Category: Power

The UT Administration has removed a major hurdle in the installation of solar power plants at houses and other buildings by deciding to transfer the subsidy amount directly into the account of the solar power company installing these plants. Now, residents will not be required to run from pillar to post to get the subsidy […]

Thousands of Power Development Department (PDD) employees started their 72-hour-strike from Tuesday in protest against the plan of the state administration to unbundle and reorganise the department. Under the banner of the Power Employees Coordination Committee (PECC), employees staged protests in each division to express their resentment against the “unilateral move of the government to […]

Skyways Group, leaders in the logistics industry, has announced to support the Government of India’s solar vision to generate 100 GW clean energy by 2022. The company’s newly installed 22MW solar panels aim to contribute the excess energy to the government’s electricity grids annually, making a small contribution to country’s growing clean energy demand. This […]

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed PSPCL to provide an electricity connection at the newly purchased house of a local resident which it had earlier denied claiming that a bill was outstanding on the part of the previous owner. The forum has also directed PSPCL to pay Rs 5,000 as compensation for causing […]

A major employee union representing thousands of workers in the three regions of J&K has supported the 72-hour strike call given by employees against the unbundling of the power development department. The Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh All-Department Clerical Staff Association has extended support to the Power Employees’ Coordination Committee which has given a three-day strike […]

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Punjab, has accused the state government of allowing Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to “loot” power consumers by delaying bill generation and delivery due to which people are made to pay additional 15-20 per cent. In a joint statement, the coordinator of the party’s Bijli Morcha and MLA Meet […]

Following complaints of slow pace of installation and maintenance work of LED streetlights in various areas, Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu has called an all-party meeting which is scheduled for Thursday. Sandhu said they would decide in the meeting about further action that would be taken as the work of the company that is handling the […]

An inquiry has been initiated by the enforcement wing of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL),Patiala, regarding the case of threat received by a private meter reader. He has been reportedly threatened by an Executive Engineer (XEN) of the Power Department for detecting theft through ‘kundi’ connection at the house of his acquaintance. Today, a […]

Despite tall claims, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has failed to replace the ordinary street lights with LED ones even after three years. In 2016, the MC had announced installation of LED lights under the Energy Efficient Street Lights (EESL), a project of the Central Government. Later, the work was undertaken by the Smart City project. […]

To provide high-quality 24-hour power supply to people, it is important to ensure the use of the latest technologies and modernise the grid to make it more reliable and efficient, said Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur while addressing a workshop of the Institution of Engineers (India) Himachal Pradesh State Centre and NSDF in collaboration with […]

The concerted drive against theft of power and unauthorised use of electricity launched by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) in Central Zone has yielded rich dividends with detection of as many as 6,569 cases of theft and unauthorised use of electricity (UUE) and recovery of Rs 9.72 crore from the offenders in the […]

In information supplied by the PSPCL under the RTI Act, the claims of the Punjab Government over providing cheap power to industry seem to be standing far from reality. The data given by the head office of the PSPCL reveals that small and medium power connections are charged high rate of electricity as compared to […]