Kudankulam N-plant 'cold run' in two month

After being stuck for months due to protests, the 1,000 MW Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu built with Russian assistance will be commissioned in the next two months. Minister of State......

Kudankulam-1 likely to be commissioned by Apr: Govt

The much-delayed Kudankulam nuclear power project is expected to be commissioned by April, government told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. "All efforts are being made to commission units 1and 2 of......

Koodankulam plant to be commissioned in 40 days: Govt

The first unit of the Koodankulam nuclear power project is expected to start generating electricity in the next 40 days, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said on......

'Power shortage in TN caused by bureaucratic failure'

S Kabilan, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer, was chairman of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission from 2007 to 2012. An engineering graduate from IIT, Madras, Kabilan......

Maharashtra to direct Tata Power to feed RInfra

In a bid to protect the consumer's interest, the Maharashtra government is planning to issue a directive, by invoking section 11 of the Electricity Act, 2003, to Tata Power to continue supplying......

SEBs resist unbundling of ops

Eight states will be knocking at the doors of the power ministry this month to seek more time to unbundle their State Electricity Boards into separate transmission, generation and distribution......

REL to buy back shares

Reliance Energy Ltd shareholders on Wednesday approved a proposal to buy back a part of its equity shares at maximum Rs 525 per share aggregating up to Rs 350 crore (Rs 3.5 billion), even as......

Jaya slashes power tariffs

The Tamil Nadu government has slashed the power tariffs on domestic consumption ranging from 32 to 42 per cent in the different brackets, providing a state subsidy of Rs 910 crore (Rs billion) (Rs......