LUCKNOW: This summer, UP is on the precipice. With five major thermal power stations having tripped in the last five days, the state grid has lost 1,000mw of the total input of 2,500mw per day. Besides, one plant is in a shut-down mode for the last one-and-a-half years for renovation work.

Union Minister of State for Coal, Shree Prakash Jaiswal fired another salvo at the UP government for dragging its feet on sanctioning land for the proposed power projects in Kanpur Dehat. He also criticised the governments of some coal producing states for failing to control law and order, which has hit production adversely.

LUCKNOW: In a bid to propel expansion in power sector, the Uttar Pradesh government has accorded status of industry to all new power projects coming up in the state. A proposal to this effect was cleared by the State Energy Task Force (ETF) at its meeting presided over by chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta here on Wednesday.

Firm Likely To Set Up Smaller Plants At Multiple Locations; In Talks With Maharashtra, Andhra & Gujarat
Rajeev Jayaswal & Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI

ANIL Dhirubhai Ambani group company Reliance Power (R-Power) may substantially scale down its 7,480 mw Dadri power project and instead set up two or more plants totalling 8,000 mw capacity at multiple locations.

LUCKNOW: Thanks to the tardy pace and poor execution of work, two ambitious power projects, which could have diffused the critical power crisis in Uttar Pradesh to a considerable extent this summers, may not come up on time after all.

Anil Yadav | Lucknow

The state government and the Union Environment Ministry are at loggerheads again as the Centre has stalled four power projects of 5300 mega watts at Singrauli on the ground that

Sanjay Jog / Mumbai May 05, 2010, 1:11 IST

Several states have responded well to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) initiative to introduce a renewable electricity certificate (REC) mechanism.

The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) will launch a fortnight-long agitation from May 15 to protest the acute power crisis in the state.

LUCKNOW: If frequent power cuts are taking a toll on your blood pressure and cursing the power department yields no results, here's a more practical solution. And a simple one at that. Go solar. Opting for electrification through solar energy will not only ensure you sleep well, but it will also allow you to `switch off' the problem of interrupted power supply.