The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has approved hike in the fuel cost adjustment (FCA) surcharge for the third quarter of the 2017-18 financial year.

The Chakradharpur railway division is likely to save around Rs 2.5 lakh annually in energy bills at three of its key stations, namely, Tatanagar, Rourkela and Jharsuguda. Railway officials said that installation of LED lamps at all the three stations, one of which is A1 category (Tatanagar) and the other two A category, was 80 per cent complete. Work was expected to be completed in another one week or so.

Azure Power has bagged a 200-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power project by the means of an auction conducted by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL). The company now has a total solar portfolio of 470 MW in Gujarat.

Owing to the failure to put a check on transmission and distribution (T&D) losses, Chandigarh electricity department has incurred distribution loss recorded at 13.65 per cent as compared to 13.25 per cent approved by the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC).

Delhi electricity distribution company (discom) BSES has announced it has signed a power sale agreement (PSA) with the Solar Energy Corp of India (SECI) to procure 200 MW at competitive rates.

The wind power sector of India is well on its way to meet the 60-GW capacity target ahead of the 2022 deadline set by the government, having already crossed the 34-GW mark, the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) has said.

NHPC has said its 330-MW Kishanganga hydropower project is fully commissioned with synchronising of third unit of 110 MW. This marks the commissioning of all three units of Kishanganga project, as the first and second units have already been commissioned on March 13 and 21, 2018, respectively.

Exicom installed AC & DC electric vehicle charging station at Ministry of Power office in Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi. It is part of the plan to develop EV charging points across the country.

Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T), Genus Power and Allied Engineering have bagged a contract to supply 10 million pre-paid meters to Uttar Pradesh (UP) under the Saubhagya scheme, which aims to add more than 40 million households to the power grid by December this year.