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Parts of Mumbai, adjoining cities suffer hour-long power cut as line trips
Tripping at an important substation feeding power to the megapolis led to a power cut of over one hour in many parts of the country's financial capital on Tuesday
 "Parts of Mumbai, adjoining cities suffer hour-long power cut as line trips")
Sri Lanka to turn off street lights as minister says power cuts to extend
Sri Lanka is turning off its street lights to save electricity, a minister said on Thursday, as its worst economic crisis in decades brought more power cuts and gloom to its main stock market
 "Sri Lanka to turn off street lights as minister says power cuts to extend")
Electricity shortage at critical level in Pak, unannounced power cut begins
The power crisis across Pakistan has intensified as the overall electricity shortfall reached 5000 megawatts, local media reported on Thursday.
 "Electricity shortage at critical level in Pak, unannounced power cut begins")
Sri Lanka plunges into 10-hour daily power cut as fuel crisis worsens
The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday imposed a nationwide 10-hour daily power cut due to shortage of hydro-electricity triggered by non-availability of fuel. Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented acute economic and energy crisis caused due to shortage of foreign exchange. A sudden rise in prices of key commodities and fuel shortage forced tens of thousands of people to queue for hours outside petrol filling stations. People are also facing long hours of power cuts daily. All essentials are in short supply due to import restrictions forced by the forex crisis. The daily power cuts in the island nation have been further extended Wednesday morning to 10 hours, officials said. The country has been facing a seven-hour power outage since the beginning of the month. There is a shortage of 750 megawatt due to non availability of fuel to generate thermal power, the chair of the Public Utilities Commission Janaka Ratnayaka said. State-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has asked motor
 "Sri Lanka plunges into 10-hour daily power cut as fuel crisis worsens")
Earthquake aftermath: Japan fighting to avoid mass power cuts
Govt officials warned power supply is expected to fall short of demand Tuesday evening, and officials at Tokyo Electric Power Co. said there could be partial outages if the supply squeeze continues
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Mumbai power outage: Maharashtra sends notice to Tata Power
A Tata Power spokesperson said the notice is a part of laid out procedures during such events and does not suggest any fault on its part
 "Mumbai power outage: Maharashtra sends notice to Tata Power")
Washington state storm: 50,000 still without power after floods, mudslides
At the height of the storm, about 158,000 electrical customers on Monday had no power and schools in the city of Bellingham were closed on Tuesday for the second day in a row.
 "Washington state storm: 50,000 still without power after floods, mudslides")
India and China's coal mining revival holds an energy crisis lesson
Coal India Ltd., the world's top miner of the commodity, has temporarily stopped deliveries to all consumers in the country other than power stations, even as it boosts deliveries from mines
 "India and China's coal mining revival holds an energy crisis lesson")
Power back, but Texans stormed with thousand-dollar electricity bills
Consumers are facing sky-high payments in the aftermath of the storm, with many taking to social media to show electricity bills ranging as high as $8,000
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Power outages and water shortages as Texas shivers, says report
Misery deepens as a new storm threatens the US east coast
Blame game begins between MSETCL, Tata Power over Mumbai power outage
A blame game has begun between Tata Power and state-run transmission utility Mahatransco over the massive power outage in the financial capital earlier this week. Mahatransco (Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited - MSETCL) Chairman and Managing Director Dinesh Waghmare said Tata Power's plants took time to start generating electricity following the grid collapse on Monday morning, resulting in the specially created 'islanding' system not working. Hydel power stations can start generating power in 10 minutes, but Tata Power's took over five hours, while its thermal power stations came on board only past midnight, resulting in longer time required for restoration of power to residents, Waghmare told a TV news channel on Thursday. Countering this, Tata Power on Friday said "the inconvenience caused to the Mumbai consumers was due the MSTECL transmission system failure which led to cascading impact on all the downstream suppliers of electricity including Tata Power
 "Blame game begins between MSETCL, Tata Power over Mumbai power outage")
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray orders probe into power outage in Mumbai
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday took serious cognisance of the power outage in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and ordered an immediate probe into it.
From now, long power cuts may lead to compensation for users in Chattisgarh
Chhattisgarh has become the first state to implement 'compensation for power cut' policy, an official said
 "From now, long power cuts may lead to compensation for users in Chattisgarh")
Major power cut impacting homes, transport in large parts of Britain
Train services in and out of London, including Thameslink, Southern and Gatwick Express were facing delays and cancellations
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Power cut for more than an hour? Delhites may soon get compensation
The policy would now need Lt Governor Anil Baijal's approval to come into force
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