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Central Electricity Regulatory Commission asks Power Grid to probe last month's disturbancesOn May 30, the Northern Region grid had experienced sharp drop in demand due to rain, dust storm/thunder storm, mainly in UP, Haryana, Utta...
'Government panel did not carry out in-depth probe on grid failure'The government panel did not carry out "in depth" investigations into the technical issues that caused the failure of electricity grids in ...
- Grid failure: Delhi Government starts work on islanding facility
Delhi govt has started work on setting up an 'islanding facility' to insulate essential services in the city from any power disruption.
Govt mulls prison term for chief secretaries for power overdrawalThe govt is contemplating levying heavy penalties on states overdrawing electricity that results in grid failure and possible imprisonment ...
- Blackout probe panel suggests stern enforcement of grid discipline, no drawing of additional power
Power ministry advised to do away with unscheduled interchange charges for deviating states
- Overdrawal by northern states a reason for July power outage
Over drawing of electricity by northern states could be one of the reasons for the massive power failure last month.
Power crisis: 8 northern states to discuss woes with Veerappa Moily on MondayEight northern states will discuss on Monday with Union Power Minister Veerapa Moily the issues they face in electricity transmission and d...
- Veerappa Moily to discuss grid failure with chief ministers
Power Minister Veerappa Moily today said he would discuss the issues with CMs before coming to a conclusion on the reasons for the power gr...
- Grid collapse: Veerappa Moily to discuss power crisis with CMs of eight states
Union power minister Veerappa Moily has called a meeting of chief ministers and power secretaries of eight states that suffered a blackout.
Power grids fail: Power restoration complete in Delhi & North East, 58% in Eastern regionElectricity supply has been restored 82% in northern region, including New Delhi, that were severely impacted by power outages.
Akhilesh Yadav government says power grid collapse did not occur due to UP's faultAmidst massive power crisis across the country due to the grid failure, the UP govt clarified that it was not overdrawing from the grid.
Northern & Eastern grids collapse: Biggest power failure in IndiaThis affected hundreds of trains, households & establishments as the grid that connects generating stations with customers collapsed.
- Delhi airport operations not hit by Northern Grid collapse
Flight operations at the Delhi airport remained unaffected today even as power supply was snapped for the second day following collapse of ...
- Northern & Eastern grids fail: Power for essential services to be restored in an hour, says Shinde
Confirming the collapse of northern and eastern grids, Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde told television channels that power for all essen...
Power grids fail: First priority to restore supply to railways, says NTPCNTPC Chairman, Arup Roy Choudhury said that sixty-two of NTPC's power plants with capacity of 14,000 MW have tripped due to the collapse.
- ET in the classroom: Why does a power grid fail?
On Monday, the whole of north India suffered a blackout for several hours after the sudden collapse of the northern grid. ET explains what ...
- Delhi blames UP, Punjab and Haryana for Northern grid collapse
Delhi Power Minister said UP was overdrawing 900 MW of power while overdrawal by Haryana & Punjab was 580 MW and 500 MW respectively.
Power grid failure in Northern India worst in a decade: Sushil Kumar ShindeHe said 60% restoration work was complete. Shinde went on to cite that the 2008 power grid failure in the US took four days to restore.
- Power shortage looms in Maharashtra, state flashes SOS sign
Already under severe power shortage, Maharashtra is now facing another 1,000 MW shortfall after northern states were found drawing excess e...
- Darkness in state as power goes north
The power-starved Maharashtra government on Wednesday night sent an SOS to the Centre, seeking its intervention to stop overdrawal of elect...