Tamil Nadu power regulator may tweak rules for quick developments of solar business...

  The Tamil Nadu Electricity Commission is looking to change the rules in order to ensure just one member can be considered a quorum, rather than the current requirement of two, something that could potentially quicken the decision-making process. The regulator has issued a draft notice toward easing the rules for what constitutes...

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Alstom displays its new T155·4ZO kV Gas-Insulated Substation: compact and smart grid ready...

  Alstom Grid, a global leader in power transmission and smart grid technology, showcases a number of  technologies  and  innovations at  the  ELECRAMA  2014 -  one of the largest trade shows for electrical and electronics industry in Asia. Alstom  will  update  key industry ...

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Haryana discoms prepare a Rs 5,000-cr capital expenditure plan...

  The Hayana discoms (Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam) have prepared a capex (capital expenditure) plan of Rs 5,000 crore for the next three years to strengthen power distribution system in the state, so as to ensure more power with greater reliability to meet the increasing demand. Devender...

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Suzlon up on talks with FCCB holders...

  Suzlon Energy’s shares rose as much as 6.5 per cent on Tuesday and closed at Rs 11.69 on the BSE, after reports of the company reaching a settlement with bondholders over its 2012 default. “We will reach a settlement with the foreign currency convertible bond (FCCB) debtors in the next two to three days,” said a person close to...

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NMDC scouts for new sites for UP power plant...

  NMDC, which is in the process of setting up a 500-MW power plant in Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh, has decided to shift the location of the project in view of the objections raised by a committee under the ministry of environment and forests. According to official sources, Mecon, consultant for the power project has come up with...

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Mahadiscom sitting on Rs 1,000 crore Dabhol bill...

  Fuel shortage is not the only problem the Dabhol power project is faced with. It turns out that one of its shareholders and beneficiaries, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (Mahadiscom), is also partly responsible for the project's financial woes. In a letter to power secretary P K Sinha, IDBI Bank chairman M S...

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After National Solar Mission now it's time of National Wind Energy Mission (NWEM)...

  The government will launch its first wind energy mission this year to give a boost to the renewable source and putting it in the same league as the high-profile solar mission. The 'National Wind Energy Mission (NWEM), which would be launched around the middle of the year, would give incentives to invest, east land clearances and...

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Amendment to Electricity Act will threaten BEST’s existence: GM...

  The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking's administration has opposed a move by the Union Power Ministry that could prevent BEST from cross-subsidising transport losses from its supply division, and allow private distributors to supply electricity to residential and commercial units in the island city. ...

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Maharashtra Cabinet meets today to decide on reducing power tariffs...

  Maharashtra cabinet led by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is scheduled to meet on Wednesday to decide on reducing the existing power tariffs for residential, commercial and industrial consumers across the state. Today's cabinet meets comes in the wake of demands made by AICC secretary and MP Sanjay Nirupam that Maharashtra government...

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