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Green energy purchase: Punjab’s loss is Himachal’s gain
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Green energy purchase: Punjab’s loss is Himachal’s gain

Hindustan Times  

Chandigarh: Himachal Pradesh has secured 900MW of green energy by swiftly approving the purchase of wind-solar hybrid power from the Solar Energy Corporation of India, a deal rejected earlier by the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission. Himachal Pradesh has secured 900MW of green energy by swiftly approving the purchase of wind-solar hybrid power from the Solar Energy Corporation of India, …

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Arbitral Tribunal Cant Go Outside Reference Order, Cannot Widen Its Jurisdiction By Dealing With Disputes Not Referred To It: Punjab And Haryana High Court
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Arbitral Tribunal Cant Go Outside Reference Order, Cannot Widen Its Jurisdiction By Dealing With Disputes Not Referred To It: Punjab And Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court single bench of Justice Suvir Sehgal held that an Arbitral Tribunal cannot go outside the reference order by the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission under Section 86 of the Electricity Act, 2003 and cannot widen its jurisdiction by dealing with disputes not referred to it. Observations by the High Court: The High Court noted …

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Punjab: Power cuts continue in ‘surplus’ state, regulator to seek PSPCL’s explanation
9 years, 11 months ago

Punjab: Power cuts continue in ‘surplus’ state, regulator to seek PSPCL’s explanation

Hindustan Times  

In a paradoxical scenario, Punjab is passing through a power-surplus phase, but different sections of consumers are still facing power cuts. The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission has decided to seek an explanation from the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited on this matter in its power tariff order for the current financial year, expected by next week. Hinting at a …

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Problem of plenty as Punjab shuts 10 units of state-owned power plants
9 years, 11 months ago

Problem of plenty as Punjab shuts 10 units of state-owned power plants

Hindustan Times  

There is a problem of plenty in Punjab as far as power is concerned as 10 of the 14 units of three state-owned thermal plants have been shut down. The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission may have asked Punjab State Power Corporation Limited to take concrete steps to utilise the excess power, but the fixed charges being paid by consumers …

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PSPCL fined Rs 72 cr for not taking power-saving steps
10 years, 6 months ago

PSPCL fined Rs 72 cr for not taking power-saving steps

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission has imposed a penalty of Rs 72.27 crore on the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited for not implementing electricity-saving measures, and also hinted at larger penalties next year in case the PSPCL failed to get its act together. HT Image In its tariff order announced on August 22, the regulator pointed out that in …

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No meters on farm pump sets: PSERC acts tough
10 years, 6 months ago

No meters on farm pump sets: PSERC acts tough

Hindustan Times  

Failing to install electricity meters on all agricultural pump sets in the state will cost Punjab State Power Corporation Limited dear. The orders quotes Section 55 of the Electricity Act, 2003, which mandates 100% metering, and on the basis of which the PSPCL was ordered to install meters at all consumption places, including the pump sets, by March 2007. In …

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Power regulatory panel scuttles PSPCL’s ‘exaggerated’ claims
10 years, 6 months ago

Power regulatory panel scuttles PSPCL’s ‘exaggerated’ claims

Hindustan Times  

Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission has corrected the “exaggerated” claims of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited in the tariff order announced for the year 2014-15. HT Image Barely three days after the Punjab government sold the success story of bringing down transmission and distribution losses to 16.5% to union minister of state for power Piyush Goel, the PSPCL is left …

Power Crore Punjab Pspcl Pserc Panel Scuttles
PSPCL to examine financial implications of 2.74 pc tariff hike
10 years, 6 months ago

PSPCL to examine financial implications of 2.74 pc tariff hike

India TV News  

Chandigarh: With power regulator PSERC announcing 2.74 per cent hike in power tariff, power utility PSPCL today said it is examining the financial implications of “minimal” revised energy charges. “We are studying the new tariff order to examine the implications of 2.74 per cent increase in power tariff,” said a senior official of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited today.Noting that …

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Punjab effects 2% power hike for most consumers
10 years, 6 months ago

Punjab effects 2% power hike for most consumers

Hindustan Times  

A day after the Patiala and Talwandi Sabo bypoll, the Punjab State Regulatory Commission on Friday announced a hike in power tariff for the financial year 2014-15. Interestingly, as the tariff for the agriculture sector witnessed a hike, which is not charged from the consumers as the government pays it to the PSPCL in the shape of subsidy, the subsidy …

Power Crore Hike Consumers Tariff Pspcl Pserc
'Overcharging' by PSPCL irks civic bodies
11 years, 2 months ago

'Overcharging' by PSPCL irks civic bodies

Hindustan Times  

Top officers of six municipal corporations - Mohali, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Bathinda and Patiala are meeting in Amritsar on Monday to debate upon how much the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited has 'overcharged' them in recent times. HT Image The civic bodies, during deliberations before Monday's meeting, concluded that every year, each municipal corporation was paying around Rs 3 crore …

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PSERC sets ball rolling, bats for thermal plant fuel audit
12 years, 6 months ago

PSERC sets ball rolling, bats for thermal plant fuel audit

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission has sought to kick-start the practice of auditing fuel consumption at state-run thermal power generation plants in the country. As a pilot project, the commission got the fuel audit of thermal plants run by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited conducted through Bangalore-based Central Power Research Institute in January 2012. Across the world While …

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PSERC, power corpn lock horns
12 years, 11 months ago

PSERC, power corpn lock horns

Hindustan Times  

The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission are at logger-heads over open-access consumers. The PSPCL said it was acting on the advisory issued by the union power ministry in November 2011, as per which it has no "universal service obligation" to compulsorily supply power to such consumers. The PSERC, in a communiqué sent to …

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