Category: Power

With an eye on the upcoming Assembly elections, the Capt Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Government has announced a cut of 50 paise to Re 1 per unit for domestic power consumers in the state. The tariff for the commercial consumers and small and medium industry will remain unchanged, while there is a negligible (less than 2 […]

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday said the massive cut, ranging from 50 paise to Rs 1 per unit, in domestic power tariff will provide major relief to domestic consumers, especially the poor, who are already reeling under financial problems due to the pandemic. This is the second year in a row that the […]

With an eye on the Vidhan Sabha elections expected early next year, the Congress-led Punjab Government has announced a 50 paise to Re 1 per unit cut in power tariff for low-consumption domestic users.

A sub-contractor, Potalia Enterprises, engaged by a construction agency to execute the work of elevated road project in the city, was caught today stealing power by a ‘kundi’ connection to operate his equipment at the project site near Gulmor Hotel on the Jagraon bridge-Bharat Nagar Chowk stretch.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today applied brakes to the move to privatise the functioning of the UT’s electricity wing. Acting on an application filed by the UT Powermen Union, a Division Bench today made it clear that further proceedings in the matter would remain in abeyance for the time being.

The new tariff order for power consumers in the state is expected to bring major relief for all categories of consumers. The tariff order, to be applicable retrospectively from April 1, is expected to be announced within this week. While domestic consumers are expected to get relief in the form of reduction in tariff, there […]

Strong winds and heavy showers last night brought down the day temperature in lower Kangra areas today but they also disrupted electricity and water supply here. Winds uprooted trees at several places, damaging High Tension (HT) and Low Tension (LT) power supply cables. The electricity supply remained suspended in the area last night. It was […]

In accordance with the final orders made by the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) on the petition filed by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited in regard to additional surcharge payable by ‘open-access’ (OA) consumers (large industrial units), the additional surcharge payable for the period April 1 to September 30, 2021, has been marginally […]

Around 12 contractual employees working as junior accountants in the accounts department of the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited (HVPNL) have expressed resentment over the termination of their services without any notice. Terminated contractual employees Rajnish, Gurpreet Saini and Balwinder Sharma said: “On one hand the state government has directed various government and private institutions […]

Billionaire Gautam Adani’s Group on Wednesday announced the acquisition of SoftBank Group Corp’s renewable power business in India for a deal value of $3.5 billion (approximately Rs 25,500 crore), to become the world’s largest solar company. In a statement, Adani Green Energy Ltd, the renewable energy unit of the port-to-energy conglomerate, said it has inked […]

Himachal State Electricity Board Ltd. (HPSEBL) employees have decided to wear black badges on May 20 in protest against the state government for not declaring them Corona warriors and also not giving them preference in vaccination. Kuldeep Kharwara, state president of the HPSEBL Employees Association, in a statement issued here today, said that the Punjab […]

The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) will hold proceedings of the Consumer Grievance Redressal Forum on May 21 between 10 am and 4 pm at the Executive Engineer office, Panchkula. The chairman and members of the forum will participate in it. While giving information in this regard today, an official spokesperson for the corporation […]