Centre Gives States A New Green Power Mandate To Encourage RPO Compliance Updated On Mon, Jul 25th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Union Government has asked state governments to meet a quarter of their power demand through renewable energy sources in the current year, which can be scaled to 47 % in the following eight years. Although consistent with India’s clean energy commitments, the new trajectory of the Union Government will be difficult for the already […] Read more
Gujarat, Goa and Chandigarh Top Climate Performers: NITI Aayog Updated On Fri, Jun 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy NITI Aayog has recently released a report called the State Energy and Climate Index (SECI) declaring Gujarat, Goa and Chandigarh as top performing states in the category of larger states, smaller states and UTs respectively on the basis of the performance by the states during 2019-20 across several parameters and measures for mitigating climate change. […] Read more
Resurgent Power Ventures Pte Ltd Gets UP Power firm through IBC process Updated On Thu, Mar 10th, 2022 by Saurenergy Tata Power backed Resurgent Power Ventures has been selected for takeover of the South East UP Power Transmission Company Limited (SEUPTCL) by the resolution professional handling the case of the bankrupt transmission firm. A Letter of Intent (LOI) selecting Resurgent Power Ventures Pte Ltd (Resurgent) has been issued under the Insolvency and Banking Code (IBC)proceedings, […] Read more
SECI pays Rs 4.2 billion for Solar and Wind Procurement for December Month Updated On Fri, Feb 4th, 2022 by Saurenergy Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has released a payments of about Rs 490 crores to just solar and wind power generators. This disbursement is meant for the renewable energy procured from the two power sources for the month of December 2021. As far as the total amount released by SECI for the said month […] Read more
Smart Grid Cell to be Set Up in Telangana, says State Regulator Updated On Tue, Jul 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) has issued a notification for implementing the TSERC (Smart Grid) Regulation, 2021, to be enforced from the date of its publication in the Telangana Gazette. A smart grid is an electrical grid with automation, communication and IT systems that can monitor power flows from points of generation to […] Read more
CCI Approves Majority Acquisition of NESCO by Tata Power Updated On Mon, Mar 22nd, 2021 by Saurenergy The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of 51% of the equity share capital of NESCO Utility by Tata Power The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has announced that it has approved the acquisition of 51 percent of the equity share capital of North Eastern Electricity Supply Company of Odisha (NESCO Utility) […] Read more
Budget 2021. Why 24X7 Power For All, Tackling Discom Losses Is key Updated On Mon, Feb 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy Hopes are once again high that the government will take a broom to clean up discom losses in some way, one of the most intractable issues for the power sector for decades now. As always, the present time remains the best time to do something about it. On January 29 morning, power minister R.K. Singh […] Read more
The Discom Perspective on a Viable EV Network Updated On Mon, Oct 5th, 2020 by Saurenergy A new report from TERI highlights the way forward for establishing an EV charging network, with Discoms in mind. It is no secret that an EV charging network goes hand in hand with the spread of EV’s in every market. In fact, some will argue that it usually precedes a big jump in EV adoption, […] Read more
CERC Approves Tariff for 480 MW Solar PV Projects Updated On Thu, Aug 6th, 2020 by Saurenergy SECI’s trading margin of Rs.0.07/kWh has also been approved The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved a petition filed by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for approval of power purchase agreement (PPA) tariff and SECI’s trading margin for sale of power from 480 MW grid-connected solar PV projects. The power will be […] Read more