Cover Story May 01, 2016 The Power Paradox The power sector of the country seems to be full of contradictions - there are about 300 million people who do not have access to power, about a third of the population is not lucky enough to escape scheduled and unscheduled power outages, but about 25,000 MW of installed capacity is unable to find buyers, the reason is that most of the power distribution companies (Discoms) are unable to buy enough power to cater their customers´ needs and even if they are ready to do so, there are not enough transmission lines to transfer excess power from pockets of plenty to the needy geographies.
Cover Story May 01, 2016 Stranded assets could be valued at Rs.150,000 cr Stranded assets could be valued at Rs 150,000 crore (at an average of Rs 7.5 crore per MW), which is staggering, to say the least. Going by the perceived idle capacity of 20,000 MW, the cumulative losses incurred by the power companies every year come to around Rs 12,000 crore on fixed cost alone.
Press Release Nov 13, 2013 India Power announces Q2FY14 financial results India Power Corporation Limited (formerly known as DPSC Ltd), one of the oldest power utilities in India, today declared its financial performance for the second quarter and half year ended September 30, 2013.
Press Release Nov 13, 2013 India Power announces Q2FY14 financial results India Power Corporation Limited (formerly known as DPSC Ltd), one of the oldest power utilities in India, today declared its financial performance for the second quarter and half year ended September 30, 2013.