9-minute lights-out call went well: Power minister

A nine-minute lights-out event on Sunday evening went off well without any disruption in the electricity grid after the government and utilities put in place elaborate plans to deal with the sudden......

Power ministry says it cleared bills before getting Rijiju's letter

Springing to the defence of Union minister Kiren Rijiju, Power Minister Piyush Goyal's ministry on Tuesday said payments to a contractor of power plant in Arunachal Pradesh were released even......

Bhilwara Energy to sell 10.8% stake to IFC

LNJ Bhilwara Group firm Bhilwara Energy said on Monday it would dilute nearly 11 per cent stake to two foreign investors for raising Rs 230 crore (Rs 2.3 billion) to part-fund the company's power......

Power addition short of target by two-thirds

Fresh addition of power capacity in the first half of the 2008-09 financial year has fallen short of target by nearly two-thirds because of delays in supply of critical components for thermal......

Tata Power's nimble steps see lower equity investment

A year ago, Tata Power Co Ltd made an executive decision to diversify its portfolio and go international. Ever since, two of its South African wind farms have raised debt, and also signed an......

Govt okays stake sale in power firms

The government's disinvestment programme made a muted re-start with the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approving the part-sale of its stake in two power companies-- NTPC and Satluj Jal......