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Draft National Electricity Data Sharing Framework unveiledThe framework will apply to all electricity sector data created and maintained by power generating companies, transmission licensees, distr...
Cold war over ice cream: A three-decade old Vadilal family feud returns to Bombay High CourtA three-decade-old family pact dividing the Vadilal ice cream brand is now a legal battleground. The Mumbai branch has sued the Ahmedabad b...
WB liquor retailers allege Rs 300 crore collected as unauthorised transport charges, seek probeWest Bengal liquor traders claim over Rs 300 crore was collected from them between 2022 and 2025. They allege these are unauthorized transp...
Big relief for Delhi power consumers: SC says this cost can't be charged for no-supply periodDelhi electricity consumers receive significant relief as the Supreme Court ruled they cannot be made to pay for the depreciation costs of ...
SC reviews GST on costs paid to municipal bodiesThe Supreme Court will review if GST applies to companies paying municipal bodies for road restoration after utility work. This follows a G...
Power ministry seeks cost-reflective tariffs, removal of cross-subsidyThe government is proposing significant amendments to the Electricity Act, aiming to introduce cost-reflective tariffs and phase out cross-...
DERC releases draft regulation for green power obligations on discomsThe DERC has issued draft regulations mandating a 29.91% green energy purchase for stakeholders in 2024. RPOs require electricity distribut...
DERC directs power discom NDMC to pay licence fee, late payment charge since 2003-04The national capital's power regulator DERC has directed the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), a deemed power distribution licensee, to p...
Discoms' outstanding dues reduced by Rs 29,857 crore to Rs 1,08,092 crore, says Power Minister R K SinghThe minister informed the House that the total outstanding dues of the states, which were at Rs 1,37,949 crore as on June 3, 2022, have bee...
AIPEF chairman calls claim to provide choice to power consumers "misleading"The AIPEF has demanded that the bill be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy for wider consultation in a letter to Pr...
Power plants may get to stop supply to defaultersIndustry experts said the provision, being included in draft Electricity Late Payment Surcharge, 2021, will benefit power generators that d...
Gujarat's draft norms for power cos may increase challenges for private cos, says industry bodyOnce the norms are finalised, they will form the basis of contracts for supply of electricity by a generating company to a distribution lic...
Government may amend power act to levy hefty penalties on discomsThe govt seeks to levy hefty fines on power distribution companies for load shedding and make provisions for direct subsidy transfers by st...
Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission issues notices to Delhi Transco Limited, discoms over long power cutsTaking note of media reports on power crisis in the city, DERC held a meeting with distribution licensees, DTL and CEA on June 9 to review ...
A single-buyer model perpetuates inefficiencies of discomsThe sector’s interest is best served if each stakeholder performs the duty assigned to it by the statute. One would expect that the FoR dis...
- NTPC begins to search for a partner for electricity distribution
NTPC, the country's largest power producer, is floating a joint venture as part of its plan to foray into electricity distribution.
- 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...