• Raise automatic ECB limit: NTPC to Govt.
  

Publication: Financial Express, Delhi.
Date: August 20, 2008
Synopsis: State-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has made a fresh appeal for raising permissible external commercial borrowings (ECB) to finance the rupee as well as foreign currency expenditure.
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• Call for a national policy on Wind Energy.
  

Publication: The Hindu, Chennai.
Date: August 13, 2008
Synopsis: Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers’ Association (IWTMA) has called for a generation-based incentive policy to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into the nascent wind energy sector.
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• India to add 6,000 MW wind power by 2012, but below target.
  

Publication: Business Standard, New Delhi.
Date: August 13, 2008
Synopsis: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has fixed a target of 10,500 mega watts between 2007-12, but an additional generation capacity of only about 6,000 Mw might be available for commercial use by 2012, as per research and project investment database firm ProjectsToday.
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• NTPC, Power Finance to start India's third power exchange.
  

Publication: Mint, Mumbai.
Date: August 12, 2008
Synopsis: The country’s biggest power generator, NTPC Ltd, and Power Finance Corp. will create India’s third electricity exchange as utilities boost capacity to help end blackouts and sustain economic growth.
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• Oil board gets bids for PNG, CNG networks.
  

Publication: The Hindu, New Delhi.
Date: August 09, 2008
Synopsis: In what is considered a move to give major impetus to expanding the network of piped natural gas (PNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG), the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has received bids from various players for setting up PNG and CNG facilities across 61 cities.
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• Power policy pitches for relaxed norms.
  

Publication: Financial Express, New Delhi.
Date: August 09, 2008
Synopsis: In a major policy shift, the power ministry has proposed tariff-based bidding for 60% stake sale in hydro power projects and 85% for thermal projects. In the revised mega power policy, the ministry has argued in favour of relaxation in international competitive bidding process for such tariff-based bidding projects and proposes easing of the mandatory requirement clause for privatisation of distribution in power-purchasing states.
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• Power capacity addition target set to fall short.
  

• Big power tariff hike for small units in UP.
  

• 100MW green power units this fiscal.
  

Publication: Business Standard, Kolkata.
Date: April 11, 2008
Synopsis: Ten renewable energy projects with a composite capacity of 100MW are likely to be commissioned in West Bengal by the end of 2009. Among these ten projects includes the proposal to set up a 50MW wind park project and a solar park with a capacity of 26MW.
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• Uttarakhand to invite bids for 50 hydropower projects.
  

Publication: Business Standard, Dehradun.
Date: April 11, 2008
Synopsis: In a bid to tap the state’s vast water resources, the Uttarakhand government is likely to invite open bids for nearly 30 to 50 hydropower projects by the end of this month. All these projects are ranging between 5 and 25 MW, and are situated all over the state.
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• Haryana to spend Rs. 722 crore on strengthening electric transmission.
  

Publication: Economic Times, Chandigarh.
Date: April 11, 2008
Synopsis: To further strengthen transmission and distribution network, the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) has drawn a comprehensive investment plan of Rs. 722.74 crore during the current financial year.
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• Rural electrification corp sanctions Rs. 56 crore.
  

Publication: Financial Express, Chandigarh.
Date: March 24, 2008
Synopsis: The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has sanctioned a sum of Rs 55.86 crore to carry out various developmental activities. This will include release of new domestic connections to people living below poverty line(BPL).
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• PowerGrid plans high capacity evacuation.
  

Publication: Hindustan Times, New Delhi.
Date: March 24, 2008
Synopsis: Power Grid Corporation of India is experimenting with what could be world’s most advanced power evacuation system – a 1,200 KV power transmission line – capable of evacuating about 6,000-7,000 mega watt of power as opposed to 2,500-3,000 mega watt that is being evacuated through 800 KV lines now.
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• Delhi government set to become power surplus.
  

Publication: Pioneer, New Delhi.
Date: March 18, 2008
Synopsis: With the countdown for the Assembly election having effectively begun, the Delhi Government on Monday played down the power crisis in the Capital, claiming that the city was all set to become power surplus. However, the shortage of power was only expected to end by 2010.
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• Rural electricity: sops for solar power.
  

Publication: Hindustan Times, New Delhi.
Date: March 18, 2008
Synopsis: In an effort to provide electricity to every rural household in the country the ministry of new and renewable energy has decided to provide a generation-based incentive of Rs 12 per kilo watt hour for electricity generated from solar photovoltaic and a maximum of Rs 10 per kWh for electricity generated through solar thermal power plants.
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• Orissa to sell power to other states after 2012.
  

Publication: Economic Times, Bhubaneswar.
Date: March 13, 2008
Synopsis: The Orissa government on Thursday said that an additional 33,000 MW of power would be generated in the state by 2012 and about Rs 1.5 lakh crore would be invested for transmission systems for sale of surplus power to other states.
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• TN to set up Power Transmission Corporation.
  

Publication: Hindu Business Line, Chennai.
Date: March 13, 2008
Synopsis: The Tamil Nadu Government has decided to create a transmission corporation to link the proposed merchant power projects with the power grid. With State Government clearing over 20 merchant power projects, they are expected to generate over 25,000 MW over the next three years.
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• First integrated renewable energy farm to come up near Pune.
  

Publication: Hindu Business Line, Pune.
Date: March 13, 2008
Synopsis: R.S. India Group is setting up the first integrated renewable energy farm in the country at Patan, in Satara district near Pune. The first phase of the Rs 700-crore project, for which 1400 acres has been acquired will have an installed capacity to generate 100 MW wind power, 5 MW of solar power and extract bio-diesel from jatropha plantations on 225 hectares.
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• Power target for 2012 maybe hard to achieve.
  

Publication: Mint, New Delhi.
Date: February 08, 2008
Synopsis: India could miss its target of adding 78,577MW of power generating capacity by 2012 because it is yet to place orders for equipment required to generate 10,950MW. And even if it were to place orders for some of these equipment now, a shortage of capacity in the domestic power equipment industry could mean that deliveries do not happen on time to meet the 2012 deadline.
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• Urban waste to generate power for Jaipur roads.
  

Publication: Business Standard, New Delhi.
Date: February 07, 2008
Synopsis: The Rajasthan government is working out a plan to use solid waste for generating electricity. Sources said the government had drawn up a proposal to develop integrated solid waste-processing sites in four cities Kota, Bikaner, Ajmer and Udaipur.
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• Power Finance Corporation to raise Rs. 300 crore via bonds.
  

Publication: Economic Times, Mumbai.
Date: February 07, 2008
Synopsis: State-run lender to the power sector, Power Finance Corp, is planning to raise RS 300 crore by selling 3-year and 5-year bonds, according to a term sheet. The pricing would be finalised via the book-building route.
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• Mahagenco invites bid for 1,000 MW power project.
  

Publication: Hindu Business Line, Delhi.
Date: January 28, 2008
Synopsis: The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (Mahagenco) has invited bids from domestic as well as global developers for setting up a 1,000-MW power project at Chandrapur in the state.
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• Haryana plans to set up solar energy based power project.
  

Publication: Economic Times, Chandigarh.
Date: January 24, 2008
Synopsis: Haryana has a plan to set up solar energy based power projects in Mega watt (MW) scale in the State and power produced from these projects will be fed to the state grid for which Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) has submitted an application with the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission for fixation of tariff under Section-3 of Electricity Act-2003.
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• Govt to spend Rs. 2 Lakh crore for power system augmentation.
  

Publication: Financial Express, Mumbai.
Date: January 22, 2008
Synopsis: The government has estimated a massive investment of Rs 2 lakh crore for systems augmentation, Rs 90,000 crore for Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Viyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) and Rs 40,000 crore for revised accelerated power development and reforms programme (APDRP) during the 11th Plan period.
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• Green clearances for power projects within 8 months.
  

Publication: Hindustan Times, Mumbai.
Date: January 22, 2008
Synopsis: The Forest Advisory Committee of the ministry of environments and forests will be meeting on January 23 and hear out a presentation by the team developing the Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project.
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• Govt to give sops to solar power project developers.
  

Publication: Economic Times, New Delhi.
Date: January 03, 2008
Synopsis: The Centre announced giving incentives to developers for setting up solar power plants to encourage use of green energy and attract investments of about Rs 1,000 crore over the next few years. The government will give Rs 12 per unit to developers of grid connected solar power plants as incentive.
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• 3 more bids likely for UMPPs this fiscal.
  

Publication: Economic Times, New Delhi.
Date: January 03, 2008
Synopsis: TThe government plans to initiate bidding process for three more ultra mega power projects (UMPP) during the current fiscal year, allaying fears that its ambitious scheme is set for pre-mature burial in the absence suitable sites for the 4000-MW power plants.
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• Trial to produce power from ocean begins.
  

Publication: Business Standard, Madurai.
Date: January 03, 2008
Synopsis: Production of power on trial basis under the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Project at Kulasekarapattinam in Tuticorin district is on, a top official of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) said today.
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• Efforts to step up power generation to meet demand.
  

Publication: Economic Times, Hyderabad.
Date: January 03, 2008
Synopsis: The Andhra Pradesh Government is making all out efforts to step up power generation to meet the heightened demand for power during the rabi season and ensuing summer months. While drawing up a plan to invest about Rs 2,678 crore in addition to Rs 1,174 crore.
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• Sops to attract private hand in hydel power.
  

Publication: Financial Express, New Delhi.
Date: January 03, 2008
Synopsis: The government is likely to exempt private players from tariff-based bidding till January 2011, to attract private participation in construction of hydropower projects. With the move proposed by the power ministry, private players will not be required to quote the rate, which would be charged for per unit sale of energy during the time of bidding.
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