Power demand to rise, says NTPC CMD

November 2016

Exuding confidence that the Centre’s UDAY scheme will help revive debt stressed discoms, NTPC Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh has sa...

Tags: Centre UDAY scheme, Gurdeep Singh, NTPC Ltd, Discoms, NETRA

India has a well-developed PPP ecosystem

November 2016

Sanjeev Kaushik, Deputy Managing Director, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd, speaks on the challenges facing infra financing and the likely c...

Tags: Sanjeev Kaushik, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd, Infrastructure projects, Hybrid Annuity, National Highway, Coal Mines, Power Discoms, Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana, UDAY, IIFCL, National Infrastructure Investment Fund, NIIF, Infra Projects

In FY16, the wholesale division lent Rs.15,320 crore

October 2016

In just nine years of being in business, L&T Infrastructure Finance (L&T Infra Finance) is one of the select few to be classified as an infrastructur...

Tags: L And T Infrastructure Finance, Infrastructure finance company, PFI, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Virender Pankaj, L And T Financial Services, DISCOMs profiling, grid evacuation infrastructure, PDC, Wind, Water, Solar irradiation, Transport, EPC sector, PSU

Coal price increase may push up power tariffs

October 2016

With a hike in coal prices and levy of coal terminal charge, electricity consumers may end up paying more as discoms increase tariffs to counter the ...

Tags: Coal prices, Discoms, Coal terminal charge, Electricity, Coal India Ltd, Ministry of Railways, Coal terminal charge

DERC wants more non-tariff revenue for discoms

September 2016

New Delhi´s power regulatory body has proposed changes in its regulations to allow discoms, which claim to be under financial stress, to retain a lar...

Tags: New Delhi Power, DERC, AAP government, Discoms

Delhi´s power demand at all time high of 6,260 MW

July 2016

Extreme heat and humidity levels pushed up Delhi´s peak power demand to an all-time high of 6,260 MW on June 30. ...

Tags: Extreme heat, Humidity, Delhi Peak Power, Delhi Tranco Limited, Discoms

Delhi´s power demand at all time high of 6,260 MW

July 2016

Extreme heat and humidity levels pushed up Delhi´s peak power demand to an all-time high of 6,260 MW on June 30. ...

Tags: Extreme heat, Humidity, Delhi Peak Power, Delhi Tranco Limited, Discoms

Discoms may take legal route against DERC order

June 2016

Discoms might take the legal route to challenge DERC´s order to make them pay damages to consumers for unscheduled outages. DERC came out with the fi...

Tags: Discoms, DERC, Electricity Act, Delhi government