Power producers seek rejig of MoEF panel on Uttarakhand disaster...

  Private power producers have requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to reconstitute the Environment Ministry's committee on assessing the impact of Uttarakhand disaster, saying that it lacks the state's representation. Heavy monsoon rains and landslides wreaked havoc in the hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and...

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Coal India arm BCCL to enhance output to 36 MT by 2017...

  Coal India arm BCCL, which made a turnaround following a revival package from the government, plans to increase output by 15.3 per cent to 36 million tonnes (MT) in the next three years with a capex of Rs 2,100 crore on various projects. Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), a Dhanbad-based Coal India subsidiary, had achieved its highest...

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ACME Group plans Rs 9,000 cr investments in solar power space...

  Embarking on an ambitious business expansion, energy solutions provider ACME Group plans to invest as much as Rs 9,000 crore to develop solar power projects in the coming years.   The group, which already has significant presence in the telecom space, aims to set up solar power projects having total capacity of 1,000...

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APTransco mulls open access power to industries...

  Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APTransco) is contemplating allowing open access power purchases (1 Mw and above) by industries from third parties to meet their energy needs. It is planning to soon hold a high-level meet with the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry,   Confederation...

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Default in payment of Unscheduled Interchanges (UI) charges for the energy drawn in excess of the drawl schedule by UPPCL....

  CERC directed the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited to submit payment plan of outstanding UI charges to NRLDC including interest due on affidavit by 11th November 2013. Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited submitted to CERC that it has paid 50% of the outstanding Unscheduled Interchanges (UI) charges by 31.10.2013 and...

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MERC's order for migration of 8 Lac R-Infra consumers to tata power postponed till December 10...

  Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission has deferred the hearing of Reliance Infrastructure's petition regarding MERC's order for switching over of RInfra's consumers to Tata Power. RInfra-D earlier had filed an Appeal before the Hon’ble Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) seeking for interim stay on the operation...

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