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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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BJP, AAP trade barbs over ‘increase’ in Delhi power bills
5 months, 1 week ago

BJP, AAP trade barbs over ‘increase’ in Delhi power bills

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party traded barbs on Wednesday over allegations of power hikes in the Capital. The Delhi BJP accused the Aam Aadmi Party government of “surreptitiously” increasing electricity tariffs under the guise of power purchase adjustment cost. PPAC is the surcharge component in power bills which is provided by electricity regulatory commissions to meet …

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Discom losses need urgent systemic fixes
1 year, 6 months ago

Discom losses need urgent systemic fixes

Hindustan Times  

India has announced aggressive decarbonisation plans to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge of net-zero carbon emissions by 2070; many of these plans — especially short-term actions — are tied to the power sector. Discoms are regulated entities in India, with almost all consumer prices set by independent state electricity regulatory commissions, in theory, they should not be loss-making, unless …

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

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AP Chambers wants levy on consumers cancelled
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 …

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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, …

Power Commission Discoms Free Power Domestic Consumers Aperc Nagarjuna Reddy
Surcharge on open-access power reduced
1 year, 9 months ago

Surcharge on open-access power reduced

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission directed the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited and Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company Limited to collect a surcharge of 39 paise per unit, instead of a proposed ₹9.86 additional surcharge, from open-access users Usually, discoms supply the power to domestic and commercial consumers on prescribed tariffs, but few industries procure …

Power Surcharge Tserc Directed Discoms
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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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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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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Wind power developers risk loan default as discoms fail to pay bills
3 years, 9 months ago

Wind power developers risk loan default as discoms fail to pay bills

Live Mint  

MUMBAI: Risk of non-payment of dues by power distribution companies has resurfaced for wind power projects, with four key states--Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh--that act as a counter-party to around 40% of overall wind capacity in India toting up unpaid dues of Rs5,450 crore to 156 renewable projects as of January. “For wind power projects rated by Crisil, …

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Discoms leave 16.8GW green power projects in a limbo as tariffs crash
4 years, 4 months ago

Discoms leave 16.8GW green power projects in a limbo as tariffs crash

Live Mint  

State electricity distribution companies are hesitating to sign contracts after large clean power projects were awarded, as they spot cheaper tariffs elsewhere, a trend that could hurt India’s image of a rules-based regime, and its future as a green economy. Solar and wind energy projects totalling 16.8 gigawatts worth a potential investment of around ₹60,000 crore are in limbo, two …

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