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Discoms’ aggregate technical and commercial losses down to 17pc in FY22

The government has taken various measures to improve the performance of utilities.

December 5, 2022 17:20 IST

Discoms’ outstanding dues dip by Rs 24,689 cr to Rs 1,13,269 cr in last 6 months: Power Ministry

“With the implementation of Electricity (LPS and Related Matters) Rules, 2022, remarkable improvement has been seen in recovery of outstanding…

Updated: November 30, 2022 16:07 IST

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A truly level playing field for discoms

If the government wants more than one discom to spur competition, then all such discoms should serve exactly the same…

Updated: November 22, 2022 08:36 IST

Tariffs: Supreme Court rules in favour of Delhi BSES discoms

“Truing up’ stage is not an opportunity for the DERC to rethink de novo on the basic principles, premises and…

Updated: October 20, 2022 07:17 IST

asset monetisation, power grid, discoms,

After Power Grid, state transcos to monetise assets

A model similar to TOT in highway segment under consideration

October 1, 2022 01:15 IST

Anil Ambani, Anil Ambani discom, power supply to Anil Ambani discom

SC restrains gencos from cutting supply to Anil Ambani-controlled discoms

These difficulties faced by them have nothing to do with the efficiency of their management and were beyond their control…

September 30, 2022 02:00 IST

Discoms outstanding late payment surcharge dues dips to Rs 713 cr from Rs 5,058 cr

The defaulter utilities were barred from trading at power exchanges under the Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge and related matters), Rules…

September 18, 2022 11:47 IST

Coal supplies to non-power sectors drop 29% in FY23

June was an even worse month for NRS consumers, when supplies to them went down to 10.8 rakes per day…

September 13, 2022 07:08 IST

Some of these dues have been pending for anywhere between three months to over a year.

A powerful move

The electricity grid operator’s action against states was long overdue to resolve the discom mess

August 22, 2022 04:15 IST

Thus a big gap in the implementation of the 2003 law is sought to be removed, as in practice, open access was limited to industrial units and cross-subsidies given by states depended on using industrial consumers to subsidise households and farmers.

Power politics

The electricity Bill should not become a victim of politicking as it has many sensible provisions

August 11, 2022 04:15 IST

The ministry of power had brought in the electricity LPS rules 2022 to address mounting dues of the state power utilities and advised REC and PFC to extend their support to discoms for timely payment of their dues under the new LPS rules.

REC sanctions Rs 22,000 crore to discoms under new LPS mechanism

In case of delay in payment of an instalment, a late payment surcharge will be payable on the entire outstanding…

August 5, 2022 03:10 IST

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This was repeated just before the beginning of the ongoing Parliament session also, and there were reports that 34 Bills are going to be tabled including the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022.

Powering distribution reform

The focus should be privatising existing discoms rather than bringing in more licensees.

Updated: August 4, 2022 09:27 IST

PM Modi urges states to clear power utilities’ dues of Rs 2.5 lakh crore

About Rs 2.5 lakh crore of companies engaged in electricity generation and distribution are stuck, he said while speaking at…

Updated: August 11, 2022 15:08 IST

EXPLAINER: Why tariff revisions are key to discoms’ revival

At the core of the issue is high user subsidies and delayed payments to the discoms by the states, creating…

July 29, 2022 09:04 IST

No hike in power tariff in Uttar Pradesh for 4th straight year

The regulator has also given relief to consumers of Greater Noida area who get the supply from the private discom…

July 24, 2022 05:20 IST

Crisil forecasts slower growth in power demand in the second and third quarters, amid expectations of lower export growth due to rising recession concerns in two of India’s top trade partners.

Power demand to grow above 6% in FY23

Growth to slow in Q2 and Q3 from a sharp 18.7% in Q1

July 22, 2022 02:15 IST

To meet the enhanced demand, discoms could have bought expensive power at the exchanges. However, their poor cash flows proved to be a hindrance.

Powering discom cash-flows: How ailing discoms can shore up revenues

From measures on metering to bolstering manpower, there are a few steps that can help ailing discoms shore up revenues

July 16, 2022 02:45 IST

CESC's wholly-owned subsidiary, Eminent Electricity Distribution, emerged as the highest bidder after acquiring a 100% stake in the power distribution company of Chandigarh.

CESC’s new distribution licence for Chandigarh to bolster revenues

The company would be granted a distribution licence for 25 years but the required formalities for getting the license were…

July 8, 2022 00:04 IST

However, MSEDCL disputed the amount, saying only balance amount, as per its verified record, of Rs 1408 crore is due. It also informed the court that it does not have enough money to pay.

Dispute over pending amount: SC asks Maha discom to clear dues of Adani Power

SC asks Maha discom to clear Rs 3,835 cr dues of Adani Power

June 15, 2022 02:00 IST

“During the period from June, 2017 to October, 2018, TSPL had not procured the entire coal available under the coal linkage, for reasons best known to TSPL. Having failed in its obligation to procure the available coal, TSPL claiming higher tariff for coal arranged from imported/alternate sources, which was refused by PSCPL,” the appeal stated.

SC asks Punjab discom for details of payment to genco for imported coal

The issue relates to the procurement of domestic coal from Mahanadi Coalfields (MCL) to undertake generation of electricity at Talwandi’s…

June 14, 2022 01:30 IST

The power ministry's letter is also marked to the coal ministry, the chairman and managing director of Coal India and the Central Electricity Authority, indicating their consent to the move.

Fuel imports diktat to states, private gencos: Comply or face coal supply cuts, says Govt

In the latest letter to state power secretaries, state gencos as well as IPPs, the ministry further said that those…

June 3, 2022 01:00 IST

Delhi’s peak power demand clocks 7,070 MW, highest ever in May

In 2020, it did not cross the 7,000 MW and peaked at 6314 MW. In 2021 (July 2), the city’s…

May 20, 2022 18:13 IST

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