Puducherry, June 2 (BPNS) Engineers and employees of Puducherry electricity department will intensify their fight against privatization of the power department with a hunger strike from June 8 onwards. The protesting employees said that the hunger strike will not affect the functioning of the department as the employees will be conducting the strike on a […]
Chennai, May 25 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Generation and Power Distribution Company (Tangedco) is in the process of replacing digital power meters with smart meters. This is to help the consumers get information on consumption, tariff, bill due date, and penalty for defaulting on payments in the mobile numbers of the consumers. The department is […]
Chennai, May 9(BPNS) With the Coal shortage taking its toll on power production in Tamil Nadu as in the rest of the country, the Coimbatore corporation is planning to generate 2 Mw of Solar power for its energy requirements with the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) is […]
Chennai, April 27 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Power Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) will double up the power production in the state by 2030. State Electricity minister, Senthil Balaji in a statement on Wednesday said that the Tangedco will roll out ‘TNEB 2.0’ just like Singara Chennai 2.0. The Tangedco, according to the minister will […]
Chennai, April 25 (BPNS) With Tamil Nadu facing unprecedented power disruptions, primarily due to the shortage of Coal and other distribution issues, the functioning of small and medium companies in the state is affected. The unit owners said that the regular disruptions in the past few days are a cause of worry as the use […]
Chennai, April 22 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) has floated tenders for the transportation of coal from Odisha. The Tamil Nadu power company has called for bidders to transport coal from Mahanadi Coal Fields Ltd which is a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd. The tender will close on April 27th. According […]
Chennai, April 19 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu is set to purchase power to the tune of 6000 MW to overcome the shortage of power in the months of April and May. Sources in Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) told BPNS that an agreement is made with power suppliers to purchase 3047 MW for the […]
Chennai, March 13 (BPNS) Two thermal power plants in Tamil Nadu at Mettur and Thoothukudi (each 210 MW capacity), have been temporarily shut down due to the shortage of coal. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) official said that this is due to the transportation of coal from Odisha which is the only source […]
Chennai, March 12 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) is for installing solar power plants of 20,000 Mw capacity at a likely cost of Rs 70,000 crore. A senior official of the Tangedco told IANS that this step is to reduce the volume of power purchased from private companies, to increase the renewable […]
Chennai, Feb 6 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) is to procure a total of 1000 Meg watts of power to meet the summer demand of which tenders are to be floated for a purchase of 400 Mw of power. Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has given the go-ahead to TANGEDCO […]
