Category: Power

LUCKNOW The peak power demand in Uttar Pradesh may surge to 31,917 mw in 2024-25, which will be close to Maharashtra’s 32,640 mw – the highest in the country, according to a state-wise electricity demand forecast made recently by the Central Electricity Authority of India (CEA). This comes as an alert to the UP Power […]

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL) exposed another incident wherein the electricity meter was replaced and obscured readings were produced to reduce the monthly bills. On September 26, a domestic customer in Nande, Mulshi taluka, altered their domestic electrical meter and obscured monthly meter reading photos without notifying MSEDCL. In the last week, a […]

LUCKNOW The Uttar Pradesh Vidyut Karmachari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti has welcomed the U.P. Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) management’s decision to reinstate Lucknow discom’s engineers, who were suspended during the power employees’ strike in March of this year. The Sangharsh Samiti, however, demanded that the management also reinstate engineers suspended in other discoms and restore the […]

Tamil Nadu has become one of the largest manufacturers of electric vehicles (EVs) sold this year, according to the data from Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ Vahan website. Out of the 1 million EVs sold in India this year, more than 400,000 EVs were manufactured in Tamil Nadu. They major category of vehicles manufactured […]

Energy minister AK Sharma on Monday claimed that the UP Power Corporation Ltd’s (UPPCL’s) 1912 helpline has resolved 1.52 crore consumer complaints since its launch in April 2017. He directed officials to make the toll-free service even more effective. “It is also necessary that feedback is obtained from consumers after their grievance is redressed through […]

The municipal corporation has approved the proposal for exemption of parking fees for electric vehicles in Panchkula. Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal said that that electric vehicle charging points should be set up in the city. Goyal said that to reduce pollution in the city, it was decided that the stalled work on e-bike and e-cycle project […]

The UT administration has decided to halt registration of non-electric two-wheelers from the first week of October and even non-electric four-wheelers by December, as the number of such vehicles permitted in 2023, as per the Electric Vehicle (EV) policy, is expected to be met by then. UT had rolled out its EV Policy in September […]

PUNE: One-hundred and nineteen (119) Ganpati mandals in the Pune Circle have not yet submitted applications for the refund of their security deposit for temporary electricity connections taken in 2022, whereas the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has so far refunded the security deposit to 62 Ganpati mandals. Every year, the MSEDCL provides […]

Tesla has drawn up plans to make and sell battery storage systems in India and submitted a proposal to officials seeking incentives to build a factory, two people aware of the plan said, as Elon Musk continues a push to enter the country. Tesla has been in talks about setting up a new electric vehicle […]

With the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) failing to act on UT administration’s August 28 letter to allocate space for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in its parking lots within 10 days, the civic body has been given a fresh deadline of September 22. Through a reminder letter sent on September 19, the UT local body […]

Pune: In a first-of-its-kind complaint, the Chakan police have registered a case against a gang of fraudsters impersonating as employees of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL). The gang allegedly cheated the power utility of over ₹13 lakh by changing the electricity meters and involved the agency staff deputed to carry out readings, […]

LUCKNOW The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has retracted its order that sought to prohibit consumers from paying their bills by cheque starting from November 1. UPPCL managing director Pankaj Kumar issued revised orders on Tuesday, amending the earlier directive, following a meeting with U.P. Rajya Vidyut Upbhokta Parishad Chairman Awdhesh Kumar Verma, who […]