The Supreme Court has directed all State Regulatory Commissions to frame Regulations under Section 181 of the Electricity Act on the terms and conditions for the determination of tariff within three months while it dismissed an appeal filed by Tata Power Company Limited-Transmission (TPC-T).

California [US], July 25 (ANI): A huge wildfire raging for the third day on Sunday in central California destroyed land of over 14,000 acres and displaced over 6,000 people from rural communities.  

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 21 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the state government has decided to bring a new policy to ensure power supply to every poor household of the state.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 26 (ANI): Meeting the peak power demand of the season Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) said that it has successfully provided over 26,000 MV electricity to the State amid rising demand and further avoided load shedding.

Kochi Mar 18 PTI The Kerala High Court on Friday discharged CPIM MLA and former Electricity Minister of the State M M Mani and two others in a case connected with the murder of Anchery Baby a Congress leader from Idukki in 1982 On an evaluation of the material available there is no ground for presuming that the accused committed the offence and therefore they were entitled to be discharged said Justice Sunil Thomas The High Court order came following revision petitions moved by Mani Kuttappan and O G Madhanan challenging dismissal by a Sessions Court of their plea for discharge in a 2012 case registered in connection with the murder of Anchery Baby In 1986 the Sessions Court acquitted all the nine accused in the murder case and the appeal of the State against the same was dismissed by the High Court in 1990 In 2012 Mani speaking at a public meeting in Idukki referred to several political killings including that of Baby and based on the speech a case was registered naming the CPIM leader as an accused in the murder of the Congress leader in 1982 In the 2012 case the prosecution projected three of the nine accused in the 1982 case as witnesses claiming that they were wrongly arrayed as accused in the earlier case But an eyewitness said the three accused turned witnesses were among the assailants who attacked Baby This is a self-contradictory and mutually damaging version to the prosecution case itself the High Court said It further said In the case at hand it is clear that a few witnesses have deposed touching on the complicity of the newly arrayed accused Mani and others At the same time they themselves reaffirmed the presence of some of the present prosecution witnesses who earlier stood arrayed as accused This not only strikes at the very base of the prosecution case but also tells on the credibility of them With these material a trial of accused is not possible In the result criminal revision petitions are allowed Impugned orders are set aside and the discharge application stands allowed All the revision petitioners accused stand discharged said the court PTI HMP NVG NVG

New Delhi Feb 20PTI Delhis power regulator DERC has appointed Delhi Polices former Special Commissioner Pardeep Kumar Bhardwaj as its ombudsman to examine grievances of the citys electricity consumers A 1987-batch IPS officer of the AGMUT cadre Bhardwaj had earlier held several prestigious posts in the central government and had retired as a special commissioner of Delhi Police He was administered the oath of office by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission Chairman Justice Retd Shabihul Hasnain earlier this week said a DERC statement The institution of the Electricity Ombudsman was established by the Commission under the provisions of Sections 425 and 426 of the Electricity Act 2003 and the DERC Forum for redressal of grievances of the consumers and ombudsman Regulations 2018 Four consumer grievances redressal forum CGRF one each for consumers of discoms BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd BRPL BSES Yamuna Power Ltd BYPL Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd TPDDL and New Delhi Municipal Council NDMC have been functioning since 2004 Any aggrieved electricity consumer may approach the appropriate forum seeking redressal of his grievance related to metering billing grant of a new connection disconnection reconnection change of name of the registered consumer But these forums cannot be moved in matters related to the unauthorised use or theft of electricity and meter tampering among others The consumers who are not satisfied with the decision of the CGRF can approach the DERC ombudsman who acts as an appellate authority over the CGRF the statement said PTI VIT RAX RAX

Srinagar Dec 19 PTI There is no bigger admission of failure for a civilian administration than to call upon the Army to operate its power supply infrastructure as it means the authorities have accepted a total breakdown of governance NC vice-president Omar Abdullah said on SundayHis remarks came after the Jammu administration sought the services of the police and the Army to operate grid stations in the city Electricity supply was affected in several parts of the region as a strike by power development department employees against privatisation and other issues entered its second dayThe army has been called to operate the power infrastructure in Jammu division of JK There is no bigger admission of failure for a civilian administration than to call upon the army it means a total breakdown of governance has been accepted by the JK government the NC leader wrote on TwitterEarlier the former Jammu Kashmir chief minister had asked the administration to leave privatisation decisions to an elected governmentThe JK administration may be able to claim constitutional authority to privatise the assets of JK but it completely lacks the political authority Decisions of this nature with far reaching consequences should be left to an elected government he said PTI SSB IJT

Hyderabad : Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao has threatened to hire 1,000 trucks and dump the entire paddy produced in the state at India Gate in Delhi if the central government doesn’t procure it. He has also said that the paddy will be dumped at the BJP office and outside Union minister Kishan Reddy’s house in Hyderabad The threat comes after the Centre refused to procure 90% of the paddy from the state on the lines of Punjab.

Hyderabad : Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao has threatened to hire 1,000 trucks and dump the entire paddy produced in the state at India Gate in Delhi if the central government doesn’t procure it. He has also said that the paddy will be dumped at the BJP office and outside Union minister Kishan Reddy’s house in Hyderabad The threat comes after the Centre refused to procure 90% of the paddy from the state on the lines of Punjab.

Hyderabad : Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao has threatened to hire 1,000 trucks and dump the entire paddy produced in the state at India Gate in Delhi if the central government doesn’t procure it. He has also said that the paddy will be dumped at the BJP office and outside Union minister Kishan Reddy’s house in Hyderabad The threat comes after the Centre refused to procure 90% of the paddy from the state on the lines of Punjab.