June 19, 2024 8:06 am
The grid incident unfolded as a key body of power engineers employed across state and central utilities sounded the alarm over an impending surge in agricultural load in Punjab by end-June.
October 13, 2021 8:35 am
As per Monday’s daily operation report of northern region released by Northern Regional Load Dispatch Centre, Punjab supplied 8,751 MW to consumers against demand of 11,046 MW – a shortfall of 2,295 MW which was converted into power cuts.
August 29, 2014 2:27 am
Uttar Pradesh and Punjab overdrawing heavily to cope with shortages in overall thermal generation.
August 15, 2012 3:05 am
UP officer shows SMSes,says politicians threaten them,force them to overdraw
August 14, 2012 9:45 pm
Central power regulator fines state officers for recent grid failures.
August 02, 2012 4:40 am
POWER MESS UPs dependence on overdrawals threatens grids even as CM denies role in recent blackout
August 02, 2012 3:23 am
The chairman-cum-managing director of PSPCL,K D Chaudhri,on Wednesday said that Punjab did not overdraw as much as the other states did.
August 02, 2012 2:35 am
The Haryana power utilities,on Wednesday,sought to clarify that the collapse of the grid on July 30 and 31 was on account of power overdrawn by constituent states and added that the reason for the collapse of the grid does not lie with them.
July 31, 2012 1:17 am
The collapse was triggered by overdrawing of power by Uttar Pradesh,Haryana and Punjab
May 26, 2012 2:16 am
With the city reeling under unscheduled power cuts,the UT Administration is still awaiting approval,from the Centre,to invite tenders for the purchase of additional power for June.


