The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 seeks to enable power consumers to choose from multiple service providers as in the case of telecom services.
High temperatures due to delayed monsoon in several states led to a surge in power demand these days.
"The incident occurred at about 9.15 am in Salempur Ghankar village when Dileep Jadon (32) and his daughter Sapna were fencing their field with iron wires to protect crops from stray cattle.
The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has demanded that the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 must be put out in the public domain before starting the discussion on it in Parliament.
The government may announce a new scheme for cash-strapped and loss-making electricity distribution utilities to reduce stress in the sector and achieve the goal of '24X7 Power for All', a source said.
Border villages in far flung areas of Nowshera have been electrified after decades of independence.
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday said the state government has decided to give exemption in electricity duty for 20 years under the Haryana Enterprises and Employment Policy 2020 (HEEP) to attract more industries in the state.
Installation of smart electricity metres to bring transparency in billing and reduce power losses will begin in Jammu and Srinagar from next month, officials said on Sunday.
A massive power grid failure in the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has brought the city to a standstill. Among others, Railway services have also taken a hit as the electricity went off in the region.
A major power outage brought Mumbai and parts of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region of Thane, Raigad and Palghar districts to a standstill on Monday, owing to a power grid failure.
Due to the negligence of the electricity department, on Wednesday, about five lakh population of the capital suffered a severe power crisis for about eight hours. Due to technical flaws in the software of smart meter, electricity connection was cut in about one lakh houses and shops.
Clash erupted between people from two slums in Metiabruz area after power was restored to one of the slum areas, following cyclone Amphan on May 26.
Power demand in India, which had gone down during the lockdown period due to several industries, businesses temporarily suspended operations, has got back to the pre-lockdown levels.
Electricity employees and engineers will observe 'protest day' on June 1 to oppose proposed privatisation in the power sector.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday that power departments and utilities in all the centrally-administered territories would be privatised
With almost no economic activity taking place in first 20 days of April due to lockdown, and very little operations after that, power demand declined sharply by 24 per cent in the month, Crisil Research said.
The West Bengal government on Monday announced free electricity in the state. Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress' decision on providing free electricity applies to only those consumers with quarterly consumption up to 75 units.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday expressed happiness that cheap electricity has become part of nationwide political discourse, adding that Delhi has shown that it also gets you votes.
The peak winter power demand in the national capital touched an all-time high of 5,343 MW on new year's day, a discom spokesperson said. According to State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC), Delhi, the peak power demand reached 5,343 MW at 11.11 AM on January 1 when the minimum temperature was 2.4 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the last six years.
As new areas gain access to basic levels of electricity, men in these households tend to dominate its use, according to a study conducted in India which suggests that men benefit more than women from such access. The study, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, highlights intra-household power dynamics as an important factor to consider for enabling more equitable energy access in developing countries.
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