Download tenders and news clips.  Download tenders and news clips.  Contracting news for the day.  Karma Energy's quarterly revenue edged up - but profit after tax fell 27.6% as total income and pre-tax earnings weakened.  NTPC generated 83.3 MU above programme on 12 August - but remained 708.16 MU below programme for the financial year to date.  Punjab restarted power-quality meter procurement after a High Court setback - but PSERC's show-cause case over the delay remains alive.  Kerala denied a separate electricity distributor for a 30-acre industrial park - KSEBL must serve its single identified 2 MVA consumer.  Delhi discoms sought June fuel surcharges of up to 31.64% - DERC allowed 17.43-18.50% for one month.  Bikaner-III can start evacuating renewable power through commissioned pooling assets - but the full 765 kV route to Neemrana may not be ready until 2027.  Northern grid maintenance could cut import capability by 2,800 MW - the constraints are planned but commercially real during the work windows.  A 1991-vintage 400 kV line is carrying about 700 MW as conductor snapping increases - reconductoring is proposed but not yet awarded.  A new 400 kV link strengthened Uttarakhand's supply route but overloaded Rishikesh transformers - Kumbh reliability now depends on a spare ICT and temporary bus segregation.  Southern grid frequency averaged almost exactly 50 Hz - but it remained outside the 49.90-50.05 Hz band for 26.25% of the day.  More than half of India's monitored gas and liquid-fuel capacity was unavailable on 12 August - coal outages were smaller proportionally but much larger in megawatts.  Northern India met 82,226 MW at the evening peak but left 1,833 MW unmet - the requirement rose even higher later in the night.  Tarapur Transformers reported another loss while its auditors questioned going concern - unprovided interest also understated the June-quarter loss.  Indowind Energy reported a Rs 2.11 crore quarterly profit - its auditor still flagged claims, advances and goodwill worth far more than that result.  GE Power India's quarterly profit rose 66% while income barely moved - two terminated FGD contracts cut its order backlog by 41.4%.  POLICY AND PROJECT GATES.  INCREMENTAL SYSTEM AND MARKET MONITOR.  GRID, GENERATION AND SYSTEM OPERATIONS.  ENVIRONMENTAL APPRAISAL - PROPOSALS, NOT APPROVALS.  REGULATORY ORDERS AND PROCEEDINGS.  CORPORATE, INDUSTRY AND MARKETS.  POLICY AND PROJECT GATES.  INCREMENTAL SYSTEM AND MARKET MONITOR.  REGULATORY ORDERS AND PROCEEDINGS.  POWER MARKETS.  CORPORATE, INDUSTRY AND MARKETS.  Contracting news for the day.  Download tenders and news clips.  India's approved solar-module list reached 213 GW - the domestic chain still falls to zero at polysilicon.  Solar capacity is heading beyond 18 TW by 2050 - but panel waste could cross 200 million tonnes before recycling systems catch up.  Haldia Energy carries Rs 599 crore of tariff assets while fighting a Rs 263 crore refund - and its receivables have doubled.  Gujarat approved procurement of up to 1,200 MW of peak power at nearly Rs 10/kWh - the premium would buy certainty against a forecast 5,115 MW gap.  Real-time buyers sought 31,225.5 MWh while sellers offered 4,225 MWh - every cleared unit hit Rs 10,000/MWh.  Both Sohna Road transformers tripped while a 220 kV busbar was being charged - a 720 ms fault left 396 MW of Gurugram load disconnected.  Northern states show September surpluses on paper - but non-solar-hour gaps reach 1,860 MW in Uttar Pradesh.  India allocated 132 commercial coal blocks - only 15 are producing.  The Rs 4,741 crore Bikaner-Neemrana grid scheme slipped from December 2025 to April 2027 - despite parts already being energised.  PM Surya Ghar reached 51.28 lakh households - but rooftop-solar uptake remains sharply concentrated by state.  Uttarakhand approved Rs 556.05 crore of grid work after tenders began - and any lost grant cannot be passed to tariffs.  A 100 MW hydro project in Mandla promises irrigation and power - but its footprint extends across 7,203.95 hectares.  Critical-mineral recyclers pledged 850,000 tonnes a year against a 270,000-tonne target - subsidy still depends on plants starting.  India's Argentina lithium report gives two revised production dates-September and December 2030-while drilling has not yet started.  CESC has put Rs 504 crore into its Malegaon power franchise - losses and network commitments still require parent support.  BRIEFS.  Regional outage reports quantify how much generation was unavailable.  Grid records show where frequency, transfer and voltage limits were exceeded.  Reservoir and network records show where operating headroom has narrowed.  Renewable programmes are adding capacity and changing when agricultural power is supplied.  Lower costs and awards are enlarging storage and hydrogen project pipelines.  Renewable integration is advancing on different fronts-but scheduling and evacuation gaps remain.  Allocated resources still have to become operating supply.  Regulatory decisions are moving forward-but final tariff, clearance and refund outcomes remain open.  Big pipelines are meeting harder tests of cash, profit and completion.  Contracting news for the day.  Download tenders and news clips.  RDSS puts Rs 15,234 crore into grid digitalisation, but training and system use lag the hardware.  Delhi lifts the 10% fuel-cost cap for June bills, but the exception does not settle every discom claim.  Barh Stage I’s cost has risen above Rs 21,312 crore, but CERC still wants the escalation reconciled.  Coal plans 1,319 million tonnes of first-mile capacity, but output slipped before the logistics build-out.  Adani Jharkhand’s Bangladesh exports rose to 9,131 MU, but the power remains outside domestic allocation.  Andhra Pradesh has installed 30.82 lakh RDSS consumer meters, but network grants still trail project scale.   India targets 100 million tonnes of coal gasification, but only 8 million tonnes is operating.  Power-sector coal imports fell 71.5%, but domestic substitution is only part of the explanation.  India met a 270.8 GW peak, but the next 18.2 GW will test storage and local grids.  Tripura blocks most of TSECL’s past-gap recovery to avoid a tariff shock - the shortfall remains.  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 tariffs await orders - the larger sale agreement is unsigned.  Chhattisgarh’s 500 MWh battery tender reaches tariff hearings with Rs 90 crore support - the contract remains unsigned.  Odisha sought Rs 6,284 crore of cyclone-resilient distribution work - but private ownership leaves its DISCOMs outside RDSS funding.  Uttar Pradesh sanctions Rs 40,738 crore for RDSS networks and meters - consumer complaints still lack a common remedy.  BRIEFS - VERIFIED DEVELOPMENTS WITH LIMITED DEPTH.  POLICY AND SYSTEM PLANNING - RELIEF, INVESTMENT AND CAPACITY CLAIMS MEET THEIR IMPLEMENTATION LIMITS.