With an aim to celebrate and showcase the achievements of the nation in energy efficiency and conservation in the country, the ministry of power will celebrate National Energy Conservation Day on December 14, said officials on Tuesday.
The Ministry said in a statement said that AT&C losses and average cost of supply and average realisable revenue (ACS-ARR) gap are key indicators of a discom's performance. In the last two years, the AT&C loss of the discoms of the country was hovering at 21-22 per cent. The Ministry instituted a number of measures to improve the performance of utilities, according to the statement.
With the implementation of Electricity (LPS and Related Matters) Rules, 2022, the Ministry of Power on Wednesday said that there has been a remarkable improvement in the recovery of outstanding power dues of suppliers including generating companies, transmission companies and traders.
PFC Consulting, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PFC, has been designated as the nodal agency by the ministry of power. Under the scheme, PFC Consulting has invited bids for the supply of 4,500 MW, according to a statement from the ministry of power.
India's total coal production stood at 448 million tonne as of October 2022, an 18 per cent year-on-year rise from the production during the corresponding period of last year.
India jumps two spots higher, and is now ranked 8th as per Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI, 2023), which is published by German Watch, New Climate Institute and Climate Action Network International based in Germany.
India's National Grid Operator 'Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO)' on Monday announced that POSOCO has changed its name to 'Grid Controller of India Limited'.
In his address, Singh emphasised that economic growth cannot sustain without energy and stated that demand for energy is growing at a rapid pace and "we need to be at par with the pace of growth". Singh also stressed on the importance of critical decision-making, attracting bright and young minds and encouraging them to take risk and think out of the box, according to a statement from the ministry of power.
Ministry of Power and New and Renewable Energy in a statement said that any consumer with a connected load of 100 kW or above can get Renewable Energy through open access from any Renewable Energy generating plant set up by himself; or by any developer. The open access has to be granted within 15 days. The application for open access can be made on this portal.
The Ministry in an official statement released on Wednesday made two additions, namely, the public charging stations (PCS) shall have the feature of prepaid collection of service charges with the time of the day rates and discount for solar hours and a committee under Central Electricity Authority (CEA) will periodically recommend to the state government the ceiling limit of service charges to be levied on these public charging stations.