BJD relies on old timers, retains 5 Lok Sabha MPsThe party today announced that veteran leader A U Singh Deo would give up his Rajya Sabha seat won last month, to fight assembly elections.
- G B Pradhan to take over as CERC Chairperson
The government has appointed G B Pradhan, a former MNRE Secretary, as chairperson of the power sector regulator Central Electricity Regulat...
- CERC to shortly finalise orders in Tata, Adani cases
The company's Mundra project is expected to supply electricity to Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, apart from the host state Guj...
- CERC pitches for South Asian power trading market
CERC has suggested starting a South Asian power trading market to help ease acute electricity shortages facing nations in the region.
- Raise tariff issue with state utilities: CERC to Tata Power
The power regulator has directed Tata Power to begin fresh talks with state utilities for revising tariff for its Mundra ultra mega power p...
- Power Min plans review of electricity regulators
The Power Ministry has set up a panel to look into various proposals including introduction of appraisal system for central and state elect...
- Hike in power tariff unavoidable: CERC
Hike in power tariff looks inevitable given the shortage of coal in the domestic market and dependence of power companies on imported coal.
- Discoms face Central Electricity Regulatory Commission's ire for overwithdrawing from grid
The Central power regulator has warned distribution companies that they face punitive action for drawing too much electricity from the grid.
- Regular power tariff hikes necessary to avoid burden on consumer: Dr Pramod Deo, CERC
In an interview with ET Now, Dr Pramod Deo, Chairperson, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), talks about the recent power tar...
- Urgent steps needed to cut losses in power distribution: CERC
In an interview with ET Now, Dr Pramod Deo, Chairperson, CERC, talks on various issues concerning the power sector. Excerpts:
- Cheaper electricity to help power companies restart sick units
Power exchanges are flush with electricity, which is available cheap and industrialists are lapping it up to restart sick units and retire ...
- Penalties collected from discoms to help promote wind energy
The government will create a corpus out of penalties paid by state-run power distribution utilities to promote wind energy projects of 10 M...
- New tariff rules to boost renewable energy sector
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) on Thursday announced tariff norms for electricity generated from renewable energy sou...
- Forum of Regulators for selecting transmission companies
The Forum of Regulators (FoR), a forum of State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs), has recommended that state governments phase ou...
- Regulations for power tariff for 2009-14 soon: CERC
Central Power regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission on Friday said then regulations for tariff for 2009-2014 will be finalise...
- PMO upset at delay in selecting CERC chief
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has sought clarifications from the power ministry over the delay in appointing a chairman for the Central...
- MERC to hear plea against TPL on April 12
State power regulator MERC will on April 12 hear a plea filed by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co against Tata Power for overd...