8The April fault at one place began with a simple isolator flashover; by August, another failure tested the grid’s breaker logic itself. 8Protection schemes worked 8But the next battle is with data synchronization and mechanical reliability. Click on Details for moreDetails
8A new biometric attendance regime will track entry-exit timings in real time, flagging late arrivals and early exits across its plants. The move blends efficiency with surveillance an unmistakable signal that attendance laxity will now carry financial cost. Click on Details for moreDetails
8Once sidelined by cheap coal, gas turbines are back in the evening slot.
8October’s Security-Constrained Unit Commitment (SCUC) optimisation pushed every NTPC gas block into positive increment schedules while hydro held steady and coal was down-scheduled. Click on Details for moreDetails
8Deviation discipline has improved because the new SCUC regime is making large coal units eat the down-scheduling, while preserving flexible hydro and paying fast-start thermal.
8This is a quiet but decisive shift in dispatch philosophy Click on Details for moreDetails
8The North-Eastern grid is learning that keeping the lights on is easier than keeping the paperwork straight. Under the IEGC-2023 code, every 132 kV substation must now face annual and third-party protection audits—an engineering, financial, and bureaucratic marathon. 8From Mizoram’s hunt for audit vendors to Assam’s tariff-approval bottlenecks, the latest NERPC minutes reveal a system straining under compliance: reports delayed, tenders pending, and field teams juggling GPS time-syncs with CPRI contracts. 8In the region’s hills and corridors alike, auditing the grid has become the toughest circuit to close. Click on Details for moreDetails
8In a precedent-setting order, GERC accepted Tata Power Renewable Energy’s claim that the 2020 extension of safeguard duty raised project costs by over Rs 88 crore and must be compensated. 8The Commission’s finding anchors fiscal certainty for future solar bids tied to imported modules. Click on Details for moreDetails