Page 16 - Electricity

Power populism

States should resist the temptation to hand out free electricity

Electricity to housing, West Bengal govt rolls out sops ahead of polls

The state finance minister has announced in its Budget free electricity for consumers with quarterly consumption up to 75 units

India's electricity supply rises 3.25% in Jan after 5 months of decline

Power supply rose to 106.36 billion units in January, up from 103.01 billion units last year, an analysis of daily load despatch data from state-run Power System Operation Corp Ltd (POSOCO) showed

India's annual electricity demand grows at slowest pace in 6 years

Electricity demand is seen as an important indicator of industrial output and a sustained decline could mean a further slowdown

Free electricity, bus rides to continue if AAP returns to power: Kejriwal

Each MP gets four thousand units of electricity free but when the poor get 200 units of electricity free, then these 'netas' have a problem, he said

Household electrification benefits men more than women in India: Study

According to the study, households tended to have more male-used appliances than neutral, and more neutral than female-used appliances

Growth in India's energy consumption, power supply hits five-year low

In five years, there has never been a situation where demand has fallen against planned energy generation

India reaches power generation capacity of 365 GW: Govt tells Parliament

Peak as well as energy requirement deficit was less than one per cent during the first seven months of 2019-20: Govt

Tata Power arm to set up 10,000 microgrids, help electrify 5 million homes

The TP Renewable Microgrid would be set up in collaboration with Rockefeller Foundation

EESL, NIIF form joint venture to deploy smart meters across India

The new joint venture, named IntelliSmart Infrastructure will implement, finance and operate the smart meter roll-out program of power distribution companies

Delhiites staying on rent will now get free electricity up to 200 units

The announcement comes ahead of the Delhi assembly election, which is scheduled to take place early next year

The slowdown is for real and will not go away quickly: JSW Energy

Power demand has been very good for the last two-three years and for this year as well, says Prashant

Drive to install smart meters in every household is off to a slow start

Supply has been lagging, but EESL says earlier kinks in system getting smoothened

Networked Bharat

Vast networking programmes are overshadowing traditional infrastructure projects

Why the demand for power is surging despite India's growth slowdown

Data on diesel, another fuel closely tied to industrial performance, offers more evidence of the slowing factory demand

UP power regulator gives consumers a shock with 8-15% tariff hike

UPERC says tariff hike was imperative due to increase in expenditure concurrent with decrease in revenue of the state power discoms

Short-term power market gains as long-term PPAs recede, shows data

The share of short-term power market moved up from 6.1 per cent in FY09 to 11.7 per cent in FY19, shows data released by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

Cheaper power for new units irks existing players in Madhya Pradesh

The differentiation, the industry has contended, is not allowed under the provisions of Electricity Act, 2003

India to have a National Electricity Discom, NTPC-Power Grid sign MoU

Move could also usher another round of power distribution reforms such as separation of content and carriage business

Giving more people LPG connections among govt's energy reforms focus

The Petroleum Ministry is looking at a mechanism for strengthening its energy access scheme, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Ujjwala which gave 71.9 million connections since 2016