Rs 200 crore booster for Gurgaon's power feeders soon
GURGAON: Power woes of residents in private colonies are likely to be resolved soon. The power department is all set to invest Rs 200 crore to upgrade and maintain the feeders installed in builder...
View ArticleAndhra Pradesh becomes 13th state to join Uday scheme
New Delhi, Jun 24 () The government today said Andhra Pradesh has joined the Uday scheme, meant for revival of debt-laden discoms, and an overall net benefit of about Rs 4,400 crore will accrue to the...
View ArticleDaily outages to hit Gurgaon's DLF-III, Nathupur
GURGAON: A tough April awaits residents of DLF Phase III and Nathupur. Hopefully, summer months will be smoother. This, after DHBVN disclosed its plan to shut down two major feeders for seven hours a...
View ArticlePower discom DHBVN registers Rs 78 crore profit for first time
Power distribution company Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) has recorded a profit for first time ever since its inception in July 1999. From losses of more than ₹ 2,088 crore in 2014, the...
View ArticleDiscoms to relaunch spot-billing system
JAIPUR: State discoms are gearing up for reintroducing the spot-billing system across Rajasthan for which the department has also invited technical bids. The spot-billing system, this time to be...
View ArticleDiscom to install eight transformers
Indore: Madhya Pradesh Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Ltd (MPPKVVCL) will install separate transformers (315KV) to provide power supply to domes being...
View ArticlePower department initiates checks on theft
NOIDA: Noida power department has initiated an exercise to assess increased power theft in villages by way of keeping track of power units used per feeder in villages across Gautam Budh Nagar. All...
View ArticleAAP MLAs object to tariff hike sought by discoms
Fifteen Aam Aadmi Party legislators have written to the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC), objecting to the power tariff revision pleas for 2015-16 submitted by the discoms to the...
View ArticleUnplanned schemes led to discom losses: Tiwari
Jaipur: Multiple power companies and several unplanned schemes are the mains reasons for the amounting losses and poor financial condition of the state discoms, argued senior Bharatiya Janata Party...
View ArticleDiscoms put a spin on losses
Free power for agriculture is usually blamed for major portion of the losses that the discoms incur. But in reality, it may be that the discoms are trying to bury commercial losses underneath the...
View ArticleDHBVN lists 23 overloaded feeders listed causing breakdowns
GURGAON: Following multiple round of surveys of overloaded feeders in the old city area, power discom DHBVN has zeroed down on 23 feeders where load needs to be brought down to check further...
View ArticleRaj discoms to reintroduce spot-billing system
JAIPUR: Rajasthan discoms are gearing up for reintroducing the spot-billing system across the state, for which the department has also invited bids. The spot-billing system, this time to be introduced...
View ArticleOdisha asks discoms to bring down AT and C loss
Bhubaneswar, Dec 8 (IANS) The Odisha government on Thursday asked the power distribution utilities (discoms) to bring down the aggregate technical and commercial (AT &C) losses to 30 per cent by...
View ArticleDiscom to survey overloaded feeders
GURGAON: Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) will be conducting survey of power feeders in Gurgaon and Faridabad operation circles to keep a check on overloading in these...
View ArticleOsian tense after discom officials, farmers clash
JODHPUR: The situation continues to be tense in Osian, Jodhpur after a clash between farmers and vigilance team of discom on Friday. Alleging harassment by vigilance wing in the name of power theft and...
View ArticleGovt highlights 24x7 power supply agenda
The government has taken several decisions, including increasing power generation, reducing transmission and distribution losses, and metering of power to consumers, to provide 24X7 power across the...
View ArticleDiscoms bailout scheme comes with rider
Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY), a newly-launched debt-restructuring scheme announced by the Centre to bailout loss-making electricity distribution companies, will come with the rider that if any...
View ArticleMost Gurgaon feeders overloaded
GURGAON: The city's urban feeders are perpetually overloaded, which in turn is leading to unending power cuts. Following a survey by the DHBVN that revealed a gap of 866MVA between the power demand and...
View ArticleGoa, Karnataka ink MoU with Centre to boost electric operations
Cansaulim: The governments of Goa and Karnataka on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) with the government of India under the Uday (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) scheme for operational...
View ArticleNow, MLAs, bureaucrats adopt feeders to curb power theft
The Rajasthan government has come up with an initiative to help curb power theft and reduce revenue loss by seeking active participation of bureaucrats and public representatives. Under the initiative,...
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