Download tenders and news clips.  India adds 55.3 GW of non-fossil capacity in FY26 while planning 315 GW of coal - energy security is producing two expansion tracks.  Tripura rejects most of TSECL’s Rs1,709 crore past-gap claim to avoid a tariff shock - but the unpaid gap still has to be worked down.  CEA’s unbuilt hydro list shows approvals stranded behind forest and environmental clearances - the paperwork has not become construction.  SJVN’s 1,200 MW firm-renewable and 600 MW wind tariff cases are reserved for order - but the 1,200 MW sale agreement is still unsigned.  Chhattisgarh’s 500 MWh battery tender reaches tariff-adoption hearings with Rs90 crore of support - but the storage contract is not final yet.  Odisha sought Rs6,284 crore of cyclone-resilient distribution work - but private ownership leaves its DISCOMs outside RDSS funding.  Madhya Pradesh cuts distribution losses but accumulated DISCOM losses rise to Rs71,394 crore - reform progress has not repaired the balance sheet.  India Energy Stack pilots are under way in five utility markets - but a national power-data architecture has not yet been proved.  Draft power policy would shift more fixed and fuel costs into regular electricity bills - while proposing a stabilisation fund to soften volatility.  Uttar Pradesh has Rs21,782 crore of RDSS network works and Rs18,956 crore of smart metering sanctioned - but consumer complaints are still handled state by state.  Four China-linked equipment makers can bid for Indian power projects for two years - but only under domestic-content conditions.  India has sanctioned 20.33 crore smart meters but installed 5.73 crore under RDSS - consumer safeguards now have to catch up with scale.  India proposes Rs20,000 crore for carbon capture - but the programme has no approved project-selection rules yet.  Rays Power Infra’s order book reaches Rs8,455 crore - but rapid growth is lifting leverage and supplier-finance dependence.  Amara Raja starts building a 10 GWh battery-storage factory - but first output is still tied to a FY27 construction timetable.  BRIEFS - VERIFIED DEVELOPMENTS WITH LIMITED DEPTH.  POLICY AND SYSTEM PLANNING - RELIEF, INVESTMENT AND CAPACITY CLAIMS MEET THEIR IMPLEMENTATION LIMITS.  REGULATION AND DISPUTES - PETITIONS SEEK MONEY OR RELIEF THAT ORDERS HAVE NOT YET AWARDED.  STORAGE AND HYDRO - ANNOUNCED CAPACITY STILL WAITS FOR AWARDS, CLEARANCES AND OPERATING EVIDENCE.  DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMERS - DIGITAL INVESTMENT EXPANDS FASTER THAN PROOF OF SERVICE IMPROVEMENT.  COMPANIES AND FINANCE - GROWTH VISIBILITY MEETS HYDROLOGY, CREDIT AND ACCOUNTING RISK.  COAL AND TRANSITION - LOWER IMPORTS AND NEW LOGISTICS MEET OUTPUT, FUEL AND CONVERSION CONSTRAINTS.  MARKETS AND SETTLEMENT - ACCOUNT CORRECTIONS EXPOSE WHO CARRIES DEVIATION AND PAYMENT RISK.  GRID AND TRANSMISSION - EXPANSION PLANS CONFRONT AGEING ASSETS, OUTAGES AND UNFINISHED PROTECTION.  Contracting news for the day.  Download tenders and news clips.  Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update.  More than 55,000 MW was outside the online fleet in CEA’s monitored snapshot - while generation still reached 98.2% of programme.  India has certified 78 green-steel units and advanced specialty-steel incentives - but neither measure yet proves how much cleaner steel is being produced.  BCCL put a new 2.0 MTPA washery into operation and monetised another - but profit collapsed nearly 90% as production and offtake weakened.  Coal India spent Rs. 19,607 crore and added 100 MW of solar - but coal output fell to 768.19 million tonnes, 168.81 million tonnes below its own target.  PFC’s loan book reached Rs. 5.80 lakh crore and net NPAs fell to 0.15% - but annual sanctions dropped Rs. 75,094 crore as fresh commitments slowed.   Inox Wind’s order book reached about 4.4 GW - but quarterly profit fell 34% as its shift toward equipment sales held income growth to 1%.  Premier Energies lifted profit 53% and opened 5.6 GW of module capacity - but the new factory must convert nameplate scale into sustained sales and margin.  Hitachi Energy’s orders and revenue surged - while Rs. 1,841.66 crore of QIP money still sat unused.  Amazon’s proposed Mumbai data-centre campus would demand 473 MW and install hundreds of backup generators - but it still lacks final environmental clearance.  CESC’s 3 GW solar-cell plan won environmental clearance only for Phase I - leaving the second phase and construction approvals outside the gate.  A Vemagiri bus fault cut about 1,150 MW of Andhra Pradesh load in 14 minutes - after overloaded transformers at another station also tripped.  Gujarat’s renewable evacuation network suffered repeated single-path failures, including 800 MW and 540 MW losses - making redundancy the month’s unresolved risk.  Two simultaneous line trips cut about 130 MW across six Assam load centres - after another 220 kV route was already shut.  A Champa–Kurukshetra HVDC failure cut about 2,680 MW of transfer and triggered Punjab’s defence scheme - but Punjab’s recorded demand drop was about 252 MW.  Thirty coal plants were critical even with 37 million tonnes on hand - because the fleet held only 60% of its normative stock.  Contracting news for the day.  Briefs - Signals to Watch.  Projects and Clearances - Investment Advanced, Permissions Lagged.  Corporate Growth and Finance - Scale Expanded, Execution Risk Remained.  Regulation and Access - Relief Was Sought, Decisions Stayed Conditional.  Fuel, Markets and Settlements - Supply Held, Liabilities Persisted.  Grid Operations and Failures - Protection Worked, Redundancy Did Not.  Download tenders and news clips.  Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update.  TPDDL’s strong operations sit beside Rs 6,547 crore that tariffs have not recovered.  Uttar Pradesh’s Rs 40,738 crore grid push depends on feeders and meters working district by district.  Coal, lignite and nuclear forced outages ran 1.8 times planned maintenance.  JIPL’s protection logic turned one failed transformer into a 1,107 MW station loss.  Delhi’s 304 MW rooftop shortfall collides with a power peak moving into the night.  SJVN writes down Rs 174 crore as Khirvire loses 70% of carrying value.  Himachal’s takeback threat hangs over Rs 3,933 crore of SJVN hydro work.  KSEBL’s Rs 4,139 crore tariff gap forces a choice between bills now and costs later.  A line fault shut all three North Karanpura units as protection questions deepened.  Tripura’s 15-hour import-limit breach raises pressure on local generators and grid dispatch.  Jewar’s 3 GW solar-cell factory clears one gate as its water-treatment test grows.  Major projects, tariffs and system developments are exposing delivery and cost gaps.  Renewable and storage pipelines are expanding faster than projects are being completed.  Coal, hydro and conventional generation remain dependable only when plant-level constraints are counted.  Protection failures are turning individual faults into station and regional losses.  Grid operators are confronting forced outages, weak controls and unfinished recovery plans.  Public power programmes are winning funds while district execution and accountability lag.  Transmission investment is advancing, but land and live-network delivery still govern usable capacity.  Regulatory and market decisions are reallocating costs, delays and operating risk.  Power companies are growing into heavier financing, governance and execution tests.  Environmental panels are advancing power projects only with land, water and pollution questions unresolved.  POWER BRIEFS.  Download tenders and news clips.