Govt mulls prison term for chief secys for power overdrawal

Last Updated: Sunday, August 19, 2012, 12:16

The government is contemplating levying heavy penalties on states overdrawing electricity that results in grid failure and possible imprisonment of chief secretaries to check the menace.

India lost 7 bn units in power generation during Apr-Jun: Govt

Last Updated: Monday, August 13, 2012, 15:18

The country suffered power generation loss of close to seven billion units from April to June this year, mainly on account of coal and gas shortage.

Recent outages underline need for power sector reforms: Moody's

Last Updated: Thursday, August 9, 2012, 22:18

Global financial services firm Moody's on Thursday said recent power outages underline the need for sectoral reforms while the long-term implications could be negative depending on the type of government response.

Indian power transmission system fairly robust: GE Energy

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 19:19

Global conglomerate GE has said that Indian power transmission system is quite robust compared to many developed nations, and a "political will" is needed to reinforce discipline to avoid situations like the recent grid failure.

Moily restructures panel looking into grid failure

Last Updated: Saturday, August 4, 2012, 21:05

Power Minister Veerappa Moily has restructured the expert panel appointed by his predecessor Sushilkumar Shinde to look into the massive failure of power transmission grids.

CERC orders investigation into failure of power grids

Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2012, 19:16

The report has to be submitted by August 8, CERC said in an order dated August 1.

India's blackout offers lessons to China: Official media

Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 20:54

China, which is facing "development bottlenecks" in its path of development, should learn lessons from a large-scale power outage experienced by India this week, the state media here said Thursday.

Northern Grid had close shave a day before collapse

Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 17:13

POSOCO said that a "similar incident at 1510 hours on July 29 had also led to a near miss situation."

Failure of power grids may act as catalyst for reforms: Goldman

Last Updated: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 15:33

The failure of grids that caused massive electricity crisis in 22 states this week could act as a catalyst for power sector reforms such as improving the financial health of distribution entities, says Goldman Sachs.

Wrong to blame UP for power grid failure: Akhilesh

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 14:21

Rejecting the Centre`s claim that states were to be blamed for the power crisis, CM Akhilesh Yadav said it was not right to blame UP for the blackout.

`Electricity restored almost fully in all regions`

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 10:54

A day after the biggest blackout in the country, affecting half of India`s population, the main distribution company Wednesday said nearly 100 percent of the demand had been restored in all five regions of the country.

Power blackout: Can Centre take on errant states?

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 10:44

The terrible Tuesday that left over 600 million people powerless has led to a new round of squabbling between states over fixing responsibility for the mess.