Power engineers' body AIPEF demands withdrawal of discoms' privatisation processThe All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged the government to halt the privatization of electricity distribution companies (...
23 Apr, 2025, 06.56 PM IST
View: Why setting up of a National Power Distribution Company is the need of the hourThe first major reform took place in the mid-1990s — the unbundling of SEBs into separate generation, transmission and distribution entitie...
05 May, 2021, 12.10 AM IST
Torrent Power says Bombay HC suspends tenders for discom privatisation where co emerged winnerOn February 20, Torrent Power had announced that it was the highest bidder for the sale of 51% stake in the discom for the UTs which had an...
04 Mar, 2021, 08.50 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh government withdraws privatisation plan for electricity distribution companiesAs per the agreement signed after the meeting held by state power minister Shrikant Sharma and its finance minister Suresh Khanna, Uttar Pr...
06 Oct, 2020, 08.30 PM IST
NTPC, REC to bid for discoms in Union Territories, according to sourcesThe Union power ministry has suggested to the two companies that they should participate in the upcoming bidding for privatisation of distr...
03 Sep, 2020, 10.40 AM IST
Power sector engineers to observe 'protest day' on August 18 to oppose Electricity Amendment Bill, 2020Earlier this year, the Ministry of Power had circulated the draft Electricity Amendment Bill, 2020 for feedback. Besides, the government ha...
07 Aug, 2020, 01.30 PM IST
View: Modi has political capital to reform the power sectorCoronavirus has strengthened will for power reform but must be sustained to overcome political hurdles.
31 May, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
Government proposes grant of Rs 1.1 lakh crore for state discomsThe government expects to spur about Rs 3 lakh crore of investments in the distribution sector through the latest discom restructuring sche...
16 Jan, 2020, 08.16 AM IST
From a B2B or B2G company, Tata Power becoming a B2C co: Praveer SinhaThe transformation that Tata Power is going through will also transform the power sector.
26 Nov, 2019, 02.32 PM IST
Give complaints of power cuts to government, will penalise discoms: Arvind Kejriwal to MLAsKejriwal held a meeting with MLAs and officials of all three power distribution companies at Delhi Secretariat here to take stock of power ...
12 Jul, 2016, 10.05 PM IST
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal warns discoms over power outagesKejriwal said there is need to make discoms "accountable for outages" and then, Delhiites will be benefited from the privatisation of power...
31 May, 2016, 06.26 PM IST
Delhi Power Minister Satyender Jain meets CAG on audit of discomsDelhi Power Minister Satyender Jain today met CAG Shashi Kant Sharma and discussed the status of scrutiny of finances of the three private ...
12 May, 2015, 10.17 PM IST
One man committee to prepare white paper on power sectorThe paper will focus on what AAP inherited from the previous government and what plans it has to improve the power situation in the nationa...
05 Mar, 2015, 08.31 PM IST
Tata Power subsidiary TPDDL bids for discoms in NigeriaTPDDL has bid for three power distribution companies in Nigeria by forming two separate consortiums with two leading companies of the Afric...
07 Oct, 2012, 11.20 AM IST
Reform power sector with public private partnership modelFranchisee business model is based only on loss reduction and may do little to work on systems improvement or grid strengthening.
13 Sep, 2012, 06.19 AM IST
- Regulators rap discoms
Private players in the power distribution industry may need to now on pull up their socks on management of systems as regulators get set to...
10 Jun, 2006, 01.11 AM IST
- Stay on notice to reliance energy arms in Orissa
Privatisation of power distribution in Orissa takes centrestage yet again.
06 Jun, 2006, 01.52 AM IST