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Telangana government had agreed to bear the subsidy related to irrigation and other welfare programmes for the next five years without burdening the discoms

The Discoms have arrived at the power purchase true-up considering the agricultural sales which are limited to the approved agricultural sales by the TSERC as per the clause 12.5 of the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission(APERC) Regulation 1 0f 2014 .

Telangana's Aggregate Technical and Commercial losses in power transmission, stood less than the national average during financial year 2020-21.

Hyderabad: The Central government gave orders not to carry out buying or selling power without giving any notice, said senior officials from Telangana Energy department here on Friday. “We could not understand as to why the Centre barred Telangana despite a stay order from the High Court,” they said, adding that 20 million units of […]

Khammam: Telangana State has achieved amazing progress in the past eight years in ensuring uninterrupted power supply to domestic, industrial and agricultural needs, stated Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar. The minister along with District Collector VP Gautham inaugurated 33/11kv power distribution substations at KCR Towers, double bedrooms houses complex at Tekulapally and at Raparthi Nagar […]

Amaravati: Homes in darkness, patients suffering in government hospitals and industries coming to a grinding halt in Andhra Pradesh show the severity of the power crisis gripping the state. An incident in which a woman delivered a baby under a cellphone light at a government hospital in Narsipatnam and the visuals of patients having a […]

Hyderabad: After five years, the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) has announced a 14 per cent increase in retail power supply tariffs for the financial year 2022-23 as against the increase of 18 per cent proposed by the Discoms. With this, domestic consumers will face nominal increase of 10 paise to 50 paise per […]

Hyderabad: The Energy department is gearing up to meet the increasing power supply requirements in the State since the demand touched 11,554 MW on January 9, as against the total consumption of 11,500 MW in January 2021. Consequent to the rise in demand from agriculture and domestic sectors, the power distribution companies (discoms) are leaving […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) has prepared a draft regulation to amend principal regulation and call it the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Fee) First Amendment Regulation-2022 that seeks to impose penalties on licensees if they fail to comply with the regulations. TSERC Chairman T Sriranga Rao said the move was aimed at […]

Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao and Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Monday discussed in detail ways and means to narrow the gap between revenue and expenditure of power utilities in the State. Following instructions from Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, the two Ministers discussed the pressure mounted by the power utilities on increasing […]

Hyderabad: The Ministry of Power (MoP) has asked all the State governments and Union Territories (UTs) to hand over 33 kV systems from Discoms to the State Transmission Utility (STU) for better planning, loss reduction and increased supply reliability. In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretaries of all State governments and UTs along with […]

CMD D Prabhakar Rao explained the methods to be adopted by the field officers to ensure reliable power supply and instructed officials to improve revenue by arresting leakages

Distribution companies (discoms) owed a total Rs 91,915 crore to power generation firms in April 2020, according to portal PRAAPTI

Hyderabad: TSTRANSCO and TSGENCO Chairman and Managing Director D Prabhakar Rao said on Monday that the power utilities were fully geared up to ensure uninterrupted power supply throughout the State even during the ongoing second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Following Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s instructions, the CMD held a review meeting with senior officials […]

"So far, loans of Rs 1,35,497 crore have been sanctioned and Rs 46,321 crore have been released to States/Discoms by REC and PFC," Power Minister R K Singh.

The pandemic aggravated the discoms' difficulties due to the fall in electricity demand from higher-paying commercial and industrial customers

At present, a large number of power distribution utilities (discoms) across the country are state-owned.

Finance minister may announce plan to revive cash-strapped electricity distribution utilities in budget

The MoU was signed at the 'Realizing the Vision of Digital Smart Grid in India' roundtable hosted by IntelliSmart on January 15, 2021

The portal was launched in May 2018 to bring in transparency in power purchase transactions between the generators and discoms.