Page 30 - Power Sector

From coal-based to a renewable energy-based NTPC in ten years

But the company will have to do a financial Houdini act meanwhile to make the markets keep faith in its long term story

Govt eyes Rs 45,000 cr from power transmission monetisation assets by FY25

The government aims to garner over Rs 45,200 crore through monetising power transmission assets by FY 2025 as part of its ambitious asset monetisation plan.

Centre's power reforms tied in knots amid protests by Opposition states

The irony is the states opposing the amendments on the ground of threat of privatisation already have private partnerships in power supply

States oppose Electricity Bill as Centre pushes reforms in power sector

The proposed new Bill is slated to be placed on the floor of the Parliament in the current session

Power sector workers postpone one-day strike planned for Tuesday

The All India Power Engineers Federation on Monday said the electricity sector workers have postponed its plan to go on a one-day strike on Tuesday

Mamata Banerjee urges PM Modi to withdraw 'anti-people' Electricity Bill

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday shot a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to refrain from proceeding with the legislation

Tata Power's net profit zooms 74% to Rs 466 cr in June quarter

Total income during April-June 2021 increased to Rs 10,145.89 crore, compared with Rs 6,540.42 crore in the year-ago period

Back to old normal: Power sheds Covid load on work-from-home support

In the final instalment of a four-part series on how some of the defining numbers in key sectors are springing back to the pre-pandemic level, Shreya Jai looks at India's power sector

Tata Power tops Crisil ESG scores for power companies in India

Tata Power on Thursday said it has secured the highest score among its peers in the Indian power sector in rating agency Crisil's recently launched environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores.

End of thermal PPAs to help renewable power purchase, says SECI CMD

Jatindra Nath Swain, chairman and managing director, SECI, spoke to Shreya Jai about the growth prospects of the RE sector in India, the challenges, and plans

Power hurdles: Consumers need to wait before they can choose supplier

Latest amendments to the Electricity Act might not be enough to remove existing obstacles.

BS Number wise: Indian power distribution companies' Ides of March

This March, discoms cleared Rs 34,150 crore worth of debt owed to power-generating companies

Tata vs Reliance: A two-front battle -- renewable energy and retail

Their renewable energy and retail plans offer contrasting strategies; if they pan out, the consumer is the guaranteed winner

India's power usage rises 18% to 30.33 billion units during July 1-7

Power consumption during July 1-7 last year was 25.72 BU. Power consumption was recorded at 26.63 BU in first week of July in 2019

Loose connection

The latest power distribution scheme reflects old structural flaws

Power consumption grows nearly 10% to 115.39 billion units in June

Power consumption had slumped June 2020, mainly due to fewer economic activities amid COVID-induced restrictions.

Order & stability in power supply

India's markets in electricity are roiled by low and unstable prices

Aiming to keep power cost lowest in country: Prashant Jain of JSW Energy

The company, which is no longer investing in thermal power, will look at several debt funding instruments for its renewable projects

Renewable energy sector in India gets $70 bn investment in 7 years

This assumes significance in view of India's ambitious target of having 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy by 2022.

Tamil Nadu power sector companies incurred Rs 13,000 Cr loss: CAG

Increased power purchase, coal handling, financing and employee costs were reasons