Mumbai: Even as the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) continues to reel under financial strain with non-payment of dues up to Rs8,000 crore, the state government seems to have added to its woes.

The government is yet to shell out over Rs600 crore for the 1,500 MW power it had directed MSEDCL to purchase to avoid shortage during parliamentary elections.

Funds For Setting Up Raigarh Plant

JINDAL Power, owned by industrialist Naveen Jindal, has raised Rs 10,057 crore from a group of 23 lenders led by State Bank of India to establish a power plant at Raigarh in Chhattisgarh.

Sanjay Jog / Mumbai April 06, 2010, 1:37 IST

Citing acute and chronic power shortage, the Karnataka government has invoked Section 11 of the Electricity Act, 2003, to get generators to operate and maintain the generating stations to their maximum

CM JUGGLING WITH STATS; IT IS GOVT OFFICIALS WHO ARE PROVIDING ME ALL THE INFORMATION, SAYS JAYALALITHAA Officials are extremely upset with the way his government is functioning

REGULAR black outs in the southern suburbs of Chen- nai for the last two weeks have left the residents fum- ing, while the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board gropes in the dark to figure out what caused the power cut.

New Delhi: Come June, power discom NDPL

Katya B Naidu / Mumbai April 03, 2010, 0:58 IST

The Ministry of Power is looking to clear swiftly coal linkages for projects based on supercritical technology, said sources.

According to top officials in the government, supercritical power projects would get linkages to coal mines on a priority basis, compared to projects based on sub-critical technology.

ENGINEERING AND construction major Larsen & Toubro plans to set up a 1,600 mega watt power plant in Karnataka, a top company official said.

Ajay Modi / New Delhi April 2, 2010, 0:46 IST

Gas production surpassed oil for the first time in 2009-10.

Natural gas from Reliance Industries

After much delay, Torrent Power Limited is set to take over power distribution and bill collection in Agra from state-owned Pashchimanchal Power Corporation on April 1.

This will be the Mayawati government