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UDAY will reinitiate siGNing of PPAs
UDAY will result in liquidity improvement and sharp reduction in discom losses, thus improving the ability of discoms to procure power and reinitiate signing of long-term power-purchase agreements (PPAs).
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The Sun also rises for our Discoms
Leaders are women or men in positions of power - power over collectives of people, small or large, power to plan policies, and empowered to take decisions impacting the people. I classify all such leaders into two broad groups, one who balances populism and short-termism with the longer term outcomes,
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GAS or Reality
The recent positive developments have raised the hopes of revival of natural gas-based power sector in the country, where many plants were either closed or operating at lower than optimal levels.
Natural Gas-Based Power Sector, RLNG, Power Supply Scenario, Coal-Fuelled Plant, Reserve Bank Of India, Infrastructure Projects, CRISIL, Central Electricity Authority, Ministry Of Power, PSDF, Working Group On Power, Gas Power Projects, NELP, NTPC, ONGC
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Loans in jeopardy!
As much as Rs 75,000 crore of loans - or nearly 15 per cent of the aggregated debt to power generation companies - are at risk of becoming delinquent in the medium-term.
Fuel, FRP, CRISIL, RLNG, Coal, Rural Electrification Corporation, Discoms, Public Sector Banks, AT&C, Power Finance Corporation, Power Generation Projects
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Renewed Commitments!
GoI´s aggressive push towards solar has rejuvenated the solar market and given tremendous growth potential for upcoming clean energy eco-system, believe experts.
Renewable Energy (RE) has many unique attributes ´ rapid deployment, modular nature and environment friendliness ´ which make it a beneficial source of power in a country like India, which has a high energy deficit, growing demands and an inadequate grid infrastructure.
Renewable Energy, Clean Energy Eco-System, Sanjay Agarwal, Fortum India, Goi, Vineet Mittal, Welspun Renewables, Sunedison Inc, Softbank Corp, Taiwan´S Foxconn Technology, Solar Power Projects, OAO Rosneft, Solar PV Technology, Deutsche Bank Report, CEA
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Power 20:20 | Power Finance Corporation (PFC)
PFC was set up in 1986 as a financial institution dedicated to power sector financing and committed to the integrated development of the power & associated sectors. PFC is a Navratna Company and the largest NBFC in India was incorporated
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CERC norms may dent power utilities profits
CRISIL fears that power utilities´ profits would be hit if power regulator´s recent tariff norms are implemented in the present form. However, credit profiles of the firms will remain stable. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission´s (CERC´s) recent draft tariff guidelines for power utilities have potential, if implemented in the current form, to reduce aggregate annual profits of CRISIL-rated utilities by Rs 1,400 crore, or nearly 7 per cent of their profits in the last fiscal
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CERC norms may dent power utilities profits
CRISIL fears that power utilities´ profits would be hit if power regulator´s recent tariff norms are implemented in the present form. However, credit profiles of the firms will remain stable. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission´s (CERC´s) recent draft tariff guidelines for power utilities have potential, if implemented in the current form, to reduce aggregate annual profits of CRISIL-rated utilities by Rs 1,400 crore, or nearly 7 per cent of their profits in the last fiscal
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