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Aug 2026

8Renewable plants, batteries and large electricity users would become more active participants in grid security under the draft 2026 connectivity standards. Details
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
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
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
8PM Surya Sarovar moves floating solar from scattered projects toward a national programme, but reservoir and grid constraints will decide its value. Details
8The gap is not evidence of failure; it shows why flexibility, transmission and storage now matter as much as adding nameplate capacity. Details
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
8Lanco Kondapalli’s market settlements are revised after it ran open-cycle instead of closed-cycle Details
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
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8Scatec seeks to leave a solar PPA without penalty after connectivity was revoked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
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
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
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
 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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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 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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 8Coal 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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 8Tender 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
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 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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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