Page 8 - Power Supply

National Electricity Policy-21 bats for quality power, private investment

This year's draft NEP like its earlier versions underlines importance of coal-based power and why it is still too early to retire it despite growth in renewables

Discoms, state govts bet on storage technology to stabilise power supply

TPDDL, in 2019, joined hands with AES and Mitsubishi to set up a 10 Mw grid storage project at its Rohini sub-station

Adani Transmission wins Rs 1,300-crore power transmission project in MP

Project involves setting up 16 new sub-stations and strengthening existing power supply network

System strengthening: Northeast states lead in power supply infra push

Under system strengthening, which entails construction of last mile power supply infrastructure, the physical progress is 86 per cent in the region

CERC plans to embrace AI, machine learning to improve functioning

First quasi-judicial body to strengthen its digital back-end

Peak power demand expected to touch record 5,400 MW this winter in Delhi

The peak power demand of Delhi in the last winter season was 5,343 MW on January 1, 2020

ADB to provide $346 mn loan for power supply project in rural Maharashtra

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India on Monday signed a $346 million loan pact to help provide efficient and reliable power supply to rural agriculture customers in Maharashtra

Mumbai blackout: All you should know about worst power failure in decades

Power supply was restored to essential services such as trains and hospitals by about 2 pm on Monday

Top headlines: Govt announces Rs 73k cr stimulus, power returns to Mumbai

From Nirmala Sitharaman announcing schemes worth Rs 73,000 cr to boost consumer demand to FB appointing Sunil Abraham for tech policy, Business Standard brings you top headlines of the day

Mumbai returns to normal after worst power outage in decades

Mumbai, home to India's biggest stock exchanges, financial regulators and the central bank, witnessed a power failure at around 10 am local time

Mumbai: Power outage affects local train services, commuters hit hard

Power outage in Mumbai on Monday brought the local trains, considered as the city's lifeline, to a standstill for nearly two-and-a-half hours, causing hardships to commuters, railway officials said

Delhi's peak power demand reaching pre-Covid levels as economy opens up

n September this year, the peak power demand was just 5.9 per cent lower as compared to the corresponding month last year

Electricity Consumer Rights: Power Ministry publishes first draft

While the Act currently has a consumer charter, the latest draft empowers users and has introduced new supply rights for them

From now, long power cuts may lead to compensation for users in Chattisgarh

Chhattisgarh has become the first state to implement 'compensation for power cut' policy, an official said

We're moving to absolute consumerisation of power: Rajiv Srivastava of IEX

In a Q&A, the MD and CEO of India Energy Exchange dwells on the real time market mechanism in power trading

Tepid power consumption in Chhattisgarh despite soaring temperature

Low industrial offtake cited as reason, as overall consumption is lower by 1,000 Mw this year

Tata Power to restart Mundra UMPP units to supply low-cost electricity

Tata Power supplies power to five states - Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana - from the 4,000-megawatt plant

India's electricity supply rises 7.1% in February on strong demand

Higher electricity supply could mean a rise in power demand, as electricity deficit in India is marginal. Electricity demand is seen by economists as an important indicator of industrial output

Round-the-clock power supply via renewable-thermal bundling: Draft policy

Addressing the issues of intermittency, limited hours of supply and low capacity utilisation of transmission infrastructure, the draft policy provides for reverse bundling

Budget 2020: Powermen red flag any 'privatisation' attempt by govt

To be named as Atal Distribution System Improvement Yojana (ADITYA), the scheme is likely to be introduced in Union Budget, since the previous Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY) is expiring in March