power supply

Ludhiana industrialists slam Punjab govt over erratic power supply in designated industrial areas

July 14, 2025 3:58 pm

An industrialist suggests the units may move out of Punjab, citing Madhya Pradesh's claim of having received investment proposals worth over Rs 15,000 crore from Ludhiana-based businesses.

In paddy season, industry to pay extra Rs 2 per kVAh for running units from 6 pm to 10 pm

June 19, 2025 11:03 am

Though the notification was issued on March 29, industrialists claimed that it was circulated a day before it was to be implemented.

Express View: Concerns over power shortage call for a careful review of India's energy mix

March 24, 2025 12:29 pm

Thermal power dominates India's baseload power capacity. In recent years, however, additions to thermal capacity have been muted

Security, logistics, labour: Major hurdles facing Rs 21,000-crore transmission project linking Ladakh to Haryana

February 10, 2025 10:14 am

Once operational, the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) link will carry power over a distance of 480 kilometers, from the planned park in Leh district’s Pang — situated at an altitude of over 4,700 meters — to Kaithal in Haryana.

Life on the line: Linemen in Noida count job hazards that sometimes turn fatal

August 19, 2024 1:33 pm

A resident of Bihar's Araria district, Ansari has been working as a lineman at UP Power Corporation Limited's (UPPCL) Noida unit for the last 20 years.

Heatwave fallout: Power demand scales new high, crosses 86-gigawatt mark in North India

June 02, 2024 5:55 pm

As per a report from the Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre (NRLDC), UP recorded its maximum power demand of 29,261 MW on May 28

As Chandigarh temperature soars, city's power demand touches a high

May 23, 2024 2:56 pm

In mid-May, the power demand in Chandigarh was 340 MW and crossed 400 MW from 260 MW, according to officials of the power department.

Govt directs power plants to plan early to ensure power supply in summers

April 02, 2024 11:07 pm

According to the power ministry estimates, the peak demand in the country could reach 260 GW during the summer, higher than the record 243 GW in September last year.

How smart is the Centre's smart meter plan and why Kerala's move to opt out underscores some of the scheme's inadequacies

March 26, 2024 6:46 pm

The move by Kerala late last year to opt out of the Centre's scheme comes at a time when this growing frenzy across states to push the smart metering of electricity connections is almost entirely predicated on the assumption that this technology will solve the problems besetting the country's electricity distribution sector

India's power demand falls in March as rain brings some relief: CRISIL

April 12, 2023 2:32 pm

While the power demand fell in March, in the fourth quarter of FY2023, the demand rose 7 per cent year-on-year (YoY), as compared to the same period the previous year.

Meidensha's Electrical Appliances Enhance Power Supply

June 08, 2016 8:07 pm