Power Sector News Roundup for August 20, 2025

Author: PPD Team Date: January 28, 2026 India POWERGRID promotes twelve officials to Executive Director roles Power Grid Corporation of India Limited has promoted twelve senior officials to Executive Director roles, effective 25 January 2026, following board approval on the same date. The appointees are classified as Senior Management Personnel, one level below the Board. Key appointments include Abhinav Verma for Rajasthan Projects, Vineeta Agarwal as Chief Executive Officer of Powergrid Energy Services Limited, and…

Author: PPD Team Date: April 17, 2026 REC appoints Rajesh Kumar as Director (Finance) and CFO REC Limited has appointed Shri Rajesh Kumar as Director (Finance) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective April 2, 2026. The Board of Directors approved the appointment at its meeting held on April 15, 2026, following an intimation submitted to stock exchanges on April 2, 2026. Shri Rajesh Kumar has over 30 years of experience in the public sector, focused…

Author: PPD Team Date: November 19, 2025 India CEA pushes national standard for DT design and maintenance The Central Electricity Authority held a meeting to push national standardisation of distribution transformer design and maintenance. Officials noted that failure rates average about 10 per cent, which equals nearly 1.3 million failures each year. Performance varies sharply across states, with some northern utilities above 20 per cent while Tata Power DDL and CESC operate below 0.5 per…

Author: PPD Team Date: March 6, 2026 ACME commissions second phase of BESS project in Rajasthan ACME Solar Holdings Limited (ASHL), through its wholly owned subsidiary ACME Suryodaya Private Limited, has commissioned the second phase of its Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Rajasthan. The newly commissioned segment adds 38 MW / 82 MWh of storage capacity at the project site in the Jaisalmer district. The project is part of a larger 285 MW…

Author: PPD Team Date: February 2, 2026 India CEA flags widespread non-compliance with mandatory transformer standards The Central Electricity Authority has flagged continued non-compliance by power utilities with mandatory transformer and reactor rating standards. In a letter dated 24 January 2026, the CEA directed utilities and generation companies to strictly follow standard specifications for transformers and reactors rated 66 kV and above. These specifications were issued in April 2021 and became legally binding under regulations…

Author: PPD Team Date: February 19, 2026 AdaniConneX incorporates Navi Mumbai Power Distribution subsidiary AdaniConneX Private Limited (ACX), a 50:50 joint venture of Adani Group and EdgeConneX, has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary, Navi Mumbai Power Distribution Limited (NMPDL). NMPDL has been incorporated in India and registered with the Registrar of Companies (RoC), Ahmedabad, with a subscribed capital of Rs 100,000 divided into 10,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each, and ACX indirectly holds a…