'12 power plants solely dependent on KG-D6 gas lying idle'
New Delhi: With generation capacity of more than 2,978 MW, 12 power projects that are solely dependent on gas supplies from the Krishna Godavari (KG)-D6 basin are lying idle, the government said toda
No power in 500 Andhra Pradesh villages
Hyderabad: Around 500 hamlets across the state still lack power supply. Three years have passed since a Rural Electrification Plan was launched but there are over 10 lakh unelectrified rural as well
Andhra Pradesh private companies sell power to other states
Hyderabad: A strange power game is being played out in the state. Around 700 MW worth of private power projects nearing completion, or recently completed, have no mandate to sell power to the state.
4,300 MW more from new power projects
Chennai: The power starved Tamil Nadu would add 4300 MW to the grid through the commissioning of new power projects in the state by December 2014, according to latest tariff order issued by the Tamil
Discoms drop fresh power bomb
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) recently proposed repealing the fuel surcharge adjustment (FSA) charge and merging it with the power tariff. But the discoms dr
Andhra Pradesh can save Rs 7,500 cr-worth electricity a year: Expert
Visakhapatnam: Chief Executive Officer of the State Energy Conservation Mission A. Chandra Sekhara Reddy on Saturday said here that Andhra Pradesh wasn't able to produce enough electricity because of
Power situation in Andhra Pradesh to improve by Oct.-Nov.
Hyderabad: The power situation in the state will improve only after six months (by October-November) when an additional 3,000 MW of power can be added to the grid, said Hiralal Samaria, chairman and
Power cuts test patience in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Power utilities continued their bad form by imposing sudden outages on the city, despite cutting power for three hours according to the schedule that they released earlier this week.
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KSEB offers prepaid meters for farmers
Thiruvananthapuram: The KSEB has proposed the introduction of ‘prepaid metering’ for its 4.68 lakh agriculture consumers. Un-der the proposal, those who opt for ‘pre-paid metering’ and limit their co
Board against lifting of power restrictions
Thiruvananthapuram: The KSEB has expressed itself against a withdrawal of power restrictions by March end, and feels the electricity regulatory commission’s estimates have gone wide of the mark.
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