Zero transmission access charge for inter-State system mooted.

The CERC is also expected to come out with new tariff rates for electricity generation from solar thermal and solar photovoltaic energy systems.

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Richa Mishra

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide, in first tranche, a sum of $60.3 million to the Union Government for funding Assam Power Sector Enhancement Programme, according to a release issued by Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB).

The State government will buy 850 MW of power for two months from March 1 to mitigate the power shortage in the State, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa announced in Bangalore on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference, Yeddyurappa said the gap between the demand and supply of power exceeded nine million units per day as on Tuesday.

Chief Minster Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the State should get the fixed amount of coal. He also demanded Union Minster of State for Coal, Shriprakash Jaiswal that the coal produced in the State should be supplied to the State. The CM said this while addressing the International Kalar Conclave here on Sunday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forty -three towns in the state will benefit from a Rs 288-crore Central scheme meant to strengthen the power distribution sector and reduce technical and commercial losses by 15 percent. KSEB has been allocated the scheme under the Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reform Programme (RAPDRP).

Within four months of starting its operations, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar has begun a battle against power shortage in the state. The institute has already started work in this direction and plans to work extensively to produce power through biogas and other agricultural wastes.

Gurgaon Discom Officials

Sindri, Feb. 5: Simmering anger of Sindri residents over the lack of electricity connections spilled onto the streets today as they put up a road blockade in front of the Jharkhand State Electricity Board

New Model Will Help The Producers Sell Electricity To Most