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The CMD directed the officials of Warangal, Karimnagar, Khammam, Adilabad and surrounding areas of Godavari to be cautious and respond immediately to emergency works.

During the week focus would be on raising awareness, promoting safe practices, and encouraging a culture of caution when dealing with electricity.

He also visited the floating solar site by boat and appreciated the project. Later, he visited the Telangana STPP Control room and interacted with the operation and maintenance (O&M) team.

There was no power supply in many parts for over 24-hours. The district witnessed wide-spread power disruption following heavy winds and unseasonal rains on Sunday late evening hours.

The State Government had directed the TSERC to make provisions to enable the DISCOMs to issue zero bills to eligible beneficiaries of Gruha Jyothi within the Retail Supply Tariff Schedule.

According to Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman T Sriranga Rao, issuance of zero bill by Discoms to the consumers was not correct, unless subsidy or subvention was received by the Discoms in advance

Varun Reddy said due to the steps taken by the Discoms, failures of power transformers was reduced by 23 percent in the State.

According to power officials, till March 5, about 2.5 lakh customers of the Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TSNPDCL) and 7.5 lakh customers of the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited (TSSPDCL) have been issued zero bills.

According to Commission, during a public hearing to finalise the retail supply tariff in February last, irregularities had been highlighted following which an internal audit was ordered on revenue realisation \and the expenditure incurred by the CESS.

Telangana government has directed the Chairman and Managing Directors of Spdcl and Npdcl to make alternative arrangements till new directors are appointed.

Applications have been invited from eligible In-service and Retired Electricity Officers with experience and knowledge in the respective disciplines.

Property taxes, constituting the primary revenue stream for GWMC, have fallen significantly short of the Rs.99.64 crore target for the 2023-24 financial year, with only 39.85 percent collected thus far.

The State government has prohibited strikes in all services under the Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited and two distribution companies – TSNPDCL and TSSPDCL.

The Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation (TSREDCO) is executing the work of setting up the solar photovoltaic (PV) units in a total of 35 schools in the first phase of the ‘Mana Ooru- Mana Badi’ scheme here.

NPDCL has got awards for erection of 2/1 MVAR capacitor bank, distributed solar power generation in TSNPDCL, IrDA GPRS enabled Integrated Spot Billing and outstanding performance

Gopal Rao stated that the State government was purchasing power at a higher rate and if the farmers run the motors continuously the power consumption would increase and there would be heavy financial burden on the government.

A Gopal Rao clarified that the company was collecting Advance Consumption Demand (ACD) charges as per the guidelines of TSERC

The government has identified 2,156 tribal hamlets located deep in forest areas for supply of three phase power at an estimated cost of Rs. 250 crore.

Chairman and Managing Director of TSNPDCL A Gopal Rao has warned that criminal cases would be booked against such farmers who put up electrical fencing around their fields.

The discoms have recommended this in their Aggregate Revenue Requirements for 2023-24 with the TS Electricity Regulatory Commission recently.