MUMBAI: The state government’s proposed Rs 2,000cr power bonanza over the next six months will be done by reducing duty on power or by offering zero tariff for consumption of up to 50 units – it could go up to 100 units. The third plan is to waive bill charges.
\nEnergy minister Raut said many people had lost their jobs during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown and hence the relief proposal, which has been cleared by Matoshree. Sources said that the proposal could be discussed and eventually finalised by the state cabinet.
\nMeanwhile, over the next 2-3 years, Mumbai’s power generation capacity could be enhanced by 1,000MW at the Tata Power end in a move that will make Mumbai’s distribution and islanding system more comprehensive and efficient, Raut said.
\nHe added that he has already directed his administration to expand generation capacity of the state’s gas-based power plant at Uran by another 1,000MW to meet the city’s demand. Besides, a proposal to expand Adani’s Dahanu plant of by 1,000MW awaits environmental clearance. So, in all, Mumbai could end up adding up to 3,000MW in the next 3-4 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MUMBAI: The state government’s proposed Rs 2,000cr power bonanza over the next six months will be done by reducing duty on power or by offering zero tariff for consumption of up to 50 units – it could go up to 100 units. The third plan is to waive bill charges. Energy minister Raut said many people had lost their jobs during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown and hence the relief proposal, which has been cleared by Matoshree. Sources said that the proposal could be discussed and eventually finalised by the state cabinet. Meanwhile, over the next 2-3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,246,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-382023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-power-the-times-of-india","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}