electricity rate and concession re-think time is came-cm | Loksatta विजेच्या दराचा पुनर्विचार केला जाणार आहे काय, या प्रश्नावर मुख्यमंत्री म्हणाले, राज्यात शेतीसाठी मोठय़ा प्रमाणात कमी दरात वीज दिली जाते. एकूण साडेदहा हजार कोटी रुपयांची सवलत विजेच्या दरात दिली जात आहे. परिणामी राज्यात विजेचा दर जास्त आहे, हे मान्य करावे लागेल, पण राज्यात २४ बाय [...]
Maharashtra Chief Minister acknowledges inevitability tariff increase and using solar
February 25, 2013
Cheap Coal Is Dead. Long Live Renewables.
June 20, 2012
Sierra Club’s Carl Pope busts myths about cheap coal. Serra Power’s savvy customers already see through the spiraling costs of coal-based grid power. Many have invested and more are investing in exactly the kind of rooftop solar he is prescribing below. Some are smack in the middle of India’s coal and thermal power heartland. As [...]
India’s CERC forecasts 15-20% YoY tariff hikes for conventional power
November 17, 2011
Given surging demand for electricity and scarcity of coal, the mainstay fuel for India’s traditional sources of power generation, this was bound to happen. Will consumers face a 20% hike in power tariffs every year? | Firstpost The Central Electricity Regulatory Authority (CERC) has said consumers should prepare for a 15-20 percent increase in power [...]
India’s Distribution Utilities Continue to Face Financial Challenges
September 21, 2011
Distribution utilities are simply not able to sustain current pricing regime and pay power suppliers on time. Only recently, Delhi’s distribution utilities raised power tariff by 22% to make ends meet. NTPC gets tough with Haryana utilities on pending payments « Panchabuta – Cleantech & Renewable Energy in India The big fear in the power [...]
Rise in Electricity and Oil (Diesel) Costs over 10 Years
August 8, 2011
O.K., Smart Guys: Fix the Energy Problem – BusinessWeek … we have fast-rising prices of electricity—5 percent rate increases per year since 2000—the fourfold increase in oil prices since 1999 is a much bigger problem in terms of economics than our electricity problem. The fourfold increase in oil (Diesel) prices over 12 years works out [...]