Government amends rules for captive power plantsRecent regulations provide clarity on ownership rights for captive power plants, ensuring that verification now encompasses the entire fina...
15 Mar, 2026, 12.45 AM IST
Government notifies Green Open Access Rules 2022Consumers can now demand green power from discoms (power distribution companies), it said, adding, "Every consumer becomes stakeholder to c...
07 Jun, 2022, 06.19 PM IST
Industry welcomes National Hydrogen PolicyReNew Power Chief Commercial Officer Mayank Bansal said the policy is "a very good step in the right direction as India looks to become a n...
17 Feb, 2022, 09.12 PM IST
Draft open access norms can be a tailwind for new renewable projects: Crisil RatingsIn India, power distribution happens through three modes – state distribution companies, captive sources and open access. Under the open ac...
02 Sep, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
Proposed delicensing of power distribution evokes mixed reaction in BengalFormer West Bengal State Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman R N Sen on the other hand welcomed the reform mooted by the Centre in E...
16 Feb, 2021, 05.16 PM IST
Draft regulations to make solar costlier for open access consumers in RajasthanIndustry experts said the move could go against new and existing solar plants in Rajasthan, the most promising state in terms of solar ener...
29 Jul, 2020, 08.19 AM IST
Solar Rooftop companies move Tribunal on KERC's orderNet metering allows developers to sell electricity to the grid and deduct its value from their bill for the power drawn from the distributi...
17 Feb, 2020, 08.49 AM IST
Solar policies, subsidies and other incentives for the installation of rooftop solar systems in ManipurIn terms of geographical conditions, the state is quite adept of harnessing solar energy and sees around 280 to 300 sunny days in a year wi...
11 Oct, 2019, 05.45 PM IST
Rules for captive power plants to be amendedGroup captive power plants based on coal, solar and wind are operational in large numbers in the states of Karnataka, Haryana, Rajasthan, M...
08 Jul, 2019, 07.12 AM IST
Solar policies, subsidies and other incentives for the installation of solar panels in Goa in 2019The state government has set a target of achieving an installed capacity of 150 MW by 2022.
20 May, 2019, 06.27 PM IST
Consumer shouldn’t be asked to pay for inefficiencies of discoms: RK Singh, Power & renewable energy ministerThe tariff policy says cross-subsidy surcharge should not be more than 20% of the tariff. We will make sure that it is implemented and we w...
06 Dec, 2017, 12.36 AM IST
Electricity bills of industrial units likely to witness steep jumpKarnataka power distribution companies propose to increase energy charges, wheeling charges and cross-subsidy charges on open market power ...
21 Feb, 2017, 01.52 AM IST
APTEL stays MERC order on cross subsidy surchargeAPTEL today stayed a MERC order increasing cross subsidy surcharge payable by Tata Power customers migrating from Reliance Infra's network.
21 Jun, 2013, 10.33 PM IST
Reliance Infrastructure, Tata Power clash over cross-subsidy surchargeWhile RInfra says apex court has rejected Tata Power’s stay plea on Tribunal’s order, the latter calls interpretation misleading.
18 Apr, 2013, 05.14 AM IST
- ATE dismisses Tata Power's plea over cross subsidy surcharge
Under the cross-subsidisation regime, consumers with higher power usage compensate for lower costs per unit charged from those consuming le...
25 Dec, 2012, 11.30 PM IST
- Reliance Infrastructure net flat at Rs 362 crore on Delhi Metro losses
Reliance Infrastructure's total operating income rose 44% year-on-year to Rs 5,729 crore in the second quarter of 2011-12.
09 Nov, 2011, 04.48 AM IST
- CMs want subsidy revamp
A Stand-Off between the executive and the power regulators could be brewing.
29 May, 2007, 02.02 AM IST