LG's consent to Delhi govt's special audit of power subsidy amount disbursed to discomsThe LG has reiterated his stand that power subsidy should be provided to the poor, pointing that amounts being given to discoms be audited ...
14 Apr, 2023, 04.34 PM IST
Power Ministry urges states to fill up vacancies in regulatory commissions fastConcerned over several state electricity regulatory commissions (SERCs) functioning without Chairpersons and adequate strength of members, ...
26 Feb, 2023, 09.04 PM IST
DERC turns down city discoms’ request to relinquish 98 MW power allocation from NTPC’s three plantsThe three discoms BRPL, BYPL and TPDDL had through Delhi government last year sought reallocation of 98 MW of power from NTPC power plants-...
12 Jan, 2022, 06.52 PM IST
NTPC in race to buy Delhi discoms from Reliance InfraNTPC has only been keen on buying stressed private power projects that moved to bankruptcy court. Early this year the company outbid the Ad...
28 May, 2020, 08.02 AM IST
DERC chief row: Now Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal cancels LG Najeeb Jung's orderKejriwal said Saini would continue as DERC chief as his removal by the LG was illegal and it was done without consultation with the CM or p...
06 Nov, 2016, 12.30 PM IST
Row over removal of DERC chief, Kejriwal cancels LG's orderSukesh Jain was threatened of "serious consequences" as he initially turned down the LG office's alleged directive.
05 Nov, 2016, 08.17 PM IST
DERC cites ‘terror threat’ to deny RTI informationDERC has cited 'threat from terrorism' among reasons to deny information under RTI on the movement of official vehicles used by its members.
20 Jan, 2016, 11.47 AM IST
AAP questions 'silence' of BJP, Congress after DERC's no power hike announcementAAP today claimed credit for the Delhi Electricity Authority Commission's (DERC) move to not hike power rates in the city at the end of its...
25 Sep, 2015, 05.18 PM IST
Surcharge not a tariff hike, DERC tells governmentIn 2011, APTEL had given directions to all state electricity commissions to put the PPAC mechanism in place.
17 Jun, 2015, 11.39 AM IST
Justify increase in power tariff: GovernmentDelhi government shot off a letter to the regulatory watchdog questioning the justification of the hike and asked it to review the power pu...
16 Jun, 2015, 11.25 AM IST
Information on power tariff should be in simple language: CIC to DERCThe commission also directed DERC to pro-actively disclose information on controversial points like prudence check on electricity companies.
10 May, 2015, 01.12 PM IST
Delhi govt asks DERC to revoke license of BSES if power stoppedDelhi govt has asked electricity regulator to cancel licence of two distribution arms of Anil Ambani group that have threatened long blacko...
04 Feb, 2014, 07.45 AM IST
- Electricity to cost more in Delhi
The hike will come into effect from tomorrow for next three months, following which DERC is likely to review the increase based on cost of ...
31 Jan, 2013, 11.27 PM IST
Power tariff to come down in Delhi for low-end consumersAmid widespread anger against hike in electricity bills, Delhi's power regulator DERC today made adjustments in the tariff structure which ...
22 Oct, 2012, 11.14 PM IST
- Pay 5% more for power from February-April in Delhi
People in the city will have to shell out more for electricity with power regulator effecting a 5% hike in tariff to adjust power purchase ...
03 Feb, 2012, 05.36 AM IST
- 2 Reliance Infrastructure-backed discoms given notice by DERC
DERC today served notices on two Reliance Infrastructure-backed discoms asking why their licenses should not be suspended for failing to pa...
25 Nov, 2011, 09.46 PM IST
- Power subsidy indecision proving costly for users
This subsidy expired on May 31. With the first billing cycle this month reflecting no subsidy, consumers are now paying 10% more for power.
18 Aug, 2009, 02.00 AM IST