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MNRE clarifies ALMM List-II exemption process for utility and C&I solar projects

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a clarification allowing utility-scale and commercial & industrial (C&I) solar projects installed before June 1, 2026, to be commissioned while their applications for exemption from...

NHDC’s 640 MW PSP gets EAC nod; tribal villages to get hospital and solar panels

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has recommended environmental clearance for the Indirasagar-Omkareshwar Pumped Storage Project (640 MW) in Madhya Pradesh. The project, to be developed by...

Hindustan Zinc signs MoU to explore green hydrogen for mining

Hindustan Zinc Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Advantek Associates LLP and Aero Eagle Automobiles Private Limited to evaluate the use of green hydrogen and other clean energy solutions across its mining operations. The...

Asian Energy Services wins Rs 187.62 crore GSECL EPC contract

Asian Energy Services Limited (AESL) has secured an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract worth Rs 187.62 crore, including Goods and Services Tax (GST), from Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) for capacity...

Yash Highvoltage plans Rs 151 crore fund raise for bushing expansion

Yash Highvoltage Limited has approved a preferential issue of equity shares and convertible warrants aggregating up to approximately Rs 151 crore. The proposed fund raise is aimed at expanding the company’s transformer bushing manufacturing...

Trom Industries secures 42 MW rooftop solar orders from SBPDCL

Trom Industries Limited has received three purchase orders from South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited (SBPDCL) for the development of 42 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects under the PM Surya Ghar – Muft Bijli Yojana (PMSG-MBY). The...

Five firms qualify for Rajasthan REZ transmission project bidding

Five companies have qualified to participate in the commercial bidding stage for the “Augmentation at Bhadla-III, Ramgarh PS and Kanpur (PG)” interstate transmission project, which is designed to support evacuation of power from...

GERC proposes Rs 1 per unit banking charge for green open access users

The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has issued draft regulations proposing a banking charge of Rs 1.00 per unit for green energy open access consumers from September 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027. The draft regulations also introduce a...

From YEIDA to Sultanpur: UPERC clears Rs 567 crore to strengthen UP’s grid

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has approved six transmission schemes with a combined estimated cost of Rs 567.21 crore. The projects, approved on June 22, will strengthen the state’s transmission network, improve...

PFC subsidiary Bihar Infrapower dissolved after Banka UMPP closure

Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) has informed the stock exchanges that its wholly owned subsidiary, Bihar Infrapower Limited, has been struck off from the register of companies by the Registrar of Companies under Section 248 of the Companies...

Tata Motors secures over 3,400 electric commercial vehicle orders

Tata Motors has secured more than 3,400 electric commercial vehicle (eCV) orders across freight, logistics and passenger mobility segments, signalling growing adoption of electric mobility in India’s commercial transport sector. The orders...

Vikram Solar moves NCLAT against insolvency admission order

Vikram Solar Ltd has filed an appeal before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) challenging an order of the Kolkata bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) that admitted an insolvency petition against the company. The appeal...

Powertrac signs PPAs for 480 MW solar projects in Gujarat

Powertrac Group has signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (PGVCL) for the development of 480 MW of ground-mounted solar projects under Gujarat’s Distributed Renewable Energy Bilateral Purchase scheme. The...

CG Power emerges L1 for NTPC Telangana transformer package

CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. has emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) for a power transformers package for NTPC Limited’s 3×800 MW Telangana Super Thermal Power Project Stage-II. According to the financial bids opened on June 17...

Foundation stone laid for Rs 25,000 crore coal-to-ammonium nitrate project

The foundation stone for Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Limited’s (BCGCL) coal-to-ammonium nitrate project was laid remotely by the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on June 20, 2026, at...

CERC rejects HPX plea for PTC stake dilution extension

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has rejected a petition filed by Hindustan Power Exchange Limited (HPX) seeking a three-year extension for PTC India Limited to reduce its shareholding in the exchange from 22.62% to 5% after...

33 GW stuck in Rajasthan and Gujarat renewable zones as CTUIL struggles with planning, CERC memo shows

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has published the explanatory memorandum accompanying the draft fourth amendment to the Connectivity and General Network Access (GNA) Regulations, 2022, providing fresh details on transmission...

CERC approves procedure for reallocation of vacant ISTS bay capacity

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved a detailed procedure for reallocating terminal bay capacity at Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) substations that becomes vacant due to withdrawal, relinquishment or revocation of...

Captive wind power user wins refund battle against MSEDCL over charge calculation method

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has directed Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) to refund excess wheeling and transmission charges collected from Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (SIIPL) for...

Karnataka High Court quashes KERC order on captive power verification

The Karnataka High Court has set aside a Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) order that introduced a new method for verifying the captive status of group captive power projects. The Court held that KERC’s approach was not in line...

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