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Policy and regulatory framework for DISCOMs in the offing: PM Modi

Consumers should be able to choose their supplier according to performance like any other retail commodity, he said. New Delhi: Asserting that reforms in the regulatory and process framework have significantly “improved” the outlook towards the power sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Centre is working to remove problems in the distribution […]

India’s Power Mix Set for Structural Shift as Thermal Share Slips Below 70% by FY27 – EQ

Rs 1.25 lakh cr loans sanctioned under power discoms liquidity package

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced Rs 90,000 crore liquidity infusion into cash-strapped discoms facing demand slump due to the COVID-19 crisis. New Delhi : Loans worth nearly Rs 1.25 lakh crore have been sanctioned so far by state-owned non-banking finance firms Power Finance Corporation and REC Ltd under the liquidity package for stressed power […]

India’s Power Mix Set for Structural Shift as Thermal Share Slips Below 70% by FY27 – EQ

Budget 2021: Maha energy minister says state will not allow privatisation of discoms

He alleged the budget proposal to give consumers alternatives to choose their distribution company is a ploy to hand over the power sector to “crony capitalists”. Mumbai : Maharashtra’s Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Friday said the state government will not allow for the privatisation of state-run discoms. He alleged the budget proposal to give […]

Remote Tribal Villages in Odisha Achieve Complete Electrification Through Solar Power – EQ

APERC forms expert panel for short-term power purchase

The commission noted that a rational methodology, like an actual demand forecast model, would help the discoms contract the short-term procurement well in advance at cheaper prices. VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Electricity and Regulatory Commission (APERC) has constituted an expert committee to come up with a methodology to be followed for approval/ratification of short-term power […]

Remote Tribal Villages in Odisha Achieve Complete Electrification Through Solar Power – EQ

Govt to focus on loss-making discoms for next 3-4 yrs to achieve ’24X7 power for all’: Official

Talking about the continuous losses of discoms, he said there is a gap between the actual rate of supply of power and the cost recovered from consumers New Delhi: The government’s spotlight will be on electricity distribution utilities or discoms, which are mostly state-run and cash-strapped due to losses, to achieve the goal of 24X7 […]

Remote Tribal Villages in Odisha Achieve Complete Electrification Through Solar Power – EQ

Power engineers to protest on February 3 against privatisation of discoms

Shailendra Dubey, the Chairman of AIPEF, in a letter to the Prime Minister, stated that power engineers and engineers are grieved over the central government’s move towards the power sector privatisation through Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020, & Standard Bidding Document for total privatisation of distribution of electricity. New Delhi: Power sector engineers would go for […]

Remote Tribal Villages in Odisha Achieve Complete Electrification Through Solar Power – EQ

Only state discoms authorised to implement rooftop solar scheme: MNRE

​The statement was released after the ministry received complaints that some rooftop solar firms and vendors were setting up projects by claiming that they were authorised by the ministry New Delhi: The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) on Friday clarified that only state discoms and not vendors were authorised to implement the rooftop […]

Remote Tribal Villages in Odisha Achieve Complete Electrification Through Solar Power – EQ