Power demand soars to a new high on May 8Hydel, solar and wind power generation touched a total of 831 million units, equivalent to 10 GW of power, and registered a near 40% growth.
14 May, 2019, 11.26 AM IST
Contrary to government's claims, small towns, rural areas still suffer from power outagesDuring March 2016, 61 per cent of locations experienced outages for more than 15 hours, 41 per cent for more than 30 interruptions each mor...
26 Jul, 2016, 10.47 AM IST
Snow and pollution trip power transmission lines, lead to price fluctuationThe NLDC official said experts haven't been able to find a way of overcoming the effects of weather combined with pollution.
25 Jan, 2016, 11.34 AM IST
POSOCO is now an independent companyThe government has decided to set up Power System Operation Corp (POSOCO) as an independent government company, statement said.
18 Dec, 2014, 02.57 PM IST
Safety plan is in place to avert grid collapses: Piyush Goyal"Yes sir," he said in reply to a question on whether the government has formulated a safety plan to avert grid collapses.
21 Jul, 2014, 05.43 PM IST
Rising mercury sees volumes shoot up in power spot marketThe daily average cleared volume in June rose to 87 million units, an increase of nearly 16 per cent over 76 million units traded in the pr...
07 Jul, 2014, 05.32 PM IST
Power demand jumps 8,000 Mw, results in electricity prices doubling to Rs 5/unitDemand for power surged to the season’s highest on Monday as scanty rains increased humidity levels in most parts of the country.
02 Jul, 2014, 04.33 AM IST
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission asks Power Grid to probe last month's disturbancesOn May 30, the Northern Region grid had experienced sharp drop in demand due to rain, dust storm/thunder storm, mainly in UP, Haryana, Utta...
20 Jun, 2014, 05.28 PM IST
Data suggests no shortage in power supply in Punjab, Haryana and RajasthanIn fact, in the last few days, peak shortage in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan was zero – meaning there was not shortfall during the ...
13 Jun, 2014, 04.24 AM IST
Congress-ruled Assam blames BJP government in Centre for Northeast's power woesNortheast is reeling under sever power shortfall as couple of power plants are under maintenance. There is dry spell and hot weather condit...
02 Jun, 2014, 01.26 PM IST
Amid AP crisis, special team keeps watch on electricity gridThe Union Power Ministry has set up a special team to monitor the functioning of electricity grid the state.
08 Oct, 2013, 11.23 PM IST
Power demand-supply gap narrows in April-AugustData released by 3 state-run organisations indicate a steep fall in the country’s electricity demand-supply gap in the five months to Aug.
16 Sep, 2013, 08.10 AM IST
JPL, Sterlite power plants operating below capacityThe National Load Despatch Centre, which monitors grid security, has reduced the load on transmission lines in the western region by 20%.
26 Nov, 2012, 05.17 AM IST
Breakdowns: States to pay levy for overdrawing powerThe National Load Despatch Centre is introducing a levy and setting lower limits to prevent a repeat of the recent breakdowns.
11 Aug, 2012, 06.44 AM IST
- Prices of renewable energy certificates up 17% in Oct
The certificates, commonly knows as green tags across globe, were available at Rs 2,300 a piece in September
31 Oct, 2011, 04.32 PM IST
- 'Need to develop mechanism to bring in mkt-makers for REC success'
There is a need to develop a mechanism to bring in market-makers and financiers for providing liquidity to green-energy generators to motiv...
28 Nov, 2010, 12.28 PM IST
- NSE-NCDEX power bourse receives CERC approval
The CERC has given its go ahead to a proposal from the NSE and NCDEX combine to set up power exchange under the name of Power Exchange Indi...
29 May, 2008, 05.27 AM IST