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Aug 07: 8RVUN's Rs 127 crore Bodana solar-park tender says JV experience counts and, on a separate page, that JVs aren't allowed Amendment-2 flipped "Experience of JV/sub-let will not be considered" to "Experience of JV will be considered," but Clause 3.1(xi) barring joint-venture participation was never deleted — and a bidder asking about it was pointed back to the amendment. The same amendment cut water-treatment capacity from 150 to 15 lakh litres a day; Amendment-4 then cut the BOQ evaluation quantity for that item from 15,000 KL to 1,500 KL. Three extensions, 41 days. Prices are firm — Clause 75 bars escalation over 18 months.

8KSEB's 885 km ABC cable tender reaches financial opening with the bid mechanism disclosed and almost nothing else The record establishes a reverse-bidding "Tender cum Auction" for 11kV ABC of 120 sqmm and a 10 August opening, but delivery schedule, lot structure, consignee locations, inspection method, EMD, PBG, LD ceiling, warranty and whether the quantity can be split among suppliers are all absent from the published summary. Technical evaluation closed 6 August; no bidder names, count or rejection reasons appear.

8KSEB's transformer tender carries two different project values, and its qualification thresholds are pegged to whichever one applies The NIT and portal state Rs 72.163 crore; the pre-qualification committee minutes of 3 August state Rs 61.70 crore — a 14.5% gap with no corrigendum explaining it. Because minimum turnover is 75% of PAC, the entry barrier moves by roughly Rs 7.85 crore a year depending on which figure governs. Three of the five pre-qualified firms got in on undertakings to produce compliant type-test reports later; Kerala Electrical & Allied Engineering was disqualified on past KSEB performance.

8Arunachal's Rs 98.87 crore Pathar Camp substation lost three of five bidders on paperwork before price opening ABN Tower fell on unsigned bid pages, missing manufacturer authorisations, unsigned GTPs and an EHV-licence gap; two others failed on lead-partner experience, liquidity and licensing. The two survivors then quoted 21.1% apart. L1's evaluated Rs 98.75 crore sits 0.1% under the estimate, but its BOQ base is Rs 82.98 crore — and the 19.0% bridge between the two isn't broken out anywhere in the financial-opening record.

8MPPKVVCL cut 2.43 lakh meters from its Ujjain AMI tender and cut the value by a larger percentage than the quantity Volume fell 17.4% while the NIT amount fell 18.2%, from Rs 1,116.90 crore to Rs 913.62 crore, with no explanation of the composition behind the revised estimate — so bidders can't treat it as a pro-rata reset. Amendment-3 then confirmed the AMISP bears SMS charges at up to five messages per consumer per day across 11.58 lakh consumers, plus SIM, MPLS, bandwidth and static-IP costs, for ten years at a firm service charge. Four timetable resets, 29 days.

8BHEL's ACC tender forces bidders to allocate at least 10% of value to erection and commissioning, or it will rewrite the split itself Clause 3.3 blocks the standard tactic of loading value into supply to accelerate cash release — relevant because 20% of both supply and E&C value stays tied to air-tightness testing, trial run and PG acceptance. Evaluation also monetises each bidder's declared guaranteed power consumption and its own M30 RCC and reinforcement quantities. Rule 144(xi) land-border restrictions are expressly disapplied for this package.

8UJVNL's Chilla BESS tender funds 60 MWh of a 225 MWh project and asks bidders to pre-price the discount if more support arrives VGF covers 60 MWh at Rs 18 lakh/MWh — Rs 10.80 crore against a Rs 352.30 crore project — leaving 165 MWh to stand unsubsidised under a Rs 3,18,401/MW/month tariff ceiling. Clause 3.24 separately requires a sealed envelope stating the capacity-charge reduction offered for every additional 10 MWh that later becomes VGF-eligible. Land details are tentative and can be swapped without an extra claim.

8NTPC Mining's Banardih substation tender lets a bidder borrow its parent's balance sheet but not its parent's project record Clause 2.1.1 permits holding-company support to meet the Rs 36.90 crore turnover test, while the technical QR notes exclude experience belonging to a group, holding or subsidiary company — and separately exclude reference work the bidder executed through a JV or consortium. Completion period, PBG quantum, LD structure and payment milestones are not stated at NIT level.

8DVC's Rs 90.50 crore limestone tender can order the full 277,857 MT or none of it The GeM option clause allows ±25%, but Volume IV states "+25% to -100%" and says DVC "does not guarantee any off-take" — while each call-off must still be met within 15 days across a 365-day contract. Quality deductions run at 20% or 50% of basic price plus freight depending on how far CaO falls below 47%. Price comparison happens first; only the prospective L1 then faces techno-commercial scrutiny.

8NPCIL's Rs 128.22 crore engineering tender bars the winner from subcontracting the one activity the whole package is built around Cadmatic 3D modelling cannot be subcontracted, and bidders must already hold five qualifying 3D-platform licences and five piping-stress licences with live AMC, plus 200 engineering staff — 150 of them graduates — each with a year's tenure. Corrigendum C3 moved the pre-bid meeting to 7 August without moving the 10 August deadline, leaving three days between clarification and submission.

8NTPC REL reopened document access for its 600 MW Dhule tender 12 days before bids close and 34 days after the original cut-off Corrigendum 4 pushed the download window from 3 July to 6 August without touching the 18 August deadline, which itself had already moved twice from 22 July. Corrigendum 1 briefly recorded submission at 14:00 before later documents reverted to 15:00. Bid security stays flat at Rs 20 crore whether a bidder quotes 300 MW or 600 MW — and the scope clause cites document NRE-CS-5816 while the tender is numbered NRE-CS-5820.

8NREDCAP's Vijayawada WtE tender fixes the tariff and makes the subsidy ask the only thing bidders compete on Clause 21.2 evaluates financial proposals solely on quoted capital grant support, while the model PPA hard-codes Rs 7.50/unit subject to APERC approval. The authority guarantees 1,000 TPD of acceptable waste with damages at 30% of average per-ton gross revenue for shortfalls. Three separate securities stack up — Rs 16.24 crore, Rs 9.72 crore renewable annually, and Rs 25 lakh/MW — while Clause 3.3 describes construction running "from the COD" and Clause 18.5(e) writes 110% as "in excess of 10%."

8NTPC's Telangana ash-handling tender reversed its own crushing requirement from 8 mm to 25 mm after bidders questioned it Errata-01 corrected the intermediate-silo bottom ash size threefold; separate amendments moved the compressor fleet from 9 working plus 6 standby to 10 plus 5 without adding machines, cut bottom ash slurry from five streams to four, and raised conveyor rated capacity from 70 to 72 TPH with a new sub-120°C inlet criterion. Delay LD is Rs 30.73 lakh per day per facility. The deadline has moved 69 days across three extensions.

8RVPN's Dholpur EPC tie-up gives bidders a document-request deadline that falls on the same day bids are due Clause 5.0 says requests must come "up to 01 (One) day prior to bid submission deadline" and then names 3:00 PM on 17/08/2026 — the submission deadline itself — leaving potentially no gap between receiving the NDA-gated technical package and lodging a physical hard-copy bid. The pre-selected contractor must sign an exclusivity MOU and stay out of the same TBCB project before RVPN even submits its tariff bid. JV participation is marked "NOT APPLICABLE" and subsidiary or group credentials don't count.

8NPCIL's Rs 576.86 crore Gorakhpur tender narrows "similar work" to TAM and permeation grouting alone That single definition sets qualifying-work hurdles of roughly Rs 230.74 crore each for three works, Rs 288.43 crore each for two, or Rs 461.49 crore for one. Blocked or damaged TAM pipes must be reinstalled at contractor cost with no separate measurement, and grout is paid only against automated batching-plant records of accepted consumption. Two corrigenda moved the deadline 23 days and the pre-bid meeting 20 — without publishing a revised query cut-off.

8NTPC's North Karanpura AWRS tender issued three extension notices that don't say what the new dates are All three uploaded files are byte-identical and contain only the heading announcing an extension. Meanwhile Amendment 01 advanced the starter-dyke layout from Rev 4 to Rev 5 and added drawings, without narrating what changed — the geometry that drives pipeline routing and civil quantities. Two seepage pump houses are a minimum, not a number: more are required if actual dyke contours create additional accumulation points. Delay LD runs Rs 2,51,954 a day, with functional-guarantee LD capped separately at 12%.

8THDCIL's Sonbhadra DPR tender says on GeM that no performance security is needed and in its own conditions that 5% is ITC Clause 12.1 requires 5% of contract price including GST within 28 days of award; the GeM ePBG field reads "Required: No" — and GeM's disclaimer says conflicting buyer-added terms can be invalid. The same split runs through dispute resolution: GeM records arbitration and mediation as "No" while GCC Clause 8 sets out both, seated in Delhi. All ten named experts must be in place at bid stage, with no substitution through award.

8NREDCAP's Tirupati WtE tender is labelled an EPC price bid on the portal and is actually a grant-based concession The portal reads "Price Bid EPC" with 90-day validity; RFP Clause 2.6 requires 180 days and Clauses 21 and 28 make capital grant support the sole ranking variable. The PPA defines tariff as the figure "quoted by the bidder" while Article 2.2 fixes Rs 7.95/unit. DCA Clause 22.3(c) writes each of four grant instalments as 25% numerically and "twenty per cent" in words, and refers to a third project milestone that Schedule 5 doesn't contain.

8BHEL cancelled the reverse auction on its Korba West coal-handling tender the day after publishing it Corrigendum 1 changed clause 11.0 from "Applicable" to "Not Applicable," making the first sealed price final for a package running 42 months on one side and 58 on the other. The same corrigendum fixed a civil-PQR presentation where stray connectors made two RCC-volume thresholds read as cumulative rather than alternative. Bidders quote one lump sum, split 25:75 for ordering — after which BHEL may regroup the orders, and a breach on one can be treated as breach of the others. Details

Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

Aug 07: 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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Aug 07:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for EPC Package of power project Details
 8Tender for biennial job contract for painting works Details
 8Tender for Package cooling tower Details
 8Tender for air condition system Details
 8Tender for architectural works for renovation and modernisation at 6X60 MW Details
 8Tender for supply of various patch cords and opticalconnectors/ attenuators Details
 8Tender for procurement of mechanical seal of ECW pump Details
 8Tender for procurement of insulation material for unit-1 boiler Details
 8Tender for supply of ISI marked AAA rabbit conductor Details
 8Tender for survey, installation, testing and commissioning of new 5 MVA 33/11kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of opacity/dust analyzer for measurement of dust concentration Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares for IL makes pneumatic actuators and power cylinders Details
 8Tender for procurement of 415V LT air circuit breakers of different capacity installed Details
 8Tender for procurement of coupling for fan and motor shaft of PA and FD fan installed Details
 8Tender for work of refurbishment reblading of ID fan impeller and fitting Details
 8Tender for work contract for hotline tightness and PID testing work of 400kV and 220kV switchyard Details
 8Tender for work contract for bushing gasket replacement of 220 kV station transformer Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares of pneumatic actuator Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares for transport air compressor ZA-6 for ash handling system Details
 8Tender for supply of motors Details
 8Tender for construction of switch house Details
 8Tender for supply of MS plates and angle structures Details
 8Tender for construction of anti-flood wall and water collection tanks to tackle water logging at 33 kV s/stn. Details
 8Tender for assistance in shift operation of boilers, including their auxiliaries Details
 8Tender for medium repair of RCF, replacement of PA fan impeller assembly Details
 8Tender for establishment of centralized transmission asset management service Details
 8Tender for civil works for installation of 6 KLD grey water treatment plant Details
 8Tender for work of attending daily, routine defects, preventive, breakdown, shutdown and emergency maintenance of various auxiliaries Details
 8Tender for procurement of beater plate for coal mill Details
 8Tender for AMC for the work of maintenance, repairing & servicing of battery set, battery charger & reconditioning of battery cells at various substations Details
 8Tender for rate contract for work of rewinding and repairing of various rating of LT motor, submersible pump and various Details
 8Tender for supply of various MS / CS pipe, bends Details
 8Tender for procurement of composite long rod polymer insulators Details
 8Tender for supply of lighting arrester for 220kV & 400kV switchyard Details
 8Tender for drawing 11kV covered conductor Details
 8Tender for DP erection and HT cabling 33kV substation Details
 8Tender for purchase of digital level meter Details
 8Tender for attending leakages/seepages in various underground structures Details
 8Tender for providing muffing on periphery of existing various steel structure of coal yard Details
 8Tender for providing and fixing PUF panel operator cabin Details
 8Tender for work of erection dismantling of 132kV/66kV/11KV equipment’s Details
 8Tender for utilization of 6.50 lakh metric tonne dry fly ash Details
 8Tender for operation and maintenance of 114 Nos power quality meter Details
 8Tender for renewal of sophos firewall subscription Details
 8Tender for demolishing of cement concrete rock fragments Details
 8Tender for renovation and reconfiguration of through interior fit out works Details
 8Tender for maintenance and repair work of power channel Details
 8Tender for supply, erection & commissioning of 110 volt 500Ah lead acid tubular LM type battery set and automatic 110V/100 Amp. battery charger Details
 8Tender for implementation of islanding scheme Details
 8Tender for owners engineer and project management consultant (OE and PMC) for 22.5 MW hydro power project Details
 8Tender for supply of 11 kV moving contact 400 Amps Details
 8Tender for supply of ISI marked 33 kV aluminium conductor Details
 8Tender for execution of deposit works, including the supply, erection, installation, testing, and commissioning of materials/equipment Details
 8Tender for purchase of 25 kVA, 3 phase aluminium wound energy efficient level-1 (star-1) completely self protected (CSP) distribution transformers Details
 8Tender for supply of ACSR rabbit conductor Details
 8Tender for construction of 2x33 kV bay for water resource Details
 8Tender for requirement of ASCO make spares Details
 8Tender for supply of 0.30 LMT limestone Details
 8Tender for auction for lifting and disposal of wet ash Details
 8Tender for procurement of ABT and bidirectional features digital summation unit Details
 8Tender for supply of TC fuse wire 18 SWG Details
 8Tender for supply of TC fuse wire 16 SWG Details
 8Tender for supply of TC fuse wire 14 SWG Details
 8Tender for supply of TC fuse wire 12 SWG Details
 8Tender for supply of bolts and nuts of size 88 x 16 mm Details
 8Tender for supply of bolts and nuts of size 63x16mm Details
 8Tender for construction of 110/33/11 kV outdoor control room Details
 8Tender for erection of 110 kV DC line on DC tower with panther conductor Details
 8Tender for construction of 110/33/11kV yard equipment plinths, cable trench Details
 8Tender for procurement of grinding elements of 8.5E (9) coal mill Details
 8Tender for evacuation of pond ash including Details
 8Tender for supply and retrofitting of chinese brand chiller compressor unit of capacity Details
 8Tender for laying of 11 kV 3C 300 Sq mm XLPE UG cable Details
 8Tender for construction of 132 kV M/C transmission line Details
 8Tender for repair with complete rewinding including dismantling, loading, unloading, to and for transportation, inspection, testing, and other allied works Details
 8Tender for repairing dismantling and fixing cage of chain link cage around distribution transformer Details
 8Tender for erection work of 66kV S/C line on D/C towers Details
 8Tender for erection work of 66kV S/C line Details
 8Tender for work of overhauling of diverter switch and drive mechanism box of the OLTC of the transformers Details
 8Tender for work of feeder re-orientation at 110kV substation Details
 8Tender for work of DGA testing of T/F oil and other tests of oil for ICT's & transformers Details
 8Tender for supply of various types of cable & dismantling, ETC work of 245 & 145 kV circuit breakers Details
 8Tender for supply of various types of cable & dismantling, ETC work of 36 kV circuit breakers at various S/Stns Details
 8Tender for replacement of existing tower at 220kV 60 Deg new towers Details
 8Tender for AMC for work of repairing & overhauling of OLTC of ICT/ transformer Details
 8Tender for enhancement of transformation capacity of substation by providing 1x50MVA, 132/33kV PTR along with HV & LV bays and allied civil works Details
 8Tender for enhancement of transformation capacity of substation by providing 1x50MVA, 132/33kV PTR along Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for repairs, overhauling of 33 kV CGL make VCB installed at various Details
 8Tender for work of chemical washing of insulator strings manually by using high voltage insulator Details
 8Tender for work of maintenance contract for attending emergency breakdown & allied maintenance of any EHV line Details
 8Tender for AMC for work of repairing/overhauling with providing & fixing of spares for 33kV VCB at various EHV sub-stations Details
 8Tender for work of auxiliary power supply for 400/220kV substation Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for 11 kV AL-59 ACS medium voltage covered conductor (MVCC) with its accessories Details
 8Tender for supply of wireless LCM kit for 220kV and 66kV class switchyard Details
 8Tender for replacement of side & roof sheet of boilers, conveyor galleries Details
 8Tender for rate contract for complete rewinding of LT(415V/230V) AC motors Details
 8Tender for supply of switchgear spares Details
 8Tender for job work for radiography of boiler tube weld joints Details
 8Tender for work of attending the boiler tube leakages & various pressure part related misc. works Details
 8Tender for works for turnkey based contract for 11 kV AL-59 ACS medium voltage covered conductor Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 
8Serentica Renewables commissions first phase of 1 GWh battery energy storage system in Bikaner Details
 
8Next phase of Green Energy Corridor to cover 10,000 ckm: Pralhad Joshi Details
 
8NHPC should accord top priority to 20,000 MW pumped storage pipeline: Parliamentary panel Details
 
8Views of Manohar Lal: “India’s power sector has made significant progress Details
 
8AI To Be Part Of India’s Power Generation, Adoption To Rise To 65% By 2030: ENCIS Study Details
 
8Coal supply for power sector adequate, July despatch up 18%: Coal Ministry Details
 
8Rajiv Kumar Porwal: Director (System Operation), Grid-India Details
 
8Coal Supply for Power Sector Comfortable in July: Govt Details
 
8India's Coal Stocks Enough for 62 Days as Supply Strengthens Details
 
8Breaking Data Silos: MoP’s draft framework standardises information sharing across the electricity value chain Details
 
8Loops Within Loops: India’s meshed power grid Details
 
8Picking up Pace: Leveraging the balancing, storage and ramping benefits of hydropower Details
 
8Maharashtra sugar mills earn over Rs 8,250 crore from ethanol and power generation Details
 
8Why privatising electricity distribution could be a mistake Details
 
8Why Power Grid Corporation of India Share Price Is Falling Details
 
8India’s EV industry to create 30-40 million jobs by 2030 Details
 
8India Inc Bets Big on Tech: Data Centres and AI Drive 56% of Massive Rs 26.75 Lakh Crore Capex Surge Details
 
8India’s EV sector could generate up to 40 million jobs by 2030 Details
 
8Sonbhadra: Uttar Pradesh’s Energy Capital Transforming in 2026 Details
 
8IIFL prefers CG Power, ABB India, Siemens and L&T to Cummins India Details
 
8CPDL Enhances Power Reliability in Sector-31C with 1000 kVA Transformer Augmentation Details
 
8Torrent Power: Why Is It Betting on Gas Plants When Everyone Else Is Chasing Renewables Details
 
8India’s Coal Stocks Reach 148 MT, 62-Day Power Buffer Secured Details
 
8Reliance Power Stock Update: Shares Jump 3% on Strong Q1 Results Details
 
8India Crosses 300 GW Renewable Capacity, Targeting 500 GW by 2030 Details
 
8Microsoft launches Hyderabad cloud region to power India's AI economy, strengthen enterprise adoption Details
 
8POWERGRID Approves Rs 856.94 Crore Transmission Upgrade Project in Tamil Nadu Details
 
8NTPC-SAIL JV Selects U-Solar Clean Energy for Rs 127.47 Crore 20 MW Floating Solar Project in Bhilai Details
 
8India's coal supply adequate, production rises by 7.51% in July Details
 
8First Coal Consignment from SCCL’s Odisha Mine Reaches Telangana, Marks Historic Milestone Details
 
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Aug 06: 8PFC Consulting's Lakadia–Vadodara 765kV ISTS tender opened bids 49 days after the date its own clause fixed The qualification notice records actual opening on July 17, with no reason assigned in the record. Six bidders cleared, but the top-50% formula alone would have cut the auction field to three — the minimum-four rule lifts it back to at least four. Line-side termination equipment sits inside this package while the GIS diameter it connects to belongs to a Khavda Phase-IV scheme.

8Power Grid won Krishnagiri REZ Phase-I at Rs 8,209.60 million a year, and no other number from the auction has been disclosed Five bidders reached initial-offer opening — Adani, Dilip Buildcon, PNC Infratech, Power Grid and Resonia — but the notices record only the winning tariff, leaving L2 and L3 spreads and the owner comparison invisible. The concession bundles two 765/400 kV substations, corridors to Doma, Raichur New and Sagar, a 300 MVAr STATCOM and spare bays sized for renewable growth well past the 4.5 GW being evacuated.

8RECPDCL's Kukshi–Alirajpur tender used a one-line amendment to attach Rs 40.11 crore of securities to a company it had not previously named Amendment-I replaces the placeholder "Name of the Project Specific SPV" across the RFP, TSA and SPA with Kukshi Alirajpur Transmission Limited — the breadth of the edit confirming the blank sat throughout the transaction architecture. No schedule of that company's assets, liabilities, approvals or litigation accompanies it, and the acquisition price still arrives only 20 days before the bid deadline.

8POWERGRID's 765kV GIS tender at Noida Sector-148 asks bidders to surrender competing routes into a project it hasn't won The pre-selected contractor signs an exclusive MOU and must withdraw from the same BPC project as bidder, subsidiary, partner or consortium member — while the execution contract materialises only if POWERGRID becomes the TSP. Document access closes August 31 against a September 2 bid deadline, with two days to cure a deficient NDA and one day to appeal a rejection.

8KPTCL's Ayyanahalli tender set its clarification deadline 30 minutes after bids closed The portal records receipt closing at 11:30 on 20 July and the clarification cut-off at 12:00 the same day, with the pre-bid meeting also at 11:30. Amendment-I, issued 3 August, then deleted the requirement that each consortium partner contribute 25% of the stipulated line quantity — a qualification relaxation issued with no revised submission date. No bidder attended the pre-bid meeting; the change came from two emails.

8BHEL's Koderma ash-handling EPC carries two documents giving opposite instructions on reverse auction The major-highlights sheet marks it applicable and cites NIT Clause 19.0; Clause 19.0 states it is not applicable, and five corrigenda passed without reconciling them. Corrigendum-X also collapsed the six-hour gap between closing and opening to zero, listing both at 11:00 on August 11, while a separate corrigendum deleted the MSME payment-timeline and LC note without naming a replacement clause. The tender reference itself appears as both KOD and KDM across the pack.

8BHEL splits the Koderma ash award into three work orders and gives the winner seven days to tell it how to divide the price Clause 35.0 requires a detailed price break-up within a week of LOA, after which separate orders issue for goods, erection and commissioning, and site-fabricated structures — with BOCW cess reimbursed on some components and borne by the contractor on others. Auxiliary power is capped at 350 kW with LD of USD 6,033 for each excess kW, and the portal records the tender value as zero.

8NTPC's Vindhyachal analyser-spares tender closes on the portal a full day before the deadline printed on its own notice The enquiry says bids should reach NTPC by 23:30 on the opening date by sealed envelope or registered post; the portal shuts electronic submission at 16:00 the previous day. EMD and PBG are both zero, but every part must interchange with the installed OXYMON equipment or be replaced free of cost — with no firmware or serial-range baseline stated for that test.

8CSPDCL's Jashpur transformer packages run a 60-day clock on work that depends on equipment the contractor doesn't supply The 63 kVA transformers stay in the utility's supply column while poles, insulators, arresters, earthing, cabling and civil inputs sit with the contractor, and no clause links completion to the date that equipment is issued. The Rs 3.09 lakh headline covers only the contractor's tax-exclusive BOQ against a Rs 5.48 lakh scheme estimate. Corrigenda go on the Pathalgaon project office notice board, not any digital channel.

8MPPKVVCL sealed the price bids on a Rs 1,329 crore metering tender and told the same bidders to quote again Reverse auction was never enabled on the original portal configuration, so a second limited tender was created solely to supply the missing price gateway — with the first BOQs expressly barred from opening. The fresh L1 becomes only the auction base, and the notice sets out no custody, archiving or audit rule for the superseded offers.

8MPPKVVCL's TS 1648 smart-metering tender lost half its field to technical evaluation and one more to a rule about a different lot Five of ten bidders fell — Aurawin on Rs 582 crore against a Rs 664.5 crore threshold, Infinite on 6 lakh meters against 8.44 lakh, Adani on a failed live demonstration. Iskraemeco was then excluded from price opening purely for being L1 in Lot 1, a restriction Corrigendum 4 extended to consortium and JV partners. EMD across all of it: Rs 1 lakh.

8DHBVN's Rs 148.21 crore RDSS package bars a contractor from sharing a store between adjoining circles Separate stores, storekeepers and round-the-clock security must be funded in each of seven operating circles, with no consolidation permitted even where the same firm holds both packages. Final erection payment also waits on asset data uploaded to the employer's GIS model, for which no validation turnaround is stated. Three extensions added almost 20 days to a 22-day original window.

8MPPKVVCL's SDAC award landed 0.5% under the owner estimate with a seven-year tail attached Synergy took it at Rs 255.24 crore against a Rs 256.59 crore estimate, with Ashida 1.9% behind — a two-bid contest after HKRP was rejected technically. Pre-bid requests for an aggregate cap covering LDs, SLA deductions, risk purchase and PBG invocation were answered "as per RFP", leaving multiple remedies potentially live against the same failure across 1,250 substations.

8KSEBL's Rs 255 crore Payyampally GIS tender rewrote its payment clause to hold 25% of every progressive bill for audit Corrigendum 9 replaced a flat 30-day term with 75% within 30 days after preliminary verification and the balance within 60 days after audit. Corrigendum 2 separately fixed a BoQ line describing 220 kV GIS as "3-400 kV, 4000 A" equipment. Requests to shorten the ten-year latent-defect tail, the 60-month defect period and the 180-day security validity were all refused; four extensions added 71 days.

8POWERGRID's 7TR-19-BULK transformer tender drops EMD and replaces it with a year's exclusion from future packages ITB 13.1 states bid security is not applicable; ITB 13.6 converts withdrawal, refusal of arithmetic corrections or failure to furnish performance security into one-year ineligibility. Losses carry LD at Rs 8–10 lakh per kW with outright rejection above 2%, and the 13 units' destinations are notified only before dispatch — while route surveys and any bridge or culvert modification stay in contractor scope with no cost ceiling.

8NTPC Green's Pudimadaka DM plant tender tells bidders what percentage of the price each schedule must carry Five-year O&M cannot fall below 16% of the package price, installation must sit between 20% and 25%, civil between 20% and 30%, and safety at no less than 2.5% — before any price comparison happens. Delay damages run at Rs 14,70,357 per day against a 5% cap, joint ventures and collaborators are barred outright, and the portal records no estimated contract value.

8UJVNL's Rs 259.60 crore hydro E&M tender deleted its rupee-value experience test and doubled the manufacturers a bidder may lean on Addendum II removed the Rs 103.84 crore / Rs 129.80 crore / Rs 207.68 crore similar-work thresholds; Addendum VI then let up to two OEMs jointly satisfy turbine and generator credentials. Addendum V opened the machine speed to 214.3 rpm alongside 187.5 rpm. Nineteen corrigenda and six addenda later, the deadline has moved 151 days — and Corrigendum 04's English and Hindi texts still carry technical-opening dates a month apart.

8DVC's Rs 1,336.26 crore Durgapur renovation gives the contractor 360 days and tells it to find the site conditions itself Across 105 pre-bid replies, DVC kept soil-resistivity assessment, site survey, layout preparation, cable sizing, remote-end PLCC commissioning and end-to-end E1 channel configuration inside bidder scope, and confirmed it will not supply the underground fibre between old and new control rooms — estimating 50-70 metres. No shutdown matrix exists for the live 220, 132, 33 and 25 kV systems the work cuts across. Three extensions have moved submission 34 days.

8TGTRANSCO's Rs 417.96 crore transformer tender caps price rises at 50% and lets price falls run uncapped Clause 14.8 limits positive IEEMA variation while imposing no floor on the negative side, and a late delivery is indexed to whichever date — scheduled or actual — favours the purchaser. Clause 35.1 permits a 50% swing in ordered quantity at award without touching unit rates, and Clause 56.1 allows deferral and restoration on three months' notice. The winner also posts a bank guarantee equal to the landed cost of two transformers purely to cover challenge testing. The pre-bid date printed in the tender table is April 16, 2025 — eleven months before the tender issued. Details

Power System Development Fund weighs batteries, flow storage and a Rs 340 crore carbon-dioxide demonstrator

Aug 06: 8Proposals under examination include Assam batteries, a vanadium flow system and NTPC's closed-Brayton-cycle storage project, showing how widely India is testing grid flexibility. The next test for Power System Development Fund is whether the opportunity represented by Rs 340 crore moves into contracts, finance and physical delivery. Details

Gujarat's bay-by-bay connection guarantees could lock up Rs 12,000 crore across a 60 GW pipeline

Aug 06: 8Developers say a connection-level security requirement is being applied bay by bay even though around 10 GW has already been commissioned. The significance of Gujarat's connection-guarantee regime extends beyond one transaction because Rs 12,000 crore, 60 GW, 10 GW can alter investment appetite, system planning or delivery risk. Details

MSEDCL returns for 2,269 MW of substation solar after its larger programme falls short

Aug 06: 8The procurement is designed to close part of a 2,832 MW gap left after earlier bidding under an approved 18,835 MW agriculture-feeder programme. For MSEDCL, the opportunity is substantial, but the case built around 2,269 MW, 2,832 MW, 18,835 MW still has to survive the commercial and execution tests that follow. Details

NGEL doubles renewable generation as its operating fleet crosses 10 GW

Aug 06: 8Generation reached 14.60 BU after the group added 4,174 MW in a year, but its 60 GW ambition still requires a much larger execution step-up. The next test for NGEL is whether the opportunity represented by 10 GW, 4,174 MW, 60 GW moves into contracts, finance and physical delivery. Details

NHPC has 12,832 MW of renewable awards waiting for power-sale contracts

Aug 06: 8The annual report exposes a large gap between winning projects and securing the agreements that turn them into financeable construction. The significance of NHPC extends beyond one transaction because 12,832 MW can alter investment appetite, system planning or delivery risk. Details

NHPC seeks a Rs 70,000 crore borrowing ceiling as its construction bill accelerates

Aug 06: 8The hydropower company expects roughly Rs 67,500 crore of debt needs over five years and says the existing Rs 60,000 crore ceiling could be breached in about three years. For NHPC, the opportunity is substantial, but the case built around Rs 70,000 crore, Rs 67,500 crore, Rs 60,000 crore still has to survive the commercial and execution tests that follow. Details

SECI's 2 GW wind auction stops at 1,495 MW as higher bids miss the cut

Aug 06: 8The award leaves 505 MW of the tender unfilled even after 2,356.3 MW qualified technically, revealing the price boundary in a market still trying to rebuild momentum. The next test for SECI's 2 GW wind auction is whether the opportunity represented by 2 GW, 1,495 MW, 505 MW, 2,356.3 MW moves into contracts, finance and physical delivery. Details

Companies, Finance and Manufacturing

Aug 06: 8NHPC profit rises to Rs 4,220 crore after commissioning 1,850 MW, but construction pipeline keeps funding pressure high
8NHPC builds a pumped-storage pipeline of roughly 21 GW, but investigations and site approvals still separate pipeline from operating assets
8NHPC's 300 MW solar award remains caught between bustard protection and grid access, but another 349 MW is expected in FY2027
8NGEL starts a 2 GWh battery build-out in Kerala and Rajasthan, but contracts and commissioning will determine whether it becomes operating flexibility
8NGEL tests vanadium flow batteries alongside lithium storage, but bankability and operating evidence remain to be proved
8NGEL wins a 70,000-tonne green-ammonia award, but hydrogen cost, offtake and manufacturing readiness will decide its economics
8NGEL withholds its dividend despite profit growth because new projects need more equity than internal accruals can provide
8POWERGRID revenue reaches Rs 11,496.72 crore, but first-quarter profit eases to Rs 3,598.42 crore as earnings lag asset additions
8Siemens Energy posts record quarterly orders as Gamesa recovers, but the wind turnaround's durability remains central to the group result
8Urja Global proposes USD 500 million despite quarterly revenue of Rs 68.20 lakh and a Rs 18.77 lakh loss
8Ola and Axis Energy target 20 GWh of battery deployment by 2032, but the capacity remains envisaged rather than firmly awarded
8Waaree signs a related-party EPC contract for 210 MWp of solar, but the exchange filing does not disclose its value
8Welspun plans to expand from 45 MWp to 325 MWp by September, but transmission readiness and cash-flow conversion remain unproven
8Sunstream secures Rs 3.09 per unit for 100 MW of PM-KUSUM solar, but Rs 16.16 crore of approved central support remained unpaid Details

Policy and Public Programmes

Aug 06: 8The power ministry backs only one year of bridge coal for MAHAGENCO, not the three years sought, as Gare Palma-II starts from a low base
8Barauni seeks another year of bridge coal as land delays hold back its captive Badam mine
8Uttarakhand seeks to keep coal linkage alive until March 2028, but its 1,320 MW procurement now targets power only from FY2031
8Tamil Nadu seeks to preserve coal for the 660 MW ETPS expansion, but the delayed PPP tender puts linkage validity at risk
8Chandrapura's planned 1,600 MW expansion seeks coal before a buyer, leaving its FY2032 target without a PPA
8Sinnar's 1,350 MW plant may restart after nearly a decade shut, but it still needs long-term coal and power buyers
8Government offices put rooftop solar on 24,376 buildings without a compulsory mandate
8Port hydrogen hubs cite Rs 85,000 crore of investment, but the first operating plant is only 5 MW and scalable to 10 MW
8West Bengal reaches 363.5 MW of solar capacity by June, but future growth depends on rooftop conversion, utility procurement and network readiness
8Madhya Pradesh commissions 2,608 MW of 4,208 MW sanctioned solar parks, but the remaining 1,600 MW still separates sanction from completion
8New small-hydro scheme targets 1,500 MW between FY2027 and FY2031, but environmental, hydrological and local-consent issues remain project specific
8Jharkhand and West Bengal carry an 872 MW solar-park pipeline, but their cited biomass capacity is only 19.1 MW
8Madhya Pradesh PM-KUSUM tariffs span Rs 2.94-Rs 3.25 per unit, showing why local land and network conditions prevent one farm-solar price
8Coal-gasification support rises from Rs 8,500 crore to Rs 37,500 crore, but eight earlier approvals show that sanctioned projects are not operating capacity
8Coal companies target 9.5 GW of renewable capacity by 2030, but their cited installed baseline is only 558 MW
8India's hydrogen-manufacturing awards await their first fully commissioned facility, and the official table still separates selection from operating production
8Nizamsagar's 2027 upgrade deadline remains, but none of the Rs 5.38 crore approved in 2017 has been released
8The Centre rejects a 15% free-power levy on interstate wind and solar, arguing that host-state benefits would raise tariffs
8PM Surya Ghar crosses 14.65 GW while applications far exceed completed systems
8BharatNet gets a single-window route for Rajasthan village connections, but applicants must still advance-fund the utility's demand notes
8Coal exchange names independent sampling agencies before trading starts, but grade and moisture disputes will test the market's credibility
8SJVN's 680 MW Attunli project returns for environmental appraisal, but the committee review is not a construction clearance
8New Ganderbal seeks to preserve clearance for 93 MW, but the long delay shows how approvals can expire before construction
8Torrent's 1,500 MW Patalkot pumped-storage project seeks study terms, but it remains far from construction approval
8A second battery-support scheme earmarks viability funding for 30 GWh, but sanctioned capacity still has to reach financial close and operation
8Model Solar Villages can receive up to Rs 1 crore each, but outcomes depend on durable assets, village demand and maintenance rather than awards alone
8Rooftop growth shifts grid spending toward local visibility, but the official response gives no single national integration cost
8Sawra Kuddu reports environmental compliance as tunnel works continue, but the 111 MW plant still needs independent performance checks
8India's all-lignite index jumps 14.9% in June, but a one-month surge does not establish a lasting fuel-cost trend Details

Central Regulatory Decisions

Aug 06: 8CERC keeps Rs 15 crore of ReNew Solar's guarantee while the developer says Rs 8.5 crore is excessive and ties up working capital
8CERC seeks equipment and grid evidence before deciding Adani's 333 MW change-in-law claim, leaving compensation unresolved
8SECI backs transfer of a 150 MW solar project and its grid rights, but approval must preserve connectivity obligations and contractual accountability
8Delhi High Court protection keeps Avaada's disputed connectivity alive, but the underlying case continues
8CERC reserves the Siang transmission case after finding an unexplained cost-and-tariff mismatch in the bidding record
8CERC reserves TANGEDCO's transmission-charge challenge, leaving the treatment of disputed drawal unresolved
8Adani's change-in-law compensation claims await CERC orders, leaving payment and carrying cost unsettled
8Karnataka utilities reopen coal-price and fly-ash benefits in their Adani dispute, but CERC has not decided the pass-through
8An Andhra power-contract proceeding pauses under a High Court order, preventing the regulator from reaching a premature conclusion
8CTUIL opens a route to reallocate vacant pooling-station bays, but applicants must still prove capacity, technology and compliance
8DCM Shriram asks Uttar Pradesh to clarify supplementary renewable contracts, but the issue now waits for a September hearing
8CERC keeps a capacity-charge dispute alive after an Andhra court intervention, but the challenged deductions remain unresolved Details

State Regulatory Decisions

Aug 06: 8MERC allows BEST to buy 220 MW of solar with 440 MWh of storage, but the contract must avoid an October cancellation deadline
8Haryana orders a 530 MWh battery retender by 30 September after the selected winner refused the earlier 500 MWh award
8Haryana reserves its ruling on green-energy banking, leaving the future value of surplus renewable power uncertain
8Haryana waits for a NISE study before fixing a 50 MW solar tariff, extending a dispute already returned on review
8Madhya Pradesh proposes reactive-power compensation for solar plants and prosumers, but payments and charges depend on the final mechanism
8Uttar Pradesh advances a data-centre distribution licence to public notice, but the order is procedural rather than a final grant
8Gujarat opens compliance proceedings under its 2025 renewable-purchase rules, moving the framework from notification to enforcement
8Gujarat fixes its FY2027 renewable-purchase benchmark, but three licensees receive no rate because required filings were absent
8A 243 MW Gujarat solar project seeks relief as its substation slips to 2027, making network-versus-developer delay the central dispute
8Torrent seeks more time for 280 MW of Gujarat solar, testing whether the developer should bear an evacuation-network delay
8Juniper commissions 100 MW of solar while 50 MW of wind remains delayed
8Defence restrictions push a 30 MW Gujarat hybrid project toward solar-only design, shrinking its technology mix after connectivity approval
8A Jamnagar developer offers a bank guarantee instead of open-access cash security, seeking utility protection without freezing project funds
8Gujarat weighs set-off for 516,202 units of green power injected in 2020, but procedural delay may erase their value
8Gujarat rooftop petitions test changing net-metering rules, as capacity increases, virtual metering and amendment dates complicate protections for older projects
8Jharkhand must recalculate DVC's tariff after remand, with a Rs 795.49 crore gap and surcharge treatment still disputed
8Chhattisgarh seeks comments on deviations in an 8 MW small-hydro contract before a September hearing
8Ajmer applies a 2.52% fuel surcharge after consumption, pushing power-purchase costs into customers' June bills
8Gujarat reserves its ruling on a 9 MW solar evacuation line, leaving unresolved who must pay for the infrastructure
8A 50 MW Gujarat wind project seeks a later supply date, placing responsibility for delay before the commission
8A Junagadh developer seeks until February 2026 for its final 4.7 MW, but Gujarat must judge partial completion against delay
8Gujarat hears connectivity relief for a 40 MW hybrid project, but the outcome depends on who caused the network delay Details

Grid Operations and Markets

Aug 06: 8Western economic dispatch produces a net Rs 9.12 crore settlement for July, but plant-level gains and refunds show who benefited from centrally optimised schedules
8The western region sends Rs 275.68 crore to the northern deviation pool, exposing the financial scale of schedule imbalance
8The northern reactive-energy account pays Rs 1.304 crore while collecting Rs 0.618 crore, revealing uneven voltage-support outcomes
8Northern ancillary-service accounts pay some generators but penalise others, showing that reserve deployment alone does not guarantee revenue
8Thirteen deviation accounts are revised after a tariff factor falls to 75%, changing settlements retrospectively from January
8GE Vernova deviations delay a northern grid-control upgrade by eight to ten months, linking supplier performance to operator readiness
8The northern cyber forum flags missing BBMB audit evidence, exposing a gap between declared and tested security
8The Uri-I to Uri-II fibre link needs 10.456 km of access rights before it can improve grid communications
8India meets a 240,212 MW evening peak without shortage while nearly 49,736 MW remains unavailable
8Grid frequency stays above 50.05 Hz for 16.7% of the day, revealing periods when supply runs ahead of demand
8Bhutan and Nepal export power to India while Bangladesh draws more than 60 MU, underscoring opposite roles in regional electricity trade
8Day-ahead power price falls 25% to about Rs 3.27 per unit, but traded volume also eases roughly 3.4%
8APGENCO thermal plants run at a 63.26% August load factor, but several large units remained unavailable
8Sileru live storage falls to 26.53 TMCft from 56.03 TMCft, sharply reducing the basin's energy cushion
8NTPC produces 998.35 MU against a 968.15 MU programme as southern output offsets weaker northern generation
8Twenty-nine thermal plants remain critical as coal stocks reach 37.46 million tonnes against a 60.87 million-tonne norm
8A 765 kV Ariyalur-NCPS fault trips the line, but operators restore it by 10:09 pm the same evening Details

Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

Aug 06: 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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Aug 06:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for civil work for transformer increasing capacity from 3x160 to 4x160 MVA and related bay Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and fixing of differential line protection relay Details
 
8Tender for civil work for construction of 01 No. 33 kV bay Details
 
8Tender for repair of plaster, painting and other misc. civil works Details
 
8Tender for civil work for construction of store shed other related civil works at 220 kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132kV AIS S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of balance works transit camp, store and other misc. civil works Details
 
8Tender for installation of additional earthing with shield wire and counterpoise type earthing of towers Details
 
8Tender for supply and retrofitment of control and relay panels Details
 
8Tender for procurement of hexa damper spacer with bolt and nut, washers etc. Details
 
8Tender for procurement of current to pressure convertor, air filter regulators and SS fittings Details
 
8Tender for work contract for ecological monitoring and survey covering Details
 
8Tender for construction of 110/33/11kV yard equipment plinths, cable trench Details
 
8Tender for erection of 110kV DC line on DC/MC tower Details
 
8Tender for construction of 110kV yard equipment plinths, cable trench, quarry dust filling, metal spreading and allied other civil works etc. Details
 
8Tender for work of rewinding / repairing of various capacity AC & DC motors Details
 
8Tender for purchase of bearing housing and spares for 6.6kV HT motor Details
 
8Tender for supply of porcelain solid core bus post insulators Details
 
8Tender for EPC package for development of 10 MLD DE-mineralistion plant Details
 
8Tender for repair and maintenance of civil works Details
 
8Tender for construction of store shed platform with ramp Details
 
8Tender for work of repair and dynamic balancing of shafts and impellers of 20 cumec pumps Details
 
8Design, supply erection commissioning and testing of water distribution system for natural draught cooling towers installed Details
 
8Tender for supply of various sizes of M S ERW pipes and bends Details
 
8Tender for supply of ACB & panel spares Details
 
8Tender for providing chain-link fencing Details
 
8Tender for assistance for day to day maintenance and cleaning work of fire hydrant, refilling and testing of fire extinguishers miscellaneous work etc. Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares of pumps installed at CW pump house Details
 
8Tender for comprehensive repair and maintenance of control room including flooring, sanitary works Details
 
8Tender for construction of chemical earthing for tower along Details
 
8Tender for repair and maintenance of control room at 220/132/33 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of 01 no. storage warehouse Details
 
8Tender for construction of shed over HT and BH and other miscellaneous civil works Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 3 KM, 33 kV overhead line extending from 33/11 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for construction of protection wall along Details
 
8Tender for constructing of HT/OH feeder Details
 
8Tender for reconductoring with LT transformer Details
 
8Tender for construction of new 33kV bays at 16 nos GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of new 33kV bays Details
 
8Tender for insurance coverage of material/ equipment lying at various stores/ transformer Details
 
8Tender for civil work for transformer augmentation of 132/33 kV 20/25 MVA T/F Details
 
8Tender for construction of foundations, cable trench, levelling and dressing, GSB for transformer track Details
 
8Tender for repairing of HP module of 250MW turbine Details
 
8Tender for supply of different type of Weir BDK make pneumatic as well as manual butterfly valves for CPU system Details
 
8Tender for work of Dog to panther conversion of 66kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of LILO of both circuit of 66 kV D/C line Details
 
8Tender for mechanical strengthening and H-frame painting of 66kV line Details
 
8Tender for manufacture, testing & supply of armoured ISI marked single core 11kV 300MM2 size stranded aluminium conductor Details
 
8Tender for erection/ dismantlement of towers, beams and busbars at various 220/132/66kV substation Details
 
8Tender for supply of electrical actuator for feed control valve Details
 
8Tender for work of routine, preventive, scheduled & breakdown maintenance in coal handling plant Details
 
8Tender for supply of consumable material Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of lightning arresters in various distribution Details
 
8Tender for installation/replacement of old and defective DTR LT cable Details
 
8Tender for construction of 11/0.4 kV S/S and related HT/LT line Details
 
8Tender for supply of De centerlize material for 33/11 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for increasing capacity of transformers and construction of new transformers Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of 990 KVA compact secondary substation Details
 
8Tender for supply of vaccume interepter for 11 kV VCB Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of 990 KVA compact secondary substation Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of 990 KVA compact secondary substation and other associated work Details
 
8Tender for earthing of DTRs at 11 kV Fulsunga and Bagwara feeder emanating from 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for replacement of wesel conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement of bare conductor by AB cable in 11 kV Siroli feeder Details
 
8Tender for replacement of bare conductor by AB cable Details
 
8Tender for replacement of wesel conductor with 11 kV AL- 59(ACS) 104.98 Sq.mm covered conductor Details
 
8Tender for reconstruction of 33 kV Sidcul line Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance of lines, DTRs, etc., and redressal of consumer complaints along Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of existing ACSR weasel conductor with rabbit conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement of existing ACSR weasel conductor with rabbit conductor from the 33/11 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for replacement of existing bare LT conductor by LT aerial bunched (AB) cable, including dismantling of the existing conductor Details
 
8Tender for work of installation of distribution transformers, construction/augmentation of HT/LT lines Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and erecting additional electric poles Details
 
8Tender for increasing capacity from 100 KVA to 250 KVA transformers at various Details
 
8Tender for providing another 11 kV supply for ITDA and USDMA Details
 
8Tender for supply and retrofitting of LT incomer/tie breakers and modules Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 220V DC, 63 AH, KPH 63P, Ni-Cd type battery set Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, commissioning and testing of new high bay LED lighting system Details
 
8Tender for interior repairing and maintenance of 18 nos. C/D-type Details
 
8Tender for biennial contract for engagement of EOT crane operators Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 04 Nos. 220 kV outdoor type current transformer Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 06 Nos. 220 kV outdoor type current transformer and 03 Nos. 220 kV capacitive voltage transformer Details
 
8Tender for dismantling reassembly and inspection including leakage repairing of water lubricated turbine guide Details
 
8Tender for manufacture, testing, supply and delivery of composite hardware fittings for ACSR weasel/rabbit conductor (30/50 sq mm) and Dog conductor Details
 
8Tender for supply, fabrication & erection of steel structure, erection of equipments, erection of earth mat, earth raisers, laying of control cable, end termination, etc Details
 
8Tender for supply, fabrication & erection of steel structure, erection of equipments, erection of earth mat, earth raisers, laying of control cable Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & fixing of manual operated gear box for 245/145/33/11kV isolators at various substations Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance for civil assets Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance for civil assets of 132 kV sub/stn Details
 
8Tender for metal spreading with earthing pipeline, repair of damaged compound wall renovation of control room with other miscellaneous civil works Details
 
8Tender for supply of hydraulic accumulator, bladder, Nitrogen charging kit & fittings for coal mill Details
 
8Tender for work of annual maintenance contract for work of repair, servicing, overhauling and maintenance of window/split air conditioner Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & installation of eDAQ (energy data acquisition) and automatic log sheet generation with real time data monitoring and trending system Details
 
8Tender for supply of spares and repairing, servicing & overhauling VCBs at various sub stations Details
 
8Tender for work of retrofitting of existing BPL make PLCC link of 132 kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of overhauling & servicing of 400 kV CB type GL316 spring operated mechanism at 400/220 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for dismantling old RCC concrete structure & erection of EHV equipments on new lattice type GI structure Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & fixing of additional jumpers on tension towers of the various lines Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
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Inspiring India: Gujarat Woman's Solar Mission Earns PM Modi’s Praise, Invitation to I-Day Ceremony Details
 
8India's solar growth enters a new era Details
 
8Headsup B2B Signs INA Solar Distribution Deal, Targets Rs. 150 Crore Solar Revenue Details
 
8Delhi’s electricity transition challenges and opportunities: A SCOPE study Details
 
8Rayzon Green to Develop 9 MW Solar Project in Gujarat Details
 
8Oriana Power Invests INR 2.10 Crore In Wholly Owned Subsidiary For Solar Project Development Details
 
8Serentica Renewables Commissions First 200 MWh Phase of 1 GWh BESS in Rajasthan Details
 
8Top Undervalued Renewable Energy Stocks in India to Add to Your Watchlist Details
 
8KKHSOU organises awareness programme on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Details
 
8India’s Muft Bijli Solar Scheme Crosses 5 Million Household Milestone Details
 
8India needs to focus on grid integration of clean energy capacity, say experts Details
 
8Eastern Railway Freight Handling Rises as Coal Movement to Power Plants Surges Details
 
8India solar generation reaches 10.9% share as grid limits widen Details
 
8NSPCL Awards 20 MW Floating Solar EPC Contract in Chhattisgarh Details
 
8Odisha Targets 11 GW RE Details
 
8Building the next phase of India’s solar and battery revolution Details
 
8Why privatising electricity distribution could be a mistake Details
 
8Inox Wind wins Rs 1,600-crore order from NLC India for 200 MW wind project Details
 
8Tripura to solarise 5,000 drinking water pumps, eyes major cut in power bills Details
 
8ANUGYAN: IIT Hyderabad and CEEPL Launch India's First Nuclear Technology Orientation Programme Details
 
8Schneider Electric, BRPL Partner for India’s First Pure Air RMU Pilot Details
 
8Chhattisgarh Cabinet approves Rs 500 crore AI mission, BEML plant and key governance reforms Details
 
8Indian Railways Freight Loading Rises 9% to 141 MT in July Details
 
8Global Energy Storage Funding and M&A Roundup: Key Trends Details
 
8Rooftop solar power far exceeds government estimate: IEEFA Details
 
8India's Green Energy Shift: Focus Moves to Grid and Storage Details
 
8Monsoon disrupts life in Himachal Pradesh; 153 roads blocked, 191 power transformers down Details
 
8Valiant Communications Stock Hits 10% Upper Circuit After Bagging Rs 10.71 Crore Power Grid Order Details
 
8Odisha Eyes Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Boom; Joins Gujarat in Race to Woo High-Employment Sector at August Investor Meet| Special Report Details
 
8UP Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Yogi Govt’s Rs 59,019 Crore Plan Boosts Expressways, Power and Welfare Details
 
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CEA proposes tougher grid rules, with repeated failures potentially leading to disconnection

Aug 05: 8Renewable plants, batteries and large electricity users would become more active participants in grid security under the draft 2026 connectivity standards. Details

India’s grid spent more than a quarter of 4 August outside its permitted frequency band

Aug 05: 8Evening market prices hit Rs. 10 a unit while the frequency-deviation index reached 27.6%, connecting system stress with the cost of last-minute power. Details

NTPC targets 244 GW by 2037 as storage and nuclear power enter the centre of its expansion plan

Aug 05: 8The utility’s long-range portfolio is no longer mainly a coal build: renewables, batteries, hydro and nuclear become essential to the next 165 GW. Details

ACME turns 3.62 GWh of batteries into a high-margin power-trading business

Aug 05: 8Battery operations supplied Rs. 226 crore of quarterly revenue and reported a capex yield above 20%, offering rare evidence of storage economics at scale. Details

Rs. 5,070 crore floating-solar scheme pairs 5 GW of reservoirs with at least 10 GWh of storage

Aug 05: 8PM Surya Sarovar moves floating solar from scattered projects toward a national programme, but reservoir and grid constraints will decide its value. Details

Renewables are 52.6% of installed capacity but supply only about 26% of electricity

Aug 05: 8The gap is not evidence of failure; it shows why flexibility, transmission and storage now matter as much as adding nameplate capacity. Details

Banks have sanctioned Rs. 39,930 crore for rooftop solar, but Rs. 8,278 crore had not yet been disbursed

Aug 05: 8More than 21 lakh loan applications were sanctioned under PM Surya Ghar; the remaining gap shows why approval is not the same as money reaching a household. Details

Tariffs, Settlements and Compliance

Aug 05: 8Lanco Kondapalli’s market settlements are revised after it ran open-cycle instead of closed-cycle Details

State Regulatory Decisions

Aug 05: 8Madhya Pradesh grants its PM MITRA textile park a 25-year power distribution licence
8Maharashtra keeps Rs 48 crore withheld as Warora transmission work slips to May 2028
8Madhya Pradesh orders a banking procedure after renewable applications remained pending
8Punjab opens a tariff case over the unquantified Mega Power benefit at Talwandi Sabo
8Uttar Pradesh begins a railway open-access case after a Supreme Court ruling
8Madhya Pradesh gives itself flexibility to set the electricity ombudsman's compensation Details

Central Regulatory Decisions

Aug 05: 8Sprng Vayu keeps grid access for 105.84 MW but loses another 50.4 MW
8Three renewable developers seek compensation for power lost to transmission constraints
8Tata Power Renewable asks for more time after the inter-state grid was not ready
8CERC questions why a Bhinmal transmission upgrade now costs 34% less than CTUIL estimated
8Scatec seeks to leave a solar PPA without penalty after connectivity was revoked
8CERC reserves its decision on Adani's solar change-in-law claim
8Masaya Solar seeks compensation for several legal changes at its 300 MW project
8Srijan challenges relinquishment charges as CERC asks CTUIL for the recalculated bill
8Adani Wind contests a relinquishment bill tied to its Kutch grid access
8CERC asks CTUIL to disclose Soltown's applications made during and after blacklisting
8POWERGRID faces a documentation test across eight transmission tariff petitions
8CERC reserves Adhunik Power's claim for fuel-cost adjustment and late-payment charges
8NLC asks to pass annual mining surface-right payments through electricity bills
8Jindal's terminated railway power contract returns to CERC
8Himachal utility pursues return of banked energy from Kreate Energy
8MSEDCL seeks enforcement of an earlier CERC order against Coastal Gujarat Power
8OTPC seeks urgent directions while its Palatana tariff for 2024-29 remains unsettled
8Five new transmission assets face a common CERC evidence check before tariff approval
8TP Paradeep seeks permission to mortgage transmission assets for infrastructure funding
8DB Power contests a Rs 59.58 lakh deduction by NTPC's trading arm Details

Grid Operations and Markets

Aug 05: 8IEX volumes rise, but day-ahead prices jump 19% as trading shifts toward real-time and term-ahead markets
8Tripura’s import corridor exceeded its safe transfer level for almost the entire day
8High-voltage conditions persist across parts of the southern grid
8Nearly 59.5 GW of monitored generation was unavailable, with gas plants the weakest link
8Long-duration power-plant outages exceed 35 GW as maintenance and forced losses overlap
8Coal stations hold 37.64 million tonnes, but 30 plants remain in the critical category
8Hydro generation falls 11% while nuclear output rises, leaving total supply almost unchanged Details

Companies, Finance and Manufacturing

Aug 05: 8GE Vernova’s India wind order is 163.4 MW—not the 1,634 MW stated in its headline
8Torrent Power plans Rs. 29,600 crore of renewable investment as gas generation weakens
8Waaree’s inverter arm commissions 3 GW of capacity while its first-year earnings remain thin
8ReNew’s 300 MW solar plant is operating, yet final grid access delays the start of contracted revenue
8Exide commissions a 6 GWh battery factory and targets its first commercial cell revenue in FY2027
8PTC India’s trading volume rises 12%, but quarterly profit falls by nearly one-third
8L&T wins an ‘ultra-mega’ ADNOC offshore order without disclosing the contract value
8RMC Switchgears wins twelve Gujarat utility awards worth Rs. 333.80 crore
8Refex Renewables reports losses, an eroded net worth and a material going-concern uncertainty
8ED provisionally attaches Rs. 179.66 crore of Reliance Infrastructure assets and Reliance Power shares
8NHPC’s new hydro units lift revenue, but Rs. 939 crore of sales remains provisional pending tariffs
8POWERGRID completes the Rajasthan line package supporting a 20 GW renewable zone
8NTPC directs more than half its annual capital spending toward non-fossil and transition businesses
8NTPC cuts sulphur-oxide emissions 22%, while carbon intensity barely moves
8Suzlon’s 6.1 GW order book grows as logistics delay part of its quarterly turbine deliveries
8Punjab approves a Rs. 4.15 crore substation to relieve Mohali’s expanding commercial load Details

Policy and Public Programmes

Aug 05: 8Odisha’s rooftop push reaches nearly 150,000 households, backed by Rs. 714 crore in central support
8Maharashtra adds solar and hydrogen manufacturing capacity, but the cited plants had received no incentive payments
8Tamil Nadu receives 5,187 solar-pump allocations as farm solarisation moves from targets to field delivery
8India added 55.29 GW of non-fossil capacity in one year, nearly twice the previous year’s addition
8PM-KUSUM now reaches more than 30 lakh farmers through pumps and feeder solarisation
8India’s agrivoltaic potential is enormous on paper, but land-use design will decide what is practical
8India identifies 102.18 GW of floating-solar potential but sets no national addition target in the cited framework
8Andhra Pradesh seeks a new green corridor for 18.37 GW of solar and pumped storage
8Jammu and Kashmir cancels stalled solar allocations while nearly completing a separate pump programme
8PM Surya Ghar crosses 14.5 GW, with more than 49 lakh households covered
8India awards 3 GW of electrolyser capacity as green-hydrogen demand commitments begin to form
8West Bengal’s rooftop applications surge, but installations remain a small fraction of demand
8Maharashtra has 2.62 lakh rooftop applications waiting for vendors to report installation
8India earmarks Rs. 2,000 crore for EV charging without setting a highway charger-count target
8India’s electric-car manufacturing scheme closed with zero applications
8Auto PLI draws Rs. 52,414 crore of investment, but India still has no separate post-E20 flex-fuel roadmap
8SECI begins a geothermal search across the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
8SECI consults industry on a national PM-KUSUM portal Details

Contracting news for the day

Aug 05: 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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Contracting news for the day

Aug 05: 8TGTRANSCO's Rs 60.71 crore Vellatur package appears in its own documents under two different tender numbers The portal reads e-TGTLI-10/2026-27; Volume I repeatedly reads e-TSTLI-10/2026-27 — a divergence that matters because bank guarantees and joint deeds of undertaking need exact identification. The notice also schedules the pre-bid meeting for "12:00 AM". Interim slippage draws 1% per month "whatever may be the reasons," refundable only if the whole job finishes inside 12 months.

 

8TGTRANSCO's Rs 405.21 crore 80 MVA transformer tender doubles the security burden for anyone bidding on borrowed technology A manufacturer relying only on technical collaboration, without financial liability resting on the parent, must post an extra 10% bank guarantee on top of the standard 10% — a 20% total lock-up imposed through collateral rather than qualification scoring. Type and special tests fall on one transformer from each of the four lots. Positive IEEMA variation caps at 50%; negative variation has no floor.

 

8KPTCL's Ayyanahalli tender deleted the last technical floor under a consortium's weaker partner Amendment-I removed the 25% line-quantity contribution from each member and, separately, the clause requiring a member qualifying for neither substation nor line work to show three years of electrical execution backed by utility performance certificates. Nothing now links the qualifying credential to the member that actually mobilises stringing crews — the tender needs four 16-tonne pullers and four tension-stringing units, but names no owner. No bidder attended the pre-bid meeting.

 

8RRECL's 201 MW solar tender reissued its financial BOQ mid-process after a "technical error" Corrigendum-04 uploaded a replacement schedule and told bidders to cite only that one — consequential in a tender ranked plant-wise on levelised tariff, where a location-mapping slip can distort the ranking or void a bid. Parent and group credentials cannot cure a thin bidding entity, no tariff ceiling was disclosed, and the CUF penalty runs against the RERC consumer-category tariff rather than the discovered one. Two extensions have moved the deadline 35 days.

 

8TGTRANSCO's Rs 339.49 crore 50 MVA tender lets alphabetical lot order decide which packages a bidder can still win Where aggregate qualification falls short of the lots quoted, evaluation runs sequentially from Lot I to Lot IV — so capacity exhausted early closes off the later lots regardless of price. Lots I and II need the first unit in eight months, III and IV in twelve. Reverse auction decrements run between 0.5% and 2%, with 10-minute extensions each time a bid lands in the final ten.

 

8BHEL's Koderma ash tender demands the winner hand over its design software and design dossier, not just drawings The technology-transfer clause covers the dossier, the software, manuals and personnel training; a bidder's request to substitute a project-use licence was refused. Erratum-I finally settled the reverse-auction contradiction as "Not Applicable," Corrigendum-VI deleted GCC 2.15 and two TCC sub-clauses after bidders showed the insurance allocation contradicted itself, and Corrigendum-IV removed the alternative dispatch-payment and usance-LC route outright. Five extensions, 29 days. Ash must arrive at the silo at up to 300°C and leave below 150°C — inside a 350 kW auxiliary-power ceiling.

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Aug 05:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for construction of balance works transit camp, store and other misc. civil works Details
 
8Tender for constructing 11 kV double circuit line Details
 
8Tender for augmentation work of 200 MVA transformer at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for renewal of gravelling at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for remaining work of construction of 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of foundation for 50 MVA transformer and its bay at 132 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33 kV sub station Details
 
8Tender for procurement of consumable and stock items for test unit Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance work of 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply and fixing of 11 kV fault passage indicator Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance work of 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply of 132 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for construction work of 11kV line Details
 
8Tender for supply of LTSH and economizer coils for boiler stage Details
 
8Tender for work of penthouse roof restrengthening and repairing in boilers Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and fixing of differential line protection relay Details
 
8Tender for work of revetment on tower of 132kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of transportation installation and commissioning of emergency restoration system ERS tower of 132 kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of repairing of siemens bay control unit of 400 kV GIS S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132kV AIS S/S Details
 
8Tender for installation of additional earthing with shield wire and Counterpoise type earthing of towers Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for supply of 8 Mtr. long 140 Kg. PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for new 33/11 kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for renovation of control room, sub station Details
 
8Tender for work of cold line washing of disc insulator strings of various 132kV & 220 kV lines Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract (electrical) for EOT cranes Details
 
8Tender for housekeeping job of electrical control rooms and various Details
 
8Tender for replacement of top air preheater Details
 
8Tender for supply of idler frame Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying waterproofing treatment of various Details
 
8Tender for removal of old fills, distribution headers and providing fixing and erecting of new PVC fills and PVC distribution headers Details
 
8Tender for construction of proposed land (1.09 acre) adjoining 220 kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of damaged and replacement of UC fencing Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual work of fabrication of 66kV 'H' frame structure and accessories for various 'H' frame line Details
 
8Tender for supply of self starter motors and alternators Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying interlocking paver blocks Details
 
8Tender for providing railing and drainage work Details
 
8Tender for major overhauling of unit of 2X50 MW hydro electric project Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33kV bay and associated works Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of chain link cage distribution transformer Details
 
8Tender for supply and retrofitment of Ni-Cd battery banks at various substations Details
 
8Tender for supply of surge arresters and accessories for various substations Details
 
8Tender for procurement of discharge rods and leads for 765 kV voltage levels Details
 
8Tender for work of stay set complete Details
 
8Tender for electrical renovation works Details
 
8Tender for electrical works for shifting of inter-connection point for 1.5MW solar power plant Details
 
8Tender for setting up of 90MW/225MWH battery energy storage system Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual item rate contract for the work of loading, unloading and stacking of any material/equipment Details
 
8Tender for civil works of ICT, 1500 MVA, 765kV and its associated bay works at 765 kV and 400kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for annual rate contract for providing and fixing of 11 kV heat shrinkable outdoor, indoor & straight through joint type cable Details
 
8Tender for supply & installation of anti climbing device (ACD) in the 132 kV transmission line Details
 
8Tender for BCC & gravel spreading in 220kV & 132kV switchyard Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning with RMS of total 340 kW grid connected solar PV power plant Details
 
8Tender for miscellaneous civil works contract Details
 
8Tender for bulk procurement of V-belts Details
 
8Tender for waterproofing treatment works Details
 
8Tender for procurement of premium transmission make fluid coupling assembly Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying vitrified floor tiles Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance contract for plant Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance contract Details
 
8Tender for supply of positioner for control valves Details
 
8Tender for work of providing services for loading, unloading, shifting and stacking of materials Details
 
8Tender for supply of various protective shields, guide pipes Details
 
8Tender for uniform water flow distribution Details
 
8Tender for supply of castable refractory and alumina binder Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for HP turbine for COH of 250MW KWU turbine set Details
 
8Tender for renovation of compound wall at 220kV substation Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 50 sets of 33kV porcelain clad outdoor vacuum circuit breakers with supporting structures. Details
 
8Tender for supply of 22kV/433-250V 100kVA (7 Nos) ,160kVA (15 Nos) and 250kVA (4 Nos) BEE energy efficiency level 2 ( 1 star) 3 phase distribution transformers Details
 
8Tender for work of overhauling, servicing, repair and maintenance of 145kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for construction work of install new 1 x 8 MVA power transformer Details
 
8Tender for procurement of diaphragm valves and its spares for M/s crane process flow diaphragm valves installed Details
 
8Tender for requirement of spares for pumps installed Details
 
8Tender for annual contract for deputation of service engineer for inspection /servicing of boiler feed pumps Details
 
8Tender for consultancy engineering services to carry out balance works for setting up of one No. wagon tippler Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for supply of 9.1 Mtr. long 280 Kg. PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for water ring vacuum pump model size200 mechanical exhauster Details
 
8Tender for procurement of metallic expansion bellows with HT fasteners for tubular type air preheater and various Details
 
8Tender for work contract for COH of TG set Details
 
8Tender for repair and strengthening of damaged bituminous Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of damage AB cable Details
 
8Tender for work of laying of an underground line from the 33/11 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for work of conversion of OH line to 11 kV underground crossing Details
 
8Tender for operation & maintenance of 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for execution of 33 and 11 kV electrical erection works for PTR capacity Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for booster pump Details
 
8Tender for upkeeping works in fuel oil handling system Details
 
8Tender for work of stub strengthening of 220kV and 66kV various lines Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of chain link fencing around transformer Details
 
8Tender for erection of equipment and structure, control wiring, yard lighting, control room wiring, etc. Details
 
8Tender for supply of 250 W LED flood light Details
 
8Tender for work of conversion of existing 110 kV SCSC line Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various types of spare (relays) of converter transformer Details
 
8Tender for AMC for battery sets maintenance work (220 Volts & 48 Volts) and charger repair work Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & installation of advance cable transit system by passive fire screen Details
 
8Tender for work of fabrication and supply of 50 kL empty oil tank Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & fixing of sheet moulding compound trench cover chequered plate Details
 
8Tender for supply of spares and complete mechanism overhauling of 220kV & 132kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of old battery set by new battery set Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, installation and commissioning of 100% hot redundancy based continuously available Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 
8Wind Turbine Manufacturers-body seek export-linked incentives, PLI for forging facilities to make indigenous products competitive Details
 
8Ola Electric Share Jumps 6.7% After Signing 20 GWh Battery Storage MoU With Axis Energy Details
 
8Govt auctions six blocks in 15th round of commercial coal auctions Details
 
8Panel proposes easier coal mining rules, 20-year lease extension on cards: Sources Details
 
8Indian Solar Cells May Soon Get Uniform 14-Digit Model Codes Under ALMM Details
 
8Sunkind India secures 250 MWp solar EPC orders Details
 
8INOX Solar's Strategy For India's Solar Boom Details
 
8Evren signs 750 MW PPA for solar, wind and battery storage project in India Details
 
8INA Solar Joins Hands with HeadsUp B2B in New Business Collaboration Details
 
8Refex Renewables Q1: Revenue Rises 32.6% in Q1 FY27; Net Loss Narrows to Rs 3.14 Crore Details
 
8Meine Electric is building fast-charging iron-air batteries to store solar power overnight Details
 
8IEEMA hosts ElectraNorth 2026 to boost power sector growth Details
 
8India's power supply position remains adequate, installed capacity reaches 548.86 GW: Govt Details
 
8India’s distributed renewables hold vast potential, with rooftop solar leading the way Details
 
8Bhel, Adani among key gainers of $5.5-trn Asia energy capex: Morgan Stanley Details
 
8JSW Energy 300 MW Solar Project Rating Affirmed by Ind-Ra Details
 
8UP Supplementary Budget: Ganga Expressway Expansion, Power Sector Bailout Take Top Billing Details
 
8Role of distributed resources in energy transition: A multi-country perspective Details
 
8Sunkind India secures 250 MWp solar EPC orders Details
 
8Bangladesh's distributed energy resource sector taking shape, driven by industrial rooftop solar Details
 
8Advait, MEIL forge power & energy transition alliance Details
 
8The next semiconductor race will be won by talent ecosystems, not subsidies alone Details
 
8MENA Renewable Energy: Alcazar Signs 407 MW Wind PPA in Egypt Details
 
8One-third shift to solar irrigation could save Bangladesh $244m in diesel imports: Study Details
 
8SECI, CEEW Sign MoU to Accelerate India’s Clean Energy Transition Through Next-Generation Renewable Energy Details
 
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Avaada secures $1.3 billion for 2.15 GW as renewable financing shifts toward portfolio-scale execution

Aug 04: 8Avaada’s financing package covers 2.15 GW of renewable capacity and totals about $1.3 billion, placing it among the larger recent portfolio financings in India’s clean-energy market. The scale matters beyond the borrower: lenders are underwriting multi-project construction and operating risk at a time when evacuation readiness, module supply, curtailment and counterparty payment remain central to project cash flows. Details

IEX prices tightened into 4 August as real-time and day-ahead blocks repeatedly touched Rs. 10,000/MWh

Aug 04: 8The Indian Energy Exchange’s real-time market cleared 198,469 MWh on 3 August at an average market-clearing price of Rs. 5,397.50/MWh, the highest average in the visible 28 July–4 August series. Several fifteen-minute intervals reached Rs. 10,000/MWh. The day-ahead market for 4 August delivery cleared 186,202 MWh at a weighted average Rs. 4,363.97/MWh, also the highest weighted average in that comparison window, with further ceiling-priced blocks. Details

India’s July generation rose 7.34% as thermal and nuclear gains offset an 18.15% hydro contraction

Aug 04: 8CEA’s final July daily-generation series puts monitored electricity generation at 143,924.84 GWh, 7.34% above the comparable level embedded in the report. Thermal generation increased 12.12% and nuclear output 18.63%, while hydro generation fell 18.15%. The divergence matters because stronger coal and nuclear output compensated for weaker water-based generation during the monsoon period, changing both fuel use and system flexibility. Details

Government designs Rs. 5,070-crore Surya Sarovar scheme for 5 GW of floating solar backed by at least 10 GWh of storage

Aug 04: 8The proposed PM Surya Sarovar programme would support 5 GW of floating solar coupled with a minimum 10 GWh of storage, with central financial assistance of Rs. 1 crore per MW and an estimated public outlay of Rs. 5,070 crore. Sanctions are envisaged during FY2026-27 to FY2030-31, with disbursement continuing through FY2032-33. Against an existing floating-solar base of roughly 700 MW, the plan would create a large, centrally supported market for reservoir-based generation and storage. Details

Jharkhand tariff orders reopen DVC’s historical accounts but preserve a Rs. 13,248.78-crore surplus finding against an immediate hike

Aug 04: 8A linked set of Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission orders has revisited DVC’s true-ups and revenue-gap calculations after appellate remands. In the FY2021-22 case, the Commission records that unaccounted non-tariff income and carrying cost through FY2023-24 produced a net surplus of Rs. 13,248.78 crore and concluded that no tariff hike was required in that order. Two related remand calculations refer to Rs. 1,139.17 crore and Rs. 1,090.07 crore for earlier true-up periods, underscoring the size of the reconciliation now moving through the DVC-Jharkhand tariff chain. Details

APERC makes prudent, competitive procurement a condition for utility spending to enter consumer tariffs

Aug 04: 8The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued the Procurement, Investment and Cost Control Regulations, 2026, creating a uniform framework for transmission and distribution licensees whose capital and operating expenditure ultimately enters consumer tariffs. The regulation applies to transmission schemes above Rs. 20 crore and distribution schemes above Rs. 5 crore, and is designed to stop restrictive tender conditions, preferential purchasing, cartelisation, collusive bidding, artificial splitting of orders and avoidable cost escalation. Details

CERC proposes 25-year transmission-charge treatment for integrated renewable-plus-storage plants, rewriting how batteries qualify across charging cycles

Aug 04: 8The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s draft fifth amendment to the interstate transmission-charge sharing regulations proposes that a renewable or renewable-hybrid generating station whose connectivity specifies storage as part of a single scheduled entity should retain waiver treatment for up to 25 years from the renewable plant’s commercial-operation date. The clarification addresses a bankability problem for firm and dispatchable renewable-energy and round-the-clock contracts: storage may be commissioned later or replaced during a long PPA, but the integrated project would be treated according to the renewable station’s waiver tenure rather than restarting the clock for the battery. Details

CORPORATE ORDERS AND RISK

Aug 04: 8HBL Engineering wins a Rs. 31.49-crore Kavach 4.0 order with delivery extending to March 2028
8L&T enters PDO’s six-year EPC contractor pool without a committed order value
8Zelio E-Mobility faces a customs classification challenge over imported electric-scooter kits Details

STATE UTILITIES AND TARIFFS

Aug 04: 8WBERC cuts HMEL’s recoverable capacity charge after its two units were unavailable for 352 days
8CESC Mysuru’s annual loss narrows, but negative equity deepens beyond Rs. 3,200 crore as debt and receivables rise
8Telangana discom’s energy audit records 22.53% AT&C losses as collection efficiency falls to 84.39%
8KSEB sets August fuel surcharge at zero after carried-forward savings exceed June’s liability
8Meghalaya utilities retender a five-year regulatory and commercial advisory mandate after cancelling the earlier process
8KERC opens consultation on intra-state connectivity and GNA rules that will govern access to Karnataka’s networks
8PPGCL says Rs. 1,350 crore of FGD spending is stranded while UPPCL withholds shutdown consent and disputes change in law
8UPERC rejects retrospective tower-base compensation for a line built before Uttar Pradesh’s 2018 policy
8Two Amplus petitions ask UPERC to restore full renewable-energy banking and settle energy already injected
8Uttar Pradesh transmission licensees reopen charges, late-payment surcharge and schedule relief across eight proceedings Details

CREDIT AND PROJECT FINANCE

Aug 04: 8Sterling & Wilson Renewable Energy’s long-term facilities fall to BBB- as Rs. 4,571 crore of debt is reviewed
8SJVN Thermal’s Buxar debt rating holds at A- as Unit II misses a stated end-July schedule test
8Apraava guarantor downgrade cuts Rajasthan transmission debt from AAA(CE) to AA+(CE)
8Avaada closes $1.3 billion financing for a 2.15-GW hybrid and solar portfolio
8SECI seeks a trading partner to manage renewable power, shifting surplus and dispatch risk into a formal collaboration Details

PLANNING AND SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Aug 04: 8Kishtwar hydro companies spent Rs. 2,331 crore-equivalent in five-year CSR allocations without an independent social audit
8India added 55.2 GW of non-fossil capacity in FY2025-26 but smart-meter rollout reached only 28% of RDSS sanctions
8CPRI opens a Nashik regional laboratory for transformer, switchgear and meter testing
8North Bengal received Rs. 1,350.56 crore of RDSS works, with district execution sharply uneven
8India’s power deficit stayed near zero, but first-quarter FY2026-27 unmet energy exceeded the full prior-year gap
8National planning now assumes 105 GW of additional coal-and-lignite capacity by 2035-36
8Storage pipeline reaches 163 GWh under construction as India plans for peak-demand resilience Details

COURTS AND REGIONAL REGULATION

Aug 04: 8APTEL reopened SEIL Energy’s transmission-charge appeal after finding its 2019 judgment required review
8APTEL gives TNERC three months to reconsider VSR Solar’s project-specific COD extension
8APTEL sends Tata Power’s decade-old Mumbai tariff issues back to MERC for a fresh order within three months
8GERC ends Shivalakha Solar’s Rs. 11.25/kWh tariff claim after repeated non-prosecution
8JSERC’s four DVC true-ups identify more than Rs. 5,862 crore of annual gaps across four years
8Western pool deficit reached Rs. 1,617 crore as regional committee flagged LC defaults
8WRPC opens settlement questions over coal quality, FGD stages and secondary-fuel compensation
8JP Nigrie’s coal-linked declaration dispute moves from plant operations into regional settlement
8Southern operators cap Karnataka export near 3,000 MW while Kalpakka corridor work remains incomplete
8AGC communications failed across 14.5 GW of southern capacity, weakening automatic balancing coverage
8Southern committee finds SPS mock-test failures and captive-generation data gaps
8Pinnapuram trip prompts an OEM-backed protection-setting change after the earlier 1,200-MW disturbance Details

POWER MARKETS AND PROCUREMENT

Aug 04: 8Day-ahead power for 4 August cleared at Rs. 4.36/kWh as multiple exchange blocks hit the Rs. 10/kWh ceiling
8Tripura’s import corridor exceeded TTC for almost four-fifths of 2 August despite no reported regional shortage
8DNHDDPDCL’s import corridor breached transfer capability for 118 hours in July
8Northern evening shortage narrowed to 155 MW as peak requirement climbed above 85.5 GW
8Uttarakhand’s 2 August gap forced steel-furnace rostering after both Khatima transformers tripped
8Rajasthan sought four 500-MW thermal packages as August–October peak procurement intensified
8Chhattisgarh discom sought 400 MW for September evenings with a Rs. 10/kWh ceiling Details

CORPORATE AND CAPITAL MARKETS

Aug 04: 8Voltamp will spend up to Rs. 90 crore on a 2,300-MVA dry-transformer plant after its EHV factory slipped two months
8POWERGRID and Apraava take control of two renewable-zone transmission SPVs serving Andhra Pradesh
8Coal India posted its highest July despatch while e-auction buyers took only one-third of offered coal
8CEA says July hydro generation fell 18.15% even as coal and nuclear output rose double digits Details

REGULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY

Aug 04: 8CERC grants Ishanagar Power Transmission a separate licence under the regulated-tariff route
8India curtailed 7.59 BU of renewable electricity in FY2025-26 as delayed transmission dwarfed real-time grid constraints
8Telangana stayed outside RDSS smart metering even as India installed 5.73 crore scheme meters
8Bihar completed no new RDSS substation despite 167 sanctions as the scheme enters its final 20 months
8Assam targets April 2027 for Phase-I grid upgrades but faces a 15,280-MVA requirement by 2034-35
8Coal Exchange Rules entered force without a single operator applying in the platform’s first fortnight
8Centre rejects a coal-royalty revision and says Odisha’s six-year-old demand was dropped
8Commercial-coal auctions reached 132 allocated blocks, but only 15 were producing by June Details

GRID OPERATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION

Aug 04: 8Southern grid met 56.05 GW on 3 August with no headline shortage despite multiple 765-kV and 400-kV trips
8DNHDDPDCL exceeded its transfer capability for 117.8 hours in July
8Tripura repeatedly imported above transfer limits as north-eastern constraints tightened
8Western operators curtailed renewables to control underdrawal and high frequency
8Northern peak shortage fell from 475 MW to 155 MW as demand rose above 85 GW
8Telangana’s unrestricted peak demand reached 16,057 MW without a reported deficit
8MSEDCL retains eight-hour farm supply schedules where technical constraints block daytime service
8IREDA’s PROFIN portal centralises lender monitoring and approval workflows
8PM Surya Ghar vendors must use a standard logo framework on rooftop systems
8ERPC records Godda’s June electricity exports to Bangladesh at 1,005.98 GWh Details

FUEL AND GENERATION

Aug 04: 8Commercial coal auctions have awarded 141 mines, but only 23 produced in FY2025-26
8Domestic-coal power plants held roughly 34 million tonnes as the August series opened Details

GREEN ENERGY AND STORAGE

Aug 04: 8SECI seeks a trading partner to manage renewable-power inventory and market risk
8SECI maps domestic CO? sources for green urea and RFNBO-compliant methanol
8CEA counts 150.97 GW of renewable capacity under construction at end-June
8India may need 208–230 GWh of battery storage by 2030, against roughly 7.5 GWh now
8Solar generated 57 BU in the June quarter and supplied 10.9% of India’s electricity Details

Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

Aug 04: 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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Contracting news for the day

Aug 04: 8BHEL's Koradi EPC tender keeps one contractor liable across three separately billed work orders Supply, E&C, and civil are split into distinct work orders after LOA, but a breach in one carries consequences across all three under a cross-default clause. Milestone withholding at 0.5% per week kicks in for detailed engineering and bottom ash hopper readiness alone, hitting cash flow before final LD is even calculated. The tender discloses no owner estimate, leaving bidders to build their own price anchor from scratch.

8NTPC's Rs 56.92 crore Great Nicobar enabling-works tender puts tree-clearance on the critical path for a 108 MW plant Three separated sites — one nearly 37 km from the main plant — must be graded, cleared and walled before the real EPC packages can even mobilise. The invitation states nothing about disposal areas, water, power, or who handles forestry clearance. Bid security of Rs 1 crore is locked up before any of those gaps get resolved.

8UPCL's Rs 64.53 crore Rishikesh undergrounding tender lets "latest specification prevails" stand in for a real document hierarchy A pre-bid answer resolves conflicting technical documents with a single line, but never defines how a bidder identifies which specification is actually the latest. A request for existing 11kV VCB panel drawings — the brownfield replacement item — got no data back, only a pointer to the same SBD.

8TNPGCL's semi-dry FGD tender for North Chennai-I has scheduled its final pre-bid meeting six days after bid opening Seven corrigenda pushed bid opening to August 28, while five separate postponements pushed the pre-bid meeting to September 3 — inverting the normal procurement sequence. The package still demands a 25-year design life and 95% availability over a 120-day test, priced against a chronology that hasn't stabilised.

8TNPGCL's seawater FGD tender for North Chennai-II is being extended even as internal notes propose scrapping and refloating it A committee chaired by the state energy minister has flagged the live tender for review, yet portal deadlines keep moving forward regardless — the latest extension notice carries an internal signature dated after the closing date it supposedly authorised. The SCC still references limestone and gypsum milestones despite the core process being seawater-based, a mismatch nobody has reconciled.

8AVVNL's Rs 90.86 crore PCC pole tender adds a curing method with no way to prove compliance An amendment now requires water "poured through gunny bags" after manufacturing, but specifies no duration, frequency, or inspection record for 3.5 lakh poles feeding 11kV and LT networks. The correction sits alongside a routine fix of the wrong Discom's name on the bidder declaration form.

8NTPC's generator transformer tender for Rihand pays 0% interest on delayed settlements while demanding exact legacy-foundation matches A new GCC clause removes any compensation for delayed payments, retention, or arrears — even as the contractor absorbs full risk for matching foundations, LV ducts and jumper geometry on a 1980s-era installation. Type-test waivers depend on evidence from the same manufacturing plant, narrowing the field to firms with an unbroken test lineage.

8OPTCL's Rs 256.29 crore Pahala GIS tender can't agree with itself on whether it's a one-stage or two-stage bid The portal lists "Two Stages," the signed notice says "single stage two part system" — a distinction that changes whether bidders lock in price at first submission or refine it later. The package bundles a greenfield substation, a 9.94 km line and live-bay extensions at an operating GIS into one energisation-linked EPC scope.

8UPRVUNL's Rs 3,953 crore Rihand-Obra pumped storage tender makes developers fund their own site investigation with no fallback if it fails Seven extensions have pushed the deadline 123 days past its original date while the bidder still must locate the exact project layout, prepare the DPR, and absorb the cost if it proves unviable — before quoting a 40-year fixed storage charge. Reservoir curtailment for dam safety carries zero compensation despite feeding directly into the developer's guaranteed 90% availability obligation.

8KPCL's 3.6 lakh MT biomass pellet tender rejected every request to split its single-supplier award across three power stations Seven-plus bidders pushed for plant-wise lots or MSME access during pre-bid; KPCL's answer was "bid stipulation stands" almost every time. The tender quietly fixed a GST error from 18% to 5% and clarified a 75:25 payment split, but left the Rs 3.77 crore vs Rs 3.78 crore EMD conflict unresolved.

8GSECL's Rs 47.68 lakh Ukai cooling-water tender can withhold an entire month's payment for undefined "fouling" The penalty clause ties corrosion deviations to 0.5% of total order value per 0.1 mpy breach, but never sets the baseline delta-T or delta-P at which fouling becomes penal. A resident B.Sc. technician must staff the plant around the clock for a contract whose chemical quantities remain provisional.

8NHPC's Rs 4.12 lakh internal-controls audit tender disagrees with its own attached contract on EMD, bank guarantee, and arbitration The GeM bid sheet says none of the three apply; the NIT and GCC require all three, including a 5% performance security and Faridabad-jurisdiction dispute clause. The qualification table's stated minimums add up to only 35 of the 60 marks needed to clear technical scoring.

8GETCO's Rs 138,684.07 lakh transformer tender nearly doubles OEM warranty exposure to five years The guarantee period jumps from 36/42 months to 60/66 months, paired with mandatory unit-level SFRA testing at every factory — not just a sample. A redesigned OLTC tap range from -10%/+10% requires a special matching plate just to keep new units synchronised with the legacy centre-tap-05 fleet already on the grid.

8TANTRANSCO's Coimbatore 765kV BOOT tender loosened its reverse-auction rules after six deadline extensions Corrigendum 9 dropped the requirement that price cuts above 0.25% move in fixed multiples, opening the door to irregular, sharper undercuts in the final auction. Bidders are quoting a single 35-year transmission charge across substations and lines with staggered 30- and 36-month CODs, where revenue only starts once every prerequisite element is live. Details

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Aug 04:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for work of supply and installation of bird diverters (BFD) on 132kV DC transmission line Details
 8Tender for deputation of service engineer for quarterly servicing,maintenance & trouble shooting of PLC system & VFD drives of various auxiliaries Details
 8Tender for supply of knife gate valve for ash handling plant Details
 8Tender for work of power/control instrument cable tray cleaning, cable tracing & redressing and miscellaneous works Details
 8Tender for surface preparation, supply and application of anti-corrosive protective coating on fire pipelines, associated auxiliaries and structures Details
 8Tender for service for general civil work at various Details
 8Tender for fabrication and erection of wind barrier in LHP stack yard. Details
 8Tender for erection and installation of 63MVA T/F along Details
 8Tender for construction of 01 No. 132kV GIS bay Details
 8Tender for upgradation of 132/33kV substation Details
 8Tender for rate contract for removing, lifting, shifting, dismantling and overhauling of 6.6 kV HT motors Details
 8Tender for work of ash lifting of ESP Details
 8Tender for turnkey for 33/11 new S/S Details
 8Tender for award of contract for system strengthening works for survey installation testing and commissioning of new 5 MVA 33/11kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares of belt weigher scale Details
 8Tender for work of repairing of various pulleys of conveyor belts Details
 8Tender for work of attending leaky tubes, joint replacement and tube nest replacement of LP heaters Details
 8Tender for supply of 90/10 cupronickel condenser tubes Details
 8Tender for procurement of material under PJ group Details
 8Tender for strengthening of various towers under AEE/TL Ludhiana Details
 8Tender for strengthening of various towers Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for overhauling/servicing/ repairing of 33kV VCBs of various make at various EHV substation Details
 8Tender for supply of spares for AHP valves Details
 8Tender for replacement of old defective lighting distribution panels Details
 8Tender for retrofitting of existing GE ACBs with ACB of other manufacturer Details
 8Tender for supply of various insulation materials for boiler Details
 8Tender for supply of fire water pump-3 with motor Details
 8Tender for supply of various consumables, measuring instruments, tools tackles, CPVC and fasteners items Details
 8Tender for shifting of RMU and UG infrastructure for various Details
 8Tender for construction of 33kV underground line Details
 8Tender for shifting and dismantling of 33kV feeder Details
 8Tender for shifting and dismantling of 11kV feeder No.5 with MVCC Details
 8Tender for construction of 33 kV bay at 33/11kV sub-station Details
 8Tender for supply and retrofitment of 400kV circuit breakers Details
 8Tender for provision of hume pipe Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil maint. works Details
 8Tender for fabrication and fitting fixing of GCI open storage shed for improving of storage and handling capacity Details
 8Tender for empanelment of agencies for restoration of distribution infrastructure during Details
 8Tender for supply of 3 phase reference meter with clamp -0.05s accuracy class for HT meter/smart meter testing Details
 8Tender for procurement of different HP valves Details
 8Tender for Re-babbitting service work including testing, packing, transportation, loading-unloading and insurance of 01 set thrust oil box Details
 8Tender for installation and commissioning of 200 MVA, 220/110 kV transformer bank Details
 8Tender for resurfacing of road inside substation, extension of road to 11kV yard Details
 8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning for carrying out the the work of providing 2 Nos. 11 kV independent feeder Details
 8Tender for const of 33 kV s/s Details
 8Tender for Re-const of 33 kV s/s Details
 8Tender for civil work for transformer augmentation of 220/132 kV 100 MVA T/F Details
 8Tender for construction of capacitor bank at 220 kV GSS, Kuchera Details
 8Tender for construction of capacitor bank at 132 kV GSS, Degana Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Merta Road Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Dayalpura Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Merta City Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Datina Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for construction work of 132 kV DC underground cable Details
 8Tender for construction of 132 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for supply of chemicals/reagents for various analyzers installed Details
 8Tender for supply of spares of auto lubrication system Details
 8Tender for supply and erection testing and commissioning for upgrading /modification of guard pond water system and LT switchgear installed Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares for initial inspection of generator Details
 8Tender for supply of spares of cooling towers fan Details
 8Tender for procurement of actuator spares for LT electrical systems Details
 8Tender for supply of spares for chiller plants and associated MCC, pulleys for Air washers/AHU and strip heaters Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares of centrifuges Details
 8Tender for replacement work of 33 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 241 Sq.mm conductor Details
 8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line Details
 8Tender for procurement of 11 Nos 420kV and 05 Nos. 245kV capacitive voltage transformer Details
 8Tender for biennial service for housekeeping job Details
 8Tender for manufacture, testing, supply and delivery of porcelain housed 12 and 42 kV 10 KA station class zinc oxide heavy duty gapless type lightning arrester Details
 8Tender for drawal of new 33 kV UG cable in between 33kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of potential transformer of various voltage class Details
 8Tender for work of overhauling, servicing, repair and maintenance of 245 kV circuit breakers Details
 8Tender for AMC for work of arresting oil leakages from the various joints of power transformers / ICTs & oil filled equipments Details
 8Tender for work of supply, installation and commissioning of 100% hot redundancy based continuously available fire alarm panel Details
 8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 8Tender for Bi-ennial rate contract for engaging gatemitra on 03 Nos unmanned level crossing Details
 8Tender for applying interior & exterior painting and other interior works for various Details
 8Tender for supply of cooling water treatment chemicals compatible with on line monitoring and auto chemcal addition control system Details
 8Tender for work of misc pressure part related activity of boiler stage Details
 8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
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Coal output from captive, commercial mines rises 9.6% to 14.8 mt in July Details
 
8NTPC records 15% growth in power generation in July Details
 
8India’s next manufacturing opportunity lies beyond solar modules Details
 
8Bluebird Solar to supply 278 MW of PV modules for SJVN projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan Details
 
83.5 MW rooftop solar fuels Jupiter Wagons’ green manufacturing Details
 
8FTCCI facilitates high-level dialogue; TGSPDCL qcts on Solar Developers’ concerns Details
 
8JinkoSolar Unveils “Sunny 365” Integrated PV-Storage Solutions for Retail and Supermarkets Details
 
8India’s 175 GWh pumped storage race: 3 stocks chasing a Rs 1.3 lakh crore opportunity Details
 
8From Climate Risk to Resilience: Strengthening India’s Power Systems Details
 
8From 3 GW to 162 GW: The rise of India’s solar power sector Details
 
8Solar energy generation rises by more than a third in India Details
 
8India's power capacity likely to reach 874 GW by 2031-32; grid modernisation, storage to drive reliability Details
 
8Advait Energy Transitions (AETL) and Manipal Energy & Infratech (MEIL) Enter Strategic Cooperation Agreement to Pursue Power & Energy Transition Opportunities Details
 
8India’s Renewable Energy Hits Record High as Coal Share Declines Details
 
8India records over 265 million cyberattack attempts: Report Details
 
8Role of distributed resources in energy transition: A multi-country perspective Details
 
8IIT Hyderabad launches India’s first industry-academia programme in nuclear technology Details
 
8Corrosion costs India Rs 14.1 trn annually; infra, energy worst-hit: Report Details
 
8Laser Power & Infra Wins HPSEBL Order for Advanced HTLS Conductors Details
 
8kolkata Power Capacity Expansion Reshapes Energy Future Details
 
8Power firms race to secure nuclear sites: NTPC, Adani, Tata identify locations Details
 
8PFC Transfers Two Renewable Energy Transmission SPVs to Apraava Energy and Power Grid Details
 
8From 8.78 GW to 100 GW: How SHANTI Act plans to transform India’s nuclear sector and when can private firms apply for licences Details
 
8DRDO-Azad Engineering turbojet milestone: How 350 kg engine could power India’s next-gen cruise missiles Details
 
8Target 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047: NTPC, Adani, Tata Power preparing to take the plunge Details
 
8NHPC receives ESG scores from Crisil ESG Ratings & Analytics Details
 
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Aug 03:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
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Tender for procurement of seal kit for swing valve assembly. Details
 
8Tender for procurement of refractory materials Details
 
8Tender for supply of minimum essential critical spares for power house Details
 
8Tender for supply after manufacturing due to tailor itemnew bull gear 01 set oil seals etc Details
 
8Tender for complete overhauling of 13025 ton garlick make double girder EOT crane Details
 
8Tender for procurement of water lubricated fully homogenous tough synthetic elastomeric polymer alloy turbine guide Details
 
8Tender for construction of culvert for MUW pipeline crossing Details
 
8Tender for conducting stability testing and certification Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil maintenance works Details
 
8Tender for Bi-ennial contract for CHP and MGR civil maintenance works Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for O&M civil works related to major misc. works Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance work main power house Details
 
8Tender for geotechnical investigation for proposed St-III 2x800 MW Details
 
8Tender for biaanual contract for the work repair and maintenance of civil works Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for civil repair and maintenance and other miscellaneous works Details
 
8Tender for repair and maintenance of old road with bitumastic sheet Details
 
8Tender for renovation of DM plant stage Details
 
8Tender for civil maintenance work for mine void filling work Details
 
8Tender for construction of culverts at various Details
 
8Tender for site enabling works package Details
 
8Tender for reconditioning of HMT make M2V milling machine Details
 
8Tender for supply of portable fully automatic electronic 3 phase phantom loading kit Details
 
8Tender for transportation of H-BEAM Details
 
8Tender for transportation of DTR Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares of domestic water pumps make flowmore Details
 
8Tender for WC for complete repairing of rotary breaker tyre of RB 03 and RB 04 along Details
 
8Tender for proposal for installation of effluent treatment plant Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various spares, washers, fitted keys and fastners of TG set Details
 
8Tender for refurbishment of final drive assembly Details
 
8Tender for supply and fixing of different types of LED industrial luminaries Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares material required for overhauling of 6.6kV,360KW boiler circulating water(BCW) pump motor installed Details
 
8Tender for supply of 360kW HT motor Details
 
8Tender for supply of tarpaulin sheet for covering of coal Details
 
8Design, supply erection commissioning and testing of water distribution system for natural draught cooling towers Details
 
8Tender for supply of 25MVA,110kV/33kV three phase transformer Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 110kV station class polymer housed surge arresters Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & application of Anticorrosive epoxy /metal protective paint on various conveyor structures and equipment Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation commissioning, & testing of soft starter with major/minor modification in existing panels for various motors Details
 
8Tender for ARC for arboriculture, plantation for development and maintenance of lawns including Details
 
8Tender for repair of uplift pressure measurement devices phase 1 by way of drilling of choaked holes Details
 
8Tender for replacement of old defunct damaged rusted GI pipe fitting Details
 
8Tender for supply of 3 over current and 1 earth fault relay type Details
 
8Tender for supply of vacuum interrupter of 33kV & 11 kV outdoor type Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33 kV & 11 kV current transformer with connector Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33 kV metering unit of different rating Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for the work of overhauling and servicing of 420 kV, 245 kV & 145 kV circuit breaker Details
 
8Tender for supply of fire system pumps Details
 
8Tender for insulation and aluminium cladding of furnace oil storage tanks Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various type of control transformers for local control panel Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for job contract for monitoring of environmental parameters Details
 
8Tender for fabrication, erection, welding, equipment erection, other associated works and supply of SS, CS piping material Details
 
8Tender for fabrication and erection of steel pipeline and supply, fabrication and erection of steel structure. Details
 
8Tender for modification and maintenance of BHEL store 2 and 3 side Details
 
8Tender for supply of LT mini pillar boxes with fuse control Details
 
8Tender for procurement of safety equipment for different power houses Details
 
8Tender for supply of breaking links of guide vanes Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of air-cooled air conditioning packaged units Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor by AAAC AL-59 conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor from feeder Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 241 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for installation of 33/11 kV CSS to provide uninterrupted power supply Details
 
8Tender for work of installation of 33 kV ring main unit at 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of non- communicable fault passage indicator on 33 kV and all 11 kV feeder Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of fault passage indicator Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line from sub-station Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor by AAAC AL-59 conductor Details
 
8Tender for balance works of construction of permanent Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for cable laying Details
 
8Tender for service contact for statutory inspection, examination, testing and certification of dangerous machinery Details
 
8Tender for laying of 02 nos 33 kV UG cable 3Cx400 sq.mm Details
 
8Tender for biennial contract of operation maintenance of HVWS emulsifier system and fire hydrant system Details
 
8Tender for carry out shift works such as operation of valves/dampers etc and recording of equipment parameters Details
 
8Tender for supply of LT open type MS 6 way pillar boxes Details
 
8Tender for supply of 11 kV AB switch with complete set single pole Details
 
8Tender for supply of 11kV standalone complete set Details
 
8Tender for supply of 11kV fixed contact, 200A Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for breakdown, emergency and planned outage on 500kV Bi-pole HVDC line Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for the work of overhauling and servicing of 420 kV, 245 kV & 145 kV circuit breaker Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for attending all emergency /break down/schedule/maintenance repairs works etc. of various 132kV, 220kV EHV substations Details
 
8Tender for work of annual maintenance contract for repairing / overhauling of OLTC of ICTs / transformers of various Details
 
8Tender for procurement of HF cable Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of damaged prestress cable trench covers Details
 
8Tender for laying of three single core 11kV XLPE 185 sq.mm. cable on elevated PSC structure Details
 
8Tender for laying of three single core 11kV XLPE 185 sq.mm. cable Details
 
8Tender for ARC work of erection of 66kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard lighting etc. Details
 
8Tender for erection of HT,LT & TC Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable work Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for erection of HT,LT & TC Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for attending running repairs, scheduled, preventive & breakdown maintenance with overhauling of 08 nos. bulldozers Details
 
8Tender for erection of HT,LT & TC Details
 
8Tender for misc. civil works Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of insulator or SRI work of attending the fault or broken conductor and/or snapping from tower/gantry Details
 
8Tender for Bi annual rate of contract for restoration work of 220kV & 400kV transmission line on tower structure Details
 
8Tender for maintenance work of overhead HT/LT line & TC Details
 
8Tender for erection work of overhead HT/LT line Details
 
8Tender for erection of equipment and structure, control wiring, yard lighting, control room wiring, etc. Details
 
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8Commercial Coal Mining Fuels India’s Push Towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat Details
 
8Coal India Leads India’s Coal Growth with 8.42% Production Increase in July 2026 Details
 
8Strong monsoon winds favour TN wind power generation Details
 
8India proposes transmission charge relief for delayed renewable projects Details
 
8Juniper Green closes today: Should you subscribe Here are the key risks Details
 
8Coal's share in India's power mix drops to one-year low as renewables hit record Details
 
8How Gujarat Built India’s Most Powerful Industrial Machine Details
 
8Renewables Hit Record 20% of India's Power Mix in July as Solar-Wind Cross 100 GW Details
 
8India surpasses US to become second-fastest growing solar energy market Details
 
8India Becomes World’s Second-Fastest Growing Solar Market Details
 
8Andhra partners IIT Tirupati, UNSW for solar manufacturing centre Details
 
8DLF, UPL, Torrent Power Report Q1 FY27 Results Today Details
 
8Renewable Energy Curtailment Hits 235 GW in Q1 FY27 Details
 
8Adani Group to set up nuclear plants worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore in Odisha Details
 
8Renewable energy boost: India may revive transmission charge waivers for delayed solar and wind projects Details
 
8REC Transfers Two Power Transmission SPVs to PowerGrid and Terralight Through Competitive Bidding Details
 
8Top 33 Power Sector Stocks to Watch in India 2026 Details
 
8CERC proposes transmission charge relief for delayed renewable projects Details
 
8J&K slashes power losses, but AT&C levels remain among India's highest Details
 
8Solar Boom Beyond Limits Details
 
8India emerges as world’s second-fastest growing solar energy market Details
 
8Coal India's July Supplies Hit Record High at 64.19 MT, Up 18.38% YoY Details
 
8Why privatising electricity distribution could be a mistake Details
 
8India’s coal dispatch surges 17.3% in July as output growth stands at 7.5% Details
 
8Power firms race to secure nuclear sites: NTPC, Adani, Tata identify locations Details
 
8India Power Demand Climbs 11% in July on Cooling Needs Details
 
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Aug 03: 8NPCIL's Rs 91.48 crore Kaiga township tower tender resurrects a financial test it had originally struck out An addendum reinstates the profit-before-tax qualification clause literally days before bid submission, converting a previously inapplicable condition into a hard eligibility gate. Two 12-storey residential towers must rise with just a one-month stagger between them, forcing genuinely parallel construction rather than sequential learning. NPCIL can demand additional machinery deployment at no extra cost whenever site progress falls behind.

8MAHAGENCO's 145 MW Kacharala solar tender locks consortium equity in place for the life of the contract Parent-company technical support requires continuous shareholding through both construction and the full five-year O&M period, with no post-award restructuring permitted. The EPC scope bundles generation, a 220/33kV pooling substation and long-term operations into one indivisible package. Qualification thresholds are calibrated to favour established utility-scale developers over emerging EPC entrants.

8Bihar's 150 MW solar-plus-storage tender obligates developers to guarantee 2 MWh of daily peak dispatch per MW The procurer selects four peak hours each day at its own discretion, while the developer may freely trade the same battery capacity on power exchanges during off-peak windows. A PBG of Rs 35.60 lakh/MW creates a Rs 26.70 crore liquidity commitment at maximum bid size, backstopped by a six-month penal window before uncommissioned capacity is stripped from the PPA. Battery technology itself may be swapped mid-contract, but all replacement risk sits with the developer.

8GETCO's Rs 224.80 crore Dholera-II GIS tender shifts liquidated damages from delayed scope to the entire contract price The amended clause exposes bidders to roughly Rs 22.48 crore in potential penalty on the full package value rather than just the late portion — a structural reversal from the original wording. An optional 10% supply advance carries SBI MCLR-linked interest and must be fully recovered three months before scheduled completion. Civil quantities for the GIS buildings can swing by as much as 50% downward under the applicable measurement formula.

8OPTCL's Rs 104.02 crore Padepadar substation tender carries two conflicting completion periods in the same clause set One provision states 18 months numerically while the words immediately beside it read "twenty four," leaving bidders unable to build a defensible baseline programme without a formal correction. The specification simultaneously references unrelated 400kV bus-coupler and 500 MVA equipment despite the package being a 220/33kV project. Mandatory erection gangs of 35-40 personnel plus dual powered winches are prescribed at every line location regardless of which schedule ultimately governs.

8REC PDCL's Pirpainti transmission tender discloses its SPV acquisition price only 20 days before bids close Bidders must commit to a 35-year fixed transmission charge covering four new GIS substations and three major 400kV corridors before knowing the final project-company cost they must absorb. Land acquisition for every new substation site except one falls on the transmission developer, while critical generating-station bays remain outside its construction control. The bid-bond amount itself is left blank in the issued formats.

8BHEL's dry bottom ash tender for Koderma's 1,600 MW expansion contradicts itself on whether a reverse auction applies The main NIT clause explicitly rules out reverse auction while a separate highlights sheet states the opposite, an unresolved conflict that could change how bidders structure their final pricing strategy. Technology partners and design agencies backing qualification must remain contractually committed for seven years or through the defect-liability period, whichever is longer. The portal discloses no estimated contract value against which security requirements can be benchmarked.

8DVC's 220kV transmission diversion tender for CTPS expansion extends its bid window without touching a single technical clause The corrigendum shifts document download, submission and opening by exactly one week, while every qualification, commercial and risk-allocation provision remains untouched. The diversion work is a prerequisite gate for the entire 2x800 MW expansion, making contractor selection timing strategically significant despite the change being purely administrative. No scope or pricing amendment accompanied the schedule reset.

8NHPC's Rs 2,253.97 crore Link-3 hydro tender demands a tunnel-boring machine on site within eight months of award Six successive corrigenda pushed the bid deadline back 66 days while leaving the TBM delivery milestone and 36-month completion clock completely unchanged, compressing the effective mobilisation window. Nine separate progress milestones carry individual daily damages layered beneath an overall completion penalty capped at 10% of contract value. The tender requires two months of standing site inventory for cement, steel, aggregates and explosives at all times.

8OPGC's Rs 21.83 lakh protection audit for Banharpali's switchyards carries three different payment-period references in one package The GeM bid cites 30 days, the attached GCC cites 21 days, and neither document reconciles which governs final settlement. Turnover qualification figures also diverge between the tender text and the underlying committee report by roughly 7%. The consultant must model network-wide fault coordination across 400kV and 220kV systems without a defined quantity of relays, feeders or bays covered by the lump-sum price.

8NPCIL's Kudankulam Units 5&6 mechanical tender moved its bid deadline 137 days while equipment envelopes kept shifting underneath bidders Eleven corrigenda and seven rounds of technical clarification later, safety-chiller dimensional limits were reset entirely and environmental qualification requirements were narrowed to equipment specifically inside the inner containment building. Several critical P&IDs won't be issued until after contract award, leaving bidders to price integration risk against an incomplete system definition. The chlorination plant carries its own standalone operating obligation layered on top of the core EPC scope.

8MAHAGENCO's 25 MW Pimpri-Ijara solar tender spells its own project location two different ways in the same document "Pimpri-Ijara" in the title becomes "Pimpari Ijara" in the project table, with coordinates that need independent verification against the stated Yavatmal district before survey and evacuation assumptions can be finalized. Parent-company technical support requires 51% equity retention through construction and three O&M years, stepping down to 26% for two further years. Standalone financial statements are mandatory — subsidiary income, joint-venture revenue and ultimate-parent financials are all expressly excluded from qualification.

8NSPCL's Durgapur coal-pulveriser tender reduced its mandatory spare pump count from 24 to just three mid-bid Fifteen corrigenda over a 94-day deadline extension also cut wear-life demonstration from three mills to two and restructured liquidated damages from a flat daily rate to a mill-wise weekly percentage tied to whichever units remain uncommissioned. A late amendment simultaneously added redundant protection instrumentation and mandated entirely new HT/LT cabling — tightening reliability requirements even as spare-parts obligations were relaxed. Technology providers backing bidder qualification must maintain 26% equity in an Indian subsidiary for seven years or through defect liability, whichever is later.

8BHEL's second Koderma dry-ash tender surfaces under a freshly amended commercial framework issued just one day before publication The governing GCC revision took effect on 1 July 2026, with the tender launching on 2 July — leaving essentially no market lead time to absorb the new terms before pricing began. Multiple qualification routes admit design agencies, Indian subsidiaries and wet-bottom-ash suppliers, but each carries a seven-year technology-support lock-in. The same reverse-auction contradiction seen in the companion Koderma package appears here as well.

8AVVNL's Rs 627.50 crore rooftop solar tender reverses its award sequence from largest-lot-first to cheapest-price-first A corrigendum now allocates a bidder's winning lots starting with its lowest quoted rate rather than its biggest quantity, fundamentally changing which circle combination a multi-lot bidder actually receives. A tie-breaking lottery convenes in person when price and quantity both match exactly. Meter procurement has been shifted entirely off the contractor's plate onto the discom, removing one hardware dependency from an otherwise six-month, 1,00,000-household rollout.

8MAHAGENCO's 40 MW Kanzara solar tender locks consortium participation stakes for 90 days beyond the five-year O&M term itself Joint and several liability among up to three consortium members survives well past project completion, discouraging any post-award corporate restructuring. Standalone financial qualification excludes subsidiary and joint-venture income entirely, testing only the bidding entity's own audited accounts. A single-project reference of at least 16 MW with six months' proven operating history is mandatory before the cumulative 24 MW threshold can even be considered.

8MPPKVVCL's Rs 256.59 crore RDSS automation tender requires its lead bidder to personally be the OEM for both SCADA software and RTU hardware This single condition excludes conventional system integrators who assemble third-party platforms, narrowing the field to a handful of manufacturers capable of qualifying directly. Field equipment quantities across hundreds of substations are left entirely to bidder assessment, with no fixed BOQ to fall back on if estimates prove short. A two-day compression of the submission window arrived without any corresponding extension of the final bid deadline. Details

Juniper seeks Rs 1,800 crore with 7.9 GW in hand, but only 1.8 GW operating and net debt-to-equity at 2.75 times

Aug 01: 8The renewable developer's IPO offers scale and contracted visibility, alongside a delivery pipeline and leverage profile that leave little room for execution slippage.Nearly 98% of capacity is PPA-backed, but the issue price also asks investors to pay today for projects that are still under construction or only awarded. Details

Indus Towers says a new 100% infrastructure-deposit route is slowing telecom electrification despite Uttar Pradesh's 15% supervision option

Aug 01: 8The dispute asks whether the state's revised Cost Data Book has effectively displaced a cheaper connection route preserved in the Supply Code.UPERC has admitted the petition, but it has also questioned whether the 15% route really saves time when a utility estimate is still required. Details

Five Wanakbori units leave 1,640 MW unavailable as Western Region forced outages rise to 10,453 MW

Aug 01: 8The outage stack at a single Gujarat station spans boiler, furnace, turbine and control-valve problems rather than one isolated failure.Wanakbori's concentration of losses sits inside a much larger regional forced-outage burden led by multiple 500-800 MW units. Details

Gujarat rejects Rs 20 bids for most months but accepts Rs 9.96 evening power for March, exposing the cost of the peak-hour gap

Aug 01: 8GUVNL secured 793 MW round-the-clock for August near Rs 6.05 per unit, yet March evening supply cleared almost Rs 4 higher.The selective procurement shows where Gujarat sees a real shortage and where quoted scarcity prices were too expensive to accept. Details

Southern grid studies put Maheshwaram near 67 kA and two other substations above 40 kA equipment ratings

Aug 01: 8Prospective short-circuit levels have crossed or approached installed breaking capability at several Southern Region nodes.The most exposed sites now require verified calculations and a remedy plan before another network addition raises fault duty further. Details

Greenko's 1,200 MW pumped-storage trip at 49.5 Hz turns a protection setting into a Southern grid-security question

Aug 01: 8All five Greenko pumped-storage units tripped together while generating on 25 July, deepening a frequency fall instead of riding through it.The recorded operation at about 49.5 Hz now has to be reconciled with Greenko's earlier statement that its generation-mode under-frequency setting was 48.0 Hz. Details

MNRE closes a two-year-old ALMM relief route, leaving delayed solar projects to seek case-by-case exemptions

Aug 01: 8Modules received by 31 March 2024 no longer have an automatic separate treatment merely because their projects remain uncommissioned.Developers still waiting to commission must now persuade the ministry that their case belongs under the removal-of-difficulties mechanism. Details

Somanahalli transformer failure after repeated downstream faults forces a wider review of Southern Region ICT resilience

Aug 01: 8A 500 MVA interstate transformer failed after repeatedly feeding faults on the Karnataka network, raising questions about through-fault stress and protection coordination.The committee is now widening the inquiry to other major transformer failures at Somanahalli, Madurai and Nunna. Details

Tata Power starts an 800 MW Andhra Pradesh build, but 200 MW remains unallocated and the contracted storage covers only part of the portfolio

Aug 01: 8The Rs 5,750 crore plan combines 400 MW wind and 400 MW solar, yet its firm-delivery obligation is tied to only one 200 MW block.The structure shows both the scale of the new build and the commercial work still needed before the entire portfolio is contracted. Details

Hearing Diary

Aug 01: 82 August 2026 SRLDC to circulate the updated Southern Region short-circuit-level list; Greenko and utilities also face protection-data and event-record deadlines.
84 August 2026, 15:00 Lok Sabha Standing Committee on Energy to hear the Ministry of Power and BEE on energy conservation and efficiency.
87 August 2026, 10:00 145th Protection Coordination Sub-Committee meeting for the Southern Region.
818 August 2026 CERC hearing on KREPL's request for additional time to commission the remaining Barmer solar capacity.
827 August 2026 UPERC hearings on LPGCL and Bajaj Energy carrying-cost petitions linked to LPS-rule instalments.
88 September 2026 CERC hearings covering the Faridabad planning record, HVPNL ISTS tariff, Kallam Transmission and Rajgarh-related transmission matters.
817 September 2026 UPERC hearing on Indus Towers' challenge to the connection-cost and supervision-charge framework.
822 September 2026 UPERC hearing on Jubilant Pharmova's revised same-premises supply petition.
828 September 2026 NCLAT hearing in the BGR Energy matter after the NARCL settlement proposal. Details

Grid Operations and Committee Deep Dive

Aug 01: 8Western Region's monthly transmission pool reaches Rs 3,966.63 crore across 112 licensees
8Faulty meters dating to January remain in July's TRAS record, weakening confidence in balancing charges
8Southern Region carries 3,408 MW of planned central outages as two nuclear units remain down for years
8Southern states collectively underdraw 8.41 MU even as Kerala overdraws-hiding opposing positions
8Only 73 of 179 scheduled Q1 protection audits reached the Southern committee-and Q2 has five
8Southern islanding schemes show generation-load ratios from 0.88 to 1.46, threatening survivability
8Seven grid disturbances and 21 multi-element trips face a common evidence deadline after incomplete records
8BBMB tests a revenue-backed desiltation model as sediment erodes reservoir value Details

Storage and Transition Policy

Aug 01: 8Two VGF programmes put 43.22 GWh of batteries into implementation, but delivery now depends on state tenders
8Non-fossil capacity crosses 54% while coal is still planned to reach 315 GW, exposing India's dual build
8Punjab has segregated 6,705 of 6,932 farm feeders, but the last 227 carry a Rs 383 crore price tag Details

Parliament and System Planning

Aug 01: 8India's 2032 grid plan lifts inter-regional transfer capacity to 168 GW as peak demand heads for 388 GW
8India has 2,927.85 MW of grid batteries installed, but 8,660.20 MWh reveals a short-duration fleet
8A record 64,695 MW was added in FY26, yet distribution capacity must still reach 1,135 GVA by 2030
8Tamil Nadu sees a 12,400 MW thermal gap by 2034-35 despite 3,640 MW already under construction or bidding
8Uttar Pradesh holds 11,520.53 MW of central allocation as RDSS pours over Rs 40,700 crore into its last-mile grid
8India proposes a Rs 20,000 crore CCUS programme, but the five-year plan still awaits approval and operating rules
8Seven cities have raised Rs 1,294 crore through green municipal bonds, but the market remains shallow
8India's pumped-storage build reaches 15,870 MW under construction, with another 8,780 MW still before construction
8Assam identifies 6,220 MW of pumped storage, but only four projects have reached survey and investigation
8Punjab's 2035-36 adequacy plan requires 42,263 MW-more than three times today's 13,808 MW base
8Punjab pairs 2,812 MW of storage with 13,082 MWh-an unusually explicit duration requirement
8Only 75 of 605 coal units have installed FGD as a 2025 rule removes the obligation from most Category C plants
8RDSS has sanctioned smart meters for 19.79 crore consumers, but funds depend on tariff and accounting discipline
8RDSS sanctions Rs 6,521 crore for 13.65 lakh unelectrified homes even after Saubhagya's 2.86 crore connections
8UDAY's Rs 2.34 lakh crore debt transfer finally produces a sector profit-but only after a decade of uneven reform
8Foreign-owned power-equipment suppliers regain tender access through a two-year security-screened window Details

Committees, People and System Administration

Aug 01: 8More than 30 grid entities have not filed June protection indices, weakening the region's ability to compare relay performance
8Dehar enters the monsoon with three of ten executive-engineer posts vacant and two more officers ordered out
8Parliamentary energy panel calls the Ministry and BEE on 4 August for an efficiency and conservation review Details

Corporate Wire

Aug 01: 8Waaree Renewable adds a 108,000-tonne fabrication platform as quarterly revenue rises 53%
8L&T wins NTPC's 1,600 MW Lara package, but the notice to proceed still depends on environmental clearance
8Tata Power buys the Ryapte grid project for Rs 10.87 crore and starts a 30-month clock on a 250 km Karnataka network
8BGR Energy's insolvency appeal moves to September after NARCL puts a settlement proposal on the table
8CLN Energy moves to CARE BBB Stable and A3 Plus, but the filing leaves the upgrade rationale for a later report
8KEC closes FY26 with a Rs 36,267 crore order book while net debt remains Rs 4,601 crore
8PTC cuts a Rs 22.97 crore disallowance exposure to Rs 62.23 lakh, but keeps four penalty appeals alive
8REC creates the Kukshi-Alirajpur transmission vehicle, opening the contest for a Madhya Pradesh grid package
8Borosil converts 12.53 lakh warrants at Rs 397.50 each, bringing fresh equity while diluting holders
8Borosil lifts renewable electricity use to 29.23%, yet more than two-thirds of its power still comes from elsewhere
8Borosil's 1,000-tonne-a-day solar-glass base can serve about 6.5 GW, tying utilisation to module demand
8Enel raises first-half earnings while net debt climbs 6.7% to EUR 61.0 billion
8L&T's profit rises 14% despite a 92-basis-point margin squeeze, putting execution behind record orders
8ArcelorMittal earns USD 1.3 billion as USD 9.5 billion of debt shadows transition spending
8Nextpower claims a 55% US tracker share and USD 1.2 billion cash, giving it room for policy shocks
8Sudha Bio Power stays at ICRA B Plus as repeated information failures become the larger credit warning Details

Green Markets and RE Programme Watch

Aug 01: 8CEA and MoEFCC push monopoles and HTLS conductors to shrink transmission corridors through forests
8Wind supplies 60% of India's 707.62 MU renewable output on 30 July, with the Southern Region producing more than half
8W2E's 5.2 MW turbine certificate is restricted to 15 October, creating a near-term compliance checkpoint
8India's 8,780 MW nuclear fleet outperformed the thermal fleet on five-year load factor after refurbishment outages are excluded Details

State Regulatory Roundup

Aug 01: 8Andhra Pradesh approves a 40.5 paise fuel adjustment for May power, to be recovered in August bills
8Two Uttar Pradesh generators seek carrying cost after old dues were converted into LPS-rule instalments
8Jubilant gets a final chance to revise its same-premises power-supply petition after missing the first deadline
8Chhattisgarh allows a one-time carry-forward of banked energy after an open-access delay, but refuses broader relief
8Meghalaya reopens its additional-surcharge record for October-March, extending comments to 6 August
8KSEB searches for land at Kumily, making site acquisition the first constraint on a 220 kV substation
8Andhra Pradesh records 244.812 MU of unmetered farm sales in April, keeping subsidy estimates assumption-led
8PGVCL couples rooftop solar procurement with five-year maintenance, shifting the test from installation to output
8TGTransco targets Nirmal's 33 kV bus and earth grid, addressing a weakness before it becomes an outage
8Hazaribagh receives Rs 4,326 crore of RDSS works, but the programme faces a March 2028 clock Details

CERC Docket

Aug 01: 8KREPL has 42 MW left to commission at Barmer, but NRLDC has refused another extension of infirm injection
8A 383-day Green Energy Corridor delay returns to CERC with only two transmission assets still under time-overrun review
8Tamil Nadu challenges PGCIL's Tuticorin-II delay case by pointing to a transformer test that was not yet mandatory
8CERC asks for the planning logic behind the Faridabad scheme after CTUIL says the decision predates its role
8NLC Barsingsar remand is narrowed to interest on working capital and IDC, with the rest of the tariff dispute closed
8Bokaro-Koderma OPGW and Bhuj communication additions move to order after respondents miss their final reply window
8CERC cuts the Missing Link asset's historical fixed charges while allowing a separate security-spares claim
8Torrent Solar's single Kallam bay reaches order stage after respondents miss CERC's final reply window
8HVPNL's interstate tariff claim stalls until CTUIL and NRLDC reconstruct the asset and usage record
8Rajgarh's revised cost estimate becomes the missing document in a renewable-evacuation tariff case Details

Contracting news for the day

Aug 07: 8RVUN's Rs 127 crore Bodana solar-park tender says JV experience counts and, on a separate page, that JVs aren't allowed Amendment-2 flipped "Experience of JV/sub-let will not be considered" to "Experience of JV will be considered," but Clause 3.1(xi) barring joint-venture participation was never deleted — and a bidder asking about it was pointed back to the amendment. The same amendment cut water-treatment capacity from 150 to 15 lakh litres a day; Amendment-4 then cut the BOQ evaluation quantity for that item from 15,000 KL to 1,500 KL. Three extensions, 41 days. Prices are firm — Clause 75 bars escalation over 18 months.

8KSEB's 885 km ABC cable tender reaches financial opening with the bid mechanism disclosed and almost nothing else The record establishes a reverse-bidding "Tender cum Auction" for 11kV ABC of 120 sqmm and a 10 August opening, but delivery schedule, lot structure, consignee locations, inspection method, EMD, PBG, LD ceiling, warranty and whether the quantity can be split among suppliers are all absent from the published summary. Technical evaluation closed 6 August; no bidder names, count or rejection reasons appear.

8KSEB's transformer tender carries two different project values, and its qualification thresholds are pegged to whichever one applies The NIT and portal state Rs 72.163 crore; the pre-qualification committee minutes of 3 August state Rs 61.70 crore — a 14.5% gap with no corrigendum explaining it. Because minimum turnover is 75% of PAC, the entry barrier moves by roughly Rs 7.85 crore a year depending on which figure governs. Three of the five pre-qualified firms got in on undertakings to produce compliant type-test reports later; Kerala Electrical & Allied Engineering was disqualified on past KSEB performance.

8Arunachal's Rs 98.87 crore Pathar Camp substation lost three of five bidders on paperwork before price opening ABN Tower fell on unsigned bid pages, missing manufacturer authorisations, unsigned GTPs and an EHV-licence gap; two others failed on lead-partner experience, liquidity and licensing. The two survivors then quoted 21.1% apart. L1's evaluated Rs 98.75 crore sits 0.1% under the estimate, but its BOQ base is Rs 82.98 crore — and the 19.0% bridge between the two isn't broken out anywhere in the financial-opening record.

8MPPKVVCL cut 2.43 lakh meters from its Ujjain AMI tender and cut the value by a larger percentage than the quantity Volume fell 17.4% while the NIT amount fell 18.2%, from Rs 1,116.90 crore to Rs 913.62 crore, with no explanation of the composition behind the revised estimate — so bidders can't treat it as a pro-rata reset. Amendment-3 then confirmed the AMISP bears SMS charges at up to five messages per consumer per day across 11.58 lakh consumers, plus SIM, MPLS, bandwidth and static-IP costs, for ten years at a firm service charge. Four timetable resets, 29 days.

8BHEL's ACC tender forces bidders to allocate at least 10% of value to erection and commissioning, or it will rewrite the split itself Clause 3.3 blocks the standard tactic of loading value into supply to accelerate cash release — relevant because 20% of both supply and E&C value stays tied to air-tightness testing, trial run and PG acceptance. Evaluation also monetises each bidder's declared guaranteed power consumption and its own M30 RCC and reinforcement quantities. Rule 144(xi) land-border restrictions are expressly disapplied for this package.

8UJVNL's Chilla BESS tender funds 60 MWh of a 225 MWh project and asks bidders to pre-price the discount if more support arrives VGF covers 60 MWh at Rs 18 lakh/MWh — Rs 10.80 crore against a Rs 352.30 crore project — leaving 165 MWh to stand unsubsidised under a Rs 3,18,401/MW/month tariff ceiling. Clause 3.24 separately requires a sealed envelope stating the capacity-charge reduction offered for every additional 10 MWh that later becomes VGF-eligible. Land details are tentative and can be swapped without an extra claim.

8NTPC Mining's Banardih substation tender lets a bidder borrow its parent's balance sheet but not its parent's project record Clause 2.1.1 permits holding-company support to meet the Rs 36.90 crore turnover test, while the technical QR notes exclude experience belonging to a group, holding or subsidiary company — and separately exclude reference work the bidder executed through a JV or consortium. Completion period, PBG quantum, LD structure and payment milestones are not stated at NIT level.

8DVC's Rs 90.50 crore limestone tender can order the full 277,857 MT or none of it The GeM option clause allows ±25%, but Volume IV states "+25% to -100%" and says DVC "does not guarantee any off-take" — while each call-off must still be met within 15 days across a 365-day contract. Quality deductions run at 20% or 50% of basic price plus freight depending on how far CaO falls below 47%. Price comparison happens first; only the prospective L1 then faces techno-commercial scrutiny.

8NPCIL's Rs 128.22 crore engineering tender bars the winner from subcontracting the one activity the whole package is built around Cadmatic 3D modelling cannot be subcontracted, and bidders must already hold five qualifying 3D-platform licences and five piping-stress licences with live AMC, plus 200 engineering staff — 150 of them graduates — each with a year's tenure. Corrigendum C3 moved the pre-bid meeting to 7 August without moving the 10 August deadline, leaving three days between clarification and submission.

8NTPC REL reopened document access for its 600 MW Dhule tender 12 days before bids close and 34 days after the original cut-off Corrigendum 4 pushed the download window from 3 July to 6 August without touching the 18 August deadline, which itself had already moved twice from 22 July. Corrigendum 1 briefly recorded submission at 14:00 before later documents reverted to 15:00. Bid security stays flat at Rs 20 crore whether a bidder quotes 300 MW or 600 MW — and the scope clause cites document NRE-CS-5816 while the tender is numbered NRE-CS-5820.

8NREDCAP's Vijayawada WtE tender fixes the tariff and makes the subsidy ask the only thing bidders compete on Clause 21.2 evaluates financial proposals solely on quoted capital grant support, while the model PPA hard-codes Rs 7.50/unit subject to APERC approval. The authority guarantees 1,000 TPD of acceptable waste with damages at 30% of average per-ton gross revenue for shortfalls. Three separate securities stack up — Rs 16.24 crore, Rs 9.72 crore renewable annually, and Rs 25 lakh/MW — while Clause 3.3 describes construction running "from the COD" and Clause 18.5(e) writes 110% as "in excess of 10%."

8NTPC's Telangana ash-handling tender reversed its own crushing requirement from 8 mm to 25 mm after bidders questioned it Errata-01 corrected the intermediate-silo bottom ash size threefold; separate amendments moved the compressor fleet from 9 working plus 6 standby to 10 plus 5 without adding machines, cut bottom ash slurry from five streams to four, and raised conveyor rated capacity from 70 to 72 TPH with a new sub-120°C inlet criterion. Delay LD is Rs 30.73 lakh per day per facility. The deadline has moved 69 days across three extensions.

8RVPN's Dholpur EPC tie-up gives bidders a document-request deadline that falls on the same day bids are due Clause 5.0 says requests must come "up to 01 (One) day prior to bid submission deadline" and then names 3:00 PM on 17/08/2026 — the submission deadline itself — leaving potentially no gap between receiving the NDA-gated technical package and lodging a physical hard-copy bid. The pre-selected contractor must sign an exclusivity MOU and stay out of the same TBCB project before RVPN even submits its tariff bid. JV participation is marked "NOT APPLICABLE" and subsidiary or group credentials don't count.

8NPCIL's Rs 576.86 crore Gorakhpur tender narrows "similar work" to TAM and permeation grouting alone That single definition sets qualifying-work hurdles of roughly Rs 230.74 crore each for three works, Rs 288.43 crore each for two, or Rs 461.49 crore for one. Blocked or damaged TAM pipes must be reinstalled at contractor cost with no separate measurement, and grout is paid only against automated batching-plant records of accepted consumption. Two corrigenda moved the deadline 23 days and the pre-bid meeting 20 — without publishing a revised query cut-off.

8NTPC's North Karanpura AWRS tender issued three extension notices that don't say what the new dates are All three uploaded files are byte-identical and contain only the heading announcing an extension. Meanwhile Amendment 01 advanced the starter-dyke layout from Rev 4 to Rev 5 and added drawings, without narrating what changed — the geometry that drives pipeline routing and civil quantities. Two seepage pump houses are a minimum, not a number: more are required if actual dyke contours create additional accumulation points. Delay LD runs Rs 2,51,954 a day, with functional-guarantee LD capped separately at 12%.

8THDCIL's Sonbhadra DPR tender says on GeM that no performance security is needed and in its own conditions that 5% is ITC Clause 12.1 requires 5% of contract price including GST within 28 days of award; the GeM ePBG field reads "Required: No" — and GeM's disclaimer says conflicting buyer-added terms can be invalid. The same split runs through dispute resolution: GeM records arbitration and mediation as "No" while GCC Clause 8 sets out both, seated in Delhi. All ten named experts must be in place at bid stage, with no substitution through award.

8NREDCAP's Tirupati WtE tender is labelled an EPC price bid on the portal and is actually a grant-based concession The portal reads "Price Bid EPC" with 90-day validity; RFP Clause 2.6 requires 180 days and Clauses 21 and 28 make capital grant support the sole ranking variable. The PPA defines tariff as the figure "quoted by the bidder" while Article 2.2 fixes Rs 7.95/unit. DCA Clause 22.3(c) writes each of four grant instalments as 25% numerically and "twenty per cent" in words, and refers to a third project milestone that Schedule 5 doesn't contain.

8BHEL cancelled the reverse auction on its Korba West coal-handling tender the day after publishing it Corrigendum 1 changed clause 11.0 from "Applicable" to "Not Applicable," making the first sealed price final for a package running 42 months on one side and 58 on the other. The same corrigendum fixed a civil-PQR presentation where stray connectors made two RCC-volume thresholds read as cumulative rather than alternative. Bidders quote one lump sum, split 25:75 for ordering — after which BHEL may regroup the orders, and a breach on one can be treated as breach of the others. Details

Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

Aug 07: 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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Aug 07:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for EPC Package of power project Details
 8Tender for biennial job contract for painting works Details
 8Tender for Package cooling tower Details
 8Tender for air condition system Details
 8Tender for architectural works for renovation and modernisation at 6X60 MW Details
 8Tender for supply of various patch cords and opticalconnectors/ attenuators Details
 8Tender for procurement of mechanical seal of ECW pump Details
 8Tender for procurement of insulation material for unit-1 boiler Details
 8Tender for supply of ISI marked AAA rabbit conductor Details
 8Tender for survey, installation, testing and commissioning of new 5 MVA 33/11kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of opacity/dust analyzer for measurement of dust concentration Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares for IL makes pneumatic actuators and power cylinders Details
 8Tender for procurement of 415V LT air circuit breakers of different capacity installed Details
 8Tender for procurement of coupling for fan and motor shaft of PA and FD fan installed Details
 8Tender for work of refurbishment reblading of ID fan impeller and fitting Details
 8Tender for work contract for hotline tightness and PID testing work of 400kV and 220kV switchyard Details
 8Tender for work contract for bushing gasket replacement of 220 kV station transformer Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares of pneumatic actuator Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares for transport air compressor ZA-6 for ash handling system Details
 8Tender for supply of motors Details
 8Tender for construction of switch house Details
 8Tender for supply of MS plates and angle structures Details
 8Tender for construction of anti-flood wall and water collection tanks to tackle water logging at 33 kV s/stn. Details
 8Tender for assistance in shift operation of boilers, including their auxiliaries Details
 8Tender for medium repair of RCF, replacement of PA fan impeller assembly Details
 8Tender for establishment of centralized transmission asset management service Details
 8Tender for civil works for installation of 6 KLD grey water treatment plant Details
 8Tender for work of attending daily, routine defects, preventive, breakdown, shutdown and emergency maintenance of various auxiliaries Details
 8Tender for procurement of beater plate for coal mill Details
 8Tender for AMC for the work of maintenance, repairing & servicing of battery set, battery charger & reconditioning of battery cells at various substations Details
 8Tender for rate contract for work of rewinding and repairing of various rating of LT motor, submersible pump and various Details
 8Tender for supply of various MS / CS pipe, bends Details
 8Tender for procurement of composite long rod polymer insulators Details
 8Tender for supply of lighting arrester for 220kV & 400kV switchyard Details
 8Tender for drawing 11kV covered conductor Details
 8Tender for DP erection and HT cabling 33kV substation Details
 8Tender for purchase of digital level meter Details
 8Tender for attending leakages/seepages in various underground structures Details
 8Tender for providing muffing on periphery of existing various steel structure of coal yard Details
 8Tender for providing and fixing PUF panel operator cabin Details
 8Tender for work of erection dismantling of 132kV/66kV/11KV equipment’s Details
 8Tender for utilization of 6.50 lakh metric tonne dry fly ash Details
 8Tender for operation and maintenance of 114 Nos power quality meter Details
 8Tender for renewal of sophos firewall subscription Details
 8Tender for demolishing of cement concrete rock fragments Details
 8Tender for renovation and reconfiguration of through interior fit out works Details
 8Tender for maintenance and repair work of power channel Details
 8Tender for supply, erection & commissioning of 110 volt 500Ah lead acid tubular LM type battery set and automatic 110V/100 Amp. battery charger Details
 8Tender for implementation of islanding scheme Details
 8Tender for owners engineer and project management consultant (OE and PMC) for 22.5 MW hydro power project Details
 8Tender for supply of 11 kV moving contact 400 Amps Details
 8Tender for supply of ISI marked 33 kV aluminium conductor Details
 8Tender for execution of deposit works, including the supply, erection, installation, testing, and commissioning of materials/equipment Details
 8Tender for purchase of 25 kVA, 3 phase aluminium wound energy efficient level-1 (star-1) completely self protected (CSP) distribution transformers Details
 8Tender for supply of ACSR rabbit conductor Details
 8Tender for construction of 2x33 kV bay for water resource Details
 8Tender for requirement of ASCO make spares Details
 8Tender for supply of 0.30 LMT limestone Details
 8Tender for auction for lifting and disposal of wet ash Details
 8Tender for procurement of ABT and bidirectional features digital summation unit Details
 8Tender for supply of TC fuse wire 18 SWG Details
 8Tender for supply of TC fuse wire 16 SWG Details
 8Tender for supply of TC fuse wire 14 SWG Details
 8Tender for supply of TC fuse wire 12 SWG Details
 8Tender for supply of bolts and nuts of size 88 x 16 mm Details
 8Tender for supply of bolts and nuts of size 63x16mm Details
 8Tender for construction of 110/33/11 kV outdoor control room Details
 8Tender for erection of 110 kV DC line on DC tower with panther conductor Details
 8Tender for construction of 110/33/11kV yard equipment plinths, cable trench Details
 8Tender for procurement of grinding elements of 8.5E (9) coal mill Details
 8Tender for evacuation of pond ash including Details
 8Tender for supply and retrofitting of chinese brand chiller compressor unit of capacity Details
 8Tender for laying of 11 kV 3C 300 Sq mm XLPE UG cable Details
 8Tender for construction of 132 kV M/C transmission line Details
 8Tender for repair with complete rewinding including dismantling, loading, unloading, to and for transportation, inspection, testing, and other allied works Details
 8Tender for repairing dismantling and fixing cage of chain link cage around distribution transformer Details
 8Tender for erection work of 66kV S/C line on D/C towers Details
 8Tender for erection work of 66kV S/C line Details
 8Tender for work of overhauling of diverter switch and drive mechanism box of the OLTC of the transformers Details
 8Tender for work of feeder re-orientation at 110kV substation Details
 8Tender for work of DGA testing of T/F oil and other tests of oil for ICT's & transformers Details
 8Tender for supply of various types of cable & dismantling, ETC work of 245 & 145 kV circuit breakers Details
 8Tender for supply of various types of cable & dismantling, ETC work of 36 kV circuit breakers at various S/Stns Details
 8Tender for replacement of existing tower at 220kV 60 Deg new towers Details
 8Tender for AMC for work of repairing & overhauling of OLTC of ICT/ transformer Details
 8Tender for enhancement of transformation capacity of substation by providing 1x50MVA, 132/33kV PTR along with HV & LV bays and allied civil works Details
 8Tender for enhancement of transformation capacity of substation by providing 1x50MVA, 132/33kV PTR along Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for repairs, overhauling of 33 kV CGL make VCB installed at various Details
 8Tender for work of chemical washing of insulator strings manually by using high voltage insulator Details
 8Tender for work of maintenance contract for attending emergency breakdown & allied maintenance of any EHV line Details
 8Tender for AMC for work of repairing/overhauling with providing & fixing of spares for 33kV VCB at various EHV sub-stations Details
 8Tender for work of auxiliary power supply for 400/220kV substation Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for 11 kV AL-59 ACS medium voltage covered conductor (MVCC) with its accessories Details
 8Tender for supply of wireless LCM kit for 220kV and 66kV class switchyard Details
 8Tender for replacement of side & roof sheet of boilers, conveyor galleries Details
 8Tender for rate contract for complete rewinding of LT(415V/230V) AC motors Details
 8Tender for supply of switchgear spares Details
 8Tender for job work for radiography of boiler tube weld joints Details
 8Tender for work of attending the boiler tube leakages & various pressure part related misc. works Details
 8Tender for works for turnkey based contract for 11 kV AL-59 ACS medium voltage covered conductor Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 
8Serentica Renewables commissions first phase of 1 GWh battery energy storage system in Bikaner Details
 
8Next phase of Green Energy Corridor to cover 10,000 ckm: Pralhad Joshi Details
 
8NHPC should accord top priority to 20,000 MW pumped storage pipeline: Parliamentary panel Details
 
8Views of Manohar Lal: “India’s power sector has made significant progress Details
 
8AI To Be Part Of India’s Power Generation, Adoption To Rise To 65% By 2030: ENCIS Study Details
 
8Coal supply for power sector adequate, July despatch up 18%: Coal Ministry Details
 
8Rajiv Kumar Porwal: Director (System Operation), Grid-India Details
 
8Coal Supply for Power Sector Comfortable in July: Govt Details
 
8India's Coal Stocks Enough for 62 Days as Supply Strengthens Details
 
8Breaking Data Silos: MoP’s draft framework standardises information sharing across the electricity value chain Details
 
8Loops Within Loops: India’s meshed power grid Details
 
8Picking up Pace: Leveraging the balancing, storage and ramping benefits of hydropower Details
 
8Maharashtra sugar mills earn over Rs 8,250 crore from ethanol and power generation Details
 
8Why privatising electricity distribution could be a mistake Details
 
8Why Power Grid Corporation of India Share Price Is Falling Details
 
8India’s EV industry to create 30-40 million jobs by 2030 Details
 
8India Inc Bets Big on Tech: Data Centres and AI Drive 56% of Massive Rs 26.75 Lakh Crore Capex Surge Details
 
8India’s EV sector could generate up to 40 million jobs by 2030 Details
 
8Sonbhadra: Uttar Pradesh’s Energy Capital Transforming in 2026 Details
 
8IIFL prefers CG Power, ABB India, Siemens and L&T to Cummins India Details
 
8CPDL Enhances Power Reliability in Sector-31C with 1000 kVA Transformer Augmentation Details
 
8Torrent Power: Why Is It Betting on Gas Plants When Everyone Else Is Chasing Renewables Details
 
8India’s Coal Stocks Reach 148 MT, 62-Day Power Buffer Secured Details
 
8Reliance Power Stock Update: Shares Jump 3% on Strong Q1 Results Details
 
8India Crosses 300 GW Renewable Capacity, Targeting 500 GW by 2030 Details
 
8Microsoft launches Hyderabad cloud region to power India's AI economy, strengthen enterprise adoption Details
 
8POWERGRID Approves Rs 856.94 Crore Transmission Upgrade Project in Tamil Nadu Details
 
8NTPC-SAIL JV Selects U-Solar Clean Energy for Rs 127.47 Crore 20 MW Floating Solar Project in Bhilai Details
 
8India's coal supply adequate, production rises by 7.51% in July Details
 
8First Coal Consignment from SCCL’s Odisha Mine Reaches Telangana, Marks Historic Milestone Details
 
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Contracting news for the day

Aug 06: 8PFC Consulting's Lakadia–Vadodara 765kV ISTS tender opened bids 49 days after the date its own clause fixed The qualification notice records actual opening on July 17, with no reason assigned in the record. Six bidders cleared, but the top-50% formula alone would have cut the auction field to three — the minimum-four rule lifts it back to at least four. Line-side termination equipment sits inside this package while the GIS diameter it connects to belongs to a Khavda Phase-IV scheme.

8Power Grid won Krishnagiri REZ Phase-I at Rs 8,209.60 million a year, and no other number from the auction has been disclosed Five bidders reached initial-offer opening — Adani, Dilip Buildcon, PNC Infratech, Power Grid and Resonia — but the notices record only the winning tariff, leaving L2 and L3 spreads and the owner comparison invisible. The concession bundles two 765/400 kV substations, corridors to Doma, Raichur New and Sagar, a 300 MVAr STATCOM and spare bays sized for renewable growth well past the 4.5 GW being evacuated.

8RECPDCL's Kukshi–Alirajpur tender used a one-line amendment to attach Rs 40.11 crore of securities to a company it had not previously named Amendment-I replaces the placeholder "Name of the Project Specific SPV" across the RFP, TSA and SPA with Kukshi Alirajpur Transmission Limited — the breadth of the edit confirming the blank sat throughout the transaction architecture. No schedule of that company's assets, liabilities, approvals or litigation accompanies it, and the acquisition price still arrives only 20 days before the bid deadline.

8POWERGRID's 765kV GIS tender at Noida Sector-148 asks bidders to surrender competing routes into a project it hasn't won The pre-selected contractor signs an exclusive MOU and must withdraw from the same BPC project as bidder, subsidiary, partner or consortium member — while the execution contract materialises only if POWERGRID becomes the TSP. Document access closes August 31 against a September 2 bid deadline, with two days to cure a deficient NDA and one day to appeal a rejection.

8KPTCL's Ayyanahalli tender set its clarification deadline 30 minutes after bids closed The portal records receipt closing at 11:30 on 20 July and the clarification cut-off at 12:00 the same day, with the pre-bid meeting also at 11:30. Amendment-I, issued 3 August, then deleted the requirement that each consortium partner contribute 25% of the stipulated line quantity — a qualification relaxation issued with no revised submission date. No bidder attended the pre-bid meeting; the change came from two emails.

8BHEL's Koderma ash-handling EPC carries two documents giving opposite instructions on reverse auction The major-highlights sheet marks it applicable and cites NIT Clause 19.0; Clause 19.0 states it is not applicable, and five corrigenda passed without reconciling them. Corrigendum-X also collapsed the six-hour gap between closing and opening to zero, listing both at 11:00 on August 11, while a separate corrigendum deleted the MSME payment-timeline and LC note without naming a replacement clause. The tender reference itself appears as both KOD and KDM across the pack.

8BHEL splits the Koderma ash award into three work orders and gives the winner seven days to tell it how to divide the price Clause 35.0 requires a detailed price break-up within a week of LOA, after which separate orders issue for goods, erection and commissioning, and site-fabricated structures — with BOCW cess reimbursed on some components and borne by the contractor on others. Auxiliary power is capped at 350 kW with LD of USD 6,033 for each excess kW, and the portal records the tender value as zero.

8NTPC's Vindhyachal analyser-spares tender closes on the portal a full day before the deadline printed on its own notice The enquiry says bids should reach NTPC by 23:30 on the opening date by sealed envelope or registered post; the portal shuts electronic submission at 16:00 the previous day. EMD and PBG are both zero, but every part must interchange with the installed OXYMON equipment or be replaced free of cost — with no firmware or serial-range baseline stated for that test.

8CSPDCL's Jashpur transformer packages run a 60-day clock on work that depends on equipment the contractor doesn't supply The 63 kVA transformers stay in the utility's supply column while poles, insulators, arresters, earthing, cabling and civil inputs sit with the contractor, and no clause links completion to the date that equipment is issued. The Rs 3.09 lakh headline covers only the contractor's tax-exclusive BOQ against a Rs 5.48 lakh scheme estimate. Corrigenda go on the Pathalgaon project office notice board, not any digital channel.

8MPPKVVCL sealed the price bids on a Rs 1,329 crore metering tender and told the same bidders to quote again Reverse auction was never enabled on the original portal configuration, so a second limited tender was created solely to supply the missing price gateway — with the first BOQs expressly barred from opening. The fresh L1 becomes only the auction base, and the notice sets out no custody, archiving or audit rule for the superseded offers.

8MPPKVVCL's TS 1648 smart-metering tender lost half its field to technical evaluation and one more to a rule about a different lot Five of ten bidders fell — Aurawin on Rs 582 crore against a Rs 664.5 crore threshold, Infinite on 6 lakh meters against 8.44 lakh, Adani on a failed live demonstration. Iskraemeco was then excluded from price opening purely for being L1 in Lot 1, a restriction Corrigendum 4 extended to consortium and JV partners. EMD across all of it: Rs 1 lakh.

8DHBVN's Rs 148.21 crore RDSS package bars a contractor from sharing a store between adjoining circles Separate stores, storekeepers and round-the-clock security must be funded in each of seven operating circles, with no consolidation permitted even where the same firm holds both packages. Final erection payment also waits on asset data uploaded to the employer's GIS model, for which no validation turnaround is stated. Three extensions added almost 20 days to a 22-day original window.

8MPPKVVCL's SDAC award landed 0.5% under the owner estimate with a seven-year tail attached Synergy took it at Rs 255.24 crore against a Rs 256.59 crore estimate, with Ashida 1.9% behind — a two-bid contest after HKRP was rejected technically. Pre-bid requests for an aggregate cap covering LDs, SLA deductions, risk purchase and PBG invocation were answered "as per RFP", leaving multiple remedies potentially live against the same failure across 1,250 substations.

8KSEBL's Rs 255 crore Payyampally GIS tender rewrote its payment clause to hold 25% of every progressive bill for audit Corrigendum 9 replaced a flat 30-day term with 75% within 30 days after preliminary verification and the balance within 60 days after audit. Corrigendum 2 separately fixed a BoQ line describing 220 kV GIS as "3-400 kV, 4000 A" equipment. Requests to shorten the ten-year latent-defect tail, the 60-month defect period and the 180-day security validity were all refused; four extensions added 71 days.

8POWERGRID's 7TR-19-BULK transformer tender drops EMD and replaces it with a year's exclusion from future packages ITB 13.1 states bid security is not applicable; ITB 13.6 converts withdrawal, refusal of arithmetic corrections or failure to furnish performance security into one-year ineligibility. Losses carry LD at Rs 8–10 lakh per kW with outright rejection above 2%, and the 13 units' destinations are notified only before dispatch — while route surveys and any bridge or culvert modification stay in contractor scope with no cost ceiling.

8NTPC Green's Pudimadaka DM plant tender tells bidders what percentage of the price each schedule must carry Five-year O&M cannot fall below 16% of the package price, installation must sit between 20% and 25%, civil between 20% and 30%, and safety at no less than 2.5% — before any price comparison happens. Delay damages run at Rs 14,70,357 per day against a 5% cap, joint ventures and collaborators are barred outright, and the portal records no estimated contract value.

8UJVNL's Rs 259.60 crore hydro E&M tender deleted its rupee-value experience test and doubled the manufacturers a bidder may lean on Addendum II removed the Rs 103.84 crore / Rs 129.80 crore / Rs 207.68 crore similar-work thresholds; Addendum VI then let up to two OEMs jointly satisfy turbine and generator credentials. Addendum V opened the machine speed to 214.3 rpm alongside 187.5 rpm. Nineteen corrigenda and six addenda later, the deadline has moved 151 days — and Corrigendum 04's English and Hindi texts still carry technical-opening dates a month apart.

8DVC's Rs 1,336.26 crore Durgapur renovation gives the contractor 360 days and tells it to find the site conditions itself Across 105 pre-bid replies, DVC kept soil-resistivity assessment, site survey, layout preparation, cable sizing, remote-end PLCC commissioning and end-to-end E1 channel configuration inside bidder scope, and confirmed it will not supply the underground fibre between old and new control rooms — estimating 50-70 metres. No shutdown matrix exists for the live 220, 132, 33 and 25 kV systems the work cuts across. Three extensions have moved submission 34 days.

8TGTRANSCO's Rs 417.96 crore transformer tender caps price rises at 50% and lets price falls run uncapped Clause 14.8 limits positive IEEMA variation while imposing no floor on the negative side, and a late delivery is indexed to whichever date — scheduled or actual — favours the purchaser. Clause 35.1 permits a 50% swing in ordered quantity at award without touching unit rates, and Clause 56.1 allows deferral and restoration on three months' notice. The winner also posts a bank guarantee equal to the landed cost of two transformers purely to cover challenge testing. The pre-bid date printed in the tender table is April 16, 2025 — eleven months before the tender issued. Details

Power System Development Fund weighs batteries, flow storage and a Rs 340 crore carbon-dioxide demonstrator

Aug 06: 8Proposals under examination include Assam batteries, a vanadium flow system and NTPC's closed-Brayton-cycle storage project, showing how widely India is testing grid flexibility. The next test for Power System Development Fund is whether the opportunity represented by Rs 340 crore moves into contracts, finance and physical delivery. Details

Gujarat's bay-by-bay connection guarantees could lock up Rs 12,000 crore across a 60 GW pipeline

Aug 06: 8Developers say a connection-level security requirement is being applied bay by bay even though around 10 GW has already been commissioned. The significance of Gujarat's connection-guarantee regime extends beyond one transaction because Rs 12,000 crore, 60 GW, 10 GW can alter investment appetite, system planning or delivery risk. Details

MSEDCL returns for 2,269 MW of substation solar after its larger programme falls short

Aug 06: 8The procurement is designed to close part of a 2,832 MW gap left after earlier bidding under an approved 18,835 MW agriculture-feeder programme. For MSEDCL, the opportunity is substantial, but the case built around 2,269 MW, 2,832 MW, 18,835 MW still has to survive the commercial and execution tests that follow. Details

NGEL doubles renewable generation as its operating fleet crosses 10 GW

Aug 06: 8Generation reached 14.60 BU after the group added 4,174 MW in a year, but its 60 GW ambition still requires a much larger execution step-up. The next test for NGEL is whether the opportunity represented by 10 GW, 4,174 MW, 60 GW moves into contracts, finance and physical delivery. Details

NHPC has 12,832 MW of renewable awards waiting for power-sale contracts

Aug 06: 8The annual report exposes a large gap between winning projects and securing the agreements that turn them into financeable construction. The significance of NHPC extends beyond one transaction because 12,832 MW can alter investment appetite, system planning or delivery risk. Details

NHPC seeks a Rs 70,000 crore borrowing ceiling as its construction bill accelerates

Aug 06: 8The hydropower company expects roughly Rs 67,500 crore of debt needs over five years and says the existing Rs 60,000 crore ceiling could be breached in about three years. For NHPC, the opportunity is substantial, but the case built around Rs 70,000 crore, Rs 67,500 crore, Rs 60,000 crore still has to survive the commercial and execution tests that follow. Details

SECI's 2 GW wind auction stops at 1,495 MW as higher bids miss the cut

Aug 06: 8The award leaves 505 MW of the tender unfilled even after 2,356.3 MW qualified technically, revealing the price boundary in a market still trying to rebuild momentum. The next test for SECI's 2 GW wind auction is whether the opportunity represented by 2 GW, 1,495 MW, 505 MW, 2,356.3 MW moves into contracts, finance and physical delivery. Details

Companies, Finance and Manufacturing

Aug 06: 8NHPC profit rises to Rs 4,220 crore after commissioning 1,850 MW, but construction pipeline keeps funding pressure high
8NHPC builds a pumped-storage pipeline of roughly 21 GW, but investigations and site approvals still separate pipeline from operating assets
8NHPC's 300 MW solar award remains caught between bustard protection and grid access, but another 349 MW is expected in FY2027
8NGEL starts a 2 GWh battery build-out in Kerala and Rajasthan, but contracts and commissioning will determine whether it becomes operating flexibility
8NGEL tests vanadium flow batteries alongside lithium storage, but bankability and operating evidence remain to be proved
8NGEL wins a 70,000-tonne green-ammonia award, but hydrogen cost, offtake and manufacturing readiness will decide its economics
8NGEL withholds its dividend despite profit growth because new projects need more equity than internal accruals can provide
8POWERGRID revenue reaches Rs 11,496.72 crore, but first-quarter profit eases to Rs 3,598.42 crore as earnings lag asset additions
8Siemens Energy posts record quarterly orders as Gamesa recovers, but the wind turnaround's durability remains central to the group result
8Urja Global proposes USD 500 million despite quarterly revenue of Rs 68.20 lakh and a Rs 18.77 lakh loss
8Ola and Axis Energy target 20 GWh of battery deployment by 2032, but the capacity remains envisaged rather than firmly awarded
8Waaree signs a related-party EPC contract for 210 MWp of solar, but the exchange filing does not disclose its value
8Welspun plans to expand from 45 MWp to 325 MWp by September, but transmission readiness and cash-flow conversion remain unproven
8Sunstream secures Rs 3.09 per unit for 100 MW of PM-KUSUM solar, but Rs 16.16 crore of approved central support remained unpaid Details

Policy and Public Programmes

Aug 06: 8The power ministry backs only one year of bridge coal for MAHAGENCO, not the three years sought, as Gare Palma-II starts from a low base
8Barauni seeks another year of bridge coal as land delays hold back its captive Badam mine
8Uttarakhand seeks to keep coal linkage alive until March 2028, but its 1,320 MW procurement now targets power only from FY2031
8Tamil Nadu seeks to preserve coal for the 660 MW ETPS expansion, but the delayed PPP tender puts linkage validity at risk
8Chandrapura's planned 1,600 MW expansion seeks coal before a buyer, leaving its FY2032 target without a PPA
8Sinnar's 1,350 MW plant may restart after nearly a decade shut, but it still needs long-term coal and power buyers
8Government offices put rooftop solar on 24,376 buildings without a compulsory mandate
8Port hydrogen hubs cite Rs 85,000 crore of investment, but the first operating plant is only 5 MW and scalable to 10 MW
8West Bengal reaches 363.5 MW of solar capacity by June, but future growth depends on rooftop conversion, utility procurement and network readiness
8Madhya Pradesh commissions 2,608 MW of 4,208 MW sanctioned solar parks, but the remaining 1,600 MW still separates sanction from completion
8New small-hydro scheme targets 1,500 MW between FY2027 and FY2031, but environmental, hydrological and local-consent issues remain project specific
8Jharkhand and West Bengal carry an 872 MW solar-park pipeline, but their cited biomass capacity is only 19.1 MW
8Madhya Pradesh PM-KUSUM tariffs span Rs 2.94-Rs 3.25 per unit, showing why local land and network conditions prevent one farm-solar price
8Coal-gasification support rises from Rs 8,500 crore to Rs 37,500 crore, but eight earlier approvals show that sanctioned projects are not operating capacity
8Coal companies target 9.5 GW of renewable capacity by 2030, but their cited installed baseline is only 558 MW
8India's hydrogen-manufacturing awards await their first fully commissioned facility, and the official table still separates selection from operating production
8Nizamsagar's 2027 upgrade deadline remains, but none of the Rs 5.38 crore approved in 2017 has been released
8The Centre rejects a 15% free-power levy on interstate wind and solar, arguing that host-state benefits would raise tariffs
8PM Surya Ghar crosses 14.65 GW while applications far exceed completed systems
8BharatNet gets a single-window route for Rajasthan village connections, but applicants must still advance-fund the utility's demand notes
8Coal exchange names independent sampling agencies before trading starts, but grade and moisture disputes will test the market's credibility
8SJVN's 680 MW Attunli project returns for environmental appraisal, but the committee review is not a construction clearance
8New Ganderbal seeks to preserve clearance for 93 MW, but the long delay shows how approvals can expire before construction
8Torrent's 1,500 MW Patalkot pumped-storage project seeks study terms, but it remains far from construction approval
8A second battery-support scheme earmarks viability funding for 30 GWh, but sanctioned capacity still has to reach financial close and operation
8Model Solar Villages can receive up to Rs 1 crore each, but outcomes depend on durable assets, village demand and maintenance rather than awards alone
8Rooftop growth shifts grid spending toward local visibility, but the official response gives no single national integration cost
8Sawra Kuddu reports environmental compliance as tunnel works continue, but the 111 MW plant still needs independent performance checks
8India's all-lignite index jumps 14.9% in June, but a one-month surge does not establish a lasting fuel-cost trend Details

Central Regulatory Decisions

Aug 06: 8CERC keeps Rs 15 crore of ReNew Solar's guarantee while the developer says Rs 8.5 crore is excessive and ties up working capital
8CERC seeks equipment and grid evidence before deciding Adani's 333 MW change-in-law claim, leaving compensation unresolved
8SECI backs transfer of a 150 MW solar project and its grid rights, but approval must preserve connectivity obligations and contractual accountability
8Delhi High Court protection keeps Avaada's disputed connectivity alive, but the underlying case continues
8CERC reserves the Siang transmission case after finding an unexplained cost-and-tariff mismatch in the bidding record
8CERC reserves TANGEDCO's transmission-charge challenge, leaving the treatment of disputed drawal unresolved
8Adani's change-in-law compensation claims await CERC orders, leaving payment and carrying cost unsettled
8Karnataka utilities reopen coal-price and fly-ash benefits in their Adani dispute, but CERC has not decided the pass-through
8An Andhra power-contract proceeding pauses under a High Court order, preventing the regulator from reaching a premature conclusion
8CTUIL opens a route to reallocate vacant pooling-station bays, but applicants must still prove capacity, technology and compliance
8DCM Shriram asks Uttar Pradesh to clarify supplementary renewable contracts, but the issue now waits for a September hearing
8CERC keeps a capacity-charge dispute alive after an Andhra court intervention, but the challenged deductions remain unresolved Details

State Regulatory Decisions

Aug 06: 8MERC allows BEST to buy 220 MW of solar with 440 MWh of storage, but the contract must avoid an October cancellation deadline
8Haryana orders a 530 MWh battery retender by 30 September after the selected winner refused the earlier 500 MWh award
8Haryana reserves its ruling on green-energy banking, leaving the future value of surplus renewable power uncertain
8Haryana waits for a NISE study before fixing a 50 MW solar tariff, extending a dispute already returned on review
8Madhya Pradesh proposes reactive-power compensation for solar plants and prosumers, but payments and charges depend on the final mechanism
8Uttar Pradesh advances a data-centre distribution licence to public notice, but the order is procedural rather than a final grant
8Gujarat opens compliance proceedings under its 2025 renewable-purchase rules, moving the framework from notification to enforcement
8Gujarat fixes its FY2027 renewable-purchase benchmark, but three licensees receive no rate because required filings were absent
8A 243 MW Gujarat solar project seeks relief as its substation slips to 2027, making network-versus-developer delay the central dispute
8Torrent seeks more time for 280 MW of Gujarat solar, testing whether the developer should bear an evacuation-network delay
8Juniper commissions 100 MW of solar while 50 MW of wind remains delayed
8Defence restrictions push a 30 MW Gujarat hybrid project toward solar-only design, shrinking its technology mix after connectivity approval
8A Jamnagar developer offers a bank guarantee instead of open-access cash security, seeking utility protection without freezing project funds
8Gujarat weighs set-off for 516,202 units of green power injected in 2020, but procedural delay may erase their value
8Gujarat rooftop petitions test changing net-metering rules, as capacity increases, virtual metering and amendment dates complicate protections for older projects
8Jharkhand must recalculate DVC's tariff after remand, with a Rs 795.49 crore gap and surcharge treatment still disputed
8Chhattisgarh seeks comments on deviations in an 8 MW small-hydro contract before a September hearing
8Ajmer applies a 2.52% fuel surcharge after consumption, pushing power-purchase costs into customers' June bills
8Gujarat reserves its ruling on a 9 MW solar evacuation line, leaving unresolved who must pay for the infrastructure
8A 50 MW Gujarat wind project seeks a later supply date, placing responsibility for delay before the commission
8A Junagadh developer seeks until February 2026 for its final 4.7 MW, but Gujarat must judge partial completion against delay
8Gujarat hears connectivity relief for a 40 MW hybrid project, but the outcome depends on who caused the network delay Details

Grid Operations and Markets

Aug 06: 8Western economic dispatch produces a net Rs 9.12 crore settlement for July, but plant-level gains and refunds show who benefited from centrally optimised schedules
8The western region sends Rs 275.68 crore to the northern deviation pool, exposing the financial scale of schedule imbalance
8The northern reactive-energy account pays Rs 1.304 crore while collecting Rs 0.618 crore, revealing uneven voltage-support outcomes
8Northern ancillary-service accounts pay some generators but penalise others, showing that reserve deployment alone does not guarantee revenue
8Thirteen deviation accounts are revised after a tariff factor falls to 75%, changing settlements retrospectively from January
8GE Vernova deviations delay a northern grid-control upgrade by eight to ten months, linking supplier performance to operator readiness
8The northern cyber forum flags missing BBMB audit evidence, exposing a gap between declared and tested security
8The Uri-I to Uri-II fibre link needs 10.456 km of access rights before it can improve grid communications
8India meets a 240,212 MW evening peak without shortage while nearly 49,736 MW remains unavailable
8Grid frequency stays above 50.05 Hz for 16.7% of the day, revealing periods when supply runs ahead of demand
8Bhutan and Nepal export power to India while Bangladesh draws more than 60 MU, underscoring opposite roles in regional electricity trade
8Day-ahead power price falls 25% to about Rs 3.27 per unit, but traded volume also eases roughly 3.4%
8APGENCO thermal plants run at a 63.26% August load factor, but several large units remained unavailable
8Sileru live storage falls to 26.53 TMCft from 56.03 TMCft, sharply reducing the basin's energy cushion
8NTPC produces 998.35 MU against a 968.15 MU programme as southern output offsets weaker northern generation
8Twenty-nine thermal plants remain critical as coal stocks reach 37.46 million tonnes against a 60.87 million-tonne norm
8A 765 kV Ariyalur-NCPS fault trips the line, but operators restore it by 10:09 pm the same evening Details

Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

Aug 06: 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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Aug 06:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for civil work for transformer increasing capacity from 3x160 to 4x160 MVA and related bay Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and fixing of differential line protection relay Details
 
8Tender for civil work for construction of 01 No. 33 kV bay Details
 
8Tender for repair of plaster, painting and other misc. civil works Details
 
8Tender for civil work for construction of store shed other related civil works at 220 kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132kV AIS S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of balance works transit camp, store and other misc. civil works Details
 
8Tender for installation of additional earthing with shield wire and counterpoise type earthing of towers Details
 
8Tender for supply and retrofitment of control and relay panels Details
 
8Tender for procurement of hexa damper spacer with bolt and nut, washers etc. Details
 
8Tender for procurement of current to pressure convertor, air filter regulators and SS fittings Details
 
8Tender for work contract for ecological monitoring and survey covering Details
 
8Tender for construction of 110/33/11kV yard equipment plinths, cable trench Details
 
8Tender for erection of 110kV DC line on DC/MC tower Details
 
8Tender for construction of 110kV yard equipment plinths, cable trench, quarry dust filling, metal spreading and allied other civil works etc. Details
 
8Tender for work of rewinding / repairing of various capacity AC & DC motors Details
 
8Tender for purchase of bearing housing and spares for 6.6kV HT motor Details
 
8Tender for supply of porcelain solid core bus post insulators Details
 
8Tender for EPC package for development of 10 MLD DE-mineralistion plant Details
 
8Tender for repair and maintenance of civil works Details
 
8Tender for construction of store shed platform with ramp Details
 
8Tender for work of repair and dynamic balancing of shafts and impellers of 20 cumec pumps Details
 
8Design, supply erection commissioning and testing of water distribution system for natural draught cooling towers installed Details
 
8Tender for supply of various sizes of M S ERW pipes and bends Details
 
8Tender for supply of ACB & panel spares Details
 
8Tender for providing chain-link fencing Details
 
8Tender for assistance for day to day maintenance and cleaning work of fire hydrant, refilling and testing of fire extinguishers miscellaneous work etc. Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares of pumps installed at CW pump house Details
 
8Tender for comprehensive repair and maintenance of control room including flooring, sanitary works Details
 
8Tender for construction of chemical earthing for tower along Details
 
8Tender for repair and maintenance of control room at 220/132/33 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of 01 no. storage warehouse Details
 
8Tender for construction of shed over HT and BH and other miscellaneous civil works Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 3 KM, 33 kV overhead line extending from 33/11 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for construction of protection wall along Details
 
8Tender for constructing of HT/OH feeder Details
 
8Tender for reconductoring with LT transformer Details
 
8Tender for construction of new 33kV bays at 16 nos GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of new 33kV bays Details
 
8Tender for insurance coverage of material/ equipment lying at various stores/ transformer Details
 
8Tender for civil work for transformer augmentation of 132/33 kV 20/25 MVA T/F Details
 
8Tender for construction of foundations, cable trench, levelling and dressing, GSB for transformer track Details
 
8Tender for repairing of HP module of 250MW turbine Details
 
8Tender for supply of different type of Weir BDK make pneumatic as well as manual butterfly valves for CPU system Details
 
8Tender for work of Dog to panther conversion of 66kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of LILO of both circuit of 66 kV D/C line Details
 
8Tender for mechanical strengthening and H-frame painting of 66kV line Details
 
8Tender for manufacture, testing & supply of armoured ISI marked single core 11kV 300MM2 size stranded aluminium conductor Details
 
8Tender for erection/ dismantlement of towers, beams and busbars at various 220/132/66kV substation Details
 
8Tender for supply of electrical actuator for feed control valve Details
 
8Tender for work of routine, preventive, scheduled & breakdown maintenance in coal handling plant Details
 
8Tender for supply of consumable material Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of lightning arresters in various distribution Details
 
8Tender for installation/replacement of old and defective DTR LT cable Details
 
8Tender for construction of 11/0.4 kV S/S and related HT/LT line Details
 
8Tender for supply of De centerlize material for 33/11 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for increasing capacity of transformers and construction of new transformers Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of 990 KVA compact secondary substation Details
 
8Tender for supply of vaccume interepter for 11 kV VCB Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of 990 KVA compact secondary substation Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of 990 KVA compact secondary substation and other associated work Details
 
8Tender for earthing of DTRs at 11 kV Fulsunga and Bagwara feeder emanating from 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for replacement of wesel conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement of bare conductor by AB cable in 11 kV Siroli feeder Details
 
8Tender for replacement of bare conductor by AB cable Details
 
8Tender for replacement of wesel conductor with 11 kV AL- 59(ACS) 104.98 Sq.mm covered conductor Details
 
8Tender for reconstruction of 33 kV Sidcul line Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance of lines, DTRs, etc., and redressal of consumer complaints along Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of existing ACSR weasel conductor with rabbit conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement of existing ACSR weasel conductor with rabbit conductor from the 33/11 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for replacement of existing bare LT conductor by LT aerial bunched (AB) cable, including dismantling of the existing conductor Details
 
8Tender for work of installation of distribution transformers, construction/augmentation of HT/LT lines Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and erecting additional electric poles Details
 
8Tender for increasing capacity from 100 KVA to 250 KVA transformers at various Details
 
8Tender for providing another 11 kV supply for ITDA and USDMA Details
 
8Tender for supply and retrofitting of LT incomer/tie breakers and modules Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 220V DC, 63 AH, KPH 63P, Ni-Cd type battery set Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, commissioning and testing of new high bay LED lighting system Details
 
8Tender for interior repairing and maintenance of 18 nos. C/D-type Details
 
8Tender for biennial contract for engagement of EOT crane operators Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 04 Nos. 220 kV outdoor type current transformer Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 06 Nos. 220 kV outdoor type current transformer and 03 Nos. 220 kV capacitive voltage transformer Details
 
8Tender for dismantling reassembly and inspection including leakage repairing of water lubricated turbine guide Details
 
8Tender for manufacture, testing, supply and delivery of composite hardware fittings for ACSR weasel/rabbit conductor (30/50 sq mm) and Dog conductor Details
 
8Tender for supply, fabrication & erection of steel structure, erection of equipments, erection of earth mat, earth raisers, laying of control cable, end termination, etc Details
 
8Tender for supply, fabrication & erection of steel structure, erection of equipments, erection of earth mat, earth raisers, laying of control cable Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & fixing of manual operated gear box for 245/145/33/11kV isolators at various substations Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance for civil assets Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance for civil assets of 132 kV sub/stn Details
 
8Tender for metal spreading with earthing pipeline, repair of damaged compound wall renovation of control room with other miscellaneous civil works Details
 
8Tender for supply of hydraulic accumulator, bladder, Nitrogen charging kit & fittings for coal mill Details
 
8Tender for work of annual maintenance contract for work of repair, servicing, overhauling and maintenance of window/split air conditioner Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & installation of eDAQ (energy data acquisition) and automatic log sheet generation with real time data monitoring and trending system Details
 
8Tender for supply of spares and repairing, servicing & overhauling VCBs at various sub stations Details
 
8Tender for work of retrofitting of existing BPL make PLCC link of 132 kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of overhauling & servicing of 400 kV CB type GL316 spring operated mechanism at 400/220 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for dismantling old RCC concrete structure & erection of EHV equipments on new lattice type GI structure Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & fixing of additional jumpers on tension towers of the various lines Details
 
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Inspiring India: Gujarat Woman's Solar Mission Earns PM Modi’s Praise, Invitation to I-Day Ceremony Details
 
8India's solar growth enters a new era Details
 
8Headsup B2B Signs INA Solar Distribution Deal, Targets Rs. 150 Crore Solar Revenue Details
 
8Delhi’s electricity transition challenges and opportunities: A SCOPE study Details
 
8Rayzon Green to Develop 9 MW Solar Project in Gujarat Details
 
8Oriana Power Invests INR 2.10 Crore In Wholly Owned Subsidiary For Solar Project Development Details
 
8Serentica Renewables Commissions First 200 MWh Phase of 1 GWh BESS in Rajasthan Details
 
8Top Undervalued Renewable Energy Stocks in India to Add to Your Watchlist Details
 
8KKHSOU organises awareness programme on Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Details
 
8India’s Muft Bijli Solar Scheme Crosses 5 Million Household Milestone Details
 
8India needs to focus on grid integration of clean energy capacity, say experts Details
 
8Eastern Railway Freight Handling Rises as Coal Movement to Power Plants Surges Details
 
8India solar generation reaches 10.9% share as grid limits widen Details
 
8NSPCL Awards 20 MW Floating Solar EPC Contract in Chhattisgarh Details
 
8Odisha Targets 11 GW RE Details
 
8Building the next phase of India’s solar and battery revolution Details
 
8Why privatising electricity distribution could be a mistake Details
 
8Inox Wind wins Rs 1,600-crore order from NLC India for 200 MW wind project Details
 
8Tripura to solarise 5,000 drinking water pumps, eyes major cut in power bills Details
 
8ANUGYAN: IIT Hyderabad and CEEPL Launch India's First Nuclear Technology Orientation Programme Details
 
8Schneider Electric, BRPL Partner for India’s First Pure Air RMU Pilot Details
 
8Chhattisgarh Cabinet approves Rs 500 crore AI mission, BEML plant and key governance reforms Details
 
8Indian Railways Freight Loading Rises 9% to 141 MT in July Details
 
8Global Energy Storage Funding and M&A Roundup: Key Trends Details
 
8Rooftop solar power far exceeds government estimate: IEEFA Details
 
8India's Green Energy Shift: Focus Moves to Grid and Storage Details
 
8Monsoon disrupts life in Himachal Pradesh; 153 roads blocked, 191 power transformers down Details
 
8Valiant Communications Stock Hits 10% Upper Circuit After Bagging Rs 10.71 Crore Power Grid Order Details
 
8Odisha Eyes Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Boom; Joins Gujarat in Race to Woo High-Employment Sector at August Investor Meet| Special Report Details
 
8UP Supplementary Budget 2026-27: Yogi Govt’s Rs 59,019 Crore Plan Boosts Expressways, Power and Welfare Details
 
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CEA proposes tougher grid rules, with repeated failures potentially leading to disconnection

Aug 05: 8Renewable plants, batteries and large electricity users would become more active participants in grid security under the draft 2026 connectivity standards. Details

India’s grid spent more than a quarter of 4 August outside its permitted frequency band

Aug 05: 8Evening market prices hit Rs. 10 a unit while the frequency-deviation index reached 27.6%, connecting system stress with the cost of last-minute power. Details

NTPC targets 244 GW by 2037 as storage and nuclear power enter the centre of its expansion plan

Aug 05: 8The utility’s long-range portfolio is no longer mainly a coal build: renewables, batteries, hydro and nuclear become essential to the next 165 GW. Details

ACME turns 3.62 GWh of batteries into a high-margin power-trading business

Aug 05: 8Battery operations supplied Rs. 226 crore of quarterly revenue and reported a capex yield above 20%, offering rare evidence of storage economics at scale. Details

Rs. 5,070 crore floating-solar scheme pairs 5 GW of reservoirs with at least 10 GWh of storage

Aug 05: 8PM Surya Sarovar moves floating solar from scattered projects toward a national programme, but reservoir and grid constraints will decide its value. Details

Renewables are 52.6% of installed capacity but supply only about 26% of electricity

Aug 05: 8The gap is not evidence of failure; it shows why flexibility, transmission and storage now matter as much as adding nameplate capacity. Details

Banks have sanctioned Rs. 39,930 crore for rooftop solar, but Rs. 8,278 crore had not yet been disbursed

Aug 05: 8More than 21 lakh loan applications were sanctioned under PM Surya Ghar; the remaining gap shows why approval is not the same as money reaching a household. Details

Tariffs, Settlements and Compliance

Aug 05: 8Lanco Kondapalli’s market settlements are revised after it ran open-cycle instead of closed-cycle Details

State Regulatory Decisions

Aug 05: 8Madhya Pradesh grants its PM MITRA textile park a 25-year power distribution licence
8Maharashtra keeps Rs 48 crore withheld as Warora transmission work slips to May 2028
8Madhya Pradesh orders a banking procedure after renewable applications remained pending
8Punjab opens a tariff case over the unquantified Mega Power benefit at Talwandi Sabo
8Uttar Pradesh begins a railway open-access case after a Supreme Court ruling
8Madhya Pradesh gives itself flexibility to set the electricity ombudsman's compensation Details

Central Regulatory Decisions

Aug 05: 8Sprng Vayu keeps grid access for 105.84 MW but loses another 50.4 MW
8Three renewable developers seek compensation for power lost to transmission constraints
8Tata Power Renewable asks for more time after the inter-state grid was not ready
8CERC questions why a Bhinmal transmission upgrade now costs 34% less than CTUIL estimated
8Scatec seeks to leave a solar PPA without penalty after connectivity was revoked
8CERC reserves its decision on Adani's solar change-in-law claim
8Masaya Solar seeks compensation for several legal changes at its 300 MW project
8Srijan challenges relinquishment charges as CERC asks CTUIL for the recalculated bill
8Adani Wind contests a relinquishment bill tied to its Kutch grid access
8CERC asks CTUIL to disclose Soltown's applications made during and after blacklisting
8POWERGRID faces a documentation test across eight transmission tariff petitions
8CERC reserves Adhunik Power's claim for fuel-cost adjustment and late-payment charges
8NLC asks to pass annual mining surface-right payments through electricity bills
8Jindal's terminated railway power contract returns to CERC
8Himachal utility pursues return of banked energy from Kreate Energy
8MSEDCL seeks enforcement of an earlier CERC order against Coastal Gujarat Power
8OTPC seeks urgent directions while its Palatana tariff for 2024-29 remains unsettled
8Five new transmission assets face a common CERC evidence check before tariff approval
8TP Paradeep seeks permission to mortgage transmission assets for infrastructure funding
8DB Power contests a Rs 59.58 lakh deduction by NTPC's trading arm Details

Grid Operations and Markets

Aug 05: 8IEX volumes rise, but day-ahead prices jump 19% as trading shifts toward real-time and term-ahead markets
8Tripura’s import corridor exceeded its safe transfer level for almost the entire day
8High-voltage conditions persist across parts of the southern grid
8Nearly 59.5 GW of monitored generation was unavailable, with gas plants the weakest link
8Long-duration power-plant outages exceed 35 GW as maintenance and forced losses overlap
8Coal stations hold 37.64 million tonnes, but 30 plants remain in the critical category
8Hydro generation falls 11% while nuclear output rises, leaving total supply almost unchanged Details

Companies, Finance and Manufacturing

Aug 05: 8GE Vernova’s India wind order is 163.4 MW—not the 1,634 MW stated in its headline
8Torrent Power plans Rs. 29,600 crore of renewable investment as gas generation weakens
8Waaree’s inverter arm commissions 3 GW of capacity while its first-year earnings remain thin
8ReNew’s 300 MW solar plant is operating, yet final grid access delays the start of contracted revenue
8Exide commissions a 6 GWh battery factory and targets its first commercial cell revenue in FY2027
8PTC India’s trading volume rises 12%, but quarterly profit falls by nearly one-third
8L&T wins an ‘ultra-mega’ ADNOC offshore order without disclosing the contract value
8RMC Switchgears wins twelve Gujarat utility awards worth Rs. 333.80 crore
8Refex Renewables reports losses, an eroded net worth and a material going-concern uncertainty
8ED provisionally attaches Rs. 179.66 crore of Reliance Infrastructure assets and Reliance Power shares
8NHPC’s new hydro units lift revenue, but Rs. 939 crore of sales remains provisional pending tariffs
8POWERGRID completes the Rajasthan line package supporting a 20 GW renewable zone
8NTPC directs more than half its annual capital spending toward non-fossil and transition businesses
8NTPC cuts sulphur-oxide emissions 22%, while carbon intensity barely moves
8Suzlon’s 6.1 GW order book grows as logistics delay part of its quarterly turbine deliveries
8Punjab approves a Rs. 4.15 crore substation to relieve Mohali’s expanding commercial load Details

Policy and Public Programmes

Aug 05: 8Odisha’s rooftop push reaches nearly 150,000 households, backed by Rs. 714 crore in central support
8Maharashtra adds solar and hydrogen manufacturing capacity, but the cited plants had received no incentive payments
8Tamil Nadu receives 5,187 solar-pump allocations as farm solarisation moves from targets to field delivery
8India added 55.29 GW of non-fossil capacity in one year, nearly twice the previous year’s addition
8PM-KUSUM now reaches more than 30 lakh farmers through pumps and feeder solarisation
8India’s agrivoltaic potential is enormous on paper, but land-use design will decide what is practical
8India identifies 102.18 GW of floating-solar potential but sets no national addition target in the cited framework
8Andhra Pradesh seeks a new green corridor for 18.37 GW of solar and pumped storage
8Jammu and Kashmir cancels stalled solar allocations while nearly completing a separate pump programme
8PM Surya Ghar crosses 14.5 GW, with more than 49 lakh households covered
8India awards 3 GW of electrolyser capacity as green-hydrogen demand commitments begin to form
8West Bengal’s rooftop applications surge, but installations remain a small fraction of demand
8Maharashtra has 2.62 lakh rooftop applications waiting for vendors to report installation
8India earmarks Rs. 2,000 crore for EV charging without setting a highway charger-count target
8India’s electric-car manufacturing scheme closed with zero applications
8Auto PLI draws Rs. 52,414 crore of investment, but India still has no separate post-E20 flex-fuel roadmap
8SECI begins a geothermal search across the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
8SECI consults industry on a national PM-KUSUM portal Details

Contracting news for the day

Aug 05: 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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Aug 05: 8TGTRANSCO's Rs 60.71 crore Vellatur package appears in its own documents under two different tender numbers The portal reads e-TGTLI-10/2026-27; Volume I repeatedly reads e-TSTLI-10/2026-27 — a divergence that matters because bank guarantees and joint deeds of undertaking need exact identification. The notice also schedules the pre-bid meeting for "12:00 AM". Interim slippage draws 1% per month "whatever may be the reasons," refundable only if the whole job finishes inside 12 months.

 

8TGTRANSCO's Rs 405.21 crore 80 MVA transformer tender doubles the security burden for anyone bidding on borrowed technology A manufacturer relying only on technical collaboration, without financial liability resting on the parent, must post an extra 10% bank guarantee on top of the standard 10% — a 20% total lock-up imposed through collateral rather than qualification scoring. Type and special tests fall on one transformer from each of the four lots. Positive IEEMA variation caps at 50%; negative variation has no floor.

 

8KPTCL's Ayyanahalli tender deleted the last technical floor under a consortium's weaker partner Amendment-I removed the 25% line-quantity contribution from each member and, separately, the clause requiring a member qualifying for neither substation nor line work to show three years of electrical execution backed by utility performance certificates. Nothing now links the qualifying credential to the member that actually mobilises stringing crews — the tender needs four 16-tonne pullers and four tension-stringing units, but names no owner. No bidder attended the pre-bid meeting.

 

8RRECL's 201 MW solar tender reissued its financial BOQ mid-process after a "technical error" Corrigendum-04 uploaded a replacement schedule and told bidders to cite only that one — consequential in a tender ranked plant-wise on levelised tariff, where a location-mapping slip can distort the ranking or void a bid. Parent and group credentials cannot cure a thin bidding entity, no tariff ceiling was disclosed, and the CUF penalty runs against the RERC consumer-category tariff rather than the discovered one. Two extensions have moved the deadline 35 days.

 

8TGTRANSCO's Rs 339.49 crore 50 MVA tender lets alphabetical lot order decide which packages a bidder can still win Where aggregate qualification falls short of the lots quoted, evaluation runs sequentially from Lot I to Lot IV — so capacity exhausted early closes off the later lots regardless of price. Lots I and II need the first unit in eight months, III and IV in twelve. Reverse auction decrements run between 0.5% and 2%, with 10-minute extensions each time a bid lands in the final ten.

 

8BHEL's Koderma ash tender demands the winner hand over its design software and design dossier, not just drawings The technology-transfer clause covers the dossier, the software, manuals and personnel training; a bidder's request to substitute a project-use licence was refused. Erratum-I finally settled the reverse-auction contradiction as "Not Applicable," Corrigendum-VI deleted GCC 2.15 and two TCC sub-clauses after bidders showed the insurance allocation contradicted itself, and Corrigendum-IV removed the alternative dispatch-payment and usance-LC route outright. Five extensions, 29 days. Ash must arrive at the silo at up to 300°C and leave below 150°C — inside a 350 kW auxiliary-power ceiling.

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Aug 05:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for construction of balance works transit camp, store and other misc. civil works Details
 
8Tender for constructing 11 kV double circuit line Details
 
8Tender for augmentation work of 200 MVA transformer at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for renewal of gravelling at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for remaining work of construction of 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of foundation for 50 MVA transformer and its bay at 132 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33 kV sub station Details
 
8Tender for procurement of consumable and stock items for test unit Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance work of 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply and fixing of 11 kV fault passage indicator Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance work of 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply of 132 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for construction work of 11kV line Details
 
8Tender for supply of LTSH and economizer coils for boiler stage Details
 
8Tender for work of penthouse roof restrengthening and repairing in boilers Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and fixing of differential line protection relay Details
 
8Tender for work of revetment on tower of 132kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of transportation installation and commissioning of emergency restoration system ERS tower of 132 kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of repairing of siemens bay control unit of 400 kV GIS S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132kV AIS S/S Details
 
8Tender for installation of additional earthing with shield wire and Counterpoise type earthing of towers Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for supply of 8 Mtr. long 140 Kg. PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for new 33/11 kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for renovation of control room, sub station Details
 
8Tender for work of cold line washing of disc insulator strings of various 132kV & 220 kV lines Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract (electrical) for EOT cranes Details
 
8Tender for housekeeping job of electrical control rooms and various Details
 
8Tender for replacement of top air preheater Details
 
8Tender for supply of idler frame Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying waterproofing treatment of various Details
 
8Tender for removal of old fills, distribution headers and providing fixing and erecting of new PVC fills and PVC distribution headers Details
 
8Tender for construction of proposed land (1.09 acre) adjoining 220 kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of damaged and replacement of UC fencing Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual work of fabrication of 66kV 'H' frame structure and accessories for various 'H' frame line Details
 
8Tender for supply of self starter motors and alternators Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying interlocking paver blocks Details
 
8Tender for providing railing and drainage work Details
 
8Tender for major overhauling of unit of 2X50 MW hydro electric project Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33kV bay and associated works Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of chain link cage distribution transformer Details
 
8Tender for supply and retrofitment of Ni-Cd battery banks at various substations Details
 
8Tender for supply of surge arresters and accessories for various substations Details
 
8Tender for procurement of discharge rods and leads for 765 kV voltage levels Details
 
8Tender for work of stay set complete Details
 
8Tender for electrical renovation works Details
 
8Tender for electrical works for shifting of inter-connection point for 1.5MW solar power plant Details
 
8Tender for setting up of 90MW/225MWH battery energy storage system Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual item rate contract for the work of loading, unloading and stacking of any material/equipment Details
 
8Tender for civil works of ICT, 1500 MVA, 765kV and its associated bay works at 765 kV and 400kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for annual rate contract for providing and fixing of 11 kV heat shrinkable outdoor, indoor & straight through joint type cable Details
 
8Tender for supply & installation of anti climbing device (ACD) in the 132 kV transmission line Details
 
8Tender for BCC & gravel spreading in 220kV & 132kV switchyard Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning with RMS of total 340 kW grid connected solar PV power plant Details
 
8Tender for miscellaneous civil works contract Details
 
8Tender for bulk procurement of V-belts Details
 
8Tender for waterproofing treatment works Details
 
8Tender for procurement of premium transmission make fluid coupling assembly Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying vitrified floor tiles Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance contract for plant Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance contract Details
 
8Tender for supply of positioner for control valves Details
 
8Tender for work of providing services for loading, unloading, shifting and stacking of materials Details
 
8Tender for supply of various protective shields, guide pipes Details
 
8Tender for uniform water flow distribution Details
 
8Tender for supply of castable refractory and alumina binder Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for HP turbine for COH of 250MW KWU turbine set Details
 
8Tender for renovation of compound wall at 220kV substation Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 50 sets of 33kV porcelain clad outdoor vacuum circuit breakers with supporting structures. Details
 
8Tender for supply of 22kV/433-250V 100kVA (7 Nos) ,160kVA (15 Nos) and 250kVA (4 Nos) BEE energy efficiency level 2 ( 1 star) 3 phase distribution transformers Details
 
8Tender for work of overhauling, servicing, repair and maintenance of 145kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for construction work of install new 1 x 8 MVA power transformer Details
 
8Tender for procurement of diaphragm valves and its spares for M/s crane process flow diaphragm valves installed Details
 
8Tender for requirement of spares for pumps installed Details
 
8Tender for annual contract for deputation of service engineer for inspection /servicing of boiler feed pumps Details
 
8Tender for consultancy engineering services to carry out balance works for setting up of one No. wagon tippler Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for supply of 9.1 Mtr. long 280 Kg. PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for water ring vacuum pump model size200 mechanical exhauster Details
 
8Tender for procurement of metallic expansion bellows with HT fasteners for tubular type air preheater and various Details
 
8Tender for work contract for COH of TG set Details
 
8Tender for repair and strengthening of damaged bituminous Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of damage AB cable Details
 
8Tender for work of laying of an underground line from the 33/11 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for work of conversion of OH line to 11 kV underground crossing Details
 
8Tender for operation & maintenance of 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for execution of 33 and 11 kV electrical erection works for PTR capacity Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for booster pump Details
 
8Tender for upkeeping works in fuel oil handling system Details
 
8Tender for work of stub strengthening of 220kV and 66kV various lines Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of chain link fencing around transformer Details
 
8Tender for erection of equipment and structure, control wiring, yard lighting, control room wiring, etc. Details
 
8Tender for supply of 250 W LED flood light Details
 
8Tender for work of conversion of existing 110 kV SCSC line Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various types of spare (relays) of converter transformer Details
 
8Tender for AMC for battery sets maintenance work (220 Volts & 48 Volts) and charger repair work Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & installation of advance cable transit system by passive fire screen Details
 
8Tender for work of fabrication and supply of 50 kL empty oil tank Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & fixing of sheet moulding compound trench cover chequered plate Details
 
8Tender for supply of spares and complete mechanism overhauling of 220kV & 132kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of old battery set by new battery set Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, installation and commissioning of 100% hot redundancy based continuously available Details
 
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8Wind Turbine Manufacturers-body seek export-linked incentives, PLI for forging facilities to make indigenous products competitive Details
 
8Ola Electric Share Jumps 6.7% After Signing 20 GWh Battery Storage MoU With Axis Energy Details
 
8Govt auctions six blocks in 15th round of commercial coal auctions Details
 
8Panel proposes easier coal mining rules, 20-year lease extension on cards: Sources Details
 
8Indian Solar Cells May Soon Get Uniform 14-Digit Model Codes Under ALMM Details
 
8Sunkind India secures 250 MWp solar EPC orders Details
 
8INOX Solar's Strategy For India's Solar Boom Details
 
8Evren signs 750 MW PPA for solar, wind and battery storage project in India Details
 
8INA Solar Joins Hands with HeadsUp B2B in New Business Collaboration Details
 
8Refex Renewables Q1: Revenue Rises 32.6% in Q1 FY27; Net Loss Narrows to Rs 3.14 Crore Details
 
8Meine Electric is building fast-charging iron-air batteries to store solar power overnight Details
 
8IEEMA hosts ElectraNorth 2026 to boost power sector growth Details
 
8India's power supply position remains adequate, installed capacity reaches 548.86 GW: Govt Details
 
8India’s distributed renewables hold vast potential, with rooftop solar leading the way Details
 
8Bhel, Adani among key gainers of $5.5-trn Asia energy capex: Morgan Stanley Details
 
8JSW Energy 300 MW Solar Project Rating Affirmed by Ind-Ra Details
 
8UP Supplementary Budget: Ganga Expressway Expansion, Power Sector Bailout Take Top Billing Details
 
8Role of distributed resources in energy transition: A multi-country perspective Details
 
8Sunkind India secures 250 MWp solar EPC orders Details
 
8Bangladesh's distributed energy resource sector taking shape, driven by industrial rooftop solar Details
 
8Advait, MEIL forge power & energy transition alliance Details
 
8The next semiconductor race will be won by talent ecosystems, not subsidies alone Details
 
8MENA Renewable Energy: Alcazar Signs 407 MW Wind PPA in Egypt Details
 
8One-third shift to solar irrigation could save Bangladesh $244m in diesel imports: Study Details
 
8SECI, CEEW Sign MoU to Accelerate India’s Clean Energy Transition Through Next-Generation Renewable Energy Details
 
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Avaada secures $1.3 billion for 2.15 GW as renewable financing shifts toward portfolio-scale execution

Aug 04: 8Avaada’s financing package covers 2.15 GW of renewable capacity and totals about $1.3 billion, placing it among the larger recent portfolio financings in India’s clean-energy market. The scale matters beyond the borrower: lenders are underwriting multi-project construction and operating risk at a time when evacuation readiness, module supply, curtailment and counterparty payment remain central to project cash flows. Details

IEX prices tightened into 4 August as real-time and day-ahead blocks repeatedly touched Rs. 10,000/MWh

Aug 04: 8The Indian Energy Exchange’s real-time market cleared 198,469 MWh on 3 August at an average market-clearing price of Rs. 5,397.50/MWh, the highest average in the visible 28 July–4 August series. Several fifteen-minute intervals reached Rs. 10,000/MWh. The day-ahead market for 4 August delivery cleared 186,202 MWh at a weighted average Rs. 4,363.97/MWh, also the highest weighted average in that comparison window, with further ceiling-priced blocks. Details

India’s July generation rose 7.34% as thermal and nuclear gains offset an 18.15% hydro contraction

Aug 04: 8CEA’s final July daily-generation series puts monitored electricity generation at 143,924.84 GWh, 7.34% above the comparable level embedded in the report. Thermal generation increased 12.12% and nuclear output 18.63%, while hydro generation fell 18.15%. The divergence matters because stronger coal and nuclear output compensated for weaker water-based generation during the monsoon period, changing both fuel use and system flexibility. Details

Government designs Rs. 5,070-crore Surya Sarovar scheme for 5 GW of floating solar backed by at least 10 GWh of storage

Aug 04: 8The proposed PM Surya Sarovar programme would support 5 GW of floating solar coupled with a minimum 10 GWh of storage, with central financial assistance of Rs. 1 crore per MW and an estimated public outlay of Rs. 5,070 crore. Sanctions are envisaged during FY2026-27 to FY2030-31, with disbursement continuing through FY2032-33. Against an existing floating-solar base of roughly 700 MW, the plan would create a large, centrally supported market for reservoir-based generation and storage. Details

Jharkhand tariff orders reopen DVC’s historical accounts but preserve a Rs. 13,248.78-crore surplus finding against an immediate hike

Aug 04: 8A linked set of Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission orders has revisited DVC’s true-ups and revenue-gap calculations after appellate remands. In the FY2021-22 case, the Commission records that unaccounted non-tariff income and carrying cost through FY2023-24 produced a net surplus of Rs. 13,248.78 crore and concluded that no tariff hike was required in that order. Two related remand calculations refer to Rs. 1,139.17 crore and Rs. 1,090.07 crore for earlier true-up periods, underscoring the size of the reconciliation now moving through the DVC-Jharkhand tariff chain. Details

APERC makes prudent, competitive procurement a condition for utility spending to enter consumer tariffs

Aug 04: 8The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued the Procurement, Investment and Cost Control Regulations, 2026, creating a uniform framework for transmission and distribution licensees whose capital and operating expenditure ultimately enters consumer tariffs. The regulation applies to transmission schemes above Rs. 20 crore and distribution schemes above Rs. 5 crore, and is designed to stop restrictive tender conditions, preferential purchasing, cartelisation, collusive bidding, artificial splitting of orders and avoidable cost escalation. Details

CERC proposes 25-year transmission-charge treatment for integrated renewable-plus-storage plants, rewriting how batteries qualify across charging cycles

Aug 04: 8The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s draft fifth amendment to the interstate transmission-charge sharing regulations proposes that a renewable or renewable-hybrid generating station whose connectivity specifies storage as part of a single scheduled entity should retain waiver treatment for up to 25 years from the renewable plant’s commercial-operation date. The clarification addresses a bankability problem for firm and dispatchable renewable-energy and round-the-clock contracts: storage may be commissioned later or replaced during a long PPA, but the integrated project would be treated according to the renewable station’s waiver tenure rather than restarting the clock for the battery. Details

CORPORATE ORDERS AND RISK

Aug 04: 8HBL Engineering wins a Rs. 31.49-crore Kavach 4.0 order with delivery extending to March 2028
8L&T enters PDO’s six-year EPC contractor pool without a committed order value
8Zelio E-Mobility faces a customs classification challenge over imported electric-scooter kits Details

STATE UTILITIES AND TARIFFS

Aug 04: 8WBERC cuts HMEL’s recoverable capacity charge after its two units were unavailable for 352 days
8CESC Mysuru’s annual loss narrows, but negative equity deepens beyond Rs. 3,200 crore as debt and receivables rise
8Telangana discom’s energy audit records 22.53% AT&C losses as collection efficiency falls to 84.39%
8KSEB sets August fuel surcharge at zero after carried-forward savings exceed June’s liability
8Meghalaya utilities retender a five-year regulatory and commercial advisory mandate after cancelling the earlier process
8KERC opens consultation on intra-state connectivity and GNA rules that will govern access to Karnataka’s networks
8PPGCL says Rs. 1,350 crore of FGD spending is stranded while UPPCL withholds shutdown consent and disputes change in law
8UPERC rejects retrospective tower-base compensation for a line built before Uttar Pradesh’s 2018 policy
8Two Amplus petitions ask UPERC to restore full renewable-energy banking and settle energy already injected
8Uttar Pradesh transmission licensees reopen charges, late-payment surcharge and schedule relief across eight proceedings Details

CREDIT AND PROJECT FINANCE

Aug 04: 8Sterling & Wilson Renewable Energy’s long-term facilities fall to BBB- as Rs. 4,571 crore of debt is reviewed
8SJVN Thermal’s Buxar debt rating holds at A- as Unit II misses a stated end-July schedule test
8Apraava guarantor downgrade cuts Rajasthan transmission debt from AAA(CE) to AA+(CE)
8Avaada closes $1.3 billion financing for a 2.15-GW hybrid and solar portfolio
8SECI seeks a trading partner to manage renewable power, shifting surplus and dispatch risk into a formal collaboration Details

PLANNING AND SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Aug 04: 8Kishtwar hydro companies spent Rs. 2,331 crore-equivalent in five-year CSR allocations without an independent social audit
8India added 55.2 GW of non-fossil capacity in FY2025-26 but smart-meter rollout reached only 28% of RDSS sanctions
8CPRI opens a Nashik regional laboratory for transformer, switchgear and meter testing
8North Bengal received Rs. 1,350.56 crore of RDSS works, with district execution sharply uneven
8India’s power deficit stayed near zero, but first-quarter FY2026-27 unmet energy exceeded the full prior-year gap
8National planning now assumes 105 GW of additional coal-and-lignite capacity by 2035-36
8Storage pipeline reaches 163 GWh under construction as India plans for peak-demand resilience Details

COURTS AND REGIONAL REGULATION

Aug 04: 8APTEL reopened SEIL Energy’s transmission-charge appeal after finding its 2019 judgment required review
8APTEL gives TNERC three months to reconsider VSR Solar’s project-specific COD extension
8APTEL sends Tata Power’s decade-old Mumbai tariff issues back to MERC for a fresh order within three months
8GERC ends Shivalakha Solar’s Rs. 11.25/kWh tariff claim after repeated non-prosecution
8JSERC’s four DVC true-ups identify more than Rs. 5,862 crore of annual gaps across four years
8Western pool deficit reached Rs. 1,617 crore as regional committee flagged LC defaults
8WRPC opens settlement questions over coal quality, FGD stages and secondary-fuel compensation
8JP Nigrie’s coal-linked declaration dispute moves from plant operations into regional settlement
8Southern operators cap Karnataka export near 3,000 MW while Kalpakka corridor work remains incomplete
8AGC communications failed across 14.5 GW of southern capacity, weakening automatic balancing coverage
8Southern committee finds SPS mock-test failures and captive-generation data gaps
8Pinnapuram trip prompts an OEM-backed protection-setting change after the earlier 1,200-MW disturbance Details

POWER MARKETS AND PROCUREMENT

Aug 04: 8Day-ahead power for 4 August cleared at Rs. 4.36/kWh as multiple exchange blocks hit the Rs. 10/kWh ceiling
8Tripura’s import corridor exceeded TTC for almost four-fifths of 2 August despite no reported regional shortage
8DNHDDPDCL’s import corridor breached transfer capability for 118 hours in July
8Northern evening shortage narrowed to 155 MW as peak requirement climbed above 85.5 GW
8Uttarakhand’s 2 August gap forced steel-furnace rostering after both Khatima transformers tripped
8Rajasthan sought four 500-MW thermal packages as August–October peak procurement intensified
8Chhattisgarh discom sought 400 MW for September evenings with a Rs. 10/kWh ceiling Details

CORPORATE AND CAPITAL MARKETS

Aug 04: 8Voltamp will spend up to Rs. 90 crore on a 2,300-MVA dry-transformer plant after its EHV factory slipped two months
8POWERGRID and Apraava take control of two renewable-zone transmission SPVs serving Andhra Pradesh
8Coal India posted its highest July despatch while e-auction buyers took only one-third of offered coal
8CEA says July hydro generation fell 18.15% even as coal and nuclear output rose double digits Details

REGULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY

Aug 04: 8CERC grants Ishanagar Power Transmission a separate licence under the regulated-tariff route
8India curtailed 7.59 BU of renewable electricity in FY2025-26 as delayed transmission dwarfed real-time grid constraints
8Telangana stayed outside RDSS smart metering even as India installed 5.73 crore scheme meters
8Bihar completed no new RDSS substation despite 167 sanctions as the scheme enters its final 20 months
8Assam targets April 2027 for Phase-I grid upgrades but faces a 15,280-MVA requirement by 2034-35
8Coal Exchange Rules entered force without a single operator applying in the platform’s first fortnight
8Centre rejects a coal-royalty revision and says Odisha’s six-year-old demand was dropped
8Commercial-coal auctions reached 132 allocated blocks, but only 15 were producing by June Details

GRID OPERATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION

Aug 04: 8Southern grid met 56.05 GW on 3 August with no headline shortage despite multiple 765-kV and 400-kV trips
8DNHDDPDCL exceeded its transfer capability for 117.8 hours in July
8Tripura repeatedly imported above transfer limits as north-eastern constraints tightened
8Western operators curtailed renewables to control underdrawal and high frequency
8Northern peak shortage fell from 475 MW to 155 MW as demand rose above 85 GW
8Telangana’s unrestricted peak demand reached 16,057 MW without a reported deficit
8MSEDCL retains eight-hour farm supply schedules where technical constraints block daytime service
8IREDA’s PROFIN portal centralises lender monitoring and approval workflows
8PM Surya Ghar vendors must use a standard logo framework on rooftop systems
8ERPC records Godda’s June electricity exports to Bangladesh at 1,005.98 GWh Details

FUEL AND GENERATION

Aug 04: 8Commercial coal auctions have awarded 141 mines, but only 23 produced in FY2025-26
8Domestic-coal power plants held roughly 34 million tonnes as the August series opened Details

GREEN ENERGY AND STORAGE

Aug 04: 8SECI seeks a trading partner to manage renewable-power inventory and market risk
8SECI maps domestic CO? sources for green urea and RFNBO-compliant methanol
8CEA counts 150.97 GW of renewable capacity under construction at end-June
8India may need 208–230 GWh of battery storage by 2030, against roughly 7.5 GWh now
8Solar generated 57 BU in the June quarter and supplied 10.9% of India’s electricity Details

Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

Aug 04: 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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Contracting news for the day

Aug 04: 8BHEL's Koradi EPC tender keeps one contractor liable across three separately billed work orders Supply, E&C, and civil are split into distinct work orders after LOA, but a breach in one carries consequences across all three under a cross-default clause. Milestone withholding at 0.5% per week kicks in for detailed engineering and bottom ash hopper readiness alone, hitting cash flow before final LD is even calculated. The tender discloses no owner estimate, leaving bidders to build their own price anchor from scratch.

8NTPC's Rs 56.92 crore Great Nicobar enabling-works tender puts tree-clearance on the critical path for a 108 MW plant Three separated sites — one nearly 37 km from the main plant — must be graded, cleared and walled before the real EPC packages can even mobilise. The invitation states nothing about disposal areas, water, power, or who handles forestry clearance. Bid security of Rs 1 crore is locked up before any of those gaps get resolved.

8UPCL's Rs 64.53 crore Rishikesh undergrounding tender lets "latest specification prevails" stand in for a real document hierarchy A pre-bid answer resolves conflicting technical documents with a single line, but never defines how a bidder identifies which specification is actually the latest. A request for existing 11kV VCB panel drawings — the brownfield replacement item — got no data back, only a pointer to the same SBD.

8TNPGCL's semi-dry FGD tender for North Chennai-I has scheduled its final pre-bid meeting six days after bid opening Seven corrigenda pushed bid opening to August 28, while five separate postponements pushed the pre-bid meeting to September 3 — inverting the normal procurement sequence. The package still demands a 25-year design life and 95% availability over a 120-day test, priced against a chronology that hasn't stabilised.

8TNPGCL's seawater FGD tender for North Chennai-II is being extended even as internal notes propose scrapping and refloating it A committee chaired by the state energy minister has flagged the live tender for review, yet portal deadlines keep moving forward regardless — the latest extension notice carries an internal signature dated after the closing date it supposedly authorised. The SCC still references limestone and gypsum milestones despite the core process being seawater-based, a mismatch nobody has reconciled.

8AVVNL's Rs 90.86 crore PCC pole tender adds a curing method with no way to prove compliance An amendment now requires water "poured through gunny bags" after manufacturing, but specifies no duration, frequency, or inspection record for 3.5 lakh poles feeding 11kV and LT networks. The correction sits alongside a routine fix of the wrong Discom's name on the bidder declaration form.

8NTPC's generator transformer tender for Rihand pays 0% interest on delayed settlements while demanding exact legacy-foundation matches A new GCC clause removes any compensation for delayed payments, retention, or arrears — even as the contractor absorbs full risk for matching foundations, LV ducts and jumper geometry on a 1980s-era installation. Type-test waivers depend on evidence from the same manufacturing plant, narrowing the field to firms with an unbroken test lineage.

8OPTCL's Rs 256.29 crore Pahala GIS tender can't agree with itself on whether it's a one-stage or two-stage bid The portal lists "Two Stages," the signed notice says "single stage two part system" — a distinction that changes whether bidders lock in price at first submission or refine it later. The package bundles a greenfield substation, a 9.94 km line and live-bay extensions at an operating GIS into one energisation-linked EPC scope.

8UPRVUNL's Rs 3,953 crore Rihand-Obra pumped storage tender makes developers fund their own site investigation with no fallback if it fails Seven extensions have pushed the deadline 123 days past its original date while the bidder still must locate the exact project layout, prepare the DPR, and absorb the cost if it proves unviable — before quoting a 40-year fixed storage charge. Reservoir curtailment for dam safety carries zero compensation despite feeding directly into the developer's guaranteed 90% availability obligation.

8KPCL's 3.6 lakh MT biomass pellet tender rejected every request to split its single-supplier award across three power stations Seven-plus bidders pushed for plant-wise lots or MSME access during pre-bid; KPCL's answer was "bid stipulation stands" almost every time. The tender quietly fixed a GST error from 18% to 5% and clarified a 75:25 payment split, but left the Rs 3.77 crore vs Rs 3.78 crore EMD conflict unresolved.

8GSECL's Rs 47.68 lakh Ukai cooling-water tender can withhold an entire month's payment for undefined "fouling" The penalty clause ties corrosion deviations to 0.5% of total order value per 0.1 mpy breach, but never sets the baseline delta-T or delta-P at which fouling becomes penal. A resident B.Sc. technician must staff the plant around the clock for a contract whose chemical quantities remain provisional.

8NHPC's Rs 4.12 lakh internal-controls audit tender disagrees with its own attached contract on EMD, bank guarantee, and arbitration The GeM bid sheet says none of the three apply; the NIT and GCC require all three, including a 5% performance security and Faridabad-jurisdiction dispute clause. The qualification table's stated minimums add up to only 35 of the 60 marks needed to clear technical scoring.

8GETCO's Rs 138,684.07 lakh transformer tender nearly doubles OEM warranty exposure to five years The guarantee period jumps from 36/42 months to 60/66 months, paired with mandatory unit-level SFRA testing at every factory — not just a sample. A redesigned OLTC tap range from -10%/+10% requires a special matching plate just to keep new units synchronised with the legacy centre-tap-05 fleet already on the grid.

8TANTRANSCO's Coimbatore 765kV BOOT tender loosened its reverse-auction rules after six deadline extensions Corrigendum 9 dropped the requirement that price cuts above 0.25% move in fixed multiples, opening the door to irregular, sharper undercuts in the final auction. Bidders are quoting a single 35-year transmission charge across substations and lines with staggered 30- and 36-month CODs, where revenue only starts once every prerequisite element is live. Details

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Aug 04:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for work of supply and installation of bird diverters (BFD) on 132kV DC transmission line Details
 8Tender for deputation of service engineer for quarterly servicing,maintenance & trouble shooting of PLC system & VFD drives of various auxiliaries Details
 8Tender for supply of knife gate valve for ash handling plant Details
 8Tender for work of power/control instrument cable tray cleaning, cable tracing & redressing and miscellaneous works Details
 8Tender for surface preparation, supply and application of anti-corrosive protective coating on fire pipelines, associated auxiliaries and structures Details
 8Tender for service for general civil work at various Details
 8Tender for fabrication and erection of wind barrier in LHP stack yard. Details
 8Tender for erection and installation of 63MVA T/F along Details
 8Tender for construction of 01 No. 132kV GIS bay Details
 8Tender for upgradation of 132/33kV substation Details
 8Tender for rate contract for removing, lifting, shifting, dismantling and overhauling of 6.6 kV HT motors Details
 8Tender for work of ash lifting of ESP Details
 8Tender for turnkey for 33/11 new S/S Details
 8Tender for award of contract for system strengthening works for survey installation testing and commissioning of new 5 MVA 33/11kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares of belt weigher scale Details
 8Tender for work of repairing of various pulleys of conveyor belts Details
 8Tender for work of attending leaky tubes, joint replacement and tube nest replacement of LP heaters Details
 8Tender for supply of 90/10 cupronickel condenser tubes Details
 8Tender for procurement of material under PJ group Details
 8Tender for strengthening of various towers under AEE/TL Ludhiana Details
 8Tender for strengthening of various towers Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for overhauling/servicing/ repairing of 33kV VCBs of various make at various EHV substation Details
 8Tender for supply of spares for AHP valves Details
 8Tender for replacement of old defective lighting distribution panels Details
 8Tender for retrofitting of existing GE ACBs with ACB of other manufacturer Details
 8Tender for supply of various insulation materials for boiler Details
 8Tender for supply of fire water pump-3 with motor Details
 8Tender for supply of various consumables, measuring instruments, tools tackles, CPVC and fasteners items Details
 8Tender for shifting of RMU and UG infrastructure for various Details
 8Tender for construction of 33kV underground line Details
 8Tender for shifting and dismantling of 33kV feeder Details
 8Tender for shifting and dismantling of 11kV feeder No.5 with MVCC Details
 8Tender for construction of 33 kV bay at 33/11kV sub-station Details
 8Tender for supply and retrofitment of 400kV circuit breakers Details
 8Tender for provision of hume pipe Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil maint. works Details
 8Tender for fabrication and fitting fixing of GCI open storage shed for improving of storage and handling capacity Details
 8Tender for empanelment of agencies for restoration of distribution infrastructure during Details
 8Tender for supply of 3 phase reference meter with clamp -0.05s accuracy class for HT meter/smart meter testing Details
 8Tender for procurement of different HP valves Details
 8Tender for Re-babbitting service work including testing, packing, transportation, loading-unloading and insurance of 01 set thrust oil box Details
 8Tender for installation and commissioning of 200 MVA, 220/110 kV transformer bank Details
 8Tender for resurfacing of road inside substation, extension of road to 11kV yard Details
 8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning for carrying out the the work of providing 2 Nos. 11 kV independent feeder Details
 8Tender for const of 33 kV s/s Details
 8Tender for Re-const of 33 kV s/s Details
 8Tender for civil work for transformer augmentation of 220/132 kV 100 MVA T/F Details
 8Tender for construction of capacitor bank at 220 kV GSS, Kuchera Details
 8Tender for construction of capacitor bank at 132 kV GSS, Degana Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Merta Road Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Dayalpura Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Merta City Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Datina Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for construction work of 132 kV DC underground cable Details
 8Tender for construction of 132 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for supply of chemicals/reagents for various analyzers installed Details
 8Tender for supply of spares of auto lubrication system Details
 8Tender for supply and erection testing and commissioning for upgrading /modification of guard pond water system and LT switchgear installed Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares for initial inspection of generator Details
 8Tender for supply of spares of cooling towers fan Details
 8Tender for procurement of actuator spares for LT electrical systems Details
 8Tender for supply of spares for chiller plants and associated MCC, pulleys for Air washers/AHU and strip heaters Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares of centrifuges Details
 8Tender for replacement work of 33 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 241 Sq.mm conductor Details
 8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line Details
 8Tender for procurement of 11 Nos 420kV and 05 Nos. 245kV capacitive voltage transformer Details
 8Tender for biennial service for housekeeping job Details
 8Tender for manufacture, testing, supply and delivery of porcelain housed 12 and 42 kV 10 KA station class zinc oxide heavy duty gapless type lightning arrester Details
 8Tender for drawal of new 33 kV UG cable in between 33kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of potential transformer of various voltage class Details
 8Tender for work of overhauling, servicing, repair and maintenance of 245 kV circuit breakers Details
 8Tender for AMC for work of arresting oil leakages from the various joints of power transformers / ICTs & oil filled equipments Details
 8Tender for work of supply, installation and commissioning of 100% hot redundancy based continuously available fire alarm panel Details
 8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 8Tender for Bi-ennial rate contract for engaging gatemitra on 03 Nos unmanned level crossing Details
 8Tender for applying interior & exterior painting and other interior works for various Details
 8Tender for supply of cooling water treatment chemicals compatible with on line monitoring and auto chemcal addition control system Details
 8Tender for work of misc pressure part related activity of boiler stage Details
 8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
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Coal output from captive, commercial mines rises 9.6% to 14.8 mt in July Details
 
8NTPC records 15% growth in power generation in July Details
 
8India’s next manufacturing opportunity lies beyond solar modules Details
 
8Bluebird Solar to supply 278 MW of PV modules for SJVN projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan Details
 
83.5 MW rooftop solar fuels Jupiter Wagons’ green manufacturing Details
 
8FTCCI facilitates high-level dialogue; TGSPDCL qcts on Solar Developers’ concerns Details
 
8JinkoSolar Unveils “Sunny 365” Integrated PV-Storage Solutions for Retail and Supermarkets Details
 
8India’s 175 GWh pumped storage race: 3 stocks chasing a Rs 1.3 lakh crore opportunity Details
 
8From Climate Risk to Resilience: Strengthening India’s Power Systems Details
 
8From 3 GW to 162 GW: The rise of India’s solar power sector Details
 
8Solar energy generation rises by more than a third in India Details
 
8India's power capacity likely to reach 874 GW by 2031-32; grid modernisation, storage to drive reliability Details
 
8Advait Energy Transitions (AETL) and Manipal Energy & Infratech (MEIL) Enter Strategic Cooperation Agreement to Pursue Power & Energy Transition Opportunities Details
 
8India’s Renewable Energy Hits Record High as Coal Share Declines Details
 
8India records over 265 million cyberattack attempts: Report Details
 
8Role of distributed resources in energy transition: A multi-country perspective Details
 
8IIT Hyderabad launches India’s first industry-academia programme in nuclear technology Details
 
8Corrosion costs India Rs 14.1 trn annually; infra, energy worst-hit: Report Details
 
8Laser Power & Infra Wins HPSEBL Order for Advanced HTLS Conductors Details
 
8kolkata Power Capacity Expansion Reshapes Energy Future Details
 
8Power firms race to secure nuclear sites: NTPC, Adani, Tata identify locations Details
 
8PFC Transfers Two Renewable Energy Transmission SPVs to Apraava Energy and Power Grid Details
 
8From 8.78 GW to 100 GW: How SHANTI Act plans to transform India’s nuclear sector and when can private firms apply for licences Details
 
8DRDO-Azad Engineering turbojet milestone: How 350 kg engine could power India’s next-gen cruise missiles Details
 
8Target 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047: NTPC, Adani, Tata Power preparing to take the plunge Details
 
8NHPC receives ESG scores from Crisil ESG Ratings & Analytics Details
 
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Aug 03:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
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Tender for procurement of seal kit for swing valve assembly. Details
 
8Tender for procurement of refractory materials Details
 
8Tender for supply of minimum essential critical spares for power house Details
 
8Tender for supply after manufacturing due to tailor itemnew bull gear 01 set oil seals etc Details
 
8Tender for complete overhauling of 13025 ton garlick make double girder EOT crane Details
 
8Tender for procurement of water lubricated fully homogenous tough synthetic elastomeric polymer alloy turbine guide Details
 
8Tender for construction of culvert for MUW pipeline crossing Details
 
8Tender for conducting stability testing and certification Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil maintenance works Details
 
8Tender for Bi-ennial contract for CHP and MGR civil maintenance works Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for O&M civil works related to major misc. works Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance work main power house Details
 
8Tender for geotechnical investigation for proposed St-III 2x800 MW Details
 
8Tender for biaanual contract for the work repair and maintenance of civil works Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for civil repair and maintenance and other miscellaneous works Details
 
8Tender for repair and maintenance of old road with bitumastic sheet Details
 
8Tender for renovation of DM plant stage Details
 
8Tender for civil maintenance work for mine void filling work Details
 
8Tender for construction of culverts at various Details
 
8Tender for site enabling works package Details
 
8Tender for reconditioning of HMT make M2V milling machine Details
 
8Tender for supply of portable fully automatic electronic 3 phase phantom loading kit Details
 
8Tender for transportation of H-BEAM Details
 
8Tender for transportation of DTR Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares of domestic water pumps make flowmore Details
 
8Tender for WC for complete repairing of rotary breaker tyre of RB 03 and RB 04 along Details
 
8Tender for proposal for installation of effluent treatment plant Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various spares, washers, fitted keys and fastners of TG set Details
 
8Tender for refurbishment of final drive assembly Details
 
8Tender for supply and fixing of different types of LED industrial luminaries Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares material required for overhauling of 6.6kV,360KW boiler circulating water(BCW) pump motor installed Details
 
8Tender for supply of 360kW HT motor Details
 
8Tender for supply of tarpaulin sheet for covering of coal Details
 
8Design, supply erection commissioning and testing of water distribution system for natural draught cooling towers Details
 
8Tender for supply of 25MVA,110kV/33kV three phase transformer Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 110kV station class polymer housed surge arresters Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & application of Anticorrosive epoxy /metal protective paint on various conveyor structures and equipment Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation commissioning, & testing of soft starter with major/minor modification in existing panels for various motors Details
 
8Tender for ARC for arboriculture, plantation for development and maintenance of lawns including Details
 
8Tender for repair of uplift pressure measurement devices phase 1 by way of drilling of choaked holes Details
 
8Tender for replacement of old defunct damaged rusted GI pipe fitting Details
 
8Tender for supply of 3 over current and 1 earth fault relay type Details
 
8Tender for supply of vacuum interrupter of 33kV & 11 kV outdoor type Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33 kV & 11 kV current transformer with connector Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33 kV metering unit of different rating Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for the work of overhauling and servicing of 420 kV, 245 kV & 145 kV circuit breaker Details
 
8Tender for supply of fire system pumps Details
 
8Tender for insulation and aluminium cladding of furnace oil storage tanks Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various type of control transformers for local control panel Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for job contract for monitoring of environmental parameters Details
 
8Tender for fabrication, erection, welding, equipment erection, other associated works and supply of SS, CS piping material Details
 
8Tender for fabrication and erection of steel pipeline and supply, fabrication and erection of steel structure. Details
 
8Tender for modification and maintenance of BHEL store 2 and 3 side Details
 
8Tender for supply of LT mini pillar boxes with fuse control Details
 
8Tender for procurement of safety equipment for different power houses Details
 
8Tender for supply of breaking links of guide vanes Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of air-cooled air conditioning packaged units Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor by AAAC AL-59 conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor from feeder Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 241 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for installation of 33/11 kV CSS to provide uninterrupted power supply Details
 
8Tender for work of installation of 33 kV ring main unit at 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of non- communicable fault passage indicator on 33 kV and all 11 kV feeder Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of fault passage indicator Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line from sub-station Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor by AAAC AL-59 conductor Details
 
8Tender for balance works of construction of permanent Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for cable laying Details
 
8Tender for service contact for statutory inspection, examination, testing and certification of dangerous machinery Details
 
8Tender for laying of 02 nos 33 kV UG cable 3Cx400 sq.mm Details
 
8Tender for biennial contract of operation maintenance of HVWS emulsifier system and fire hydrant system Details
 
8Tender for carry out shift works such as operation of valves/dampers etc and recording of equipment parameters Details
 
8Tender for supply of LT open type MS 6 way pillar boxes Details
 
8Tender for supply of 11 kV AB switch with complete set single pole Details
 
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Contracting news for the day

Aug 03: 8NPCIL's Rs 91.48 crore Kaiga township tower tender resurrects a financial test it had originally struck out An addendum reinstates the profit-before-tax qualification clause literally days before bid submission, converting a previously inapplicable condition into a hard eligibility gate. Two 12-storey residential towers must rise with just a one-month stagger between them, forcing genuinely parallel construction rather than sequential learning. NPCIL can demand additional machinery deployment at no extra cost whenever site progress falls behind.

8MAHAGENCO's 145 MW Kacharala solar tender locks consortium equity in place for the life of the contract Parent-company technical support requires continuous shareholding through both construction and the full five-year O&M period, with no post-award restructuring permitted. The EPC scope bundles generation, a 220/33kV pooling substation and long-term operations into one indivisible package. Qualification thresholds are calibrated to favour established utility-scale developers over emerging EPC entrants.

8Bihar's 150 MW solar-plus-storage tender obligates developers to guarantee 2 MWh of daily peak dispatch per MW The procurer selects four peak hours each day at its own discretion, while the developer may freely trade the same battery capacity on power exchanges during off-peak windows. A PBG of Rs 35.60 lakh/MW creates a Rs 26.70 crore liquidity commitment at maximum bid size, backstopped by a six-month penal window before uncommissioned capacity is stripped from the PPA. Battery technology itself may be swapped mid-contract, but all replacement risk sits with the developer.

8GETCO's Rs 224.80 crore Dholera-II GIS tender shifts liquidated damages from delayed scope to the entire contract price The amended clause exposes bidders to roughly Rs 22.48 crore in potential penalty on the full package value rather than just the late portion — a structural reversal from the original wording. An optional 10% supply advance carries SBI MCLR-linked interest and must be fully recovered three months before scheduled completion. Civil quantities for the GIS buildings can swing by as much as 50% downward under the applicable measurement formula.

8OPTCL's Rs 104.02 crore Padepadar substation tender carries two conflicting completion periods in the same clause set One provision states 18 months numerically while the words immediately beside it read "twenty four," leaving bidders unable to build a defensible baseline programme without a formal correction. The specification simultaneously references unrelated 400kV bus-coupler and 500 MVA equipment despite the package being a 220/33kV project. Mandatory erection gangs of 35-40 personnel plus dual powered winches are prescribed at every line location regardless of which schedule ultimately governs.

8REC PDCL's Pirpainti transmission tender discloses its SPV acquisition price only 20 days before bids close Bidders must commit to a 35-year fixed transmission charge covering four new GIS substations and three major 400kV corridors before knowing the final project-company cost they must absorb. Land acquisition for every new substation site except one falls on the transmission developer, while critical generating-station bays remain outside its construction control. The bid-bond amount itself is left blank in the issued formats.

8BHEL's dry bottom ash tender for Koderma's 1,600 MW expansion contradicts itself on whether a reverse auction applies The main NIT clause explicitly rules out reverse auction while a separate highlights sheet states the opposite, an unresolved conflict that could change how bidders structure their final pricing strategy. Technology partners and design agencies backing qualification must remain contractually committed for seven years or through the defect-liability period, whichever is longer. The portal discloses no estimated contract value against which security requirements can be benchmarked.

8DVC's 220kV transmission diversion tender for CTPS expansion extends its bid window without touching a single technical clause The corrigendum shifts document download, submission and opening by exactly one week, while every qualification, commercial and risk-allocation provision remains untouched. The diversion work is a prerequisite gate for the entire 2x800 MW expansion, making contractor selection timing strategically significant despite the change being purely administrative. No scope or pricing amendment accompanied the schedule reset.

8NHPC's Rs 2,253.97 crore Link-3 hydro tender demands a tunnel-boring machine on site within eight months of award Six successive corrigenda pushed the bid deadline back 66 days while leaving the TBM delivery milestone and 36-month completion clock completely unchanged, compressing the effective mobilisation window. Nine separate progress milestones carry individual daily damages layered beneath an overall completion penalty capped at 10% of contract value. The tender requires two months of standing site inventory for cement, steel, aggregates and explosives at all times.

8OPGC's Rs 21.83 lakh protection audit for Banharpali's switchyards carries three different payment-period references in one package The GeM bid cites 30 days, the attached GCC cites 21 days, and neither document reconciles which governs final settlement. Turnover qualification figures also diverge between the tender text and the underlying committee report by roughly 7%. The consultant must model network-wide fault coordination across 400kV and 220kV systems without a defined quantity of relays, feeders or bays covered by the lump-sum price.

8NPCIL's Kudankulam Units 5&6 mechanical tender moved its bid deadline 137 days while equipment envelopes kept shifting underneath bidders Eleven corrigenda and seven rounds of technical clarification later, safety-chiller dimensional limits were reset entirely and environmental qualification requirements were narrowed to equipment specifically inside the inner containment building. Several critical P&IDs won't be issued until after contract award, leaving bidders to price integration risk against an incomplete system definition. The chlorination plant carries its own standalone operating obligation layered on top of the core EPC scope.

8MAHAGENCO's 25 MW Pimpri-Ijara solar tender spells its own project location two different ways in the same document "Pimpri-Ijara" in the title becomes "Pimpari Ijara" in the project table, with coordinates that need independent verification against the stated Yavatmal district before survey and evacuation assumptions can be finalized. Parent-company technical support requires 51% equity retention through construction and three O&M years, stepping down to 26% for two further years. Standalone financial statements are mandatory — subsidiary income, joint-venture revenue and ultimate-parent financials are all expressly excluded from qualification.

8NSPCL's Durgapur coal-pulveriser tender reduced its mandatory spare pump count from 24 to just three mid-bid Fifteen corrigenda over a 94-day deadline extension also cut wear-life demonstration from three mills to two and restructured liquidated damages from a flat daily rate to a mill-wise weekly percentage tied to whichever units remain uncommissioned. A late amendment simultaneously added redundant protection instrumentation and mandated entirely new HT/LT cabling — tightening reliability requirements even as spare-parts obligations were relaxed. Technology providers backing bidder qualification must maintain 26% equity in an Indian subsidiary for seven years or through defect liability, whichever is later.

8BHEL's second Koderma dry-ash tender surfaces under a freshly amended commercial framework issued just one day before publication The governing GCC revision took effect on 1 July 2026, with the tender launching on 2 July — leaving essentially no market lead time to absorb the new terms before pricing began. Multiple qualification routes admit design agencies, Indian subsidiaries and wet-bottom-ash suppliers, but each carries a seven-year technology-support lock-in. The same reverse-auction contradiction seen in the companion Koderma package appears here as well.

8AVVNL's Rs 627.50 crore rooftop solar tender reverses its award sequence from largest-lot-first to cheapest-price-first A corrigendum now allocates a bidder's winning lots starting with its lowest quoted rate rather than its biggest quantity, fundamentally changing which circle combination a multi-lot bidder actually receives. A tie-breaking lottery convenes in person when price and quantity both match exactly. Meter procurement has been shifted entirely off the contractor's plate onto the discom, removing one hardware dependency from an otherwise six-month, 1,00,000-household rollout.

8MAHAGENCO's 40 MW Kanzara solar tender locks consortium participation stakes for 90 days beyond the five-year O&M term itself Joint and several liability among up to three consortium members survives well past project completion, discouraging any post-award corporate restructuring. Standalone financial qualification excludes subsidiary and joint-venture income entirely, testing only the bidding entity's own audited accounts. A single-project reference of at least 16 MW with six months' proven operating history is mandatory before the cumulative 24 MW threshold can even be considered.

8MPPKVVCL's Rs 256.59 crore RDSS automation tender requires its lead bidder to personally be the OEM for both SCADA software and RTU hardware This single condition excludes conventional system integrators who assemble third-party platforms, narrowing the field to a handful of manufacturers capable of qualifying directly. Field equipment quantities across hundreds of substations are left entirely to bidder assessment, with no fixed BOQ to fall back on if estimates prove short. A two-day compression of the submission window arrived without any corresponding extension of the final bid deadline. Details

Juniper seeks Rs 1,800 crore with 7.9 GW in hand, but only 1.8 GW operating and net debt-to-equity at 2.75 times

Aug 01: 8The renewable developer's IPO offers scale and contracted visibility, alongside a delivery pipeline and leverage profile that leave little room for execution slippage.Nearly 98% of capacity is PPA-backed, but the issue price also asks investors to pay today for projects that are still under construction or only awarded. Details

Indus Towers says a new 100% infrastructure-deposit route is slowing telecom electrification despite Uttar Pradesh's 15% supervision option

Aug 01: 8The dispute asks whether the state's revised Cost Data Book has effectively displaced a cheaper connection route preserved in the Supply Code.UPERC has admitted the petition, but it has also questioned whether the 15% route really saves time when a utility estimate is still required. Details

Five Wanakbori units leave 1,640 MW unavailable as Western Region forced outages rise to 10,453 MW

Aug 01: 8The outage stack at a single Gujarat station spans boiler, furnace, turbine and control-valve problems rather than one isolated failure.Wanakbori's concentration of losses sits inside a much larger regional forced-outage burden led by multiple 500-800 MW units. Details

Gujarat rejects Rs 20 bids for most months but accepts Rs 9.96 evening power for March, exposing the cost of the peak-hour gap

Aug 01: 8GUVNL secured 793 MW round-the-clock for August near Rs 6.05 per unit, yet March evening supply cleared almost Rs 4 higher.The selective procurement shows where Gujarat sees a real shortage and where quoted scarcity prices were too expensive to accept. Details

Southern grid studies put Maheshwaram near 67 kA and two other substations above 40 kA equipment ratings

Aug 01: 8Prospective short-circuit levels have crossed or approached installed breaking capability at several Southern Region nodes.The most exposed sites now require verified calculations and a remedy plan before another network addition raises fault duty further. Details

Greenko's 1,200 MW pumped-storage trip at 49.5 Hz turns a protection setting into a Southern grid-security question

Aug 01: 8All five Greenko pumped-storage units tripped together while generating on 25 July, deepening a frequency fall instead of riding through it.The recorded operation at about 49.5 Hz now has to be reconciled with Greenko's earlier statement that its generation-mode under-frequency setting was 48.0 Hz. Details

MNRE closes a two-year-old ALMM relief route, leaving delayed solar projects to seek case-by-case exemptions

Aug 01: 8Modules received by 31 March 2024 no longer have an automatic separate treatment merely because their projects remain uncommissioned.Developers still waiting to commission must now persuade the ministry that their case belongs under the removal-of-difficulties mechanism. Details

Somanahalli transformer failure after repeated downstream faults forces a wider review of Southern Region ICT resilience

Aug 01: 8A 500 MVA interstate transformer failed after repeatedly feeding faults on the Karnataka network, raising questions about through-fault stress and protection coordination.The committee is now widening the inquiry to other major transformer failures at Somanahalli, Madurai and Nunna. Details

Tata Power starts an 800 MW Andhra Pradesh build, but 200 MW remains unallocated and the contracted storage covers only part of the portfolio

Aug 01: 8The Rs 5,750 crore plan combines 400 MW wind and 400 MW solar, yet its firm-delivery obligation is tied to only one 200 MW block.The structure shows both the scale of the new build and the commercial work still needed before the entire portfolio is contracted. Details

Hearing Diary

Aug 01: 82 August 2026 SRLDC to circulate the updated Southern Region short-circuit-level list; Greenko and utilities also face protection-data and event-record deadlines.
84 August 2026, 15:00 Lok Sabha Standing Committee on Energy to hear the Ministry of Power and BEE on energy conservation and efficiency.
87 August 2026, 10:00 145th Protection Coordination Sub-Committee meeting for the Southern Region.
818 August 2026 CERC hearing on KREPL's request for additional time to commission the remaining Barmer solar capacity.
827 August 2026 UPERC hearings on LPGCL and Bajaj Energy carrying-cost petitions linked to LPS-rule instalments.
88 September 2026 CERC hearings covering the Faridabad planning record, HVPNL ISTS tariff, Kallam Transmission and Rajgarh-related transmission matters.
817 September 2026 UPERC hearing on Indus Towers' challenge to the connection-cost and supervision-charge framework.
822 September 2026 UPERC hearing on Jubilant Pharmova's revised same-premises supply petition.
828 September 2026 NCLAT hearing in the BGR Energy matter after the NARCL settlement proposal. Details

Grid Operations and Committee Deep Dive

Aug 01: 8Western Region's monthly transmission pool reaches Rs 3,966.63 crore across 112 licensees
8Faulty meters dating to January remain in July's TRAS record, weakening confidence in balancing charges
8Southern Region carries 3,408 MW of planned central outages as two nuclear units remain down for years
8Southern states collectively underdraw 8.41 MU even as Kerala overdraws-hiding opposing positions
8Only 73 of 179 scheduled Q1 protection audits reached the Southern committee-and Q2 has five
8Southern islanding schemes show generation-load ratios from 0.88 to 1.46, threatening survivability
8Seven grid disturbances and 21 multi-element trips face a common evidence deadline after incomplete records
8BBMB tests a revenue-backed desiltation model as sediment erodes reservoir value Details

Storage and Transition Policy

Aug 01: 8Two VGF programmes put 43.22 GWh of batteries into implementation, but delivery now depends on state tenders
8Non-fossil capacity crosses 54% while coal is still planned to reach 315 GW, exposing India's dual build
8Punjab has segregated 6,705 of 6,932 farm feeders, but the last 227 carry a Rs 383 crore price tag Details

Parliament and System Planning

Aug 01: 8India's 2032 grid plan lifts inter-regional transfer capacity to 168 GW as peak demand heads for 388 GW
8India has 2,927.85 MW of grid batteries installed, but 8,660.20 MWh reveals a short-duration fleet
8A record 64,695 MW was added in FY26, yet distribution capacity must still reach 1,135 GVA by 2030
8Tamil Nadu sees a 12,400 MW thermal gap by 2034-35 despite 3,640 MW already under construction or bidding
8Uttar Pradesh holds 11,520.53 MW of central allocation as RDSS pours over Rs 40,700 crore into its last-mile grid
8India proposes a Rs 20,000 crore CCUS programme, but the five-year plan still awaits approval and operating rules
8Seven cities have raised Rs 1,294 crore through green municipal bonds, but the market remains shallow
8India's pumped-storage build reaches 15,870 MW under construction, with another 8,780 MW still before construction
8Assam identifies 6,220 MW of pumped storage, but only four projects have reached survey and investigation
8Punjab's 2035-36 adequacy plan requires 42,263 MW-more than three times today's 13,808 MW base
8Punjab pairs 2,812 MW of storage with 13,082 MWh-an unusually explicit duration requirement
8Only 75 of 605 coal units have installed FGD as a 2025 rule removes the obligation from most Category C plants
8RDSS has sanctioned smart meters for 19.79 crore consumers, but funds depend on tariff and accounting discipline
8RDSS sanctions Rs 6,521 crore for 13.65 lakh unelectrified homes even after Saubhagya's 2.86 crore connections
8UDAY's Rs 2.34 lakh crore debt transfer finally produces a sector profit-but only after a decade of uneven reform
8Foreign-owned power-equipment suppliers regain tender access through a two-year security-screened window Details

Committees, People and System Administration

Aug 01: 8More than 30 grid entities have not filed June protection indices, weakening the region's ability to compare relay performance
8Dehar enters the monsoon with three of ten executive-engineer posts vacant and two more officers ordered out
8Parliamentary energy panel calls the Ministry and BEE on 4 August for an efficiency and conservation review Details

Corporate Wire

Aug 01: 8Waaree Renewable adds a 108,000-tonne fabrication platform as quarterly revenue rises 53%
8L&T wins NTPC's 1,600 MW Lara package, but the notice to proceed still depends on environmental clearance
8Tata Power buys the Ryapte grid project for Rs 10.87 crore and starts a 30-month clock on a 250 km Karnataka network
8BGR Energy's insolvency appeal moves to September after NARCL puts a settlement proposal on the table
8CLN Energy moves to CARE BBB Stable and A3 Plus, but the filing leaves the upgrade rationale for a later report
8KEC closes FY26 with a Rs 36,267 crore order book while net debt remains Rs 4,601 crore
8PTC cuts a Rs 22.97 crore disallowance exposure to Rs 62.23 lakh, but keeps four penalty appeals alive
8REC creates the Kukshi-Alirajpur transmission vehicle, opening the contest for a Madhya Pradesh grid package
8Borosil converts 12.53 lakh warrants at Rs 397.50 each, bringing fresh equity while diluting holders
8Borosil lifts renewable electricity use to 29.23%, yet more than two-thirds of its power still comes from elsewhere
8Borosil's 1,000-tonne-a-day solar-glass base can serve about 6.5 GW, tying utilisation to module demand
8Enel raises first-half earnings while net debt climbs 6.7% to EUR 61.0 billion
8L&T's profit rises 14% despite a 92-basis-point margin squeeze, putting execution behind record orders
8ArcelorMittal earns USD 1.3 billion as USD 9.5 billion of debt shadows transition spending
8Nextpower claims a 55% US tracker share and USD 1.2 billion cash, giving it room for policy shocks
8Sudha Bio Power stays at ICRA B Plus as repeated information failures become the larger credit warning Details

Green Markets and RE Programme Watch

Aug 01: 8CEA and MoEFCC push monopoles and HTLS conductors to shrink transmission corridors through forests
8Wind supplies 60% of India's 707.62 MU renewable output on 30 July, with the Southern Region producing more than half
8W2E's 5.2 MW turbine certificate is restricted to 15 October, creating a near-term compliance checkpoint
8India's 8,780 MW nuclear fleet outperformed the thermal fleet on five-year load factor after refurbishment outages are excluded Details

State Regulatory Roundup

Aug 01: 8Andhra Pradesh approves a 40.5 paise fuel adjustment for May power, to be recovered in August bills
8Two Uttar Pradesh generators seek carrying cost after old dues were converted into LPS-rule instalments
8Jubilant gets a final chance to revise its same-premises power-supply petition after missing the first deadline
8Chhattisgarh allows a one-time carry-forward of banked energy after an open-access delay, but refuses broader relief
8Meghalaya reopens its additional-surcharge record for October-March, extending comments to 6 August
8KSEB searches for land at Kumily, making site acquisition the first constraint on a 220 kV substation
8Andhra Pradesh records 244.812 MU of unmetered farm sales in April, keeping subsidy estimates assumption-led
8PGVCL couples rooftop solar procurement with five-year maintenance, shifting the test from installation to output
8TGTransco targets Nirmal's 33 kV bus and earth grid, addressing a weakness before it becomes an outage
8Hazaribagh receives Rs 4,326 crore of RDSS works, but the programme faces a March 2028 clock Details

CERC Docket

Aug 01: 8KREPL has 42 MW left to commission at Barmer, but NRLDC has refused another extension of infirm injection
8A 383-day Green Energy Corridor delay returns to CERC with only two transmission assets still under time-overrun review
8Tamil Nadu challenges PGCIL's Tuticorin-II delay case by pointing to a transformer test that was not yet mandatory
8CERC asks for the planning logic behind the Faridabad scheme after CTUIL says the decision predates its role
8NLC Barsingsar remand is narrowed to interest on working capital and IDC, with the rest of the tariff dispute closed
8Bokaro-Koderma OPGW and Bhuj communication additions move to order after respondents miss their final reply window
8CERC cuts the Missing Link asset's historical fixed charges while allowing a separate security-spares claim
8Torrent Solar's single Kallam bay reaches order stage after respondents miss CERC's final reply window
8HVPNL's interstate tariff claim stalls until CTUIL and NRLDC reconstruct the asset and usage record
8Rajgarh's revised cost estimate becomes the missing document in a renewable-evacuation tariff case Details
  • Aug 05: NTPC targets 244 GW by 2037 as storage and nuclear power enter the centre of its expansion plan:Details
  • Aug 05: ACME turns 3.62 GWh of batteries into a high-margin power-trading business:Details
  • Aug 05: Rs. 5,070 crore floating-solar scheme pairs 5 GW of reservoirs with at least 10 GWh of storage:Details
  • Aug 05: Renewables are 52.6% of installed capacity but supply only about 26% of electricity:Details
  • Aug 05: Banks have sanctioned Rs. 39,930 crore for rooftop solar, but Rs. 8,278 crore had not yet been disbursed:Details
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