TN govt plans to add 3,230 MW before March 2014

Lenders have decided to tweak the financial restructuring package (FRP) for Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB). According to the revised terms, the banks will now finance 100 per cent of TNEB's cash loss, as against 70 per cent decided earlier, for ...

Six states — Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh — have agreed to financial restructuring plan of their state power distribution companies (discoms) as suggested by the Centre, Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia ...

The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Friday, directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the Commissionerate of Food Safety and Drug Administration to inspect the 92 packaged drinking water units that were closed recently.

State electricity boards are now willing to accept the minor increase in tariff for power supplied by Tata Power and Adani Power from their respective power plants in Mundra (Gujarat). The officials reason that an assured long-term contract is far ...

Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) announced that consequent upon Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO)'s request to undertake the Udangudi project as a State Government project only and accordingly, upon approval of boards of ...

Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday clarified the state government had proposed to implement new power projects totaling Rs 16,350 crore in the coming years. Under the proposed investments, the state is implementing the Sillahalla ...

Ruling out the withdrawal of defamation cases filed against opposition leaders in the state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said those in public life, especially those heading political parties, should be cautious in using their language.

Endangered wildlife faces a new threat high-tension electrical wires that pass through core forest areas in the State. In the last couple of days, two elephants were electrocuted in Krishnagiri district and a slender loris in Dindigul. S. Bharathi ...

Hike in electricity charges should be the last resort and states should instead focus on keeping a tab on transmission-related losses, including power theft, Power Minister Jyotiraditya has said. "As Minister of Power, Government of India, I think ...