Page 45 - Power Sector

At $86 bn, India lost 4% of GDP from power distortions in 2016: World Bank

Using nightly satellite images from India for 2013, the World Bank study found that areas adjacent to newly electrified villages subsequently experienced worse power outages

Niti's roadmap for power reform: Privatisation of discoms, more auctions

Niti also pitched for introduction of time-of-day tariff to promote the use of renewable energy and performance-based incentives in the tariff structure

Everything is geared up for 24X7 'Power for All' by March 2019: Govt

According to power ministry data, India has emerged as a net exporter of electricity this year, while the energy deficit has come down and the energy availability has gone up

Power stocks drive market rally; Sensex rises over 300 pts, Vedanta up 6.3%

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has proposed keeping a 15.5 per cent return on equity for generator and transmission companies for the five years starting April 1, according to draft tariff

Dubious disinvestment

The REC-PFC deal makes little sense

SC to hear power firms' plea against RBI's directive on default loans

The directive had asked banks to file bankruptcy proceedings against all defaulting loan accounts above Rs 20 billion if a resolution plan was not agreed upon in 180 days

Power demand growth on a 5-year high as industrial sector wants more

Last year, the Union government announced Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojna (Saubhagya) to speed up electrification of 35 million urban and rural households

Share of generation to fall to 30% in new power sector investments

Power sector investments would be fuelled by transmission and distribution sectors that would have a share of 36 per cent and 34 per cent respectively.

Power sector to attract Rs 11.56 trillion investments in five years

Sector drew $14.18 billion FDI between April 2000 and June 2018

Reviving the power sector

Political will needed to rationalise tariffs

Politics in power sector reforms

Notwithstanding reform efforts since the early 1990s, the sector continues to experience difficulties

Power tariff soars to a decade high of Rs 17.61 a unit in spot market

According to the IEX data, the previous high was recorded at Rs 17 per unit in August 2009

1.5 million powermen to go on strike against 'privatisation' policies

Powermen also up in arms against Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014

Indian banks to plan resolving $19 bn power sector debt on Thursday

The decision is the latest in a tussle between power project developers, lenders and the Reserve Bank of India

PTC to conduct second round of power procurement, seeks partners for PEL

Plans to go the whole hog into trading through power exchange in a tie-up with ICICI and Bombay Stock Exchange

States ready to pay to meet peak demand, but where are the power sellers?

There are 14,000 Mw of gas-based power units shut, 8,000 Mw running at 40 per cent PLF; 40,000 Mw of private coal-based plants are on verge of sale or insolvency

Committee for stressed power sector looks for options after SC order

The committee does not have a back-up body, except the warring ministries and RBI to provide expert guidance

Govt urges states to raise power purchase; plans to revive stalled projects

Officials said they are looking at short-term measures for resolving issues like coal supply and payment by states

Allahabad High Court order fails to resolve all issues of power sector

A high-level committee under Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha will also come up with a report on power sector woes within two months

Nearing resolution of Rs 170-bn NPAs in power sector: SBI MD Arijit Basu

When asked about public sector banks requiring more autonomy, Basu said SBI is a well governed bank with a very strong board