UP power consumers spared tariff hike shock
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow With the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha elections less than a year away, the Uttar Pradesh power consumers have received a poll bonanza with the energy…
UP to spur competition in smart meter bidding
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow The Uttar Pradesh government is looking to spur competition in the electricity smart meter tendering to economise on cost by allowing more companies to participation…
Saving energy: India needs investment of Rs 8 trillion
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow India needs a massive investment to the tune of Rs 8 trillion in the next 5-7 years towards energy conservation projects and to optimise available…
UP to electrify hamlets with Rs 2,000 crore
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Uttar Pradesh government will incur an expenditure of nearly Rs 2,000 crore to electrify 37,000 hamlets in the state. While more than 121,000 ‘majras’ (hamlets)…
Power play: UP discoms propose to hike tariffs by 15%
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow The Uttar Pradesh power distribution companies (discoms) have proposed to hike tariffs by more than 15 percent in the coming financial year 2023-24. The discoms…
UP prison inmates to make solar panels, LED bulbs
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Looking to productively engage prisoners, the Uttar Pradesh government will soon start training jail inmates for making solar panels and LED bulbs. With the state…
UP to import coal to fire thermal power plants
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Biting the bullet on the contentious issue of coal imports, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to import coal worth nearly Rs 1,100 crore to…
Coal crisis: UP junks imported coal option
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow Uttar Pradesh based thermal power producers have junked plans to import coal for their projects amidst raging coal supply constraints across India. The twin factors…