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PM Surya Ghar scheme: Balance consumer equity with discom stability
7 months, 1 week ago

PM Surya Ghar scheme: Balance consumer equity with discom stability

Live Mint  

The recent launch of the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana is a major step towards meeting India’s ambitious target of generating 40 gigawatts of rooftop solar energy by 2026-27. Having built detailed models on stakeholders, incentives and costs as well as benefits, our initial findings indicate that there is a notable disparity in the payback period for different …

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Delhi Budget: Solar is govt’s new mantra for cheaper, reliable power
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Budget: Solar is govt’s new mantra for cheaper, reliable power

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government will set up solar plants on the rooftops of all government buildings in 2024-25 to give a targetted push towards green energy, finance minister Atishi said during the Delhi Budget address on Monday, adding that a target of generating 4500 MW or around 25% of Delhi’s total power supply through solar energy by 2027 has been set. …

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BJP Calls Audit Of Discoms Ordered By AAP A 'Sham', Demands CAG Scrutiny
1 year, 8 months ago

BJP Calls Audit Of Discoms Ordered By AAP A 'Sham', Demands CAG Scrutiny

ABP News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party, on Wednesday, called the Aam Aadmi Party government's order to conduct a special audit of Distribution Companies over power subsidies as a “sham”. While addressing a press conference, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva demanded an audit of power subsidy by the Comptroller and Auditor General. On Tuesday, the Delhi government issued a direction to power regulator …

Delhi Power Audit Bjp Sachdeva Demands Cag Discoms Ordered
Delhi: L-G Directs Special Audit Of Power Subsidy Amount Disbursed To Discoms By Kejriwal Govt
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
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, …

Power Commission Discoms Free Power Domestic Consumers Aperc Nagarjuna Reddy
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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Solar Energy Corporation of India will supply 3,000 MW of solar power from Sept. 2024, says Andhra Pradesh Energy Minister
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 …

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Delhi L-G orders probe in AAP's free power scheme; Kejriwal links it to Gujarat polls
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi L-G orders probe in AAP's free power scheme; Kejriwal links it to Gujarat polls

The Hindu  

The tussle between Delhi L-G V.K. Saxena and the Kejriwal Government intensified on October 4 as he ordered an inquiry into alleged irregularities in the power subsidy scheme, raising the hackles of AAP leaders who claimed his move was linked to Gujarat polls and aimed at stalling the free electricity initiative. “BJP-appointed L-G of Delhi has ordered the probe under …

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Delhi L-G orders probe into AAP govt's free power scheme, Kejriwal links it to Gujarat polls
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
Delhi LG seeks report into discrepancies in power subsidy to BSES discoms
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi LG seeks report into discrepancies in power subsidy to BSES discoms

India TV News  

Highlights The complainants alleged that the AAP appointed active political functionaries of its party The complainants have also alleged the AAP in a "classic case of corruption" They also alleged that the government has agreed to settle the dues against future payments Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday asked the Chief Secretary to inquire into the alleged "irregularities and …

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Powering agriculture in India
3 years, 3 months ago

Powering agriculture in India

Hindustan Times  

The Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan scheme in 2019 to improve irrigation access and farmers’ income through solar-powered irrigation. Under its components A and C, the scheme aims to promote innovative models for solar-powered irrigation by setting up solar power plants on agricultural land, and solarising existing grid-connected pumps, respectively. Component A …

India Farmers States Challenges Plants Solar Scheme
Explained | Why are Chief Ministers protesting against the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill?
3 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Why are Chief Ministers protesting against the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Opposition parties and several organisations have objected to certain features in the draft Electricity Bill, 2021. Those opposing the Bill contend that it will lead to more private players in the power sector, making electricity unaffordable for vulnerable sections, but the Centre says it has its reasons for proposing the changes. The States feel that a …

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