Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd on Wednesday purchased shares of the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) worth over Rs 144 crore through an open market transaction.
The largest electricity trading platform in India may sell as much as 49% in the venture in a series of deals
Average spot power price dropped 29 per cent year-on-year to 2.35 per unit in the day-ahead market in June on India Energy Exchange (IEX)
Buyers can purchase electricity just an hour in advance; power generators can sell surplus anytime during the day
Real time electricity market enables consumers, including distribution companies (discoms) and captive users, to buy power on exchanges just an hour before delivery
Besides, the power sales volume at 4,052 million units (MU) last month was down 6.6 per cent as compared to the year-ago period, an IEX statement said.
On a weekly basis, electricity generation is down 3% in the last week of April
While demand from industry and commerce has reduced owing to the lockdown, it has heightened in many other areas like domestic demand through work from home models
Feb recorded second straight month of demand uptick across the country
Manikaran Power Ltd joins hands with Indian Gas Exchange
After a dip in demand over the last three months, the all-India peak demand in December 2019 rose to 170 GW, up 5 per cent YoY
IEX is the biggest player in spot energy trading with a share of 97 per cent, and with participation of over 6,500 players