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Commercial consumers and industries in Pune urban circle who consume more than 300 units per month will have to bear a significantly high reliability charge of 80 paise to Rs 1.30 per unit if rate for securing additional power to keep Pune free from power cuts is revised from Rs 8.54 to Rs 10 per unit as proposed by state energy minister Dilip Walse-Patil on 09-11-2008.Currently, with the purchase rate fixed at Rs 8.54, consumers using more than 300 units per month are paying a reliability charge of 48 paise per unit to keep the city free from load-shedding.
There will be 12-hour load shedding in a day in rural areas from November-14, 2008 and two-hour load shedding in Mangalore and other cities .S. Sumanth, managing director of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (MESCOM), said on 08-11-2008 that the load shedding might have to be increased in...
The new Rs 425-crore Assembly complex coming up on the Omandurar Government Estate at Chepauk in Chennai will be Tamil Nadu's pride for more than one reason. It is not only designed to be an architectural marvel of modern times but is also poised to set a new benchmark in the design of energy effici...
The power generation in many thermal power plants were worsen due to dwindling coal stock position that has come under super critical category. As per Central Electricity Authority parameters if coal stock is less than 7 days it comes under critical position and if coal stock is less than 4 days it...
PowerGrid Corporation of India had taken initial steps to lay down an under sea line between India and Sri Lanka. The proposed undersea high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line will be for the transfer of 500MW, which will be subsequently upgraded to 1,000 MW. The proposed undersea trans...
