Interaction Apr 01, 2018 Loss-making discoms to be denied loans We have already liberalised the Electricity Act and it provides for franchisees. However, the charging station is not selling electricity, but giving you a service. It is actually buying the electricity from a discom.
Cover Story Apr 01, 2018 Step in the right direction While Green Energy Corridor may enhance transmission grid to a greater extent, the evacuation issues faced by the renewable energy segment may not get fully resolved in the near future.
Cover Story Mar 01, 2018 Waning hope for UDAY! Although state discoms have managed to leverage UDAY by paring financial losses from Rs.51,589.51 crore in FY16 to Rs.34,826.87 in FY17, a marginal decrease in AT&C losses seems to be the bone of contention, as what has been envisaged has not been achieved yet, barring bailing-out non-performers.
Cover Story Mar 01, 2018 AT&C losses have shown only marginal improvement The key objective of UDAY was financial turnaround of power distribution companies (discoms), which would have led to purchase of more electricity, reduced load-shedding and improved hours of supply.
Cover Story Feb 01, 2018 Facing headwinds The wind power sector is going through a transformation with the entry of competitive bidding process. Though it could keep up the pace as of now, analysts say, it will slow down going ahead.
Interaction Jan 01, 2018 EESL, the biggest 'Make in India' story by far Saurabh Kumar's eyes light up the moment one starts talking to him about his favourite passion, energy efficiency. An Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1992 batch, Kumar took charge as Managing Director at the Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) in May 2013.
Report Jan 01, 2018 Enabling Tariffs & Policies Called for Renewable energy contributes over 22 per cent to India's installed power generation capacity. Although conventional fuels still dominate this segment, the share of renewable energy sources has been steadily increasing from about 8 per cent in 2009.
Power 20:20 Dec 31, 2017 Transmission Company with Highest Growth in Network Creation in State Sector - TANTRANSCO The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board was restructured by establishing a holding company with the name TNEB Ltd and two subsidiary companies namely Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation (TANTRANSCO) and Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) as per the mandatory requirements of the Electricity Act 2003.
Interaction May 01, 2017 Intelligent grids backed by cyber security will be the norm In analysing the grid failure of 2012, it was observed that overloading and consequent tripping of 220 kV system had pushed the system to the edge. As is the case with most system failures, no single factor was responsible for the grid disturbance.