Page 2 - Power Discoms

615,000 Delhiites opt in for power subsidy till Friday evening: Officials

On an average, more than 11,600 Delhiites have opted in for power subsidy per hour, filing application with the discoms, since the process was launched by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. Around 6.15 lakh power consumers in Delhi had applied for the subsidy by 5.40 pm on Friday. These included 2,58,852 BRPL, 1,73,875 BYPL, 1,78,584 TPDDL and 2,351 NDMC consumers, they said. The chief minister, at a press conference on Wednesday, had said power consumers in Delhi will get subsidy from October 1 only if they demand it by submitting offline or online applications. He had launched a phone number 70113 11111 for consumers to give a missed call or send WhatsApp message to opt for the subsidy. In the first two days, up to 5.30 pm on Thursday, around 3.4 lakh consumers had applied for power subsidy. More than 90 per cent of 58 lakh power consumers in Delhi digitally pay their electricity bills. Presently, consumers having up to 200 units of monthly .

Power exchanges clock growth despite pending discom dues worth Rs 1.32 trn

A third player starts operations, pointing to the potential of this nascent business

Telangana govt to legally challenge Centre's order on power dues

The Telangana government has decided to wage a legal battle against the Centre's direction to pay Rs 6,757 crore power dues to Andhra Pradesh

Don't burden utilities, pay for freebies from budget: Sitharaman to parties

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said political parties that come to power on pre-poll promises of freebies should pay for those through budgetary provisions. Citing the example of free electricity being promised in many states, the finance minister said the burden for the freebies should not be thrust upon the power discoms or gencos. "If a promise has been made to the people at the time of the election, you are looking at a quid pro quo. You should be, as a responsible party, assume after you come to power, make a provision in the budget for it," Sitharaman said, speaking at the FE Best Bank Awards event here. She said in the case of the power sector, there have been cases where states have paid the utilities in parts or not paid at all. "You end up shifting the burden to the discom which has not gone to the election. The discom has not asked for votes. Why should they be burdened? Do they have the power to stop continuing the supply? And similarly the gencos,"

Delhi to have one charging point for every 15 EVs by 2024: Policy document

The Delhi government's charging plan for electric vehicles has incentives for battery swapping facility operators and one public charging point for 15 EVs by 2024, a new policy document has said. The government will also have the power distribution companies, or the discoms, studying the impact of EV charging on the grid. Delhi government on Monday released the charging action plan' for electric vehicles on completion of two years of its EV Policy that was first launched in 2020. The plan said that the biggest hindrance to the large-scale adoption of electric vehicles is inadequate charging infrastructure. Titled Charging/Swapping Infrastructure Action Plan for 2022-25', the document said that the national capital will operationalise the incentive provided to battery swapping facility operators in the Delhi EV policy. The plan said that if the battery is not sold with the vehicle, up to 50 per cent of the purchase incentive would be provided to energy operators to ensure that the

Centre's plan on sale of RE power to states offers only a flickering hope

The power ministry's plan to become an intermediary in the sale of green power generation to states is only a limited solution to the larger problem facing state discoms

Will the govt be fifth-time lucky in bailing out discoms?

PM Modi announced a Rs 3 trillion package for reforms in the power distribution sector, while blaming 'freebies culture' for their mounting dues. Will the package address problems of the power sector?

Clear your power dues, PM Modi reminds states; here is what they owe

States and UTs, in total, owe over Rs 1 trillion to gencos and about Rs 1.3 trillion to discoms, with Maharashtra owing the maximum

PM Modi urges states to clear power utilities' dues of Rs 2.5 trillion

PM Modi highlighted the financial problems being faced by the power utilities and asked the states to clear the dues as soon as possible

20 yrs of privatised Delhi discoms: Leap in tech but feet tied in populism

Delhi's power purchase cost has risen by 300% since 2014 but the tariff has only risen by 90%

India's power crisis: The devil lies more in the cost than in the crunch

New far-off plants are costlier and start supplying power much after the older ones have been run at peak. This summer, despite the call to phase out plants over 25 years, they've proved their worth

Renewable energy projects bear the brunt of discoms' financial woes

The dues of RE power generators have increased by close to 40 per cent since January, the highest among all categories of gencos

No access to alternate electricity sources to defaulting discoms: R K Singh

As on Dec 14, total dues of discoms towards gencos was Rs 98,682 cr; If the disputed amount is included, the dues stand at Rs 1.09 trn, inching closer to the record highs of last year

Discoms' outstanding dues to gencos rise 3.3% to Rs 116,127 cr in October

Total outstanding dues owed by electricity distribution companies to power producers rose 3.3 per cent year-on-year to Rs 116,127 crore in October

Long leaps for discoms before they sign up for new reform scheme

Ghosts of mounting financial losses and worsening technical performance still haunt; discoms would need to walk many extra miles to become eligible for the new package

Power ministry seeks to take away sub-transmission from discoms

Centre looking to overhaul power transmission system in states

Lack of planning by state governments led to coal crisis, says Centre

Discoms should improve recovery, says power secretary

Gencos to be allowed to sell power in open market if not paid by discoms

Power ministry has made the suggestion in order to reduce the retail tariff for consumers and reduce burden of regular payment on the discoms

Despite regulatory, discom challenges, Sterlite Power bets on demand growth

IPO-bound Sterlite looks at growth in power transmission infra and power equipment industry

External risks soften lenders' interest in renewable energy projects

The pressure to re-negotiate contracts to reduce tariffs and the viability of power distribution companies are some of these.