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Power sold on the exchange for 30 paise a unit in the middle of the day.  The power market that averaged Rs 5.2 a unit in June is trading at Rs 3.1 three weeks later.   India's solar factories had their biggest single day of the year so far.  West Bengal will spend Rs 333 crore wiring the grid to a power plant that does not exist yet.   A private developer has cleared the technical gate for a 1,560 MW water battery in Uttar Pradesh.  A 1,000 MW nuclear unit tripped on Wednesday evening - and joined a long queue of idle reactors.  The east's rivers have delivered a third less hydro power than the plan assumed.  Thirty-one power plants are running low on coal in the very weeks they should be stockpiling for winter.  Batteries and pumped-hydro plants must now cut off instantly when the grid frequency dips, the western region has decided.  One transmission line in Rajasthan's renewable belt has tripped ten times since May.  India's biggest power highway between the west and the north tripped fifteen times in one month..  A battery bolted onto a solar plant does not need its own grid connection, Bihar's regulator has ruled.  Three states moved to lock in two months of power supply on the day prices crashed.  SECI has scrapped a 1,000 MW tender for exactly the kind of power the market now gives away.   India's wind farms produced more power on Wednesday evening than ever before.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  COMMITTEES, PEOPLE & SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION.  CORPORATE WIRE.  GREEN MARKETS & RE PROGRAMME WATCH.  STATE REGULATORY ROUNDUP.  CERC DOCKET.  HYDRO & RESERVOIR LEDGER.  FUEL & COAL LEDGER.  OUTAGE & MAINTENANCE REGISTER.  GRID OPERATIONS DAILY.  POWER MARKETS DAILY.  Download tenders and news clips.  Bulk procurement continues to reshape transformer buying.  Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update.  Midday power on the exchange sold for 25 paise a unit on Wednesday.  Sellers offered half a million units in the premium power market for eight straight days and found no buyer at all.  The grid ran above its permitted frequency ceiling for 20 minutes on Wednesday - a sign of too much power, not too little.  The national despatcher told coal plants that generate at Rs 1.16 a unit to stand down through the sunlight hours.  A strengthening El Niño has officialdom warning about electricity even as the grid drowns in surplus.  Srisailam is holding one-sixteenth of the water-energy it had on this day last year.  India’s dams produced a fifth less power in June than planned - and thermal quietly filled the entire gap.  A flash flood shut down all three units of a 405 MW hydro station in Arunachal - and the operator has told the regional grid forum it happened in sixteen minutes.  Two Navratna companies signed up on Tuesday to build a 1,080 MW coal plant for making aluminium.  One wind farm in Kutch produced two stock-exchange announcements - from the company that owns it and the company that built it.  The Centre cut Gujarat’s farm-solar quota twice in three months - and both state discoms have now scrapped their tenders.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Contracting news for the day.  The Centre’s seven big grid-linked gas power stations burned no domestic gas at all in May.  Assam’s state generation company has applied to become an electricity trader across state lines.  Uttarakhand’s regulator has cleared the ground for the state to shop for 1,320 MW of new coal power on 25-year contracts.  Power plants burned five million tonnes more coal than they received in June, and stocks are down to sixteen days.  POWER MARKETS.  GREEN MARKETS.  GRID OPS DAILY.  HYDRO, COAL & GAS LEDGER.  REGULATORY ROUNDUP.  DEVIATION & SETTLEMENT DESK.  OUTAGE & MAINTENANCE REGISTER.  CORPORATE WIRE.  TENDERS, POLICY & PEOPLE.  FORECASTS & GRID SECURITY.  Download tenders and news clips.  Live-line maintenance equipment procurement reveals contrasting competitive intensity across twin packages.  Contracting news for the day.  Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update.  Meghalaya's chief minister asked Delhi to hand the state the keys to its own coal.  Gujarat has switched off about five gigawatts of its own power plants because the market is too cheap.  NTPC's green arm will borrow Rs.2,500 crore for ten years at 7.27 per cent.  Uttar Pradesh has frozen electricity rates for a seventh straight year; the subsidy line does the moving instead.  A transmission bill arrived three years late; the regulator says the generator must still pay the interest.  A Tata Power company built its solar plant early, the buyer went silent, so the regulator let it sell to anyone.  A private company wants a licence to sell electricity in Gurugram, in competition with the state utility.  Carmakers may soon trade fuel-economy credits, and buy forgiveness from the government at Rs 2,500 a gram.  NTPC has started looking for the people who will write India's biggest nuclear tender.  The Rs.37,500-crore coal gasification race now has a clock: bids by 7 September, winners by 21 October.  The clouds did in one week what the storage fleet could not do all summer: solar waste fell from 24 GWh a day to 4.  The dams are running 11 per cent behind plan, and the south's reservoirs are metres below last year's line.  India's windmills set an all-time output record on Monday evening, and on Tuesday wind out-produced hydro.  Sellers offered power in the costliest market for eight straight days, and not one buyer showed up.  The advisers who wrote the grid's big report were proved right within hours, in the middle of the rainy season.  

Power sold on the exchange for 30 paise a unit in the middle of the day

Jul 10: 8Sellers offered seven times more electricity than buyers wanted between noon and 2 pm, and the day-ahead price sat at Rs 0.30 for two straight hours. The grid operator then ordered generators to back down by 1,11,671 units of down-regulation - a hundred times more than it asked them to ramp up. Details

The power market that averaged Rs 5.2 a unit in June is trading at Rs 3.1 three weeks later

Jul 10: 8IEX's own June update celebrated prices up 32 per cent on the year, driven by heatwaves and the driest June in a decade. Then the monsoon covered the whole country in five weeks, wind broke the national record, and a third of the price disappeared. Details

India's solar factories had their biggest single day of the year so far

Jul 10: 8Premier Energies switched on a 5.6 GW module plant in Telangana and broke ground on a 6 GWh battery factory, while two module makers announced orders worth Rs 1,187 crore between them. The buyers tell the story - one order is from NTPC's renewable arm. Details

West Bengal will spend Rs 333 crore wiring the grid to a power plant that does not exist yet

Jul 10: 8The state regulator has approved, in principle, a 400 kV loop-in-loop-out line of about 68 kilometres to the premises of JSW's proposed thermal plant at Salboni. It is the first regulatory money committed to connecting the project. Details

A private developer has cleared the technical gate for a 1,560 MW water battery in Uttar Pradesh

Jul 10: 8The CEA's authority meeting of 16 June appraised the Chichilik pumped-storage project in favour of Avaada - the formal letter is still to be issued. It joins a queue of concurred hydro schemes totalling 6,340 MW that have yet to pour concrete. Details

A 1,000 MW nuclear unit tripped on Wednesday evening - and joined a long queue of idle reactors

Jul 10: 8Kudankulam's unit 1 went off the grid when its generator protection operated, with a return pencilled for 12 July. Behind it sits a quieter ledger: Kaiga-1 out since March 2025, Madras-1 out since January 2018, and the northern region's nuclear output 18 per cent behind its annual programme. Details

The east's rivers have delivered a third less hydro power than the plan assumed

Jul 10: 8India's hydro stations are 11 per cent behind their April-to-July programme, and the eastern region alone is 31 per cent short. At Srisailam in the south, the reservoir is 18 metres below last year's level - and five of six generating units are away for overhaul anyway. Details

Thirty-one power plants are running low on coal in the very weeks they should be stockpiling for winter

Jul 10: 8The national fleet holds 42.7 million tonnes - only two-thirds of what the norms require - and it burnt more coal than it received on the latest reporting day. Wanakbori in Gujarat is down to 14 per cent of its normative stock. Details

Batteries and pumped-hydro plants must now cut off instantly when the grid frequency dips, the western region has decided

Jul 10: 8Pumping and charging loads at 49.5 Hz will trip with no time delay at all - the two-minute grace at one Maharashtra plant is gone. Three newly built battery stations are named, and one of them cannot yet do it automatically. Details

One transmission line in Rajasthan's renewable belt has tripped ten times since May

Jul 10: 8The northern grid's own register lists six lines in the Western Rajasthan renewable complex that have each failed three times or more in two months, right where solar and wind farms feed the national grid. Every trip risks bottling up green power that has nowhere else to go. Details

India's biggest power highway between the west and the north tripped fifteen times in one month.

Jul 10: 8The 800 kV Champa–Kurukshetra line, which carries surplus western power into Delhi's hinterland, kept blocking its poles through May, and the northern grid operator has written three letters about it. PowerGrid has a fix - but says it will install it only after peak summer. Details

A battery bolted onto a solar plant does not need its own grid connection, Bihar's regulator has ruled

Jul 10: 8The state transmission utility wanted the Kajra project to hold connectivity for 230.4 MW - the solar plant plus the battery added together. The commission cut it to 185 MW, the solar capacity alone, because the battery only charges from the plant itself. Details

Three states moved to lock in two months of power supply on the day prices crashed

Jul 10: 8Ten separate buy-side auctions appeared on the exchange in one day - Chhattisgarh alone floated six windows of 300 MW each covering August and September round the clock. Rajasthan wants 1,000 MW for September and Goa is topping up its evenings. Details

SECI has scrapped a 1,000 MW tender for exactly the kind of power the market now gives away

Jul 10: 8The tender asked existing renewable plants to sell their surplus solar-hour output to SECI on medium-term contracts. It died in the same week that solar-hour power traded at 30 paise a unit on the exchange. Details

India's wind farms produced more power on Wednesday evening than ever before

Jul 10: 8Grid-India's renewable-energy desk logged 31,276 MW of wind generation at 5.20 pm on 8 July - the highest instantaneous wind output the country has recorded, entered into the all-time register the same evening. The record came as the monsoon, after the driest June in years, finally covered the whole country. Details

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COMMITTEES, PEOPLE & SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Jul 10: 8The plan to island Shimla's power supply in a grid collapse is now in place - Delhi's is still on a screen somewhere.
8Two automatic protection schemes got the committee's stamp - one because a new power plant changed the mathematics.
8Northern power stations are rehearsing how they would restart a dead grid.
8The western committee's other business: a plant told to re-check its settings, and lines measured for stray voltage.
8The CEA reshuffled its regional engineers and published its quarterly report card on thermal construction.
8Punjab's power company spent the day on promotions, training nominations and duty exemptions - the utility as employer. Details

CORPORATE WIRE

Jul 10: 8Borosil Renewables jumped 10 per cent on deal talk - and told the exchange it has nothing to disclose.
8The country's largest private transmission company had its AA+ rating reaffirmed - with new headroom added.
8Enel borrowed a billion euros with a German export-credit agency standing behind the banks.
8The ratings desk had a full day in power: one downgrade, one upgrade, three reaffirmations.
8A major state discom's rating is stuck at BB+ because it will not answer the rating agency's letters.
8A power-cable maker's Rs 742 crore IPO opened with a "subscribe" tag on its first morning.
8A turnkey contractor won repeat business from Gujarat's discom, and three boardrooms set results dates. Details

GREEN MARKETS & RE PROGRAMME WATCH

Jul 10: 8The market for renewable-energy certificates has all but vanished - down 92 per cent in a year.
8The smaller exchange is rebuilding its green shop window around three new contract types.
8Andhra's renewable agency is hunting for rooftop solar installers for systems from one kilowatt to half a megawatt.
8The same agency wants suppliers on call for solar systems where the grid does not reach.
8The June renewable ledger now names every small generator and its joint meter reading.
8India has approved 6,340 MW of hydro projects that nobody has started building. Details

STATE REGULATORY ROUNDUP

Jul 10: 8Punjab's plan to waive night-time wheeling charges hit a paperwork snag at the finish line.
8Punjab wants grain markets to pay Rs 1,000 a season to switch their power back on.
8A hydro tariff fight from 2017 is back in Punjab on orders from the appeals tribunal.
8Uttarakhand's discom says the benchmark price changed after it had already awarded the contracts.
8The state generator wants Uttarakhand's solar cost benchmarks reviewed weeks after they were set.
8The energy-efficiency regulator's penalty case against New Delhi's civic body is ready for a verdict.
8Jodhpur's power company has written itself rulebooks for outages, reliability data and tariff notices - all in one week. Details

CERC DOCKET

Jul 10: 8A 300 MW solar project wants its supply-start date moved because its grid connection was not ready.
8ReNew's fight over transmission bills worth crores was adjourned because the arguing lawyer was unavailable.
8A solar transmission company says SECI still has not paid what a two-year-old GST order promised.
8JSW's 540 MW wind project asks for more time, blaming events beyond its control.
8GMR wants Tamil Nadu's discom to pay a disputed bill for costlier substitute coal.
8A new company has applied for a licence to build the transmission road out of the Siang valley.
8Twelve years on, the CERC is still hearing whether the sun over Rajasthan was mis-measured. Details

HYDRO & RESERVOIR LEDGER

Jul 10: 8The south's biggest peaking reservoir holds one-tenth of the energy it was built to store.
8The Himalayan reservoirs that power the north are running five to thirteen metres below last year.
8Gujarat's giant dam is nine metres fuller than last year - the monsoon paid the west first.
8The east's hydro stations have delivered barely two-thirds of what the plan asked.
8Odisha's dam operators opened the gates and ran the machines at once - the filling season has flipped.
8Telangana parked 750 MW of its best peaking machines in the driest window - and gets them back on Sunday. Details

FUEL & COAL LEDGER

Jul 10: 8India's power plants burnt more coal than they received - in the season meant for stockpiling.
8Thirty-one plants are on the official critical list, and two-thirds of them burn domestic coal.
8A brand-new 3,200 MW power station is running at a quarter of its capacity with two weeks of coal.
8Plants at the mine mouth hold more coal than the rules require; plants at the end of the railway hold barely half.
8The coal watchlist has a second keeper - and its two registers do not quite agree.
8The exchange price of power is now doing the coal ministry's rationing for it. Details

OUTAGE & MAINTENANCE REGISTER

Jul 10: 8Nearly 55,000 MW of generating capacity sat idle across India on Thursday.
8Power stations queued up to switch off - eight units went for the same reason in one day.
8The west has 11,383 MW down for maintenance and another 7,808 MW broken.
8A unit that caught fire on Monday was fixed by Wednesday - and then switched off for lack of buyers.
8One reactor has been off the grid for eight and a half years, and the register barely blinks.
8One relay fault in Andhra knocked out a transmission line and a transformer in the same second.
8Next fortnight's shutdown diary is already written - and it is full of renewable-belt wiring. Details

GRID OPERATIONS DAILY

Jul 10: 8India met a 2.34 lakh MW evening peak with no shortage recorded anywhere.
8The grid ran fast, not slow: frequency spent a quarter of the day outside its band, mostly on the high side.
8The grid's balancing desk spent the day telling generators to slow down - by a hundred to one.
8The west shipped out 372 million units in a day - every neighbour took its power.
8India was a net power exporter to its neighbours on Thursday.
8The south ran its morning on sunshine and its evening on imports.
8Not one big substation in the east spent a single minute outside its voltage limits. Details

POWER MARKETS DAILY

Jul 10: 8The day-ahead market spent the afternoon below one rupee a unit.
8Buyers took more real-time power on Thursday than on any day this week - because it was cheap.
8Power for Friday delivery jumped back above four rupees as buyers returned.
8Green power held its price at Rs 4.20 all day while ordinary power fell to 30 paise.
8On the smaller exchange, sellers offered power for twenty-four hours and found no buyer at all.
8Traders paid Rs 1.73 a unit for next-week power in the west and Rs 3.64 for green blocks.
8A new intraday green segment is filling up with sellers and still waiting for its first buyer. Details

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Jul 10:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of new 5 MVA 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for drawing 11 kV new feeder Details
 
8Tender for protection work for safeguarding the roof and structural components of the 33/11kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for protection work by providing a retaining wall at the 33 kV double-pole structure Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33/11kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33/11kV GSS alongwith associated Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33/11kV GSS alongwith associated 33kV and 11kV lines Details
 
8Design, manufacture, shop testing including assembly testing of engine and alternator, Dispatch and transportation to site erection, testing and commissioning with all equipment or materials Details
 
8Tender for supply of digital level meter cum level generator kit at various Details
 
8Tender for supply of automatic relay test kit to various Details
 
8Tender for supply of equipments/ material, erection, testing and commissioning for the work augmentation by providing additional 1 x 25 MVA, 132- 110/33 kV T/F Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for weed control work at 400kV, 220kV, 33kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 220 kV 1C x 1200 sq. mm aluminum conductor XLPE underground cable Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of LILO of one circuit of the 220 kV D/C transmission line Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 220kV D/C overhead line Details
 
8Tender for work of construction of double poles, 11/0.4 kV sub-stations Details
 
8Tender for construction of 220kV bay Details
 
8Tender for procurement of ring hammers for ring granulators Details
 
8Tender for empanelment of agencies for restoration of distribution infrastructure during Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares of various couplings Details
 
8Tender for electrical works for capital items Details
 
8Tender for setting up of 110 MW STU connected SPP Details
 
8Design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of total 30 nos. solar based LED street light systems Details
 
8Tender for construction of allied civil works Details
 
8Tender for work of second circuit stringing along Details
 
8Tender for contract for supply I and C and CAMC of data transmission of EQMS Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation and commissioning of FRP street light poles Details
 
8Tender for infrastructure development of a PESO approved liquid nitrogen filling facility Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance of 3X20 MW hydro-generating units Details
 
8Tender for repair in stilling basin Details
 
8Tender for construction of trench weir, power intake including river diversion arrangements, desilting tank, feeder pipe, tunnel, surge shaft, power house, hydro mechanical works Details
 
8Tender for construction of ash water settling pit Details
 
8Tender for supply and replacement of existing 40 mm GI cooling water branch pipeline and fittings Details
 
8Tender for construction of new 110kV substation Details
 
8Tender for air seal application contract Details
 
8Tender for bulk procurement of RTD Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for bulk procurement of sodium chlorite Details
 
8Tender for roof water proofing treatment work Details
 
8Tender for airseal application at various Details
 
8Tender for carrying out revetment work at tower Details
 
8Tender for supply of current transformer Details
 
8Tender for work of new 33 kV line from 132/33 kV EHV substation Details
 
8Tender for work of 33 kV interconnection work of feeder from 33/11 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for work of new 33 kV line from 132/33 kV EHV substation Details
 
8Tender for procurement of motorized programmable timer drain ball valve Details
 
8Tender for work contract for overhauling of diesel engine installed Details
 
8Tender for supply and application dosing for enhancement in coal flowability of wet coal Details
 
8Tender for work of computerized flow analysis Details
 
8Tender for raising the height of existing Details
 
8Tender for providing and installation of 70 nos. 1.5 ton, 5-star inverter technology split ACs Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for the work of shifting / height raising of various 66/132/220 existing transmission lines Details
 
8Design, engineering, supply, installation, testing & commissioning of 5 years for grid connected rooftop solar plants Details
 
8Tender for construction of yard foundation cable trenches and levelling and dressing work at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of control room store shed Details
 
8Tender for supply and ETC of refrigeration type hydrogen gas drier Details
 
8Tender for supply of new transformer oil for use in gas turbine power stations Details
 
8Tender for procurement of different types of CCP bends Details
 
8Tender for procurement and retrofitting of 415 V LT circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract of field instruments Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for coal cleaning and housekeeping Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 07 sets grinding element with buy back for 10E10 coal mill Details
 
8Tender for civil and electrical works Details
 
8Tender for laying of 11 kV UG cable 3 core XLPE 300 Sqmm Details
 
8Tender for supply and delivery of 30 numbers of LT feeder piller box Details
 
8Tender for procurement of transformer oil filtration machine Details
 
8Tender for providing and fixing of insulated sheet Details
 
8Tender for providing and fixing of insulated sheet for ST pole Details
 
8Tender for providing and fixing of insulated sheet Details
 
8Tender for SITC of numerical line differential cum distance protection relay Details
 
8Tender for work of annual maintenance contract for work of overhauling / servicing & alignment of various make 220 kV, 132 kV & 33 kV isolator installed Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of portable & programmable battery charger suitable Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & applying nano technology basedacid and alkali resistant nano modified anti corrosivecoating paint on EHV gantry and equipment Details
 
8Tender for work of application of nanotechnology based acid and alkali resistant Nano-modified anti corrosive coating on rusted transmission line tower’s Details
 
8Tender for repair & replacement of chainlink fencing Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil works Details
 
8Tender for work of supply and installation of advance multi cable transit system Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual maintenance contract for work of repairs, servicing & alignment for 220kV, 132kV, 33kV isolators along Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & applying nano technology basedacid and alkali resistant nano modified anti corrosive coating paint on EHV gantry Details
 
8Tender for work of annual maintenance contract for attending emergency breakdown & allied maintenance of any EHV line Details
 
8Tender for work of servicing / overhauling of 145kV SF6 circuit breakers at various substations Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, testing & commissioning of 250kVA diesel generator (DG) set Details
 
8Tender for work of annual maintenance contract for repairing / overhauling of OLTC of ICTs / transformers Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of various spares of drive system Details
 
8Tender for work of fabrication/ removal/ repairing /erection of metallic expansion bellows at various locations of air / flue gas ducts Details
 
8Tender for supply of electrical actuator for seal steam and leak control valve Details
 
8Tender for work of Re-tubing of tube nests Details
 
8Tender for work of overhauling / servicing of gear box, & rail alignment of gantry crane Details
 
8Tender for construction of RCC retaining wall Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 
8PM Modi ensured Tadicherla coal allocation to Singareni Collieries, insists Kishan Reddy Details
 
8Coal Gasification Project Proposals Sought from Industry Details
 
8CISF Intensifies operations, recovers 428 Metric Tonnes of Illegal Coal in WB, Jharkhand Details
 
8India’s power import-reduction mindset struggles to keep pace with manufacturing growth Details
 
8Power companies may report strong Q1 earnings as electricity demand jumps Details
 
8TNEB inks MoU with IIT to improve power generation, reduce cost Details
 
8India's energy intensity falls 30% since 1991, easing oil shock risks Details
 
8India requires major transmission buildout as renewable energy curtailment reaches 33%: ICRA Details
 
8India’s Power Transmission Sector to See Rs 5-6 Lakh Crore Capex by FY32 Details
 
8Auto sector to grow at 22-24% in Q1 FY27, among top drivers of corporate growth: Crisil Details
 
8India’s vast reserves of surplus crop residue could power global aviation sector: Report Details
 
8Why Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are poised to power India’s multibillion-dollar data-centre boom | Explained Details
 
8Renewable Power Projects Face 60% Curtailment Risk Amid Grid Delays Details
 
8HEC Infra Projects Shares Surge 7% on Securing Rs 18.67 Crore Power Plant EPC Order Details
 
8NTPC Achieves Major Breakthrough in 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugad Hydro Power Project Details
 
8Transformer Stock Delivers 140% Returns in Just 3 Months; Is It in Your Portfolio Details
 
8Rs 55,100 Crore Order Book: Power Stock With Multi-Year Growth Across Power, Mining, and Infra Details
 
8World Bank Backs India's Solar Rooftop Initiative Details
 
8India Adds Over 26 GW Solar Capacity In H1 2026 As Industry Eyes ALMM Impact In Second Half Details
 
8Defence Stocks To Buy: Nuvama Bets On Solar Industries, BEL Over HAL And BDL Details
 
8Premier Energies inaugurates 5.6 GW solar module manufacturing facility in Telangana Details
 
8Havells takes aim at a Rs 12,000 crore energy storage market Details
 
8Serentica secures ADB-led debt financing for 200 MW hybrid project in Karnataka Details
 
8Rising Battery Costs Threaten India’s Low-Tariff Energy Storage Projects Details
 
8Navigating Headwinds: Policy suggestions for the wind power sector Details
 
8BlackSoil Enters Solar Financing with Acquisition of Credit Fair Details
 
8India Targets 6,27,000 ckm Grid To Support 900 GW Renewable Energy Details
 
8Gujarat contributes 18 pc of India’s renewable energy capacity, leads in wind and rooftop solar Details
 
8Insolation Energy Bags Rs 558 Crore NTPC Order, Stock Jumps 15% Details
 
8Solex Energy bags Rs 628.37 crore solar module supply order from leading independent power producer Details
 
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Bulk procurement continues to reshape transformer buying

Jul 09: 8Large consolidated packages remain the preferred procurement model. Standardisation and execution efficiency continue driving purchasing decisions.
8The implications extend beyond a single project. Details

Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

Jul 09: 8Daily Excel covering new tenders and all published updates including corrigendum, amendment, addendum, clarification and status revisions, along with technical and financial bid opening, evaluation completion and final award actions including AOC and LOA issuance.
Click on Reports for more Details

Midday power on the exchange sold for 25 paise a unit on Wednesday

Jul 09: 8Sellers offered seven times more electricity than buyers wanted at one o’clock, and the auction cleared at the floor of the day. Twelve hours earlier, at midnight, the same market had paid twenty times as much. Details

Sellers offered half a million units in the premium power market for eight straight days and found no buyer at all

Jul 09: 8The segment built for scarcity - where prices may run up to Rs 50 a unit - has recorded zero purchase bids every single day since 2 July. The country met its full evening peak of 233,509 MW on Wednesday without a megawatt of shortfall, which is exactly why nobody is paying up. Details

The grid ran above its permitted frequency ceiling for 20 minutes on Wednesday - a sign of too much power, not too little

Jul 09: 8For nearly seven hours of the day the frequency sat outside the band grid rules prescribe, and for a quarter of the day it was above 50.05 Hz. The last time operators worried about frequency, the problem was the opposite one. Details

The national despatcher told coal plants that generate at Rs 1.16 a unit to stand down through the sunlight hours

Jul 09: 8Grid-India’s day-ahead optimiser listed more than a dozen big pit-head stations for backing down between roughly nine in the morning and half past four in the afternoon. When solar power floods in at midday, even the cheapest coal in India is too expensive to run. Details

A strengthening El Niño has officialdom warning about electricity even as the grid drowns in surplus

Jul 09: 8The power ministry’s electrical inspectorate has written to every distribution company and consumer in the country about air-conditioner fires and above-normal heat. The forecasters it cites have since confirmed the El Niño and predicted below-normal rain over India through September - which threatens hydro and the monsoon cushion now holding prices down. Details

Srisailam is holding one-sixteenth of the water-energy it had on this day last year

Jul 09: 8Telangana’s biggest reservoir stood at 821.7 feet on Thursday against 882.1 feet a year ago, with usable storage down from 167.8 TMC to 10.6 TMC. The energy locked in that water has shrunk from 923 million units to just 58. Details

India’s dams produced a fifth less power in June than planned - and thermal quietly filled the entire gap

Jul 09: 8Hydro stations generated 13,362 million units against a programme of 16,915, and a fifth less than last June. Coal and gas plants ran 12.5 per cent above last year to cover for the missing water. Details

A flash flood shut down all three units of a 405 MW hydro station in Arunachal - and the operator has told the regional grid forum it happened in sixteen minutes

Jul 09: 8Floodwater carrying sludge entered the powerhouse service bay of NEEPCO’s Panyor Lower station at 6:25 on the morning of 24 June, and by 6:41 every unit was under emergency shutdown. Press reports since confirm one death, four people missing, and about two dozen staff quarters washed away in the township nearby. Details

Two Navratna companies signed up on Tuesday to build a 1,080 MW coal plant for making aluminium

Jul 09: 8NLC India and NALCO will hold half each of a venture to put up four 270 MW units at Angul in Odisha, feeding NALCO’s smelter. The signing happened in front of the coal and mines minister - a statement that new coal is still being sanctioned for industry even as the grid backs existing coal down at noon. Details

One wind farm in Kutch produced two stock-exchange announcements - from the company that owns it and the company that built it

Jul 09: 8NTPC Green declared commercial operation of the first 50.4 MW of its Vanki wind project from midnight on 8 July, taking the NTPC group past 90,950 MW. Hours later, KP Energy told the exchanges it had developed and commissioned the very same sixteen turbines. Details

The Centre cut Gujarat’s farm-solar quota twice in three months - and both state discoms have now scrapped their tenders

Jul 09: 8Gujarat’s allocation under Component-A of the farm-solar scheme fell from 500 MW to 300 MW in December and then to 175 MW in February, and the renewable energy ministry has said in writing that no more is coming. Uttar Gujarat and Paschim Gujarat discoms have withdrawn their tariff petitions, cancelled the bids, and left bidders waiting for their deposits. Details

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Contracting news for the day

Jul 09: 8Rs 300 crore ash transport rate contract tightens the real test beyond headline bidding
A large ash-transport package turns routine haulage into a controlled logistics and compliance exercise. The bid structure gives contractors a route to volume, but not a guarantee of work. The sharper story sits inside the allocation, certification and cashflow clauses.

8A 201 MW package is split by a 50 MW bidder ceiling
The tender opens a sizeable market but prevents full concentration. That cap can widen competition while complicating portfolio strategy. The final pattern will depend on how bidders allocate capacity across substations.

8Rs 7.25 crore bid security sits inside a compliance EPC tender now caught in a committee-review pause
A major emissions-control EPC package has moved beyond a routine date extension into a governance question. The latest note extends the bid window even as it records that floated tenders were to be revisited after committee approval. The real issue is not only time, but how much risk bidders must price before the tender’s final shape is settled.

8A six-day bid extension keeps the procurement spine intact
The bid submission deadline has shifted from 9 July to 15 July. Techno-commercial opening, price bid and award dates also move by about a week. The extension changes timing, not the risk allocation.

8Rooftop solar deadline shifts, but the core bargain stays intact
The calendar has moved, but the contract architecture has not. Bidders get more time to file, not more room to price. That distinction will matter when tariff discovery begins.

8Transformer scope turns a supply order into a grid-reliability package
The requirement covers 160 MVA, 220/132 kV auto transformers for UPPTCL substations. The package includes OLTC, oil, fire protection, testing, tools and site supervision. That makes delivery capability as important as quoted equipment price.

8Hydro EPC qualification window widens from 10 years to 15 years
The most important entry-barrier change is hidden inside the qualification clauses. Older hydro credentials can now return to the competitive field. That may reshape the bidder pool without fully diluting technical screening.

8A 400 kV bypass package hides high interface risk
The work is physically compact but technically dense. It combines stringing, destringing, dismantling and OPGW handling at a substation end. The risk sits in sequencing, not distance.

8Rs 392 crore filter raises the bar in a pre-bid transmission tie-up
A high-voltage transmission package has been structured less like a routine EPC tender and more like an early-stage competitive-bid alliance. The financial gate is visible, but the sharper risk sits in the conditional award, exclusivity and document-access controls. The full tender shows why contractors may have to trade market optionality for a shot at future execution.

8A 400/220 kV node brings high-voltage interface risk into the package
The project involves a 1 × 500 MVA transformation asset with associated 220 kV bay work. That makes protection, civil works, switchyard layout and commissioning discipline central to delivery. The headline scope hides a much wider interface burden.

8This tender opens major solar package with long-term lifecycle contracting model
A new utility-scale solar procurement reveals far more than another EPC opportunity. The contractual architecture quietly redistributes technical responsibility, commercial leverage and long-term operational risk across multiple agreements. The implications extend well beyond a single project and could influence how future public-sector renewable contracts are structured.

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The Centre’s seven big grid-linked gas power stations burned no domestic gas at all in May

Jul 09: 8Plants allotted 26.49 mmscmd of domestic gas - Faridabad, Anta, Auraiya, Dadri, Gandhar, Kawas and Ratnagiri - recorded zero consumption of it, running entirely on 2.82 mmscmd of imported LNG. Delhi’s gas stations show the same pattern into June: every cubic metre burned was imported. Details

Assam’s state generation company has applied to become an electricity trader across state lines

Jul 09: 8Assam Power Generation Corporation has petitioned the central regulator for a Category-II inter-state trading licence, complete with three years of accounts and organisational credentials. A state genco seeking a trading badge is a company positioning to sell surplus - or buy cheap - beyond its own borders. Details

Uttarakhand’s regulator has cleared the ground for the state to shop for 1,320 MW of new coal power on 25-year contracts

Jul 09: 8The Commission has given in-principle room to Uttarakhand Power Corporation’s plan to tender 1,320 MW of round-the-clock coal supply, while demanding the board analysis behind the number and prior approval of the contract before anything is signed. A Himalayan hydro state buying big thermal is the day’s clearest demand-side vote against relying on water. Details

Power plants burned five million tonnes more coal than they received in June, and stocks are down to sixteen days

Jul 09: 8Coal arrivals covered 92 per cent of what stations needed for the month, so the gap came out of stockyards: 49.2 million tonnes on 1 June became 44.1 million tonnes by 30 June. Gujarat’s state generator is holding barely a quarter of its normative stock going into the monsoon. Details

POWER MARKETS

Jul 09: 8The day-ahead price has swung between Rs 2.55 and Rs 4.89 a unit inside one week
8Sellers offered more than twice the power buyers wanted for Thursday delivery
8Power for immediate delivery averaged Rs 3.29 a unit on Wednesday, then slid a quarter for Thursday
8On the smaller exchanges, sellers posted power all day and not one buyer turned up
8Even the penalty-price market recorded nothing but zeros
8An aluminium smelter went shopping for power through four reverse auctions in one day, capping its price at Rs 10 a unit
8The same market that pays Rs 5 at midnight pays 25 paise at lunch - a twenty-fold spread inside one trading day Details

GREEN MARKETS

Jul 09: 8In the green power market, buyers wanted two and a half times what sellers offered
8One exchange’s green day-ahead market has now traded nothing for nine straight days
8SECI is tendering 700 MW of solar so one industrial buyer in Odisha can run its export unit on sun power
8A 1,000 MW renewable pool kept its AA+ rating after a year of wind-turbine bearing trouble
8A PETRONAS-owned solar company kept its rating as its parent’s India portfolio touches 7.5 GW
8ICRA sees Rs 5–6 lakh crore of transmission building in six years - and says a third of renewable output was curtailed in May
8The renewable ministry has quietly amended its month-old rooftop solar memorandum Details

GRID OPS DAILY

Jul 09: 8India met a 233,509 MW evening peak on Wednesday with not one megawatt of shortage anywhere
8Gujarat drew 15 million units less than its schedule in a single day
8India imported 63 million units from Bhutan and Nepal on Wednesday and sent 59 million to Bangladesh
8A 400 kV transformer in Karnataka came back after 38 days out - with its main tank found bulging
8Nearly 55,000 MW of generation sat on outage - and the states own the bigger half
8A Union-territory discom violated its import limit for six hours - a quarter of the day
8The eastern grid’s day-ahead demand forecast missed by 9.35 per cent - about 4,000 MW through the night Details

HYDRO, COAL & GAS LEDGER

Jul 09: 8Odisha’s Rengali reservoir is ten metres below last year and its hydro units are producing nothing
8Gujarat’s state coal fleet is holding 28 per cent of the stock it should - while Chhattisgarh sits on nearly double its norm
8Coal India’s own register shows the plants it supplies holding 14 to 39 days of stock - with none yet in the critical column
8Ratnagiri burned the most gas of any central plant in May - all of it imported
8Delhi’s two gas station operators filed six months of fuel forms - and the domestic gas column is zero in every one
8Wind farms lifted their output by nine per cent in a day as the monsoon westerlies strengthened Details

REGULATORY ROUNDUP

Jul 09: 8CERC throws out a renewable group’s plea against a Rs 3 crore connectivity bank guarantee demand
8A tribunal member refused to step aside from the six-year-old relinquishment charges battle - and the stay comes up for vacation on 30 July
8ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel loses its jurisdiction appeal - Gujarat’s regulator will decide its cross-subsidy surcharge fight
8Meghalaya’s discom wants a revised additional surcharge on big open-access consumers for last winter - and the regulator has let the petition in
8Mizoram has a draft grid code out - and a fresh tariff order that trues up the past and sets FY27 rates
8Jindal Steel wants Chhattisgarh’s regulator to review last July’s order on its distribution business
8Two solar developers’ fight with Uttarakhand’s discom over a grid connection that never came moves to written arguments Details

DEVIATION & SETTLEMENT DESK

Jul 09: 8Tripura and Assam owe the deviation pool nearly Rs 4 crore for one June week
8The east-to-north corridor account alone carries Rs 135 crore payable in the northern region’s weekly deviation books
8The western region’s deviation ledger swung Rs 540 crore across its corridor accounts in one statement
8The northern ancillary account paid Rs 1.35 crore to reserve providers - and clawed Rs 16.7 lakh back from tertiary ones
8The north-east’s ancillary bill went out the same day - payable in fifteen days, with a 0.04 per cent daily meter running
8Guwahati’s islanding scheme is stuck over who pays for a fibre link - while Assam and Tripura keep breaching their import limits Details

OUTAGE & MAINTENANCE REGISTER

Jul 09: 8Sikkim’s flood-hit hydro units are still down 33 months after the disaster
8A 366 MW gas station has sat idle for nine days for one stated reason: no one wants its power
8The south’s overhaul season is running to calendar: Ramagundam unit 3 back by 16 July, Vallur by 23 July
8Meerut’s discom published its shutdown list for Thursday: two-hour cuts, feeder by feeder, for meter work
8Rajasthan has written a standard procedure for what happens to smart meters pulled off walls
8Gujarat’s private wires filed their annual report cards: accidents, restoration times and all Details

CORPORATE WIRE

Jul 09: 8ICRA reaffirms Adani Energy Solutions at AA+ and rates Rs 10,000 crore of new headroom
8A Rs 742 crore cable-and-EPC IPO opens today with a “subscribe” tag riding the transmission story
8Jaiprakash Power has corrected its AGM notice ahead of the vote
8HPL Electric’s postal ballot results are in - scrutinizer’s report and all
8Voltamp has called its 59th AGM and set the dividend record date
8The quarter-end compliance wire: six power-sector names certify their share registries in one day
8A listed power company reshuffled its CSR committee after a director’s exit Details

TENDERS, POLICY & PEOPLE

Jul 09: 8The Centre wants every big new building - offices, malls and housing alike - bound by energy and sustainability norms
8CERC switched Thursday’s entire hearing board to hybrid mode at a day’s notice
8Delhi’s regulator lists Tata Power Delhi’s new tariff petition for admission on 14 July
8Uttar Pradesh’s regulator has a stack of hearing notices out - three petitions to be heard on 6 August and one rescheduled to 16 July
8Punjab’s power utility is cracking down on lazy board notes - decisions must be written so they stand alone
8Kerala’s power engineers’ training centre has called for nominations - the people pipeline gets its July intake Details

FORECASTS & GRID SECURITY

Jul 09: 8All five inter-regional corridors ran a clean sheet on Wednesday - no transfer-limit or N-1 violations
8The eastern region’s hydro is running 31 per cent behind its programme for the year
8Bhutan is running 79 per cent ahead of its import programme - the grid’s quiet insurance policy is foreign water
8The grid’s afternoon and evening peaks are now eight thousand megawatts apart
8The intraday forecast beat the day-ahead model by 4.4 percentage points - the case for later gate closure writes itself
8The despatcher published its afternoon coal recall list at 3 p.m. sharp - grid security is now a daily spreadsheet Details

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Jul 09:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for construction of CC pavement at ash dyke-II Details
 
8Tender for transportation cum loading of coal Details
 
8Tender for bypassing of both circuits of the 400 kV DC line Details
 
8Tender for engagement of fitters on SOS basis in various transmission lines Details
 
8Tender for supply of poly carbonate anti bird spike for transmission lines Details
 
8Design, manufacture, supply, transportation, installation, testing and commissioning of radiator type oil cooler system Details
 
8Tender for supply of different bearings for cooling water system Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning of on-grid solar rooftop project of 15 kW Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning of on-grid solar rooftop project of 30 kW Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning of on-grid solar rooftop project of 25 kW Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning of on-grid solar rooftop project of 20 kW Details
 
8Tender for selection of agency for providing FMS for operation, maintenance, monitoring and management of SCADA infrastructure Details
 
8Tender for installation of chainlink fencing along Details
 
8Tender for repair and upgradation of damaged fencing brick masony fencing and light poles Details
 
8Tender for repairing and attending the faulty street lights Details
 
8Tender for supply of wear resistant putty Details
 
8Tender for supply of quarterly maintenance of wagon tipplers Details
 
8Tender for supply of two layer carbon brushes for generator REF protection Details
 
8Tender for procurement of consumable items Details
 
8Tender for work of fabrication/ removal/ repairing /erection of metallic expansion bellows at various Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for removing, lifting, shifting, dismantling and overhauling of 6.6 kV HT motors Details
 
8Tender for repairing of various cards of DCS system installed Details
 
8Tender for construction of RCC box culvert Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for shifting/modification work of existing various 66/132/220 kV class transmission lines Details
 
8Tender for hill slope stabilization work of slide Details
 
8Tender for civil repair and maintenance work Details
 
8Tender for construction of one 33kV feeder Details
 
8Design, supply and installation of monopole for river crossing on HTLS ACCC Details
 
8Tender for construction of store shed Details
 
8Tender for work of erection, testing & commissioning of 132 & 66 kV equipment, structure, control wiring, earthing etc. Details
 
8Tender for work of erection of 66kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard lighting Details
 
8Tender for work of repair and dynamic balancing of shafts and impellers of 20 cumec pumps Details
 
8Tender for requirement of various size and types of conveyor belt rollers Details
 
8Tender for work of blue star realtors limited shifting of EHT tower Details
 
8Tender for rerouting existing HT line Details
 
8Tender for providing supply to the proposed 110kV substation Details
 
8Tender for running of PCC pole factory Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 132kV SF6 circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for procurement of complete jacking oil pump JOP assembly without motor Details
 
8Tender for procurement of instrument spares of weighbridges installed Details
 
8Tender for module modification (module rating 90 KW, 110 KW, 132 KW, 150 KW) by retrofitting of air circuit breaker Details
 
8Tender for procurement of complete set of fluid couplings along with spares installed Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of damaged prestress cable trench covers Details
 
8Tender for work of creation of 33/11 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for tower revetment work of tower Details
 
8Tender for supply of hydraulic spares Details
 
8Tender for supply of spares of high pressure mist fog generating system of dust suppression Details
 
8Tender for work of initial inspection of generator Details
 
8Tender for procurement of leakage current analyzer along with testing of 220 kV lightning arresters installed Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of capacity of overloaded transformers under 33/11 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of damaged distribution transformers (DTRs) Details
 
8Tender for construction of HT/LT line and erection of distribution transformer Details
 
8Tender for supply of required materials Details
 
8Tender for procurement of grinding roll and bull ring segment of XRP 1003 coal mill Details
 
8Tender for service contract for emergen CY TIT bit maintenance Details
 
8Tender for common procurement of HT fasteners Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 25 DMT 100 percent basis caustic lye Details
 
8Tender for service contract for repairing of different ducts and replacement of non-metallic bellows and servicing of associated gates dampers actuators during Details
 
8Tender for service order for structure repairing and painting Details
 
8Tender for operation of AHP,ESP and silo Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and applying high insulation compound coating to IPS tube's, support insulators Details
 
8Tender for second circuit stringing on 132kV lines along Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for work of On-site N2 drying out for power transformers & ICT’s for various Details
 
8Tender for work of testing of DGA (dissolved gas analysis) & Other parameter of T/F oil at various Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract (AMC) for overhauling, repairing & servicing of 33 kV & 11kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for enhancement of transformation capacity of substations by addition/replacement of T/Fs Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of insulated rubber mat Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & installation of eDAQ (energy data acquisition) and automatic log sheet generation Details
 
8Tender for work of on-site N? drying out of 132/33 kV, 25 MVA transformer Details
 
8Tender for work of SF6 gas replacement work of 220kV GIS bays Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & fixing of additional jumpers on tension towers of the various lines Details
 
8Tender for work of overhauling, servicing & repairing work of 400kV circuit breaker Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 220kV 1Cx1200 Sq.mm,2x(3+0) copper conductor XLPE U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for supply of various fasteners and consumables Details
 
8Design, engineering, erection, commissioning & testing of 220 V, minimum 500 AH nickle-cadmium DC battery sets Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of new street light poles Details
 
8Tender for rate contract of excavation and laying of new power / control / telephone cables, replacement of faulty/damaged cables Details
 
8Tender for erection of 66 kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard lighting & control-room electrification etc Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying G. I. pipe Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, commissioning and testing of vibration monitoring system for continuous vibration measurement Details
 
8Tender for supply of knife gate valve for ash handling plant Details
 
8Tender for supply of low volatge control and power products Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 
8Govt sets Jan schedule for first pact signing of coal-gasification projects Details
 
8Import dependency vs domestic expansion: Can India achieve coking coal security Details
 
8Coal Gasification in Odisha: Powering India’s Transition from Energy Dependence to Self-Reliance Details
 
8Rajasthan Govt ties up with International Solar Alliance Details
 
8NLC India and NALCO sign 50:50 joint venture for 1,080 MW thermal power plant Details
 
8For the first time, half of India's electricity came from clean energy—but there's a catch Details
 
8Power transmission to witness Rs 6 trillion investment over six years: Icra Details
 
8Adani Power explores growth path as India expands electricity demand Details
 
8Indian Firms Urge govt to Review Chinese Participation in Power Sector Tenders Details
 
8India’s Power Capacity to Reach 770 GW by 2030, Tata Power Targets 30 GW Details
 
8From Trombay to tomorrow: Inside India’s energy transition Details
 
8Beyond Generation: Preparing India's Grid for Rising Cooling Demand Details
 
864 GW Midday Drop Highlights India's Growing Storage Need Details
 
8India considers Rs 40,000 crore undersea power cable to UAE: Power minister Details
 
8Weak Monsoon Drags India's Hydropower Output To Steepest Fall In Over Two Years Details
 
8Before you subscribe to Laser Power & Infra's IPO, read this Details
 
8New Guideline Outlines Three-Stage Roadmap For Smarter Power Demand Forecasting By Indian Discoms – Report Details
 
8Power transmission offers biggest long-term opportunity; textiles near bottom: Nepean Capital Details
 
8Shree Cement steady on long-term capacity growth outlook. India infrastructure demand supports the story Details
 
8Power Sector: Renewable generation jumps 25% in Q1 but commodity costs threaten margins Details
 
8Power minister sees demand rising to 300 GW in 2027 Details
 
8Weak Monsoon Cuts India’s Hydropower Output 21% In June As Reservoir Levels Fall Details
 
8India's Hydropower Output Falls 21% in June Amid Low Reservoir Levels Details
 
8NLC India and NALCO Sign JV Agreement for 1,080 MW Captive Thermal Power Plant in Odisha’s Angul Details
 
8Tata Power vs Adani Power vs Reliance Power: Which Power Stock Is Better for Long-Term Growth Details
 
8JSW Energy, NLC India Set Up 1,080 MW Thermal Power Plant Details
 
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Live-line maintenance equipment procurement reveals contrasting competitive intensity across twin packages

Jul 08: 8The latest commercial evaluation reveals two distinctly different pricing patterns within the same procurement.
8While one package witnessed an exceptionally close commercial contest, the other recorded a much wider bid spread, offering fresh insight into supplier competitiveness and market depth in India's specialised live-line maintenance equipment segment. Details

Contracting news for the day

Jul 08: 8Integrated coal sourcing package reshapes contractor risk beyond conventional fuel procurement
This procurement combines coal supply, transportation and quality compliance into a single responsibility framework, significantly expanding contractor obligations. The structure could alter bidding strategies by placing execution capability on par with pricing.

8Zero-value tie-up masks a harder 765 kV execution gate
A zero-value procurement frame makes the package look lighter than it is. The real contest sits in high-voltage experience, liquidity, confidentiality and pre-bid exclusivity. The tender points to a sharper procurement play behind India’s renewable evacuation build-out.

8Rs 7.14 crore grid-study tender hides a tougher consultancy test than the headline value suggests
A three-year consultancy package puts grid planning, BESS readiness and transmission feasibility under one tightly timed framework. The amount is visible, but the real pressure sits inside the study-cycle design, technical scoring and delivery obligations. One procedural wrinkle also deserves closer attention before bidders treat this as a routine consultancy call.

8No RA, no floor price, but L1 pressure remains
The bid disables reverse auction and has no buyer-defined floor price. That removes one layer of price compression. But total value-wise L1 evaluation still forces bidders to defend the entire scope within one number.

8Three Rs 100-crore-plus cable packages put execution risk behind the tariff wall
A cluster of underground 132kV EPC tenders has opened with sizeable estimates and a common delivery structure. The real signal is not just the value, but the way cable execution and bay extensions have been bundled. A date mismatch in the papers adds a quiet procurement-risk layer.

81000 MW energy storage opportunity gets another timeline reset
A major energy infrastructure procurement has received another extension before bids are opened. The repeated revisions indicate that participation remains a central priority in one of the country's significant storage developments. The implications for competition become clearer when the tender structure is examined in detail.

8The ash-handling clause quietly tightens the operating burden
A routine-looking power-plant retrofit has been reshaped through repeated corrigenda and technical amendments. The biggest signal is not in the headline scope but in how design risk, ash handling and validation duties have been redistributed. The full tender trail shows why bidders may price this package far more cautiously than the notice suggests.

8Rs 516 crore hydro EM tender turns on control-room risk, not just equipment supply
A large hydro EM package has moved through repeated extensions while its control-system obligations have become sharper. The tender value is visible, but the deeper risk sits inside SCADA, tandem operation and interface accountability. The clauses point to a procurement strategy that could reshape how bidders price future hydro packages.

8Multiple purchase orders conceal a single contractual obligation
A major industrial EPC package is relying on more than just competitive pricing. The commercial framework quietly redistributes execution responsibilities in ways that could influence bidder strategy and project economics. The deeper implications emerge only after examining how the contractual architecture has been assembled.

81000 MW-plus PWR consultancy EOI signals tougher procurement framework before main nuclear contracts
A newly issued consultancy EOI is designed to shape the technical and commercial architecture of future large PWR nuclear procurements. Rather than awarding execution work, it identifies the expertise that will define bid structures, evaluation criteria and contract strategy for the next phase.

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Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

Jul 08: 8Daily Excel covering new tenders and all published updates including corrigendum, amendment, addendum, clarification and status revisions, along with technical and financial bid opening, evaluation completion and final award actions including AOC and LOA issuance.
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Meghalaya's chief minister asked Delhi to hand the state the keys to its own coal

Jul 08: 8Conrad Sangma met the coal minister on Monday to seek delegation of the Centre's powers to approve coal mining plans and grant prior approvals within the state. His argument: Meghalaya's coal belongs to tribal families in small parcels, and rules written for large blocks have shut thousands out of legal mining. Details

Gujarat has switched off about five gigawatts of its own power plants because the market is too cheap

Jul 08: 8Fifteen-odd units across the state - all four of Adani Mundra's state-contracted units, Essar's Vadinar station, Torrent's Sugen and Unosugen, and a string of state gas and coal units - sat in "reserve shutdown" on Monday, boxed up not for repairs but for lack of buyers. NTPC's Kawas and Gandhar gas units now switch off after midnight and return for the evening peak. Details

NTPC's green arm will borrow Rs.2,500 crore for ten years at 7.27 per cent

Jul 08: 8NTPC Green Energy told the exchanges it will issue unsecured debentures on Thursday through private placement, the first tranche under a board approval from May. The money goes to capital expenditure, refinancing, and loans to its project subsidiaries. Details

Uttar Pradesh has frozen electricity rates for a seventh straight year; the subsidy line does the moving instead

Jul 08: 8The state regulator has approved the 2026-27 rate schedule with domestic energy charges held at Rs 7.35 a unit before subsidy, unchanged across slabs. The state government's tariff subsidy rises to Rs 20,400 crore, from Rs 17,100 crore last year, to keep the payable rates where they were. Details

A transmission bill arrived three years late; the regulator says the generator must still pay the interest

Jul 08: 8NHPC challenged deviation charges on trial-run power from its Parbati-II project after the account for November 2020 was issued in July 2023 and the bill in December 2024. The commission held the company liable - surcharge included - while rebuking the bodies that sat on the paperwork. Details

A Tata Power company built its solar plant early, the buyer went silent, so the regulator let it sell to anyone

Jul 08: 8TP Saurya finished the 100 MW solar half of a 600 MW hybrid project before the wind half was ready, but the purchase agreement had no provision for early supply and SECI's buyers did not respond. The central commission has now allowed the company to sell that power to any third party until the contract formally kicks in. Details

A private company wants a licence to sell electricity in Gurugram, in competition with the state utility

Jul 08: 8Eleven Power Private Limited has petitioned the Haryana regulator for a distribution licence covering the revenue districts of Gurugram and Nuh, running parallel to the incumbent DHBVN. The public has been invited to object before the commission decides whether to open the state's richest power market to a second wire. Details

Carmakers may soon trade fuel-economy credits, and buy forgiveness from the government at Rs 2,500 a gram

Jul 08: 8A draft notification from the power ministry converts India's fuel-efficiency rules into a credit-and-debit system with passbooks, pooling between manufacturers, and a buyout price. Nine-tenths of the penalty money would flow to state governments in proportion to where the cars were sold. Details

NTPC has started looking for the people who will write India's biggest nuclear tender

Jul 08: 8The country's largest generator invited consultants on Monday to prepare tender documents, evaluate bids and support contract award for large pressurised-water-reactor projects of 1,000 MW and above. The same day, a Mumbai engineering firm and Hindustan Construction Company announced a joint venture to chase nuclear construction work. Details

The Rs.37,500-crore coal gasification race now has a clock: bids by 7 September, winners by 21 October

Jul 08: 8The coal ministry published the final bidding document for its gasification incentive scheme on Tuesday and gave applicants two months to file. Letters of award are promised on 4 November and signed project agreements by 4 January. Details

The clouds did in one week what the storage fleet could not do all summer: solar waste fell from 24 GWh a day to 4

Jul 08: 8In May the grid threw away about 24 GWh of solar energy on an average day because it had nowhere to put it. On Monday the national curtailment log showed just 4.06 GWh, all of it in Rajasthan - the monsoon shrank midday solar and, with it, the surplus. Details

The dams are running 11 per cent behind plan, and the south's reservoirs are metres below last year's line

Jul 08: 8Hydro stations have produced 40,074 million units since 1 April against a programme of 45,196 - a shortfall of 5,122 million units, with the eastern region alone 31 per cent behind. Srisailam is 17 metres below its level on the same day last year, and Odisha's Rengali station is producing nothing at all. Details

India's windmills set an all-time output record on Monday evening, and on Tuesday wind out-produced hydro

Jul 08: 8Wind generation touched 30,954 MW at 6.14 pm on 6 July - the highest instantaneous wind output the national grid has ever logged, arriving exactly when solar was fading. The next day the wind fleet delivered 591 million units against 580 from all of India's dams. Details

Sellers offered power in the costliest market for eight straight days, and not one buyer showed up

Jul 08: 8Generators put 5.59 lakh megawatt-hours on the high-price day-ahead market between 1 and 8 July; the purchase-bid column reads zero for every single day. Buyers walked away even though Rajasthan's own merit order shows it keeps gas stations on its books that cost up to Rs 27.74 a unit. Details

The advisers who wrote the grid's big report were proved right within hours, in the middle of the rainy season

Jul 08: 8On Tuesday the exchange sold power for 40 paise a unit at lunchtime and for the full ten-rupee limit late in the evening - a gap of twenty-five times inside one day. The Prime Minister's economic advisers had published a paper that very day arguing the grid's real problem is no longer how much it can generate, but when. Details

Power sold on the exchange for 30 paise a unit in the middle of the day

Jul 10: 8Sellers offered seven times more electricity than buyers wanted between noon and 2 pm, and the day-ahead price sat at Rs 0.30 for two straight hours. The grid operator then ordered generators to back down by 1,11,671 units of down-regulation - a hundred times more than it asked them to ramp up. Details

The power market that averaged Rs 5.2 a unit in June is trading at Rs 3.1 three weeks later

Jul 10: 8IEX's own June update celebrated prices up 32 per cent on the year, driven by heatwaves and the driest June in a decade. Then the monsoon covered the whole country in five weeks, wind broke the national record, and a third of the price disappeared. Details

India's solar factories had their biggest single day of the year so far

Jul 10: 8Premier Energies switched on a 5.6 GW module plant in Telangana and broke ground on a 6 GWh battery factory, while two module makers announced orders worth Rs 1,187 crore between them. The buyers tell the story - one order is from NTPC's renewable arm. Details

West Bengal will spend Rs 333 crore wiring the grid to a power plant that does not exist yet

Jul 10: 8The state regulator has approved, in principle, a 400 kV loop-in-loop-out line of about 68 kilometres to the premises of JSW's proposed thermal plant at Salboni. It is the first regulatory money committed to connecting the project. Details

A private developer has cleared the technical gate for a 1,560 MW water battery in Uttar Pradesh

Jul 10: 8The CEA's authority meeting of 16 June appraised the Chichilik pumped-storage project in favour of Avaada - the formal letter is still to be issued. It joins a queue of concurred hydro schemes totalling 6,340 MW that have yet to pour concrete. Details

A 1,000 MW nuclear unit tripped on Wednesday evening - and joined a long queue of idle reactors

Jul 10: 8Kudankulam's unit 1 went off the grid when its generator protection operated, with a return pencilled for 12 July. Behind it sits a quieter ledger: Kaiga-1 out since March 2025, Madras-1 out since January 2018, and the northern region's nuclear output 18 per cent behind its annual programme. Details

The east's rivers have delivered a third less hydro power than the plan assumed

Jul 10: 8India's hydro stations are 11 per cent behind their April-to-July programme, and the eastern region alone is 31 per cent short. At Srisailam in the south, the reservoir is 18 metres below last year's level - and five of six generating units are away for overhaul anyway. Details

Thirty-one power plants are running low on coal in the very weeks they should be stockpiling for winter

Jul 10: 8The national fleet holds 42.7 million tonnes - only two-thirds of what the norms require - and it burnt more coal than it received on the latest reporting day. Wanakbori in Gujarat is down to 14 per cent of its normative stock. Details

Batteries and pumped-hydro plants must now cut off instantly when the grid frequency dips, the western region has decided

Jul 10: 8Pumping and charging loads at 49.5 Hz will trip with no time delay at all - the two-minute grace at one Maharashtra plant is gone. Three newly built battery stations are named, and one of them cannot yet do it automatically. Details

One transmission line in Rajasthan's renewable belt has tripped ten times since May

Jul 10: 8The northern grid's own register lists six lines in the Western Rajasthan renewable complex that have each failed three times or more in two months, right where solar and wind farms feed the national grid. Every trip risks bottling up green power that has nowhere else to go. Details

India's biggest power highway between the west and the north tripped fifteen times in one month.

Jul 10: 8The 800 kV Champa–Kurukshetra line, which carries surplus western power into Delhi's hinterland, kept blocking its poles through May, and the northern grid operator has written three letters about it. PowerGrid has a fix - but says it will install it only after peak summer. Details

A battery bolted onto a solar plant does not need its own grid connection, Bihar's regulator has ruled

Jul 10: 8The state transmission utility wanted the Kajra project to hold connectivity for 230.4 MW - the solar plant plus the battery added together. The commission cut it to 185 MW, the solar capacity alone, because the battery only charges from the plant itself. Details

Three states moved to lock in two months of power supply on the day prices crashed

Jul 10: 8Ten separate buy-side auctions appeared on the exchange in one day - Chhattisgarh alone floated six windows of 300 MW each covering August and September round the clock. Rajasthan wants 1,000 MW for September and Goa is topping up its evenings. Details

SECI has scrapped a 1,000 MW tender for exactly the kind of power the market now gives away

Jul 10: 8The tender asked existing renewable plants to sell their surplus solar-hour output to SECI on medium-term contracts. It died in the same week that solar-hour power traded at 30 paise a unit on the exchange. Details

India's wind farms produced more power on Wednesday evening than ever before

Jul 10: 8Grid-India's renewable-energy desk logged 31,276 MW of wind generation at 5.20 pm on 8 July - the highest instantaneous wind output the country has recorded, entered into the all-time register the same evening. The record came as the monsoon, after the driest June in years, finally covered the whole country. Details

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COMMITTEES, PEOPLE & SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Jul 10: 8The plan to island Shimla's power supply in a grid collapse is now in place - Delhi's is still on a screen somewhere.
8Two automatic protection schemes got the committee's stamp - one because a new power plant changed the mathematics.
8Northern power stations are rehearsing how they would restart a dead grid.
8The western committee's other business: a plant told to re-check its settings, and lines measured for stray voltage.
8The CEA reshuffled its regional engineers and published its quarterly report card on thermal construction.
8Punjab's power company spent the day on promotions, training nominations and duty exemptions - the utility as employer. Details

CORPORATE WIRE

Jul 10: 8Borosil Renewables jumped 10 per cent on deal talk - and told the exchange it has nothing to disclose.
8The country's largest private transmission company had its AA+ rating reaffirmed - with new headroom added.
8Enel borrowed a billion euros with a German export-credit agency standing behind the banks.
8The ratings desk had a full day in power: one downgrade, one upgrade, three reaffirmations.
8A major state discom's rating is stuck at BB+ because it will not answer the rating agency's letters.
8A power-cable maker's Rs 742 crore IPO opened with a "subscribe" tag on its first morning.
8A turnkey contractor won repeat business from Gujarat's discom, and three boardrooms set results dates. Details

GREEN MARKETS & RE PROGRAMME WATCH

Jul 10: 8The market for renewable-energy certificates has all but vanished - down 92 per cent in a year.
8The smaller exchange is rebuilding its green shop window around three new contract types.
8Andhra's renewable agency is hunting for rooftop solar installers for systems from one kilowatt to half a megawatt.
8The same agency wants suppliers on call for solar systems where the grid does not reach.
8The June renewable ledger now names every small generator and its joint meter reading.
8India has approved 6,340 MW of hydro projects that nobody has started building. Details

STATE REGULATORY ROUNDUP

Jul 10: 8Punjab's plan to waive night-time wheeling charges hit a paperwork snag at the finish line.
8Punjab wants grain markets to pay Rs 1,000 a season to switch their power back on.
8A hydro tariff fight from 2017 is back in Punjab on orders from the appeals tribunal.
8Uttarakhand's discom says the benchmark price changed after it had already awarded the contracts.
8The state generator wants Uttarakhand's solar cost benchmarks reviewed weeks after they were set.
8The energy-efficiency regulator's penalty case against New Delhi's civic body is ready for a verdict.
8Jodhpur's power company has written itself rulebooks for outages, reliability data and tariff notices - all in one week. Details

CERC DOCKET

Jul 10: 8A 300 MW solar project wants its supply-start date moved because its grid connection was not ready.
8ReNew's fight over transmission bills worth crores was adjourned because the arguing lawyer was unavailable.
8A solar transmission company says SECI still has not paid what a two-year-old GST order promised.
8JSW's 540 MW wind project asks for more time, blaming events beyond its control.
8GMR wants Tamil Nadu's discom to pay a disputed bill for costlier substitute coal.
8A new company has applied for a licence to build the transmission road out of the Siang valley.
8Twelve years on, the CERC is still hearing whether the sun over Rajasthan was mis-measured. Details

HYDRO & RESERVOIR LEDGER

Jul 10: 8The south's biggest peaking reservoir holds one-tenth of the energy it was built to store.
8The Himalayan reservoirs that power the north are running five to thirteen metres below last year.
8Gujarat's giant dam is nine metres fuller than last year - the monsoon paid the west first.
8The east's hydro stations have delivered barely two-thirds of what the plan asked.
8Odisha's dam operators opened the gates and ran the machines at once - the filling season has flipped.
8Telangana parked 750 MW of its best peaking machines in the driest window - and gets them back on Sunday. Details

FUEL & COAL LEDGER

Jul 10: 8India's power plants burnt more coal than they received - in the season meant for stockpiling.
8Thirty-one plants are on the official critical list, and two-thirds of them burn domestic coal.
8A brand-new 3,200 MW power station is running at a quarter of its capacity with two weeks of coal.
8Plants at the mine mouth hold more coal than the rules require; plants at the end of the railway hold barely half.
8The coal watchlist has a second keeper - and its two registers do not quite agree.
8The exchange price of power is now doing the coal ministry's rationing for it. Details

OUTAGE & MAINTENANCE REGISTER

Jul 10: 8Nearly 55,000 MW of generating capacity sat idle across India on Thursday.
8Power stations queued up to switch off - eight units went for the same reason in one day.
8The west has 11,383 MW down for maintenance and another 7,808 MW broken.
8A unit that caught fire on Monday was fixed by Wednesday - and then switched off for lack of buyers.
8One reactor has been off the grid for eight and a half years, and the register barely blinks.
8One relay fault in Andhra knocked out a transmission line and a transformer in the same second.
8Next fortnight's shutdown diary is already written - and it is full of renewable-belt wiring. Details

GRID OPERATIONS DAILY

Jul 10: 8India met a 2.34 lakh MW evening peak with no shortage recorded anywhere.
8The grid ran fast, not slow: frequency spent a quarter of the day outside its band, mostly on the high side.
8The grid's balancing desk spent the day telling generators to slow down - by a hundred to one.
8The west shipped out 372 million units in a day - every neighbour took its power.
8India was a net power exporter to its neighbours on Thursday.
8The south ran its morning on sunshine and its evening on imports.
8Not one big substation in the east spent a single minute outside its voltage limits. Details

POWER MARKETS DAILY

Jul 10: 8The day-ahead market spent the afternoon below one rupee a unit.
8Buyers took more real-time power on Thursday than on any day this week - because it was cheap.
8Power for Friday delivery jumped back above four rupees as buyers returned.
8Green power held its price at Rs 4.20 all day while ordinary power fell to 30 paise.
8On the smaller exchange, sellers offered power for twenty-four hours and found no buyer at all.
8Traders paid Rs 1.73 a unit for next-week power in the west and Rs 3.64 for green blocks.
8A new intraday green segment is filling up with sellers and still waiting for its first buyer. Details

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Jul 10:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of new 5 MVA 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for drawing 11 kV new feeder Details
 
8Tender for protection work for safeguarding the roof and structural components of the 33/11kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for protection work by providing a retaining wall at the 33 kV double-pole structure Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33/11kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33/11kV GSS alongwith associated Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33/11kV GSS alongwith associated 33kV and 11kV lines Details
 
8Design, manufacture, shop testing including assembly testing of engine and alternator, Dispatch and transportation to site erection, testing and commissioning with all equipment or materials Details
 
8Tender for supply of digital level meter cum level generator kit at various Details
 
8Tender for supply of automatic relay test kit to various Details
 
8Tender for supply of equipments/ material, erection, testing and commissioning for the work augmentation by providing additional 1 x 25 MVA, 132- 110/33 kV T/F Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for weed control work at 400kV, 220kV, 33kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 220 kV 1C x 1200 sq. mm aluminum conductor XLPE underground cable Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of LILO of one circuit of the 220 kV D/C transmission line Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 220kV D/C overhead line Details
 
8Tender for work of construction of double poles, 11/0.4 kV sub-stations Details
 
8Tender for construction of 220kV bay Details
 
8Tender for procurement of ring hammers for ring granulators Details
 
8Tender for empanelment of agencies for restoration of distribution infrastructure during Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares of various couplings Details
 
8Tender for electrical works for capital items Details
 
8Tender for setting up of 110 MW STU connected SPP Details
 
8Design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of total 30 nos. solar based LED street light systems Details
 
8Tender for construction of allied civil works Details
 
8Tender for work of second circuit stringing along Details
 
8Tender for contract for supply I and C and CAMC of data transmission of EQMS Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation and commissioning of FRP street light poles Details
 
8Tender for infrastructure development of a PESO approved liquid nitrogen filling facility Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance of 3X20 MW hydro-generating units Details
 
8Tender for repair in stilling basin Details
 
8Tender for construction of trench weir, power intake including river diversion arrangements, desilting tank, feeder pipe, tunnel, surge shaft, power house, hydro mechanical works Details
 
8Tender for construction of ash water settling pit Details
 
8Tender for supply and replacement of existing 40 mm GI cooling water branch pipeline and fittings Details
 
8Tender for construction of new 110kV substation Details
 
8Tender for air seal application contract Details
 
8Tender for bulk procurement of RTD Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for bulk procurement of sodium chlorite Details
 
8Tender for roof water proofing treatment work Details
 
8Tender for airseal application at various Details
 
8Tender for carrying out revetment work at tower Details
 
8Tender for supply of current transformer Details
 
8Tender for work of new 33 kV line from 132/33 kV EHV substation Details
 
8Tender for work of 33 kV interconnection work of feeder from 33/11 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for work of new 33 kV line from 132/33 kV EHV substation Details
 
8Tender for procurement of motorized programmable timer drain ball valve Details
 
8Tender for work contract for overhauling of diesel engine installed Details
 
8Tender for supply and application dosing for enhancement in coal flowability of wet coal Details
 
8Tender for work of computerized flow analysis Details
 
8Tender for raising the height of existing Details
 
8Tender for providing and installation of 70 nos. 1.5 ton, 5-star inverter technology split ACs Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for the work of shifting / height raising of various 66/132/220 existing transmission lines Details
 
8Design, engineering, supply, installation, testing & commissioning of 5 years for grid connected rooftop solar plants Details
 
8Tender for construction of yard foundation cable trenches and levelling and dressing work at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of control room store shed Details
 
8Tender for supply and ETC of refrigeration type hydrogen gas drier Details
 
8Tender for supply of new transformer oil for use in gas turbine power stations Details
 
8Tender for procurement of different types of CCP bends Details
 
8Tender for procurement and retrofitting of 415 V LT circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract of field instruments Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for coal cleaning and housekeeping Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 07 sets grinding element with buy back for 10E10 coal mill Details
 
8Tender for civil and electrical works Details
 
8Tender for laying of 11 kV UG cable 3 core XLPE 300 Sqmm Details
 
8Tender for supply and delivery of 30 numbers of LT feeder piller box Details
 
8Tender for procurement of transformer oil filtration machine Details
 
8Tender for providing and fixing of insulated sheet Details
 
8Tender for providing and fixing of insulated sheet for ST pole Details
 
8Tender for providing and fixing of insulated sheet Details
 
8Tender for SITC of numerical line differential cum distance protection relay Details
 
8Tender for work of annual maintenance contract for work of overhauling / servicing & alignment of various make 220 kV, 132 kV & 33 kV isolator installed Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of portable & programmable battery charger suitable Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & applying nano technology basedacid and alkali resistant nano modified anti corrosivecoating paint on EHV gantry and equipment Details
 
8Tender for work of application of nanotechnology based acid and alkali resistant Nano-modified anti corrosive coating on rusted transmission line tower’s Details
 
8Tender for repair & replacement of chainlink fencing Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil works Details
 
8Tender for work of supply and installation of advance multi cable transit system Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual maintenance contract for work of repairs, servicing & alignment for 220kV, 132kV, 33kV isolators along Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & applying nano technology basedacid and alkali resistant nano modified anti corrosive coating paint on EHV gantry Details
 
8Tender for work of annual maintenance contract for attending emergency breakdown & allied maintenance of any EHV line Details
 
8Tender for work of servicing / overhauling of 145kV SF6 circuit breakers at various substations Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, testing & commissioning of 250kVA diesel generator (DG) set Details
 
8Tender for work of annual maintenance contract for repairing / overhauling of OLTC of ICTs / transformers Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of various spares of drive system Details
 
8Tender for work of fabrication/ removal/ repairing /erection of metallic expansion bellows at various locations of air / flue gas ducts Details
 
8Tender for supply of electrical actuator for seal steam and leak control valve Details
 
8Tender for work of Re-tubing of tube nests Details
 
8Tender for work of overhauling / servicing of gear box, & rail alignment of gantry crane Details
 
8Tender for construction of RCC retaining wall Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 
8PM Modi ensured Tadicherla coal allocation to Singareni Collieries, insists Kishan Reddy Details
 
8Coal Gasification Project Proposals Sought from Industry Details
 
8CISF Intensifies operations, recovers 428 Metric Tonnes of Illegal Coal in WB, Jharkhand Details
 
8India’s power import-reduction mindset struggles to keep pace with manufacturing growth Details
 
8Power companies may report strong Q1 earnings as electricity demand jumps Details
 
8TNEB inks MoU with IIT to improve power generation, reduce cost Details
 
8India's energy intensity falls 30% since 1991, easing oil shock risks Details
 
8India requires major transmission buildout as renewable energy curtailment reaches 33%: ICRA Details
 
8India’s Power Transmission Sector to See Rs 5-6 Lakh Crore Capex by FY32 Details
 
8Auto sector to grow at 22-24% in Q1 FY27, among top drivers of corporate growth: Crisil Details
 
8India’s vast reserves of surplus crop residue could power global aviation sector: Report Details
 
8Why Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are poised to power India’s multibillion-dollar data-centre boom | Explained Details
 
8Renewable Power Projects Face 60% Curtailment Risk Amid Grid Delays Details
 
8HEC Infra Projects Shares Surge 7% on Securing Rs 18.67 Crore Power Plant EPC Order Details
 
8NTPC Achieves Major Breakthrough in 520 MW Tapovan Vishnugad Hydro Power Project Details
 
8Transformer Stock Delivers 140% Returns in Just 3 Months; Is It in Your Portfolio Details
 
8Rs 55,100 Crore Order Book: Power Stock With Multi-Year Growth Across Power, Mining, and Infra Details
 
8World Bank Backs India's Solar Rooftop Initiative Details
 
8India Adds Over 26 GW Solar Capacity In H1 2026 As Industry Eyes ALMM Impact In Second Half Details
 
8Defence Stocks To Buy: Nuvama Bets On Solar Industries, BEL Over HAL And BDL Details
 
8Premier Energies inaugurates 5.6 GW solar module manufacturing facility in Telangana Details
 
8Havells takes aim at a Rs 12,000 crore energy storage market Details
 
8Serentica secures ADB-led debt financing for 200 MW hybrid project in Karnataka Details
 
8Rising Battery Costs Threaten India’s Low-Tariff Energy Storage Projects Details
 
8Navigating Headwinds: Policy suggestions for the wind power sector Details
 
8BlackSoil Enters Solar Financing with Acquisition of Credit Fair Details
 
8India Targets 6,27,000 ckm Grid To Support 900 GW Renewable Energy Details
 
8Gujarat contributes 18 pc of India’s renewable energy capacity, leads in wind and rooftop solar Details
 
8Insolation Energy Bags Rs 558 Crore NTPC Order, Stock Jumps 15% Details
 
8Solex Energy bags Rs 628.37 crore solar module supply order from leading independent power producer Details
 
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Bulk procurement continues to reshape transformer buying

Jul 09: 8Large consolidated packages remain the preferred procurement model. Standardisation and execution efficiency continue driving purchasing decisions.
8The implications extend beyond a single project. Details

Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

Jul 09: 8Daily Excel covering new tenders and all published updates including corrigendum, amendment, addendum, clarification and status revisions, along with technical and financial bid opening, evaluation completion and final award actions including AOC and LOA issuance.
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Midday power on the exchange sold for 25 paise a unit on Wednesday

Jul 09: 8Sellers offered seven times more electricity than buyers wanted at one o’clock, and the auction cleared at the floor of the day. Twelve hours earlier, at midnight, the same market had paid twenty times as much. Details

Sellers offered half a million units in the premium power market for eight straight days and found no buyer at all

Jul 09: 8The segment built for scarcity - where prices may run up to Rs 50 a unit - has recorded zero purchase bids every single day since 2 July. The country met its full evening peak of 233,509 MW on Wednesday without a megawatt of shortfall, which is exactly why nobody is paying up. Details

The grid ran above its permitted frequency ceiling for 20 minutes on Wednesday - a sign of too much power, not too little

Jul 09: 8For nearly seven hours of the day the frequency sat outside the band grid rules prescribe, and for a quarter of the day it was above 50.05 Hz. The last time operators worried about frequency, the problem was the opposite one. Details

The national despatcher told coal plants that generate at Rs 1.16 a unit to stand down through the sunlight hours

Jul 09: 8Grid-India’s day-ahead optimiser listed more than a dozen big pit-head stations for backing down between roughly nine in the morning and half past four in the afternoon. When solar power floods in at midday, even the cheapest coal in India is too expensive to run. Details

A strengthening El Niño has officialdom warning about electricity even as the grid drowns in surplus

Jul 09: 8The power ministry’s electrical inspectorate has written to every distribution company and consumer in the country about air-conditioner fires and above-normal heat. The forecasters it cites have since confirmed the El Niño and predicted below-normal rain over India through September - which threatens hydro and the monsoon cushion now holding prices down. Details

Srisailam is holding one-sixteenth of the water-energy it had on this day last year

Jul 09: 8Telangana’s biggest reservoir stood at 821.7 feet on Thursday against 882.1 feet a year ago, with usable storage down from 167.8 TMC to 10.6 TMC. The energy locked in that water has shrunk from 923 million units to just 58. Details

India’s dams produced a fifth less power in June than planned - and thermal quietly filled the entire gap

Jul 09: 8Hydro stations generated 13,362 million units against a programme of 16,915, and a fifth less than last June. Coal and gas plants ran 12.5 per cent above last year to cover for the missing water. Details

A flash flood shut down all three units of a 405 MW hydro station in Arunachal - and the operator has told the regional grid forum it happened in sixteen minutes

Jul 09: 8Floodwater carrying sludge entered the powerhouse service bay of NEEPCO’s Panyor Lower station at 6:25 on the morning of 24 June, and by 6:41 every unit was under emergency shutdown. Press reports since confirm one death, four people missing, and about two dozen staff quarters washed away in the township nearby. Details

Two Navratna companies signed up on Tuesday to build a 1,080 MW coal plant for making aluminium

Jul 09: 8NLC India and NALCO will hold half each of a venture to put up four 270 MW units at Angul in Odisha, feeding NALCO’s smelter. The signing happened in front of the coal and mines minister - a statement that new coal is still being sanctioned for industry even as the grid backs existing coal down at noon. Details

One wind farm in Kutch produced two stock-exchange announcements - from the company that owns it and the company that built it

Jul 09: 8NTPC Green declared commercial operation of the first 50.4 MW of its Vanki wind project from midnight on 8 July, taking the NTPC group past 90,950 MW. Hours later, KP Energy told the exchanges it had developed and commissioned the very same sixteen turbines. Details

The Centre cut Gujarat’s farm-solar quota twice in three months - and both state discoms have now scrapped their tenders

Jul 09: 8Gujarat’s allocation under Component-A of the farm-solar scheme fell from 500 MW to 300 MW in December and then to 175 MW in February, and the renewable energy ministry has said in writing that no more is coming. Uttar Gujarat and Paschim Gujarat discoms have withdrawn their tariff petitions, cancelled the bids, and left bidders waiting for their deposits. Details

Daily forward looking import matrices

Jul 09: It is easy to get month-old import data but it is difficult to solicit forthcoming shipment information in India. We go through a laborious process of data collection to get you full import information, including company-wise, quantity-wise, port-wise, vessel-wise cargoes which are coming into India in the next 15-to30 days.
Get the daily updates for :
8LNG
8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia

8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo

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Contracting news for the day

Jul 09: 8Rs 300 crore ash transport rate contract tightens the real test beyond headline bidding
A large ash-transport package turns routine haulage into a controlled logistics and compliance exercise. The bid structure gives contractors a route to volume, but not a guarantee of work. The sharper story sits inside the allocation, certification and cashflow clauses.

8A 201 MW package is split by a 50 MW bidder ceiling
The tender opens a sizeable market but prevents full concentration. That cap can widen competition while complicating portfolio strategy. The final pattern will depend on how bidders allocate capacity across substations.

8Rs 7.25 crore bid security sits inside a compliance EPC tender now caught in a committee-review pause
A major emissions-control EPC package has moved beyond a routine date extension into a governance question. The latest note extends the bid window even as it records that floated tenders were to be revisited after committee approval. The real issue is not only time, but how much risk bidders must price before the tender’s final shape is settled.

8A six-day bid extension keeps the procurement spine intact
The bid submission deadline has shifted from 9 July to 15 July. Techno-commercial opening, price bid and award dates also move by about a week. The extension changes timing, not the risk allocation.

8Rooftop solar deadline shifts, but the core bargain stays intact
The calendar has moved, but the contract architecture has not. Bidders get more time to file, not more room to price. That distinction will matter when tariff discovery begins.

8Transformer scope turns a supply order into a grid-reliability package
The requirement covers 160 MVA, 220/132 kV auto transformers for UPPTCL substations. The package includes OLTC, oil, fire protection, testing, tools and site supervision. That makes delivery capability as important as quoted equipment price.

8Hydro EPC qualification window widens from 10 years to 15 years
The most important entry-barrier change is hidden inside the qualification clauses. Older hydro credentials can now return to the competitive field. That may reshape the bidder pool without fully diluting technical screening.

8A 400 kV bypass package hides high interface risk
The work is physically compact but technically dense. It combines stringing, destringing, dismantling and OPGW handling at a substation end. The risk sits in sequencing, not distance.

8Rs 392 crore filter raises the bar in a pre-bid transmission tie-up
A high-voltage transmission package has been structured less like a routine EPC tender and more like an early-stage competitive-bid alliance. The financial gate is visible, but the sharper risk sits in the conditional award, exclusivity and document-access controls. The full tender shows why contractors may have to trade market optionality for a shot at future execution.

8A 400/220 kV node brings high-voltage interface risk into the package
The project involves a 1 × 500 MVA transformation asset with associated 220 kV bay work. That makes protection, civil works, switchyard layout and commissioning discipline central to delivery. The headline scope hides a much wider interface burden.

8This tender opens major solar package with long-term lifecycle contracting model
A new utility-scale solar procurement reveals far more than another EPC opportunity. The contractual architecture quietly redistributes technical responsibility, commercial leverage and long-term operational risk across multiple agreements. The implications extend well beyond a single project and could influence how future public-sector renewable contracts are structured.

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The Centre’s seven big grid-linked gas power stations burned no domestic gas at all in May

Jul 09: 8Plants allotted 26.49 mmscmd of domestic gas - Faridabad, Anta, Auraiya, Dadri, Gandhar, Kawas and Ratnagiri - recorded zero consumption of it, running entirely on 2.82 mmscmd of imported LNG. Delhi’s gas stations show the same pattern into June: every cubic metre burned was imported. Details

Assam’s state generation company has applied to become an electricity trader across state lines

Jul 09: 8Assam Power Generation Corporation has petitioned the central regulator for a Category-II inter-state trading licence, complete with three years of accounts and organisational credentials. A state genco seeking a trading badge is a company positioning to sell surplus - or buy cheap - beyond its own borders. Details

Uttarakhand’s regulator has cleared the ground for the state to shop for 1,320 MW of new coal power on 25-year contracts

Jul 09: 8The Commission has given in-principle room to Uttarakhand Power Corporation’s plan to tender 1,320 MW of round-the-clock coal supply, while demanding the board analysis behind the number and prior approval of the contract before anything is signed. A Himalayan hydro state buying big thermal is the day’s clearest demand-side vote against relying on water. Details

Power plants burned five million tonnes more coal than they received in June, and stocks are down to sixteen days

Jul 09: 8Coal arrivals covered 92 per cent of what stations needed for the month, so the gap came out of stockyards: 49.2 million tonnes on 1 June became 44.1 million tonnes by 30 June. Gujarat’s state generator is holding barely a quarter of its normative stock going into the monsoon. Details

POWER MARKETS

Jul 09: 8The day-ahead price has swung between Rs 2.55 and Rs 4.89 a unit inside one week
8Sellers offered more than twice the power buyers wanted for Thursday delivery
8Power for immediate delivery averaged Rs 3.29 a unit on Wednesday, then slid a quarter for Thursday
8On the smaller exchanges, sellers posted power all day and not one buyer turned up
8Even the penalty-price market recorded nothing but zeros
8An aluminium smelter went shopping for power through four reverse auctions in one day, capping its price at Rs 10 a unit
8The same market that pays Rs 5 at midnight pays 25 paise at lunch - a twenty-fold spread inside one trading day Details

GREEN MARKETS

Jul 09: 8In the green power market, buyers wanted two and a half times what sellers offered
8One exchange’s green day-ahead market has now traded nothing for nine straight days
8SECI is tendering 700 MW of solar so one industrial buyer in Odisha can run its export unit on sun power
8A 1,000 MW renewable pool kept its AA+ rating after a year of wind-turbine bearing trouble
8A PETRONAS-owned solar company kept its rating as its parent’s India portfolio touches 7.5 GW
8ICRA sees Rs 5–6 lakh crore of transmission building in six years - and says a third of renewable output was curtailed in May
8The renewable ministry has quietly amended its month-old rooftop solar memorandum Details

GRID OPS DAILY

Jul 09: 8India met a 233,509 MW evening peak on Wednesday with not one megawatt of shortage anywhere
8Gujarat drew 15 million units less than its schedule in a single day
8India imported 63 million units from Bhutan and Nepal on Wednesday and sent 59 million to Bangladesh
8A 400 kV transformer in Karnataka came back after 38 days out - with its main tank found bulging
8Nearly 55,000 MW of generation sat on outage - and the states own the bigger half
8A Union-territory discom violated its import limit for six hours - a quarter of the day
8The eastern grid’s day-ahead demand forecast missed by 9.35 per cent - about 4,000 MW through the night Details

HYDRO, COAL & GAS LEDGER

Jul 09: 8Odisha’s Rengali reservoir is ten metres below last year and its hydro units are producing nothing
8Gujarat’s state coal fleet is holding 28 per cent of the stock it should - while Chhattisgarh sits on nearly double its norm
8Coal India’s own register shows the plants it supplies holding 14 to 39 days of stock - with none yet in the critical column
8Ratnagiri burned the most gas of any central plant in May - all of it imported
8Delhi’s two gas station operators filed six months of fuel forms - and the domestic gas column is zero in every one
8Wind farms lifted their output by nine per cent in a day as the monsoon westerlies strengthened Details

REGULATORY ROUNDUP

Jul 09: 8CERC throws out a renewable group’s plea against a Rs 3 crore connectivity bank guarantee demand
8A tribunal member refused to step aside from the six-year-old relinquishment charges battle - and the stay comes up for vacation on 30 July
8ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel loses its jurisdiction appeal - Gujarat’s regulator will decide its cross-subsidy surcharge fight
8Meghalaya’s discom wants a revised additional surcharge on big open-access consumers for last winter - and the regulator has let the petition in
8Mizoram has a draft grid code out - and a fresh tariff order that trues up the past and sets FY27 rates
8Jindal Steel wants Chhattisgarh’s regulator to review last July’s order on its distribution business
8Two solar developers’ fight with Uttarakhand’s discom over a grid connection that never came moves to written arguments Details

DEVIATION & SETTLEMENT DESK

Jul 09: 8Tripura and Assam owe the deviation pool nearly Rs 4 crore for one June week
8The east-to-north corridor account alone carries Rs 135 crore payable in the northern region’s weekly deviation books
8The western region’s deviation ledger swung Rs 540 crore across its corridor accounts in one statement
8The northern ancillary account paid Rs 1.35 crore to reserve providers - and clawed Rs 16.7 lakh back from tertiary ones
8The north-east’s ancillary bill went out the same day - payable in fifteen days, with a 0.04 per cent daily meter running
8Guwahati’s islanding scheme is stuck over who pays for a fibre link - while Assam and Tripura keep breaching their import limits Details

OUTAGE & MAINTENANCE REGISTER

Jul 09: 8Sikkim’s flood-hit hydro units are still down 33 months after the disaster
8A 366 MW gas station has sat idle for nine days for one stated reason: no one wants its power
8The south’s overhaul season is running to calendar: Ramagundam unit 3 back by 16 July, Vallur by 23 July
8Meerut’s discom published its shutdown list for Thursday: two-hour cuts, feeder by feeder, for meter work
8Rajasthan has written a standard procedure for what happens to smart meters pulled off walls
8Gujarat’s private wires filed their annual report cards: accidents, restoration times and all Details

CORPORATE WIRE

Jul 09: 8ICRA reaffirms Adani Energy Solutions at AA+ and rates Rs 10,000 crore of new headroom
8A Rs 742 crore cable-and-EPC IPO opens today with a “subscribe” tag riding the transmission story
8Jaiprakash Power has corrected its AGM notice ahead of the vote
8HPL Electric’s postal ballot results are in - scrutinizer’s report and all
8Voltamp has called its 59th AGM and set the dividend record date
8The quarter-end compliance wire: six power-sector names certify their share registries in one day
8A listed power company reshuffled its CSR committee after a director’s exit Details

TENDERS, POLICY & PEOPLE

Jul 09: 8The Centre wants every big new building - offices, malls and housing alike - bound by energy and sustainability norms
8CERC switched Thursday’s entire hearing board to hybrid mode at a day’s notice
8Delhi’s regulator lists Tata Power Delhi’s new tariff petition for admission on 14 July
8Uttar Pradesh’s regulator has a stack of hearing notices out - three petitions to be heard on 6 August and one rescheduled to 16 July
8Punjab’s power utility is cracking down on lazy board notes - decisions must be written so they stand alone
8Kerala’s power engineers’ training centre has called for nominations - the people pipeline gets its July intake Details

FORECASTS & GRID SECURITY

Jul 09: 8All five inter-regional corridors ran a clean sheet on Wednesday - no transfer-limit or N-1 violations
8The eastern region’s hydro is running 31 per cent behind its programme for the year
8Bhutan is running 79 per cent ahead of its import programme - the grid’s quiet insurance policy is foreign water
8The grid’s afternoon and evening peaks are now eight thousand megawatts apart
8The intraday forecast beat the day-ahead model by 4.4 percentage points - the case for later gate closure writes itself
8The despatcher published its afternoon coal recall list at 3 p.m. sharp - grid security is now a daily spreadsheet Details

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Jul 09:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for construction of CC pavement at ash dyke-II Details
 
8Tender for transportation cum loading of coal Details
 
8Tender for bypassing of both circuits of the 400 kV DC line Details
 
8Tender for engagement of fitters on SOS basis in various transmission lines Details
 
8Tender for supply of poly carbonate anti bird spike for transmission lines Details
 
8Design, manufacture, supply, transportation, installation, testing and commissioning of radiator type oil cooler system Details
 
8Tender for supply of different bearings for cooling water system Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning of on-grid solar rooftop project of 15 kW Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning of on-grid solar rooftop project of 30 kW Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning of on-grid solar rooftop project of 25 kW Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning of on-grid solar rooftop project of 20 kW Details
 
8Tender for selection of agency for providing FMS for operation, maintenance, monitoring and management of SCADA infrastructure Details
 
8Tender for installation of chainlink fencing along Details
 
8Tender for repair and upgradation of damaged fencing brick masony fencing and light poles Details
 
8Tender for repairing and attending the faulty street lights Details
 
8Tender for supply of wear resistant putty Details
 
8Tender for supply of quarterly maintenance of wagon tipplers Details
 
8Tender for supply of two layer carbon brushes for generator REF protection Details
 
8Tender for procurement of consumable items Details
 
8Tender for work of fabrication/ removal/ repairing /erection of metallic expansion bellows at various Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for removing, lifting, shifting, dismantling and overhauling of 6.6 kV HT motors Details
 
8Tender for repairing of various cards of DCS system installed Details
 
8Tender for construction of RCC box culvert Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for shifting/modification work of existing various 66/132/220 kV class transmission lines Details
 
8Tender for hill slope stabilization work of slide Details
 
8Tender for civil repair and maintenance work Details
 
8Tender for construction of one 33kV feeder Details
 
8Design, supply and installation of monopole for river crossing on HTLS ACCC Details
 
8Tender for construction of store shed Details
 
8Tender for work of erection, testing & commissioning of 132 & 66 kV equipment, structure, control wiring, earthing etc. Details
 
8Tender for work of erection of 66kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard lighting Details
 
8Tender for work of repair and dynamic balancing of shafts and impellers of 20 cumec pumps Details
 
8Tender for requirement of various size and types of conveyor belt rollers Details
 
8Tender for work of blue star realtors limited shifting of EHT tower Details
 
8Tender for rerouting existing HT line Details
 
8Tender for providing supply to the proposed 110kV substation Details
 
8Tender for running of PCC pole factory Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 132kV SF6 circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for procurement of complete jacking oil pump JOP assembly without motor Details
 
8Tender for procurement of instrument spares of weighbridges installed Details
 
8Tender for module modification (module rating 90 KW, 110 KW, 132 KW, 150 KW) by retrofitting of air circuit breaker Details
 
8Tender for procurement of complete set of fluid couplings along with spares installed Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of damaged prestress cable trench covers Details
 
8Tender for work of creation of 33/11 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for tower revetment work of tower Details
 
8Tender for supply of hydraulic spares Details
 
8Tender for supply of spares of high pressure mist fog generating system of dust suppression Details
 
8Tender for work of initial inspection of generator Details
 
8Tender for procurement of leakage current analyzer along with testing of 220 kV lightning arresters installed Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of capacity of overloaded transformers under 33/11 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of damaged distribution transformers (DTRs) Details
 
8Tender for construction of HT/LT line and erection of distribution transformer Details
 
8Tender for supply of required materials Details
 
8Tender for procurement of grinding roll and bull ring segment of XRP 1003 coal mill Details
 
8Tender for service contract for emergen CY TIT bit maintenance Details
 
8Tender for common procurement of HT fasteners Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 25 DMT 100 percent basis caustic lye Details
 
8Tender for service contract for repairing of different ducts and replacement of non-metallic bellows and servicing of associated gates dampers actuators during Details
 
8Tender for service order for structure repairing and painting Details
 
8Tender for operation of AHP,ESP and silo Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and applying high insulation compound coating to IPS tube's, support insulators Details
 
8Tender for second circuit stringing on 132kV lines along Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for work of On-site N2 drying out for power transformers & ICT’s for various Details
 
8Tender for work of testing of DGA (dissolved gas analysis) & Other parameter of T/F oil at various Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract (AMC) for overhauling, repairing & servicing of 33 kV & 11kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for enhancement of transformation capacity of substations by addition/replacement of T/Fs Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of insulated rubber mat Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & installation of eDAQ (energy data acquisition) and automatic log sheet generation Details
 
8Tender for work of on-site N? drying out of 132/33 kV, 25 MVA transformer Details
 
8Tender for work of SF6 gas replacement work of 220kV GIS bays Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & fixing of additional jumpers on tension towers of the various lines Details
 
8Tender for work of overhauling, servicing & repairing work of 400kV circuit breaker Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 220kV 1Cx1200 Sq.mm,2x(3+0) copper conductor XLPE U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for supply of various fasteners and consumables Details
 
8Design, engineering, erection, commissioning & testing of 220 V, minimum 500 AH nickle-cadmium DC battery sets Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of new street light poles Details
 
8Tender for rate contract of excavation and laying of new power / control / telephone cables, replacement of faulty/damaged cables Details
 
8Tender for erection of 66 kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard lighting & control-room electrification etc Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying G. I. pipe Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, commissioning and testing of vibration monitoring system for continuous vibration measurement Details
 
8Tender for supply of knife gate valve for ash handling plant Details
 
8Tender for supply of low volatge control and power products Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 
8Govt sets Jan schedule for first pact signing of coal-gasification projects Details
 
8Import dependency vs domestic expansion: Can India achieve coking coal security Details
 
8Coal Gasification in Odisha: Powering India’s Transition from Energy Dependence to Self-Reliance Details
 
8Rajasthan Govt ties up with International Solar Alliance Details
 
8NLC India and NALCO sign 50:50 joint venture for 1,080 MW thermal power plant Details
 
8For the first time, half of India's electricity came from clean energy—but there's a catch Details
 
8Power transmission to witness Rs 6 trillion investment over six years: Icra Details
 
8Adani Power explores growth path as India expands electricity demand Details
 
8Indian Firms Urge govt to Review Chinese Participation in Power Sector Tenders Details
 
8India’s Power Capacity to Reach 770 GW by 2030, Tata Power Targets 30 GW Details
 
8From Trombay to tomorrow: Inside India’s energy transition Details
 
8Beyond Generation: Preparing India's Grid for Rising Cooling Demand Details
 
864 GW Midday Drop Highlights India's Growing Storage Need Details
 
8India considers Rs 40,000 crore undersea power cable to UAE: Power minister Details
 
8Weak Monsoon Drags India's Hydropower Output To Steepest Fall In Over Two Years Details
 
8Before you subscribe to Laser Power & Infra's IPO, read this Details
 
8New Guideline Outlines Three-Stage Roadmap For Smarter Power Demand Forecasting By Indian Discoms – Report Details
 
8Power transmission offers biggest long-term opportunity; textiles near bottom: Nepean Capital Details
 
8Shree Cement steady on long-term capacity growth outlook. India infrastructure demand supports the story Details
 
8Power Sector: Renewable generation jumps 25% in Q1 but commodity costs threaten margins Details
 
8Power minister sees demand rising to 300 GW in 2027 Details
 
8Weak Monsoon Cuts India’s Hydropower Output 21% In June As Reservoir Levels Fall Details
 
8India's Hydropower Output Falls 21% in June Amid Low Reservoir Levels Details
 
8NLC India and NALCO Sign JV Agreement for 1,080 MW Captive Thermal Power Plant in Odisha’s Angul Details
 
8Tata Power vs Adani Power vs Reliance Power: Which Power Stock Is Better for Long-Term Growth Details
 
8JSW Energy, NLC India Set Up 1,080 MW Thermal Power Plant Details
 
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Live-line maintenance equipment procurement reveals contrasting competitive intensity across twin packages

Jul 08: 8The latest commercial evaluation reveals two distinctly different pricing patterns within the same procurement.
8While one package witnessed an exceptionally close commercial contest, the other recorded a much wider bid spread, offering fresh insight into supplier competitiveness and market depth in India's specialised live-line maintenance equipment segment. Details

Contracting news for the day

Jul 08: 8Integrated coal sourcing package reshapes contractor risk beyond conventional fuel procurement
This procurement combines coal supply, transportation and quality compliance into a single responsibility framework, significantly expanding contractor obligations. The structure could alter bidding strategies by placing execution capability on par with pricing.

8Zero-value tie-up masks a harder 765 kV execution gate
A zero-value procurement frame makes the package look lighter than it is. The real contest sits in high-voltage experience, liquidity, confidentiality and pre-bid exclusivity. The tender points to a sharper procurement play behind India’s renewable evacuation build-out.

8Rs 7.14 crore grid-study tender hides a tougher consultancy test than the headline value suggests
A three-year consultancy package puts grid planning, BESS readiness and transmission feasibility under one tightly timed framework. The amount is visible, but the real pressure sits inside the study-cycle design, technical scoring and delivery obligations. One procedural wrinkle also deserves closer attention before bidders treat this as a routine consultancy call.

8No RA, no floor price, but L1 pressure remains
The bid disables reverse auction and has no buyer-defined floor price. That removes one layer of price compression. But total value-wise L1 evaluation still forces bidders to defend the entire scope within one number.

8Three Rs 100-crore-plus cable packages put execution risk behind the tariff wall
A cluster of underground 132kV EPC tenders has opened with sizeable estimates and a common delivery structure. The real signal is not just the value, but the way cable execution and bay extensions have been bundled. A date mismatch in the papers adds a quiet procurement-risk layer.

81000 MW energy storage opportunity gets another timeline reset
A major energy infrastructure procurement has received another extension before bids are opened. The repeated revisions indicate that participation remains a central priority in one of the country's significant storage developments. The implications for competition become clearer when the tender structure is examined in detail.

8The ash-handling clause quietly tightens the operating burden
A routine-looking power-plant retrofit has been reshaped through repeated corrigenda and technical amendments. The biggest signal is not in the headline scope but in how design risk, ash handling and validation duties have been redistributed. The full tender trail shows why bidders may price this package far more cautiously than the notice suggests.

8Rs 516 crore hydro EM tender turns on control-room risk, not just equipment supply
A large hydro EM package has moved through repeated extensions while its control-system obligations have become sharper. The tender value is visible, but the deeper risk sits inside SCADA, tandem operation and interface accountability. The clauses point to a procurement strategy that could reshape how bidders price future hydro packages.

8Multiple purchase orders conceal a single contractual obligation
A major industrial EPC package is relying on more than just competitive pricing. The commercial framework quietly redistributes execution responsibilities in ways that could influence bidder strategy and project economics. The deeper implications emerge only after examining how the contractual architecture has been assembled.

81000 MW-plus PWR consultancy EOI signals tougher procurement framework before main nuclear contracts
A newly issued consultancy EOI is designed to shape the technical and commercial architecture of future large PWR nuclear procurements. Rather than awarding execution work, it identifies the expertise that will define bid structures, evaluation criteria and contract strategy for the next phase.

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Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

Jul 08: 8Daily Excel covering new tenders and all published updates including corrigendum, amendment, addendum, clarification and status revisions, along with technical and financial bid opening, evaluation completion and final award actions including AOC and LOA issuance.
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Meghalaya's chief minister asked Delhi to hand the state the keys to its own coal

Jul 08: 8Conrad Sangma met the coal minister on Monday to seek delegation of the Centre's powers to approve coal mining plans and grant prior approvals within the state. His argument: Meghalaya's coal belongs to tribal families in small parcels, and rules written for large blocks have shut thousands out of legal mining. Details

Gujarat has switched off about five gigawatts of its own power plants because the market is too cheap

Jul 08: 8Fifteen-odd units across the state - all four of Adani Mundra's state-contracted units, Essar's Vadinar station, Torrent's Sugen and Unosugen, and a string of state gas and coal units - sat in "reserve shutdown" on Monday, boxed up not for repairs but for lack of buyers. NTPC's Kawas and Gandhar gas units now switch off after midnight and return for the evening peak. Details

NTPC's green arm will borrow Rs.2,500 crore for ten years at 7.27 per cent

Jul 08: 8NTPC Green Energy told the exchanges it will issue unsecured debentures on Thursday through private placement, the first tranche under a board approval from May. The money goes to capital expenditure, refinancing, and loans to its project subsidiaries. Details

Uttar Pradesh has frozen electricity rates for a seventh straight year; the subsidy line does the moving instead

Jul 08: 8The state regulator has approved the 2026-27 rate schedule with domestic energy charges held at Rs 7.35 a unit before subsidy, unchanged across slabs. The state government's tariff subsidy rises to Rs 20,400 crore, from Rs 17,100 crore last year, to keep the payable rates where they were. Details

A transmission bill arrived three years late; the regulator says the generator must still pay the interest

Jul 08: 8NHPC challenged deviation charges on trial-run power from its Parbati-II project after the account for November 2020 was issued in July 2023 and the bill in December 2024. The commission held the company liable - surcharge included - while rebuking the bodies that sat on the paperwork. Details

A Tata Power company built its solar plant early, the buyer went silent, so the regulator let it sell to anyone

Jul 08: 8TP Saurya finished the 100 MW solar half of a 600 MW hybrid project before the wind half was ready, but the purchase agreement had no provision for early supply and SECI's buyers did not respond. The central commission has now allowed the company to sell that power to any third party until the contract formally kicks in. Details

A private company wants a licence to sell electricity in Gurugram, in competition with the state utility

Jul 08: 8Eleven Power Private Limited has petitioned the Haryana regulator for a distribution licence covering the revenue districts of Gurugram and Nuh, running parallel to the incumbent DHBVN. The public has been invited to object before the commission decides whether to open the state's richest power market to a second wire. Details

Carmakers may soon trade fuel-economy credits, and buy forgiveness from the government at Rs 2,500 a gram

Jul 08: 8A draft notification from the power ministry converts India's fuel-efficiency rules into a credit-and-debit system with passbooks, pooling between manufacturers, and a buyout price. Nine-tenths of the penalty money would flow to state governments in proportion to where the cars were sold. Details

NTPC has started looking for the people who will write India's biggest nuclear tender

Jul 08: 8The country's largest generator invited consultants on Monday to prepare tender documents, evaluate bids and support contract award for large pressurised-water-reactor projects of 1,000 MW and above. The same day, a Mumbai engineering firm and Hindustan Construction Company announced a joint venture to chase nuclear construction work. Details

The Rs.37,500-crore coal gasification race now has a clock: bids by 7 September, winners by 21 October

Jul 08: 8The coal ministry published the final bidding document for its gasification incentive scheme on Tuesday and gave applicants two months to file. Letters of award are promised on 4 November and signed project agreements by 4 January. Details

The clouds did in one week what the storage fleet could not do all summer: solar waste fell from 24 GWh a day to 4

Jul 08: 8In May the grid threw away about 24 GWh of solar energy on an average day because it had nowhere to put it. On Monday the national curtailment log showed just 4.06 GWh, all of it in Rajasthan - the monsoon shrank midday solar and, with it, the surplus. Details

The dams are running 11 per cent behind plan, and the south's reservoirs are metres below last year's line

Jul 08: 8Hydro stations have produced 40,074 million units since 1 April against a programme of 45,196 - a shortfall of 5,122 million units, with the eastern region alone 31 per cent behind. Srisailam is 17 metres below its level on the same day last year, and Odisha's Rengali station is producing nothing at all. Details

India's windmills set an all-time output record on Monday evening, and on Tuesday wind out-produced hydro

Jul 08: 8Wind generation touched 30,954 MW at 6.14 pm on 6 July - the highest instantaneous wind output the national grid has ever logged, arriving exactly when solar was fading. The next day the wind fleet delivered 591 million units against 580 from all of India's dams. Details

Sellers offered power in the costliest market for eight straight days, and not one buyer showed up

Jul 08: 8Generators put 5.59 lakh megawatt-hours on the high-price day-ahead market between 1 and 8 July; the purchase-bid column reads zero for every single day. Buyers walked away even though Rajasthan's own merit order shows it keeps gas stations on its books that cost up to Rs 27.74 a unit. Details

The advisers who wrote the grid's big report were proved right within hours, in the middle of the rainy season

Jul 08: 8On Tuesday the exchange sold power for 40 paise a unit at lunchtime and for the full ten-rupee limit late in the evening - a gap of twenty-five times inside one day. The Prime Minister's economic advisers had published a paper that very day arguing the grid's real problem is no longer how much it can generate, but when. Details
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