New scheme worth Rs 3 lakh crore proposed to the Finance Commission. Power Exchange India to launch real time market for electricity.
India added 8,800MW of coal based power last year: IEEFA. India’s solar tariff stabilises, is now lower than thermal tariff.
DISCOMs in Union Territories set to be privatised. DISCOMs to be infused with liquidity worth Rs. 90,000cr from PFC-REC
Coronavirus crisis: DISCOMs will require subsidies amounting to Rs. 1 lakh crore in 2020-21. Energy efficiency measures saved India Rs. 89,122 crore in 2018-19.
Lockdown to surge DISCOM losses, yearly demand expected to fall for the first time in decades. ADB sanctions $346mn loan for Maharashtra’s HVDS program.