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1 year, 2 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Baghel reinstates OPS for state-owned Discoms staff

Raipur: Chhattisgarh cabinet has cleared the proposal for restoration of the old pension scheme for the employees of state-owned power companies. The decision was taken at the state cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of chief minister Bhupesh Baghel late on Friday evening, official sources said on Saturday. The cabinet also approved the proposal to establish the State Mahua Board …

Mahua Reinstates Ops

1 year, 6 months ago

AP minister asks discoms to recover power dues from industries

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: Energy minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy on Friday directed AP Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited officials to undertake a special drive to recover power dues, especially from industries. Reviewing the working of the electricity department with officials, he underlined that power dues from all sectors must be recovered and distribution losses contained. He asked officials to identify places where there …

Power Officials Power Dues

1 year, 7 months ago

Passing on losses of Discoms to consumers affects financial viability of industries, says A.P. Chambers

The Hindu

Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation has written a letter to Union Minister for Power R.K. Singh, requesting him to not let the Discoms pass on their losses to the consumers as it will be an unbearable burden for them. In the letter written on Saturday, APCCIF president Pydah Krishna Prasad had said that the draft Electricity Rules, 2023, provided …

Costs Power Consumers Discoms

1 year, 7 months ago

AP Chambers wants levy on consumers cancelled

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation on Saturday requested centre and respective state governments to share 50 per cent of losses incurred by power distribution companies, instead of permitting Discoms to collect the same from consumers. AP Chambers president Pydah Krishna Prasad submitted a requisition in this regard to union minister for power R.K. Singh. He said …

Power Chambers Discoms Krishna Prasad

1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi: L-G Directs Special Audit Of Power Subsidy Amount Disbursed To Discoms By Kejriwal Govt

ABP News

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday directed the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission to conduct a Special Audit of Distribution Companies with respect to Electricity Subsidy released by the Delhi government to DISCOMs for financial years 2016-17 and 2021-22. Meanwhile, Saxena on Monday wrote a strongly worded letter threatening legal action against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party …

Delhi Power Minister Stop Kejriwal Power Subsidy Subsidy

1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi's Summer Peak Power Demand Likely to Be 8,100 MW; Minister Asks Discoms to Tie Up for Extra Power

News 18

With the national capital’s peak demand pegged at 8,100 MW this summer, Delhi Power Minister Atishi on Tuesday suggested that discoms tie up for additional power with generation companies. The peak power demand of Delhi was 7,695 MW last summer and it might reach 8,100 MW this year, officials informed the power minister in a meeting to review the summer …

Summer Delhi Demand Discoms Extra Power

1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi Mayor election, stalled due to AAP-BJP clashes thrice, to be held on Feb 16 now

India Today

Delhi LG VK Saxena has given his nod to convening the next session of the MCD House on February 16, for election to the post of mayor. On Saturday, government nominees, including AAP leader Jasmine Shah, appointed to the boards of power discoms in Delhi by the Arvind Kejriwal-led dispensation, were replaced with senior officials. Besides Shah, a spokesperson of …

Delhi Aap Clashes Thrice Shah Gupta Government Nominees

1 year, 10 months ago

AAP nominees axed from private discoms after Delhi L-G deems their appointment 'illegal'

India Today

Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has replaced Aam Aadmi Party nominees on private electricity distribution company boards with senior government officials, days after terming their selection ‘grossly illegal’. AAP spokesperson Jasmine Shah and AAP MP ND Gupta’s son, Naveen ND Gupta, have been removed from the private discoms board and replaced by senior government officials. Finance Secretary, power secretary, and …

Delhi Boards Delhi L Illegal Aap Senior Government Officials Private Discoms

1 year, 11 months ago

Telangana government to bear FCA charges of farmers

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government will bear the fuel surcharge adjustment for electricity consumed for agricultural purposes by farmers. Sources said Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao reportedly instructed the finance department to release funds to the discoms towards FSA charges for farmers to avoid financial troubles to Discoms. The TS Electricity Regulatory Commission has set a cap on the highest FSA charge …

Fsa Tserc 30 Paise Fca Charges Fsa Charges

1 year, 11 months ago

Solar Energy Corporation of India will supply 3,000 MW of solar power from Sept. 2024, says Andhra Pradesh Energy Minister

The Hindu

The State government is taking various steps to strengthen the nine-hour free power supply to the farm sector in order to make agriculture a profitable activity and empower farmers. The most significant of these steps is the tie-up with Solar Energy Corporation of India for supply of solar power, which will start with 3,000 Megawatts from September 2024 in the …

Supply Farmers Power Solar Power State Solar Energy Discoms

1 year, 11 months ago

Freebie is not an issue, issue is how will you give it: Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu

Responding to a question on freebies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was participating in the 75th year celebrations of Panchjanya — an RSS-linked magazine, said that freebies are something that everyone is talking about these days and everyone traps others on the same subject. Attacking State governments, especially Aam Aadmi Party run Delhi government, that gives free power to residents …

Finance States Banks Freebie

1 year, 11 months ago

Delhi L-G seeks removal of AAP nominees from DISCOMs board

India Today

In the latest face-off between the Arvind Kejriwal government and Delhi's Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, the L-G has sought the removal of government nominees of the AAP government from the board of Anil Ambani-owned DISCOMS, BRPL and BYPL. The nominees allegedly provided undue financial benefits running into thousands of crores to Ambani’s DISCOMS, at the cost of the state exchequer …

Delhi Power Aap Nominees Government Nominees Brpl Bypl

2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi L-G orders probe into AAP govt's free power scheme, Kejriwal links it to Gujarat polls

India Today

Delhi L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena has ordered a probe into the alleged irregularities in the power subsidy scheme of the AAP dispensation, prompting a strong response from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who linked it to the Gujarat polls and claimed the move aimed at stalling the free electricity initiative. Saxena's action followed a complaint filed at the L-G Secretariat which …

Delhi Gujarat Power Free Alleged Aap Kejriwal

2 years, 4 months ago

AP Discoms enter into LPS with Centre to resolve their liability: Official

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: Energy special chief secretary K. Vijayanand stated that AP Discoms entered into Late Payment Surcharge of the Centre to resolve the Discoms’ liability with respect to generators in power purchase payments in a phased manner. Taking part in the 76th Independence Day celebrations at Vidyut Soudha here on Monday, he said that AP Discoms subscribed for LPS in which …

Power Discoms Lps

2 years, 4 months ago

What is the Electricity Amendment Bill 2022? Why has it led to protests across India?

Firstpost

State employee groups are worried about major disadvantages to government discoms, job losses and a few private companies establishing a monopoly in the power sector. ‘Claim of multiple choice misleading’ The All India Power Engineers Federation chairman Shailendra Dubey on Saturday said the claim of providing a choice of multiple service providers to power consumers in the Electricity Amendment Bill …

India Electricity Farmers States Opposition Power Lok Sabha

2 years, 4 months ago

PFC, REC may loan ₹1.45 trillion to help discoms clear dues

Live Mint

State-run Power Finance Corp. Ltd. and its subsidiary REC Ltd. are expected to lend around ₹1.2 trillion to state-run electricity distribution companies under the Union government’s ambitious one-time settlement scheme that will kick in from 5 August, said two government officials. Discoms have been perennially plagued by low collections, rise in power purchase cost, inadequate tariff hikes and subsidy disbursement, …

Electricity Power Payment State Crore Clear Dues

2 years, 4 months ago

PM launches scheme to boost efficiency, financial sustainability of discoms

Live Mint

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the ‘revamped distribution sector scheme’ to improve the operational efficiency and financial sustainability of power distribution companies. Addressing the ‘Ujjwal Bharat Ujjwal Bhavishya – Power @2047’ programme virtually, the prime minister also asked states to clear their dues to power generation companies, which amount to over ₹1trillion. “The ministry of power’s …

India Energy Financial Prime Electricity Power Country

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 …

Tamil Nadu Electricity Gujarat Power Tamil Crore Sector

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 …

Power Cost Increase Ppac Derc Delhi Electricity

2 years, 8 months ago

BJP hits out at Rajasthan govt over Jodhpur discom's uninterrupted power supply during Ramzan order

India Today

The BJP lashed out at Ashok Gehlot-led Rajasthan government over an order issued by Jodhpur discom for uninterrupted power supply during Ramzan in Muslim-dominated areas. The Jodhpur discom ordered uninterrupted power supply in Muslim-dominated areas to prevent problems for those fasting in summer during Ramzan. Later, after the social media backlash, the Jodhpur discom amended its previous order, mentioning various …

Rajasthan Order Bjp Muslim Ramzan Jodhpur Discom

3 years ago

Power discoms owe gencos more than ₹1.56 lakh crore: Minister

The Hindu

Total outstanding dues owed by power distribution utilities or discoms to generation firms are estimated to be more than ₹1.56 lakh crore, Parliament was informed on Thursday. “Discoms have not been able to pay the generation companies for the power procured, and the outstanding payments to generation companies are estimated to be in excess of ₹1,56,000 crore,” Power Minister R. …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Why Centre's Rs 3 lakh crore scheme is a lifeline for India's discoms facing near financial outage due to losses

Firstpost

India has made great strides in power generation and coverage over the years, but what remains unchanged is the massive losses of power distribution companies, or discoms as they are commonly called. According to a study last year by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, “ailing state-owned power discoms continue to hamper the efficient functioning of the generation …

India Financial Power State Centre Sector Scheme

3 years, 11 months ago

Power Sector Limping Back to Normal; Ensuring 24X7 Power Supply, Discoms' Fin Health Key Challenges

News 18

New Delhi: Limping back to normal after bearing the brunt of the pandemic this year, the power sector needs a slew of reforms, especially implementation of consumer rules to achieve the government's ambitious target of 24X7 electricity supply for all in 2021, and also steps to improve the financial health of discoms. The most important task before the government will …

Power Sector Discoms Power Sector Gencos 24X7 Power Supply

3 years, 11 months ago

National Consumer Day 2020: All You Need to Know about New Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020

News 18

The new norm Electricity Rules, 2020 gives consumers the right to have a minimum standard of service for power supply. He said, “These rules are important step towards furthering the ease of doing business across country.” The new rule makes the electricity distribution companies more accountable to the consumers because it provides several rights to them, one being getting quality …

Consumer Rights Electricity Connection Rules 2020 Consumers

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Chhattisgarh: Baghel reinstates OPS for state-owned Discoms staff

AP minister asks discoms to recover power dues from industries

Passing on losses of Discoms to consumers affects financial viability of industries, says A.P. Chambers

AP Chambers wants levy on consumers cancelled

Delhi: L-G Directs Special Audit Of Power Subsidy Amount Disbursed To Discoms By Kejriwal Govt

Delhi's Summer Peak Power Demand Likely to Be 8,100 MW; Minister Asks Discoms to Tie Up for Extra Power

Delhi Mayor election, stalled due to AAP-BJP clashes thrice, to be held on Feb 16 now

AAP nominees axed from private discoms after Delhi L-G deems their appointment 'illegal'

Telangana government to bear FCA charges of farmers

Solar Energy Corporation of India will supply 3,000 MW of solar power from Sept. 2024, says Andhra Pradesh Energy Minister

Freebie is not an issue, issue is how will you give it: Nirmala Sitharaman

Delhi L-G seeks removal of AAP nominees from DISCOMs board

Delhi L-G orders probe into AAP govt's free power scheme, Kejriwal links it to Gujarat polls

AP Discoms enter into LPS with Centre to resolve their liability: Official

What is the Electricity Amendment Bill 2022? Why has it led to protests across India?

PFC, REC may loan ₹1.45 trillion to help discoms clear dues

PM launches scheme to boost efficiency, financial sustainability of discoms

Explained | Power tariff revisions and the state of DISCOMs

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

BJP hits out at Rajasthan govt over Jodhpur discom's uninterrupted power supply during Ramzan order

Power discoms owe gencos more than ₹1.56 lakh crore: Minister

Why Centre's Rs 3 lakh crore scheme is a lifeline for India's discoms facing near financial outage due to losses

Power Sector Limping Back to Normal; Ensuring 24X7 Power Supply, Discoms' Fin Health Key Challenges

National Consumer Day 2020: All You Need to Know about New Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020