The latest updates, stories, and analysis from the Electricity category.
Chennai, Sept 26 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco), the power utility of the state government will not be pushing to withdraw the power subsidy for consumers. While the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has given its green signal to withdraw power tariff subsidy, the Tangedco top brass has decided to continue with […]
Chennai, Sept 22 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu power minister, Senthil Balaji has said that the state has touched the highest level of solar power generation. In a statement on Thursday, the minister said that the state generated 3782 MW of solar power at 12.30 hours on September 21. He also said that solar energy consumption reached […]
Chennai, Sept 9(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) will be calling tenders for laying underground cables near four major temples of the state. Underground cables will be laid at Tiruvarur, Suchindram, Madurai, and Srivilliputhur temples. It is to be noted that Tamil Nadu minister for Electricity, Senthil Balaji has recently said that […]
Chennai, Sept 1 (BPNS) With the financial woes for the Tamil Power utility, Tangedco on an ascent, it has directed all the local bodies in the state to pay up the dues with immediate effect. Officials with the financial department of Tangedco told BPNS that an amount of Rs 1800 crore was dues for the […]
Chennai, Aug 22 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) is to segregate Agricultural power lines across the state to reduce the power line losses. According to officials of Tangedco, its power line losses are currently pegged at 13.5%. There are at present 1686 feeders from which power is supplied to agricultural connections, […]
Chennai, Aug 20 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company(Tangedco), the electricity provider of the state will be floating a tender within a fortnight to mine coal from the Chandrabilla coal block, Angul district, Odisha. It may be noted that the Union government had allocated the Chandrabilla coal block to Tamil Nadu in 2016. However, […]
Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) The MSME units of Tamil Nadu and the Powerloom units have strongly objected to the proposed power tariff hike in the state. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission has already requested the public to vent their opinion regarding the proposal submitted by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco). R. […]
Chennai, Aug 9 (BPNS) The dyeing units of Tiruppur have called for a fifty percent subsidy for power supply to Common Effluent Plants as the state power utility Tangedco has proposed a revision in power tariff charges. The district has 360 dyeing units with 60 large units having Individual Effluent Treatment Plants (IETP) and the […]
Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) will conduct a public hearing in Chennai on August 22, regarding the hike in power tariff proposed by the power utility, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco). The TNERC in a statement on Sunday said that the hearing will be conducted at Coimbatore on […]
Chennai, Aug 4 (BPNS) The heavy southwest monsoon in the Western Ghats and constant inflow of water from reservoirs in Karnataka have led to dams in Tamil Nadu gaining full capacity. It is to be noted that in the first week of July an average of 18 million units of electricity were generated. However heavy […]