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission proposing to hike power tariffs by 10% to 35%. While announcing the government’s decision to increase the tariff, Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji maintained that the proposed power tariff hike will not …

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Delhi: Hike in PPAC cost will not impact consumers, says Arvind Kejriwal
2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi: Hike in PPAC cost will not impact consumers, says Arvind Kejriwal

Live Mint  

With the cost of electricity increasing in Delhi with hike in power purchase adjustment cost, imposed by discoms on consumers, by 4% from mid June, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the increase in power purchase adjustment cost won't impact consumers. Meanwhile, a power department official on Sunday said the hike was made by the power distribution companies …

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Higher coal imports likely to increase cost for discoms by 4.5-5% in FY23: ICRA
2 years, 7 months ago

Higher coal imports likely to increase cost for discoms by 4.5-5% in FY23: ICRA

Live Mint  

Consumers should brace up to pay more for the electricity they are consuming during the ongoing period of power crisis as increased use of expensive imported coal in generation is expected to elevate the cost of supply by up to 5% in the current fiscal year 2022-23. The higher share of imports for thermal generation under a pass-through arrangement as …

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Delhi's Peak Power Demand Rises To Highest Ever For First Week Of May
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi's Peak Power Demand Rises To Highest Ever For First Week Of May

ABP News  

New Delhi: With heatwave conditions continuing unabated, the peak power demand in Delhi rose to 6,194 MW on Monday, the highest ever for the first week of May, officials said. The peak demand of the city was 6,194 MW at 3.34 PM on Monday, showed realtime data of State Load Dispatch Centre, Delhi. "At 6,194 MW, the peak demand of …

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KCR hikes power tariff by 14 per cent
2 years, 9 months ago

KCR hikes power tariff by 14 per cent

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission approved retail supply tariffs by 14 per cent. The commission has directed the Discoms to achieve 100 per cent agriculture distribution transformers metering within a period of two years. Discoms had to submit circle wise, area wise time-bound action plans for the reduction of AT&C losses, whenever the losses were more than 15 …

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Telangana discoms set to hike power tariff from April 1
2 years, 9 months ago

Telangana discoms set to hike power tariff from April 1

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana state power distribution companies are all set to hike power tariff from April 1. The two had already submitted proposals to the state electricity regulatory commission seeking a tariff hike of 50 paise per unit for domestic consumption and Rs 1 per unit for non-domestic sectors for 2022-23. It is estimated that a hike in power tariff …

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Hearing on power tariff hike in Feb
2 years, 11 months ago

Hearing on power tariff hike in Feb

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The TS Electricity Regulatory Commission will conduct a public hearing on the aggregate revenue requirement and filing for proposed tariffs filed by the two power distribution companies for the financial year 2022-23. The first public hearing will be held at Cooperative Electrical Supply Society Limited in Sircilla on February 18, 2022. The TS Northern Power Distribution Company Limited has …

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Moderate hike in power charges in state likely
3 years ago

Moderate hike in power charges in state likely

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government appears to be setting the stage for a moderate, if not steep, hike in power charges to resolve the financial crisis being faced by the distribution companies in the state. For instance, Rs 1.45 paise is being collected per unit from customers utilising less than 50 units power per month. To give relief to the lower-middle …

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