More power to the electricity marketCoupling power exchanges enhances price discovery and market efficiency, benefiting consumers with lower prices and producers with reduced ...
27 Jul, 2025, 10.48 PM IST
Nandan Nilekani likely to head power reforms panelNandan Nilekani is poised to lead a government task force aimed at digitizing and decentralizing India's power sector, potentially mirrorin...
18 Jun, 2025, 12.21 AM IST
India's power generation capacity rose to 4.46 GW in 10 years: MoS PowerIndia's installed power generation capacity has grown by around 80% over the last decade, reaching 4,46,190 MW in June 2024. The installed ...
29 Jul, 2024, 03.35 PM IST
Powering ahead: How India made big electricity blackouts a thing of the pastThe present situation is a far cry from July 30 and 31, 2012, when India experienced the world's largest blackout. During that crisis, the ...
03 Jun, 2024, 11.10 AM IST
Non-fossil sources to meet 62 pc of India's total energy demand by 2030, says officialIndia is already sourcing about 42 per cent of its energy requirements from non-fossils sectors, Additional Power Secretary Ajay Tiwari sai...
16 Dec, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
Central Asia hit by large-scale power blackoutThe capitals of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan as well as Kazakhstan's economic hub Almaty suffered power cuts at around lunchtime local time, w...
25 Jan, 2022, 02.31 PM IST
For national merit order dispatchThe power grid is no longer a clutch of regional grids but an integrated, national one. This makes merit order dispatch on a national basis...
09 Jun, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
Oil regulator PNGRB simplifies gas pipeline tariffThe Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has notified regulations for a 'unified' tariff structure for over a dozen pipelines...
26 Nov, 2020, 08.17 PM IST
Power discoms faced losses worth Rs 27000 crore in FY19: Power Minister R K SinghThe Centre aims to reduce electricity transmission and distribution losses in the country to 15 per cent in next two years. The total loss ...
29 Dec, 2019, 03.51 PM IST
GE commissions first leg of grid-stabilisation system for PowerGridAfter completion, the project would be the world's largest Wide Area Monitoring System (WAMS) solution that entails monitoring and controll...
12 Jul, 2018, 07.16 PM IST
PowerGrid gets unified licence to offer telecom servicesDuring April-December of 2016-17, the company had received an income of Rs 371 crore from the telecom segment, 29 per cent higher than the ...
09 May, 2017, 04.05 PM IST
Maintaining new grid code tough task for discoms: NHPCThe one-day conclave was organised by ENERTIA Foundation and supported by the department of Energy, Gujarat government, and by the Union Mi...
23 Feb, 2014, 02.52 PM IST
Power Grid to start Southern Grid ops after JulyPower Grid Corp expects Southern Grid operations to start in second half of 2014.
06 Feb, 2014, 09.53 PM IST
Power Grid Corporation Q3 net profit narrows to Rs 1,042 crorePower Grid Corporation today reported a decline in net profit to Rs 1,042 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, due to costlier bo...
06 Feb, 2014, 03.16 PM IST
Power Grid Corporation of India to invest Rs 472 crore in two projectsThe investment plans were approved by the transmission utility's board of directors at their meeting held on January 13, PGCIL said in a re...
16 Jan, 2014, 03.30 PM IST
Telecom tower firms like Bharti Infratel, Viom Networks, Indus Towers plan 'green power' to cut costTelecom tower providers are looking to reduce operational costs by inviting proposals next week for setting up independent renewable energy...
08 May, 2012, 09.43 AM IST
- BGR Energy Systems bags Rs 36.61 cr Powergrid contract
The Chennai based BGR Energy Systems has bagged turnkey contract by Powergrid Corporation of India for installation of optic fibre ground w...
07 Mar, 2011, 03.13 PM IST