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The ministry has done a good job of cleaning up the discom mess

May 26, 2023 04:30 IST

Late payment rule: Discoms’ overdues fall 74% in less than a year

The significant reductionin overdues is the direct result of the strict financial discipline brought in by the central government in…

May 22, 2023 06:05 IST

The problem with pooling Premium Story

Instead of the proposed pooling solution, it would be better if all high-variable-cost gencos sell their electricity in the power…

Updated: May 8, 2023 08:22 IST

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

A truly level playing field for discoms Premium Story

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

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 Premium Story

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

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