Delhi reels under severe power cuts

Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013, 00:16

The national capital Thursday reeled under severe power cuts with outages in some areas lasting for over eight to nine hours giving a harrowing time to people in the sweltering heat.

NTPC says Delhi discoms not drawing power

Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013, 18:31

Delhi distribution companies are not drawing electricity from NTPC stations even though they are short of power but availability is not an issue, the state-run power generator said Friday.

Power tariff hiked by 1.5 per cent in Delhi

Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2013, 23:17

Despite strong protest by BJP and Aam Admi Party against rising power tariff, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission on Friday hiked the rates by 1.5 per cent to adjust the power purchase cost of the distribution companies.

Electricity rates likely to go up in Delhi

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 23:31

Electricity rates in the national capital are likely to go up soon.

Inflated bill: We will march to CM residence, says AAP

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 19:59

Aam Aadmi Party Tuesday threatened to march to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit`s residence next Sunday if her government does not receive over 10 lakh letters refusing to pay "inflated" power and water bills.

Relief for consumers as cap on subsidised power may be raised

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 15:57

Dikshit said Government will make an announcement on providing relief to consumers after Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) announces new tariff next month for the year 2013-14.

Cut power use if you can`t afford high bill: Delhi CM

Last Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 18:32

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Sunday urged people to reduce their electricity consumption if they cannot afford high power bills.

Kejriwal misleading people on power tariff issue: Mukesh Sharma

Last Updated: Saturday, February 2, 2013, 23:00

A senior Congress MLA of Delhi accused Arvind Kejriwal of trying to mislead people on the issue of power tariff and trying to gain political mileage.

New power sub-station to come up in South Delhi

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 23:41

Residents of South Delhi may face less power cuts as power discom BSES Reliance Power Ltd will install a 66/11 KV grid sub-station at Jasola.

Electricity to cost more in Delhi from Friday

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 00:36

Delhites will have to shell out more money for electricity from Friday with power regulator DERC effecting upto three percent hike in tariff to adjust the power purchase cost of distribution companies.

Power outage in several parts of Delhi

Last Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2013, 00:14

Several areas in the city on Friday faced outages for varying duration as power supply from NTPC`s Dadri station in Uttar Pradesh was cut by nearly 500 mega watt due to technical glitches.