The amendments proposed to Electricity Act 2003 will wreck state-run Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEBL) financially, ending the cross subsidy regime and leading to hiked power tariffs, according to the Power Department and the unions in the sector. The proposed amendments are back in the...

As many as 56 employees of the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEBL) had been killed in electrical mishaps since 2011, according to the statistics presented in the Assembly on Tuesday. The majority of the victims - 33 - were linemen, while 15 were electricity workers, Electricity Minister A...

Though more and more solar power panels can be seen on building tops and other sunlit landscapes, even vociferous supporters of green energy may shy away from solar power installations owing to the high costs involved.

But these deterrents may be a thing of the past with the advent of a more pragmati...

The anti-theft squad of KSEB says electricity is being stolen in Kerala using different methods. It was found that house boats docked in backwaters in Alappuzha were stealing electricity in a big way by drawing it directly from power lines at night.

During a surprise inspection late at night recently...

The Kundara substation of the Kerala State Electricity Board completes 75 years on 03-05-2015. Kundara was the industrial hub of erstwhile Travancore and the then Maharaja Chitira Tirunal Bala Rama Varma recognised the need for a substation there.

It started as a 66 kV substation on May 3, 1940, and ...