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.

The Electricity Act, 2003 (EA 2003) opened the power sector to multiple players by providing for a power market replete with competition. A key objective of EA 2003 was to provide

Gosaba (Pathankhali island), 1 Feb: The villagers of Pathankhali island finally got electricity today. The Sunderban development minister Mr Kanti Ganguly inaugurated the programme. The estimated cost of the project of providing electricity to the village is Rs 22 crore. Work is underway to provide electricity to the 12 gram panchayats in Gosaba.

This report aims at providing a clear and comprehensible description of the current status of the developing Photovoltaic power generation world-wide and its untapped potentials and growth prospects in the coming years. During 2010, the Photovoltaic (PV) market has shown unprecedented growth and wide-spread deployment of this environmentally friendly source of power generation.

The objective of this paper is to shed some light on the benefits of improved access to electricity supply, specifically the benefits referred to as "consumer‘s surplus", which is the difference between what customers are willing to pay for the utilities associated with electricity access and the price that they actually pay.

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