Arunachal Pradesh has asserted that it would become one of the leading states of the country both economically as well as socially by commissioning its various hydropower projects.

Sources told The Telegraph that in a memorandum submitted to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently, Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu stated that his government has prioritised hydropower as the main go

PATHANAMTHITTA: Making Kerala the first totally electrified State in India is the mission of the Left Democratic Front government, A.K. Balan, Minister for Electricity, has said.

He was inaugurating the work on the 33-kV electrical substation at Poozhikkad near Pandalam on Monday.

The power ministry has asked Central Electricity Authority (CEA) to regularly monitor the implementation of ultra mega power projects (UMPPs), with generation capacity of about 4,000 Mw each.

In the league of Palakkad, Ernakulam and Thrissur
79 Assembly constituencies totally electrified
Efforts to improve public distribution system: Isaac

ALAPPUZHA: Alappuzha district was on Sunday declared totally electrified, taking the number of totally electrified districts in the State to four, including Palakkad, Thrissur and Ernakulam.

Making the declaration in the absence of Chief Mini

Shielding consumers from future uncertainty over power tariff, the Delhi High Court on Friday made it clear that the Delhi government has no powers to interfere in working of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan termed the government

GUWAHATI, Feb 16

GUWAHATI, Feb 15

The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed the authorities concerned to chalk out a scheme for giving permanent electricity connection for agriculture pump sets considering demand for last three-four months. He stressed on gradually discontinuing the practice of giving provisional connections.

The electricity generated from the proposed 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) will be double, even triple the cost of electricity from coal- or gas-fired plants, according to a report.

Depending on the cost of capital, the unit cost of electricity from Jaitapur would come to Rs5 to Rs8 per kilowatt per hour.

The same unit from a thermal or gas operated plant costs Rs2 to 2.5 onl

KOLKATA, 10 FEB: The CESC today indicated that despite the rise in demand over the past one year, the power situation in Kolkata will be better this summer.

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