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Govt's PPA exit guidelines stuck amid tussle between generators and discoms

Once relinquished, generators and discoms can sell and buy power under other arrangements

Discoms' outstanding dues to power gencos rise 47% to Rs 1.33 trn in June

Distribution companies (discoms) owed a total of Rs 90,655 crore to power generation firms in June 2019

Coal India dues from state gencos rise to Rs 22,000 cr amid weak demand

The mining behemoth is also not in a position to regulate supplies to the power companies as demand has remained subdued over the last few months

Power producers seek more time to install emission controlling equipment

An association of power producers has sought more time to install emission controlling equipment at their plants, saying various issues, including COVID-19 followed by supply disruptions from China, have posed challenges in meeting the December 2022 deadline. In a letter to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the Association of Power Producers (APP) has sought another three years to complete the process. As per a government order, all thermal power plants in India have to install the flue gas de-sulphurisation (FGD) technology that reduces sulphur oxides emissions on burning of coal, in a phased manner by December 2022. In the letter, the APP has apprised the top office that under the current circumstances meeting the deadline would be a challenge as the COVID-19 outbreak has led to supply disruptions of equipment from China. Only about 20-30 per cent of the emission reducing components, it said, are manufactured in India and for a major share of 70-80 per cent, the country is ...

Discoms' outstanding dues to power gencos rise 63% to Rs 1.23 trn in April

Power producers give 60 days to discoms for paying bills for the supply of electricity. After that, outstanding dues become overdue and generators charge penal interest on that in most cases

Torrent, Lanco among private gencos not paid by Madhya Pradesh Power Co

This move by MP govt comes after the union power ministry had clarified electricity generation is an essential service and no state can invoke force majeure to defer payments

Coronavirus lockdown to hurt finances of generators, discoms: Study

The financial profile of the state distribution utilities or discoms has not seen an improvement in 2019-20

Stressed discoms' dues to power gencos rose 48% to Rs 81,010 cr in Oct

However, the overdue amount in October has increased over preceding month of September. The total overdue amount was Rs 65,155 crore in September.

Power gencos' outstanding dues on discoms rise 37% to Rs 70,000 cr in Sept

In September this year, total overdue amount, which was not cleared even after 60 days of grace period offered by generators, stood at Rs 52,408 crore as against Rs 34,658 crore in the same month last

Govt's franchise model in power supply will interest private firms: Experts

However, some say the benefits have not been encouraging and full privatisation might be better

Power gencos' outstanding dues on discoms rise 57% to Rs 78K cr in August

Power producers give 60 days' time to discoms for paying bills for the supply of electricity. After that, the outstanding becomes overdue and generators charge penal interest on that in most cases

Rationalise tariffs, don't blame renewable: Power minister to Andhra govt

This is the second letter in two months by the Union ministry to the Andhra Pradesh government after the state decided to review all the renewable power projects, citing high costs

India will again become the top investment destination: Power minister

He says private investment will come back to the sector in one year as the government has created demand from 26.5 million households through a single programme apart from taking other measures

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

Central, state-owned power firms stumble to add new capacities

Only 55% of the target achieved till July; no new capacities set up in hydro or nuclear power

India to test gas-fired power generators as plants to address high demand

India has an ambitious goal of installing 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022