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Sikkim's Teesta-III and Teesta HPS units, 1,370 MW, remain out about 21 months after the October 2023 glacial-flood disaster.   Telangana's Krishna-basin reservoir storage was down about 86% year-on-year on 15 July, with Srisailam at 10.3 TMC against 170.1 a year earlier.  UPPCL and WBSEDCL floated cross-exchange reverse auctions for August-September peak-hour power on Hindustan Power Exchange.  Gujarat's 'interim' Rs 1.50/unit green banking charge is extended again to 31 August 2026, a fixture nearly three years on.  NPCIL's 100 GW-by-2047 nuclear ambition sits against a softer FY26, with PLF down to 79% and debt-to-EBITDA at 15.1 times.  REC and SJVN were each fined by the exchanges for board-composition lapses, and both central PSUs blamed the government's failure to appoint directors.  APTEL sets aside HPERC's treatment of a 90% state loan as grant, remanding hydro tariffs for HPPCL's Sainj, Kashang-I and Sawra Kuddu.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Contracting news for the day: Part-1.  Contracting news for the day: Part-2.  Southern Region still carrying three 400 kV corridors out since mid-May tower collapses on its 14 July congestion list.  Eastern Region exported 92.4 MU to the South on 14 July, but the South still fell 539 MW short and Kerala logged a frequency emergency.  Northern Region imported a net 326.9 MU on 14 July yet still shed load, short 318 MW at the evening peak.  NTPC's large coal units logged a run of boiler-tube-leak trips in mid-July across three regions.  Coal-supply outages idled 2,255 MW at Yadadri, Ghatampur and ACBIL as monsoon coal stocks tightened.  IEX spot power prices firmed through mid-July, with 14 July evening and overnight blocks pinned to the Rs 10/kWh ceiling.  India's grid ran long by day and short after dark on 14 July, meeting a 251,139 MW evening peak with a 1,057 MW shortage.  Committees, People & System Administration .  Corporate Wire .  Green Markets & RE Programme Watch.   State Regulatory Roundup.  CERC Docket .  Hydro & Reservoir Ledger.  Fuel & Coal Ledger .  Outage & Maintenance Register.  Grid Operations Daily.  Power Markets Daily.  Download tenders and news clips.  Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update.  POWER MARKETS DAILY.  GRID OPERATIONS DAILY.  OUTAGE & MAINTENANCE REGISTER.  FUEL & COAL LEDGER.  HYDRO & RESERVOIR LEDGER.  Contracting news for the day.  CERC DOCKET.  STATE REGULATORY ROUNDUP.  GREEN MARKETS & RE PROGRAMME WATCH.  CORPORATE WIRE.  COMMITTEES, PEOPLE & SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION.  Power Finance Corporation floats the Satara Power Transmission SPV to evacuate up to 4,500 MW of pumped storage in the Western Region.  A wave of connectivity-revocation challenges hits the CERC as CTUIL tightens on financial closure - developers race to protect grid access.  NHPC seeks an interim tariff for the 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower project while SJVN’s 900 MW Arun-3 slips to 2028 - the Himalayan hydro pipeline is straining at both ends.   The grid curtailed wind and solar and pushed generators down even as renewable output climbed - an oversupply signature, not a shortage.  A single CT failure at Fatehgarh-III cascades through the 400/220 kV network, tripping about a dozen renewable-evacuation feeders in Rajasthan.  India’s generation ran 4.7% below programme on 11 July - the cause was broken units, not short coal.  NHPC restarts two Teesta-V units in Sikkim as the 1,200 MW Teesta-III below it stays stranded and fights for change-in-law relief.  IEX day-ahead price for 14 July delivery jumps to Rs 6.33 a unit as buy bids overtake sell offers.  APERC opens the FY2025-26 fuel-cost true-up for Andhra Pradesh’s three DISCOMs, with objections due by 3 August.  Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update.  Download tenders and news clips.  .  Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update.  CERC opens a 60-day window to free 22,054 MW of grid connectivity held by projects that never signed power-purchase agreements.  IEX day-ahead power price more than doubles in a day, from Rs 2.49 a unit for Sunday to Rs 5.62 for Monday delivery.   India’s grid ran persistently over-frequency on Sunday 12 July, holding above 50.05 Hz for nearly a quarter of the day.  IREDA declares Rs 672.74 crore of loans to Gensol Engineering and its EV-leasing arm as fraud and reports them to the RBI.  Enforcement Directorate provisionally attaches Rs 762.75 crore of Reliance Power shares held by Reliance Infrastructure under the money-laundering law.  Southern grid regulator names large thermal units still not in free-governor mode two years after it became mandatory.  NTPC board approves Rs 20,457 crore for two 800 MW supercritical units at Lara in Chhattisgarh.  Power Markets Daily.  Contracting news for the day.  Grid Operations Daily.  Outage & Maintenance Register.  Fuel & Coal Ledger.  Hydro & Reservoir Ledger.  CERC Docket.  State Regulatory Roundup.  GREEN MARKETS & RE PROGRAMME WATCH.  CORPORATE WIRE.  COMMITTEES, PEOPLE & SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Download tenders and news clips.  Download tenders and news clips.  Power sold on the exchange for 30 paise a unit in the middle of the day.  

Sikkim's Teesta-III and Teesta HPS units, 1,370 MW, remain out about 21 months after the October 2023 glacial-flood disaster

Jul 15: 8Every daily generation register still carries the six 200 MW units of Teesta-III plus NHPC's Teesta HPS Unit 3 (170 MW) as forced out since 4 October 2023, with revival 'subject to further information'. Reconstruction of the flood-destroyed Chungthang dam has since been approved and is under way, but the powerhouses remain off the grid, a standing 1,370 MW hole in eastern hydro. Details

Telangana's Krishna-basin reservoir storage was down about 86% year-on-year on 15 July, with Srisailam at 10.3 TMC against 170.1 a year earlier

Jul 15: 8Telangana's usable Krishna-basin storage stood at about 39.6 TMC on 15 July 2026, roughly 86% below the same date last year, with Srisailam live storage collapsed to 10.3 TMC from 170.1 TMC and Nagarjunasagar at 6.2 TMC from 90.4 TMC. So little water this deep into monsoon shifts more of Telangana's July load onto thermal and market power, a hydro shortfall that dovetails with the state's coal-hit Yadadri outages and the firm exchange prices. Details

UPPCL and WBSEDCL floated cross-exchange reverse auctions for August-September peak-hour power on Hindustan Power Exchange

Jul 15: 8Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (for September) and West Bengal's WBSEDCL (for August) each issued single-side reverse-auction circulars on the Hindustan Power Exchange - and, per the circulars, in parallel on IEX and PXIL - weighted toward evening-peak blocks. Two large state utilities lining up short-to-medium-term peak power through competitive auctions signals discoms bracing for the same evening-ramp scarcity now visible in the spot market. Details

Gujarat's 'interim' Rs 1.50/unit green banking charge is extended again to 31 August 2026, a fixture nearly three years on

Jul 15: 8GERC has once more extended the flat Rs 1.50 per unit banking charge for green open-access consumers - to 31 August 2026 - and rejected industry's demand for a lower 8% in-kind banking charge, while still not putting in place the cost-based framework the Forum of Regulators model and stakeholders have sought since 2024. An 'interim' arrangement renewed repeatedly is now the de facto regime for Gujarat's green open-access economics. Details

NPCIL's 100 GW-by-2047 nuclear ambition sits against a softer FY26, with PLF down to 79% and debt-to-EBITDA at 15.1 times

Jul 15: 8CARE reaffirmed NPCIL at AAA/A1+ even as the operator's FY26 nuclear plant load factor eased to about 79% and its debt-to-EBITDA rose to 15.1 times, against a build-out of 6.1 GW under construction and a national target of 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047. With the SHANTI Act now clearing the way for private participation, the gap between a debt-heavy, capital-intensive expansion and weakening current operating metrics is the tension a lender must weigh. Details

REC and SJVN were each fined by the exchanges for board-composition lapses, and both central PSUs blamed the government's failure to appoint directors

Jul 15: 8REC disclosed a Rs 5.31 lakh exchange fine and SJVN a Rs 5.76 lakh fine for the March 2026 quarter for failing to maintain the required board composition, including the mandated woman director, under SEBI's listing regulations. Both government-controlled companies pinned the lapse on their majority owner - the Ministry of Power - not making the appointments, and both are seeking a waiver, a governance gap that recurs across listed central public-sector enterprises. Details

APTEL sets aside HPERC's treatment of a 90% state loan as grant, remanding hydro tariffs for HPPCL's Sainj, Kashang-I and Sawra Kuddu

Jul 15: 8The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, in Appeals 89, 94 and 135 of 2025, held that the Himachal Pradesh regulator had no jurisdiction to re-characterise 90% of a government-routed loan as a grant in order to shield consumers from tariff burden, and remanded the tariffs of three Himachal hydro projects. The ruling reaffirms that a state commission cannot override a government funding-policy decision to lower tariffs, and pushes the cost of that borrowing back into the projects' recoverable capital. Details

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Contracting news for the day: Part-1

Jul 15: 8A latest bulk transformer procurement raises the technical bar while quietly reshaping execution risk across the supply chain
A familiar procurement framework conceals several contractual shifts that extend far beyond equipment manufacturing. Technical qualification remains the visible gatekeeper, but the real commercial implications emerge deeper within execution responsibility and delivery obligations. The package reveals a procurement strategy whose impact could extend well beyond this individual tender.

8Rs 130 crore transformer procurement signals another major push towards standardised distribution infrastructure
A large transformer procurement has opened another significant opportunity for India's distribution equipment manufacturers. The commercial framework and technical specifications reveal a procurement strategy extending well beyond routine equipment purchasing. The implications for supplier competition and future utility procurement could prove more significant than the contract value alone.

8Rs 18 crore security, long-term performance obligations and evolving bid conditions reshape a major utility-scale storage procurement
A utility-scale storage package quietly rewrites how technical performance and commercial accountability intersect over more than a decade. Several contractual provisions appear routine until they begin influencing bidder strategy, lifecycle pricing and execution risk. The deeper implications emerge only after examining how the clauses work together rather than in isolation.

8A 29-day cumulative extension points to a procurement that demands more than routine bid preparation
The online closing date has moved three times from its original position. Each revision gives bidders greater room for technical tie-ups, site assessment and guarantee planning. Whether this improves competition or signals market hesitation remains unresolved.

8Early procurement planning quietly changes the competitive landscape
The procurement begins influencing competition well before the principal contract is awarded. That timing changes how manufacturers approach qualification and commercial planning. The strategic implications become clearer inside the analysis.

8A two-transformer order hides a far more demanding replacement test
The procurement centres on two high-capacity generator transformers, but equipment rating is only the starting point. Existing foundations, bus ducts, fire systems and electrical connections turn the package into a brownfield integration exercise. The decisive risk sits in what bidders must verify before they commit their price.

8Technical architecture moves beyond conventional infrastructure
A new technology direction emerges beneath familiar procurement language. The specifications point towards greater scalability and resilience without advertising a strategic shift. The commercial implications become clearer deeper into the document.

8Two high-voltage packages, Rs 3.62 crore in bid security and a deeper transfer of execution risk
Two substation packages place GIS systems, transmission corridors, underground cables and digital handover obligations under a single contractual umbrella. The combined Rs 3.62 crore EMD burden is only the first layer of financial exposure bidders must absorb. The more consequential risk sits inside the execution and reimbursement clauses.

8Technical responsibility stretches well beyond conventional building design
One consultancy assignment now stretches far beyond conventional architectural services. The commercial structure quietly shifts responsibilities that could reshape project execution from the first drawing to final completion. The deeper implications emerge only after examining how the contract distributes technical, financial and delivery risk. Details

Contracting news for the day: Part-2

Jul 15: 8A nine-engine opening rewrites the technology contest
A revised engine configuration has widened the field, but the most difficult obligations have become sharper rather than easier. Hydrogen testing, tighter emission guarantees and remote-island logistics now converge inside a single EPC risk envelope. The decisive issue lies in which bidders can turn that flexibility into a bankable and technically defensible offer.

8A ten-package land exercise puts 303.50 km of transmission corridors on a 15-day valuation clock
Three Gujarat packages reveal a procurement structure designed to accelerate decisions across hundreds of transmission-line locations. The commercial contest will not be governed by L1 pricing alone, as award sequencing and capacity controls alter how bidders can pursue the work. The most consequential risk sits inside the interaction between rapid delivery, variable quantities and fragmented district-level valuations.

8Rs 315 crore transmission package signals a broader grid expansion strategy while raising execution stakes
A seemingly routine transmission package conceals a procurement structure that reshapes execution responsibility far beyond conventional EPC contracts. The engineering choices and commercial framework point towards a much larger strategic objective than simple capacity addition. The implications extend well beyond this project and could influence how similar transmission packages are structured in the coming years.

8Large-scale PCC pole procurement sharpens execution standards as logistics, manufacturing depth and financial discipline emerge as decisive competitive differentiators
A routine distribution-material procurement quietly introduces commercial signals that extend far beyond concrete poles. Several provisions reshape how manufacturers will compete on execution capacity, financial strength and delivery assurance rather than price alone. The document hints at a procurement philosophy that could influence future utility sourcing decisions across Rajasthan.

8Final commissioning strategy tightens execution accountability as critical power project enters its decisive phase
The procurement is built around far more than routine commissioning activities. Several contractual provisions quietly reshape execution risk, commercial exposure and project responsibility in ways that deserve closer examination. The implications extend well beyond this individual package and could influence how similar projects are procured going forward.

8Qualification rules evolve as execution accountability remains firmly intact
A series of amendments quietly reshaped who can compete without altering who ultimately carries project risk. The revised framework broadens access while tightening accountability in unexpected ways. The implications extend well beyond a routine hydroelectric EPC procurement.

8Rs 1,723 crore pumped-storage EPC package sets the stage for a high-stakes contest where execution strategy may matter as much as price
A major pumped-storage package is reshaping the balance between engineering responsibility and commercial competition. The bidding framework introduces several provisions that could influence both pricing behaviour and execution strategy. What ultimately determines the winning advantage extends well beyond the quoted number.

8Repeated technical clarifications reshape EPC execution while commercial discipline remains firmly intact
Successive revisions have quietly altered the engineering assumptions behind this EPC package without changing its contractual backbone. The most consequential developments are buried inside technical clarifications rather than headline corrigenda. Their combined impact could influence pricing, execution strategy and bidder competitiveness far beyond the formal amendments.

8Rs 109 crore transformer tender places factory output under a five-year performance test
A large indoor-transformer procurement has been corrected after a value description magnified its apparent scale by 100 times. Behind the revised amount sits a contract that tests every supplied unit for losses and can reject an entire lot over one sampled failure. The decisive risk is buried not in the headline quantity, but in the interaction between rate matching, long guarantees and post-delivery quality control.

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Southern Region still carrying three 400 kV corridors out since mid-May tower collapses on its 14 July congestion list

Jul 15: 8SRLDC's 14 July transmission-constraint list still shows the 400 kV Kaiga-Guttur out since 14 May after tower collapses, the 400 kV Gadag-Koppal double circuit with about 15 towers collapsed, and the Gazuwaka-Jeypore corridor - roughly two months on. The persistence of these outages on the congestion register is a structural weakness behind the region's recurring evening deficits, though the current restoration timeline is not in the day's documents. Details

Eastern Region exported 92.4 MU to the South on 14 July, but the South still fell 539 MW short and Kerala logged a frequency emergency

Jul 15: 8The Eastern Region ran a large net exporter, sending 92.4 MU to the Southern Region over the 765 kV Angul-Srikakulam double circuit and the Talcher-Kolar HVDC, yet the Southern Region still carried the day's largest regional shortage at 539 MW, with Kerala alone short 508 MW while logging a grid-code frequency emergency and two non-compliance instances. The same state that could not meet its load also breached the grid code on the same day, and the north-to-south corridors were carrying heavy flows to plug the gap. Details

Northern Region imported a net 326.9 MU on 14 July yet still shed load, short 318 MW at the evening peak

Jul 15: 8The Northern Region was the country's largest net importer on 14 July, drawing 326.9 MU across inter-regional ties - 4,027 MW on the Champa-Kurukshetra HVDC bipole alone - yet it still met its 86,204 MW evening peak with a 318 MW shortage and reported unscheduled load shedding in Uttar Pradesh. A region leaning this hard on imports and still shedding load is running with very little headroom, and its intra-regional corridors were already breaching limits. Details

NTPC's large coal units logged a run of boiler-tube-leak trips in mid-July across three regions

Jul 15: 8NTPC supercritical and 660 MW units at Gadarwara (800 MW, Madhya Pradesh), Barh (660 MW, Bihar) and Dadri-I (210 MW, Uttar Pradesh) tripped on boiler tube leaks within days of 12-14 July, while the utility's Barh Unit 2 was already out on an overhaul following a boiler leak. With planned maintenance light in July, these unplanned trips - not scheduled overhauls - were the main drag on thermal availability, though whether they share a common cause or are coincidental monsoon failures cannot be established from the outage registers. Details

Coal-supply outages idled 2,255 MW at Yadadri, Ghatampur and ACBIL as monsoon coal stocks tightened

Jul 15: 8On 14 July, coal availability rather than equipment failure kept large thermal blocks out across three states - Telangana's Yadadri Unit 4 (800 MW) on an explicit coal shortage since 9 July, Uttar Pradesh's two Ghatampur supercritical units (2x660 MW) on coal-feeding faults, and Chhattisgarh's ACBIL (135 MW) on low stock since mid-June. Yadadri's 'critical coal' flag also masks a deeper problem: three of its four units were already down, so its low plant load factor is being read as a fuel story when it is largely an outage story. Details

IEX spot power prices firmed through mid-July, with 14 July evening and overnight blocks pinned to the Rs 10/kWh ceiling

Jul 15: 8The IEX day-ahead average market clearing price rose from Rs 2.49/kWh on 12 July to Rs 6.33 on 14 July and Rs 6.53 on 15 July, while the real-time market climbed from Rs 3.39 to Rs 5.87 to Rs 6.74 over the same days. The High-Price Day-Ahead Market, designed to clear above the Rs 10/kWh cap, drew about 72,590 MWh of sell offers on 14 July but found no buyers all week, so the day's scarcity stopped exactly at the ceiling. Details

India's grid ran long by day and short after dark on 14 July, meeting a 251,139 MW evening peak with a 1,057 MW shortage

Jul 15: 8Grid-India met the 20:00 hrs all-India peak of 251,139 MW but left a 1,057 MW shortage even as the system spent much of the day over-frequency and ancillary services net down-regulated 48,461 MWh. The same day's power exchange swung from a Rs 1.09/kWh midday solar trough to the Rs 10/kWh ceiling after sunset, the clearest sign that 14 July's scarcity was an evening-ramp problem, not a shortage of daytime energy. Details

Committees, People & System Administration

Jul 15: 8CEA Load Generation Balance Report 2026-27 projects all-India surplus of 2.5% energy and 4.1% peak for the year
8LGBR 2026-27 flags Eastern Region peak deficit of 16.2% and Southern Region 9.6%, with Odisha, Assam and Telangana worst hit
8ERPC weekly DSM settlement shows Southern Region under-drawing heavily, driving East-South deviation charge of Rs 273.8 crore for 29 June-5 July 2026
8WRPC weekly DSM account records Rs 266.8 crore receivable from Southern Region and Rs 263.2 crore payable to Eastern Region, 29 June-5 July 2026
8WRPC weekly ancillary-service (TRAS) account has thermal providers paying back for shortfall delivery, Khargone-I refunds Rs 2.06 crore
8ERPC reactive-energy charge statement issued for 29 June-5 July 2026 covering Eastern Region 400/220/132 kV lines
8WRPC reactive-energy account issued for the week 29 June-5 July 2026
8SRPC finalises March 2026 part-load and heat-rate compensation for 14 southern ISGS thermal stations, degradation compensation totals about Rs 1,077 crore
8Southern Region frequency-response certificate for June 2026 leaves four generators below the 0.30 beta incentive threshold
8NER protection sub-committee records 47 grid disturbances in April and 22 in May 2026, most on radial feeders
8SPS maloperation blacks out Sonabil and radial areas of Assam on 1 June 2026 with about 70 MW load loss
8SPS failed to operate during 132 kV Palatana-Surajmaninagar line tripping on 28 April 2026
8NERPC proposes new SPS on 220 kV BTPS-Agia corridor as delayed 400 kV Sonapur and Rangia substations strain the Assam grid
8PTCC clearance requirement abolished for transmission-line projects with effect from 1 July 2026
8WRPC to draft POWERGRID and WRLDC into random inspection of AUFLS/UFR relays across the Western Region
8SRPC communication sub-committee sees leadership change as SE (P&C) Len J.B. retires and ED SRLDC M.K. Ramesh moves to Western Region
8SRPC posts revised part-load compensation statements for southern-region thermal generators covering FY2024-25 and FY2025-26
8SRPC issues revised final Regional Energy Account statements for April 2025 to March 2026
8SRPC calls special meeting on 31 July to review Free Governor Mode of Operation performance of southern-region generators for FY2025-26 Details

Corporate Wire

Jul 15: 8SECI extends bid deadline for Rs 1,000 crore external commercial borrowing / foreign-currency loan mandate to 22 July 2026
8Tata Power allots Rs 1,500 crore of 7.50% five-year unsecured NCDs on private placement
8POWER GRID commissions Khavda Phase-IV Part-E4 transmission element evacuating Gujarat RE (7 GW zone)
8REC incorporates Kesurdi Power Transmission Ltd to build 220 kV GIS at Satara, Maharashtra under TBCB
8PFC raises JPY 8.4 billion yen syndicated loan arranged by SBI Shinsei Bank
8Siemens India reports an 18-month FY2024-26 ending March 2026; 68th AGM set for August 11
8Ujaas Energy's 27th AGM appoints Geeta Mundra as Chairman and approves borrowing up to Rs 1,000 crore
8Adani's Khavda IV A transmission SPV seeks part-COD recognition for 5 of 14 bays already in service at KPS-3
8Waa Solar's bank facilities affirmed at IND BBB+/Stable/A2+ and removed from rating watch
8Adani Energy Solutions assigned Crisil ESG score of 65/100 ('Crisil ESG 65')
8Solapur Solar's Rs 20.98 crore loan stays at CARE D with issuer non-cooperating since 2021 Details

Green Markets & RE Programme Watch

Jul 15: 8All-India renewable generation 1,337 MU on 14 July; Gujarat leads wind, Rajasthan leads solar
8WRLDC reports persistent RE forecast errors in Maharashtra and Gujarat, partly from a January 2026 weather-provider switch Details

State Regulatory Roundup

Jul 15: 8Meghalaya Power Distribution files for revised open-access additional surcharge of Rs 2.32/kWh for October 2025-March 2026
8HESCOM's July 2026 fuel-cost adjustment is a 4 paise/unit refund to all consumers as May power-purchase cost fell Rs 4.99 crore
8Punjab regulator admits PSPCL's Rs 6.90 crore compensation claim against Rana Sugars over 2005 co-gen PPA breach
8MERC disposes PSPCL-unrelated Khowal non-compliance petition after MSEDCL refunds Rs 6.94 lakh under new-connection scheme
8MERC closes Aspa Bandsons non-compliance case as MSEDCL awaits only Electrical Inspector approval for Amravati connection
8MERC declines Section 142 action against MSEDCL after Rs 3,000 Ombudsman-ordered connection-delay compensation is paid
8Torrent Power reports Q4 FY2025-26 T&D loss of 6.54% for Ahmedabad and under 1% for Surat in GERC quarterly filing
8Torrent Power's Dholera area shows ~50% year-on-year growth in power purchase and billing in Q4 FY2025-26
8Meghalaya regulator resets FY2026-27 tariffs for MePGCL, MePTCL and MePDCL after FY2024-25 true-ups
8Meghalaya sets FY2026-27 distribution tariff: domestic LT at Rs 5.00-5.10/kWh, industrial HT at Rs 5.55/kVAh with 20% peak ToD
8Meghalaya transmission tariff for FY2026-27 set at 64.96 paise/unit, MePTCL annual charge Rs 110.06 crore
8Rajasthan transmission utility RVPN overhauls deposit-works procedure, mandates 100% advance supervision charges and reserves 400/765 kV works to itself Details

CERC Docket

Jul 15: 8CERC proposes Category-III inter-State trading licence for Carbon Resources Pvt Ltd, objections invited by 28 July 2026 Details

Hydro & Reservoir Ledger

Jul 15: 8Southern reservoirs mostly ran below year-ago levels on 14 July, with Mettur, Idukki and Srisailam all down
8National pumped-storage pipeline stands at 310,104 MW of potential against just 7,426 MW in operation
8Krishna-basin reservoirs Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar sit well below year-ago levels in early monsoon
8Tehri reservoir 10.5 m below year-ago level as northern hydro runs behind programme
8Sardar Sarovar runs about 8 m above last year's level, ahead on monsoon storage
8Odisha's Balimela hydro pond 6.5 ft below year-ago level on 14 July; three of its units out
8Hirakud (Burla) reservoir above last year and spilling with two gates open on 14 July
8Odisha's Chiplima run-of-river station generating 50 MW with all units available on 14 July
8Rengali reservoir in Odisha 7.8 m below year-ago level on 14 July, near minimum draw-down
8Upper Indravati (Mukhiguda) reservoir 3.8 m below last year; station peaked at 548 MW
8Upper Kolab (Bariniput) reservoir 2.7 m below last year with two of four units out
8Machkund hydro station generated zero on 14 July with reservoir 20 ft below last year
8Odisha OHPC hydro fleet averaged 559 MW for 13.4 MU on 14 July
8CEA data shows four of eight 250 MW Subansiri Lower units commissioned by May 2026
8Telangana's Krishna-basin usable reservoir storage down about 86% year-on-year to 39.6 TMC on 15 July 2026
8Srisailam live storage collapses to 10.3 TMC on 15 July 2026, a fraction of the 170.1 TMC held a year earlier
8Nagarjunasagar live storage at 6.2 TMC on 15 July 2026 versus 90.4 TMC a year earlier
8Singur reservoir shows zero live storage on 15 July 2026, down from 9.5 TMC a year earlier
8Pochampad live storage down to 0.3 TMC on 15 July 2026 from 7.4 TMC a year earlier
8Telangana bright spots: Pulichintala and Nizamsagar hold more water on 15 July 2026 than a year earlier Details

Fuel & Coal Ledger

Jul 15: 8All-India power-plant coal stock holds near 42.8 million tonnes on 13 July, 66% of normative with 27 plants critical
8Telangana's 3,200 MW Yadadri TPS runs at 23% PLF on critical coal, with three 800 MW units also on outage
8Reliance Sasan 3,960 MW UMTPP holds 7% of normative coal, thinnest cover among large pithead plants
8Andhra Pradesh state thermal fleet (Dr N. Tata Rao, Rayalaseema, Damodaram Sanjeevaiah) stays on critical coal at 11-21% of normative
8Gujarat's Wanakbori and Madhya Pradesh's Shree Singaji hold 15% of normative coal on rail-supply constraints
8Adani's imported-coal coastal plants (Mundra I-III, Udupi) run 36-56% PLF on 9-11% import stock
8All-India gas-based generation 58 MU on 12 July, 28% below programme; over half of gas/liquid capacity offline
8All-India coal generation 3,442 MU on 12 July; thermal fleet 20.5% on outage, forced outages dominant
8NTPC stations generate 949 MU on 12 July, 1.8% below programme and 2% behind year-to-date target
8Northern region conventional generation 4.8% below programme on 12 July; nuclear runs 18% behind year-to-date Details

Outage & Maintenance Register

Jul 15: 8Two large Southern thermal units - Coastal Energen 600 MW and SEIL 660 MW - remained on forced outage on 14 July
8Kudankulam nuclear Unit 1 (1,000 MW) offline since 8 July on generator protection operation; NPCIL targets 15 July restart
8NTPC Gadarwara Unit 1 (800 MW) tripped on boiler tube leak on 13 July; largest unit out in Western Region
8Telangana's Yadadri Unit 4 (800 MW) out on coal shortage since 9 July; sister Unit 1 also down for overhaul
8Two Ghatampur supercritical units (2x660 MW) offline three to four weeks on coal-feeding problems
8Obra-C TPS Unit 1 (660 MW) out to 26 July on generator fault as 765 kV Obra-C bus isolator hotspots recur
8Barh (Bihar) has both 660 MW units out - Unit 2 on overhaul after boiler leak, Unit 3 on abnormal boiler sound
8OPGC Unit 3 (660 MW) in Odisha tripped on boiler tube leak on 14 July
8WBPDCL Sagardighi Unit 5 (660 MW) tripped 14 July on critical 220V DC system failure; two-week revival
8SEIL Project-2 Unit 1 (660 MW) in Andhra Pradesh tripped on cooling-water pipeline leak on 14 July
8Adani APL Mundra has three 660 MW units down (U8 clinker, U9 cooling-water leak, U6 overhaul) even as four RSD units returned
8Adani Tiroda Unit 5 (660 MW) in Maharashtra out from 13 July on high air-preheater gearbox vibration
8MahaGenco Bhusawal Unit 6 (660 MW) out on air-preheater fault; Unit 5 (500 MW) simultaneously on capital overhaul
8Anpara-C Unit 2 (600 MW) in UP out to 20 July on hydrogen leakage in the condenser
8Vedanta's 600 MW unit in Chhattisgarh has been out on a PA-fan trip since 14 April, revival now 31 July
8MahaGenco Chandrapur Unit 7 (500 MW) out on flame failure since 6 July, revival slated 10 August
8DVC Raghunathpur (RTPS) Unit 2 (600 MW) out on high turbine vibration since mid-April; revival 11 August
8Adani Coastal Energen Unit 1 (600 MW) in Tamil Nadu tripped 14 July on condenser water-box vent leak
8TNPGCL Mettur has both a 600 MW unit and a 210 MW unit out - Unit 5 on boiler leak, Unit 1 on rotor earth fault
8Hinduja HNPCL Unit 1 (520 MW) in Andhra Pradesh out on condenser tube leak since 12 July
8NTPC Dadri-I Unit 1 (210 MW) tripped on boiler tube leak on 12 July
8Rajasthan's Kota TPS has two units out - Unit 4 (210 MW) on TG bearing vibration, Unit 1 (110 MW) on vacuum fault
8Harduaganj-D Unit 9 (250 MW) in UP out since 2 July on raw-water non-availability / reheater protection trip
8HPGCL Panipat Unit 6 (210 MW) tripped 14 July on loss of all fuel
8PSPCL Ropar (Guru Gobind Singh) Unit 3 (210 MW) tripped late on 14 July on boiler tube leak
8Rajwest lignite plant loses two 135 MW units to bed-material leakage within days
8Suratgarh super-critical Unit 8 (660 MW) tripped and recovered same day on generator rotor earth fault
8CLP Jhajjar Unit 2 (660 MW) back on 14 July after two-day boiler-tube-leak outage
8CSPGCL Korba East (DSPM) Unit 1 (250 MW) tripped on boiler tube leak while Unit 2 sits on annual overhaul
8GSECL Wanakbori loses two 210 MW units on 14 July to low vacuum and a boiler tube leak
8ACBIL Unit 1 (135 MW) in Chhattisgarh out on low coal stock since mid-June
8WBPDCL Kolaghat Unit 3 (210 MW) out since 18 June after a boiler fire hazard
8Tuticorin Units 1 and 2 (2x210 MW) still out 16 months after a control-room fire; revival now end-2026
8PVUNL Patratu Unit 1 (800 MW) returned 14 July after five days offline on low system demand
8KPCL Bellary Unit 1 (500 MW) tripped twice within hours on 14 July on ID-fan and reverse-power protection
8SJVN Bikaner solar plant lost ~2.5 hours of generation on 14 July after delayed charging of the 400 kV Bikaner-II/III line
8Solapur STPS Unit 1 (660 MW) and Sipat-I Unit 3 (660 MW) among NTPC monsoon overhauls trimming Western Region supply
8About 7,510 MW of thermal capacity tripped or shut on 12 July, led by 685 MW Adani Raipur unit and multiple 660 MW units
8About 6,240 MW returned to grid on 12 July, including Talwandi Sabo (660 MW), Bellary (700 MW) and Neyveli New (500 MW)
8UP's Ghatampur units 2 and 3 (660 MW each) still out since mid-June on coal-feeding-system faults
8Windstorm collapses two towers of the 400 kV Raipur PS (Durg)-Kurud D/C line in Chhattisgarh on 19 May 2026
8220 kV Vapi-II (Sterlite)-Sayali D/C line remains out since September 2024 over a helipad in the corridor
8Wrong line opened: 220 kV Indore (PG)-Ujjain-1 tripped instead of scheduled Ujjain-2 on 15 June 2026, out for over 1.5 hours
8WRLDC lists WR generators taking planned outages without the required WRLDC code, some running days late
8WRPC lists WR transmission elements that tripped repeatedly in Q1 of 2026-27
8IndiGrid seeks Rs 18 crore and change-in-law relief to raise 765 kV Dharamjaygarh-Jabalpur line after Chhattisgarh HC induction case
8WRPC finalises MoU template after Adani's proposed 30-day shutdown of 765 kV Kotra-Tamnar and Kotra-Durg lines for APL Raigarh rail works Details

Grid Operations Daily

Jul 15: 8All-India power demand met 251,139 MW at evening peak on 14 July with 1,057 MW national shortage
8All-India grid ran over-frequency on 14 July, outside the IEGC 49.90-50.05 Hz band 18.8% of the day
8Ancillary services were net down-regulating on 14 July, with 48,461 MWh of down despatch against 27,810 MWh up
8Northern Region met 86,204 MW evening peak with a 318 MW shortage; Uttar Pradesh carried out unscheduled load shedding
8Western Region met 71,426 MW evening peak with 200 MW shortage; Maharashtra curtailed 100 MW on a 132 kV Sakri-Dhule overload
8Southern Region carried the largest regional shortage on 14 July: 539 MW at evening peak
8Kerala short by 508 MW at maximum demand on 14 July and logged a frequency emergency on the grid code
8Eastern Region met its full 30,861 MW evening peak and ran as a large net exporter on 14 July
8North-Eastern Region met its 3,862 MW peak in full and exported surplus power on 14 July
8Northern Region imported a net 326.9 MU on 14 July, led by the 4,027 MW Champa-Kurukshetra HVDC
8Eastern Region exported 92.4 MU to the South on 14 July, chiefly over the Angul-Srikakulam 765 kV and Talcher-Kolar HVDC
8India imported 52.4 MU from Bhutan and 19.7 MU from Nepal on 14 July while exporting 41.6 MU to Bangladesh
8North-Eastern intra-regional corridors to Assam and Tripura breached TTC and ATC limits on 13 July
8Haryana and Punjab breached ATC limits and Haryana violated N-1 on Northern intra-regional corridors on 14 July
8Rajasthan hit the daily cap of deviation zero-crossing violations on 14 July, running 55 blocks without a sign change
8Eastern Region flagged N-1 violations on the 400 kV Banka-Kahalgaon and MPL-Maithon corridors on 14 July
8Gujarat curtailed about 9 MU of wind and solar on 14 July for grid security and stability
8NLDC's day-ahead SCUC for 15 July committed 48 thermal and gas units below minimum turndown, costliest at Rs 21.85/kWh
8Western Region met its 80,330 MW June 2026 peak with nil shortfall; monthly energy shortfall just 0.05%
8Maharashtra resorts to load shedding on 11 days in June 2026, peaking at 1,850 MW on 27 June
8Chhattisgarh load-sheds on eight days in June 2026, mostly late-night, peaking 779 MW on 29 June
8WRLDC flags persistent Maharashtra over-drawl at low frequency during 25-28 June 2026, with 1,700 MW of coal-hit Mahagenco capacity idle
8400 kV Navsari-Vav single-circuit line loads above 800 MW at night in early July 2026 as intra-Gujarat renewables fall
8Western Gujarat 400 kV nodes run at 432-434 kV overnight, forcing 49 line-switching operations
8Sardar Sarovar 400 kV switchyard runs at 415-420 kV when SSP machines are off, NCA seeks remedy Details

Power Markets Daily

Jul 15: 8IEX Day-Ahead Market clears at Rs 6.33/kWh average on 14 July, evening and night blocks pinned to the Rs 10/kWh ceiling
8IEX Real-Time Market clears 172,398 MWh at Rs 5.87/kWh average on 14 July, peaks at the ceiling
8IEX Green Day-Ahead Market clears just 28,423 MWh at Rs 5.97/kWh on 14 July as green buy bids run ~4.8x green supply
8IEX High-Price Day-Ahead Market clears nothing for a seventh straight day despite ~72,000 MWh/day of sell offers
8IEX Term-Ahead Market daily and intraday contracts clear at the Rs 10/kWh ceiling on 14 July
8IEX Green Term-Ahead Market: solar/daily-contingency legs clear near the Rs 10/kWh ceiling, wind contracts at Rs 5.90/kWh
8PXIL Real-Time Market clears 650 MWh on 14 July, entirely at the Rs 10/kWh ceiling
8PXIL contingency/DSM auction clears ~956 MW of buy across three evening blocks at the Rs 10/kWh ceiling on 14 July
8Third exchange RTM clears only 50 MWh on 14 July, all at the Rs 10/kWh ceiling
8UPPCL floats Hindustan Power Exchange reverse auction to buy up to 315 MW of evening-peak power for September 2026
8WBSEDCL floats Hindustan Power Exchange reverse auction to buy 300 MW off-peak and 300 MW peak power for August 2026 Details

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Jul 15:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for supply of multipurpose grease, lithium base grease and oil Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation commissioning of C and I spares for Jockey pump, hydrant pump, cable gallery Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for C and I part of FDPS (fire detection and protection system) installed Details
 
8Tender for construction of 02 Nos. fire wall at GT yard Details
 
8Tender for supply design erection testing and commissioning of 11kV HT line Details
 
8Tender for levelling, laying PCC, gravel and construction of trench covers at 132/33/11 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for providing newly proposed 11/0.4 kV 63 KVA S/stn. Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 220kV & 66kV equipments & materials Details
 
8Tender for work of erection and commissioning of 220kV and 132kV equipment, structures, control wiring etc Details
 
8Tender for Bi- annual rate contract for work of erection of 66kV transmission towers Details
 
8Tender for work of boiler tube surface preparation, thickness survey measurement with party’s D-meter Details
 
8Design, supply, installation, retrofitting, testing and commissioning of 220kV bus barpanel/scheme, 220 kV bus coupler relay scheme Details
 
8Tender for supply of 90/10 cupronickel condenser tubes Details
 
8Tender for supply of various lighting products Details
 
8Tender for work of penthouse roof restrengthening and repairing in boilers Details
 
8Tender for work of IN SITU repairing/overhauling of high energy drain valves and other low/medium/high pressure and temperature steam/water valves Details
 
8Tender for work of constructions of new maintenance free earth pit at 220 kV & 400kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for supply of MS grill and fabrication & epoxy paint of stairs, railing, structure Details
 
8Tender for work of removal, supply and application of spray thermal insulation on drive turbines Details
 
8Tender for work of preventive maintenance of various 220 kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for constructing new 11kV UG cable Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33 kV link line Details
 
8Tender for separation of 33 kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of transportation installation and commissioning of emergency restoration system ERS tower Details
 
8Tender for increasing capacity at 220 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for construction work of multipurpose seed store Details
 
8Tender for repairing and renovation of 09 Nos. existing bore holes and lowering and lifting Details
 
8Tender for carrying out miscellaneous job Details
 
8Tender for day to day comprehensive maintenance of civil and electrical works Details
 
8Tender for distribution of plant saplings Details
 
8Tender for supplying and laying of filled bag Details
 
8Tender for construction of 400kV (quad moose) 2nd D/C line Details
 
8Tender for purchase of sewage treatment plant Details
 
8Tender for construction of store in yard at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for work of second circuit stringing along with end bays Details
 
8Tender for assistance for maintenance and repair of electrical equipment Details
 
8Tender for maintenance of illumination and enabling facilities of boilers Details
 
8Tender for maintenance of illumination and enabling facilities of various Details
 
8Tender for tit bit civil work Details
 
8Tender for day-to-day operation of pumps, motors, and valves for the water supply system Details
 
8Tender for repair and renovation of the pump house Details
 
8Tender for misc. civil works inside Details
 
8Tender for upgradation/revamping of fire fighting facilities Details
 
8Tender for construction of pavement quality concrete Details
 
8Tender for construction of shed for hydro-mechanical (HM) works Details
 
8Tender for construction of damaged retaining wall on right bank Details
 
8Tender for work of HT LE using UG cable Details
 
8Tender for procurement of steel section quantity Details
 
8Tender for supply erection and commissioning of 20 torch panel welding machine Details
 
8Tender for balance civil and architectural works of main plant FGD civil works Details
 
8Tender for strengthening of crusher house Details
 
8Tender for development of water recharge shafts Details
 
8Tender for repair & rehabilitation works of 220 M height RCC chimney Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of fills for stage 2 cooling tower Details
 
8Tender for earth mat extension and metalling work beyond 220kV fencing side at 220kV substation Details
 
8Tender for replacement of insulators from 110 kV substation 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 construction of RR masonry revetment wall at various Details
 
8Tender for procurement of power contactor and auxiliary contactor relays Details
 
8Tender for procurement of pneumatic fittings, tubings, hose and valves Details
 
8Tender for construction of coal stock pile yard stage Details
 
8Tender for construction of road between coal stock pile yard stage Details
 
8Tender for procurement of pressure switches and differential pressure switches Details
 
8Tender for supply of 9M long PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for supply of 10 KVA 11/0.433 kV aluminium wound EEL1 completely self protected (CSP) distribution transformers Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33kV single circuit ungalvanized steel lattice structure Details
 
8Tender for purchase of suspension type wave trap Details
 
8Tender for requirement of spares for service transformers installed Details
 
8Tender for work of second circuit stringing on 132kV line Details
 
8Tender for supply of TC fuse wire 12 SWG and 14 SWG Details
 
8Tender for biennial maintenance of minor civil and structural work Details
 
8Tender for procurement of conveyor belt Details
 
8Tender for service contract for evacuation job of accumulated ash and coal from all ducts of boiler during Details
 
8Tender for intermidiate additional pole between long spans in 11 kV and LT line Details
 
8Tender for construction of new 11 kV, LT lines Details
 
8Tender for construction of new 11 kV, LT lines and 11/0.4 kV DTR Details
 
8Tender for regarding work shifting/displacement of 33kV, 11kV, LT lines DTR Details
 
8Tender for regarding work shifting/displacement of 33kV, 11kV, LT lines Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of substation by replacement of 1X25 MVA 220/33kV T/F Details
 
8Tender for enhancement of transformation of capacity of substation by replacement of 2x100MVA, 220/132kV ICTs Details
 
8Tender for enhancement of transformation of capacity of substation by providing addition 1X100MVA 220/132kV ICT along with HV & LV bays Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for carrying out work of dismantling, erection & other allied activities in planned outage & emergency/breakdown for power transformers Details
 
8Tender for supply of various types of cable & dismantling, ETC work of 245 & 145 kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for supply of various types of cable & dismantling, ETC work of 36 kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for AMC for CTR make nitrogen injection fire protection system (NIFPS) for ICTs & transformer Details
 
8Tender for work of second circuit stringing on existing of 132kV SCDC line Details
 
8Tender for second circuit stringing on 132kV line Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract (AMC) for the demonstration, preventive maintenance as well as repairing work including supply of required spare of nitrogen injection fire protection systems Details
 
8Tender for biennial maintenance contract for the work of restoration of collapsed towers in emergency/breakdown situation of EHV lines Details
 
8Tender for work of dismantling of existing 132kV & 220kV various equipments Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, civil and ETC of replacement of 220kV & 132kV CTs and PTs Details
 
8Tender for work of erection, testing and commissioning of dedicated 400kV metering current transformer Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of additional 50MVA, 132/33kV power T/F along Details
 
8Tender for enhancement of transformation capacity of substation by providing 1x100MVA, 220/132kV ICT along Details
 
8Tender for work of SITC of SCADA system along with integration of 25Nos. of bays and replacement of existing faulty relays Details
 
8Tender for work of establishment of 132-110/33 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for work of establishment of link line between 220kV phase 1 sub-station Details
 
8Tender for AMC for regular maintenance work, outage work and attending emergency breakdown work of 220 kV & 400 kV transmission lines Details
 
8Tender for works of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of additional 1 x 100 MVA, 220/132 kV ICT along with bay equipments Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 8Linde India raises stake in Zenataris Renewable Energy Details
 8India's renewable energy expansion to be driven by domestic firms: EY, Centrum Details
 8India Rooftop Solar Market Surges in 2026 as PM Surya Ghar Drives Record Residential Adoption Details
 8Eco Solutions Subsidiary Bags Rs 72.06 Crore Orders for Solar Inverters and BESS Details
 8Waaree Energies Share: UBS Reduces Its Valuation and Sees Multiple Risks in the Company Details
 8KEC International shares up 4%: Bags Rs 1,180 crore orders across T&D, renewables, civil businesses Details
 8Manufacturing Lines: Building flexibility into solar production for the next technology shift Details
 8From Coal to Code: How India’s Top PSUs Are Embracing AI Details
 8ECL Signs MoU with WBFDCL to Plant 2.11 Lakh Saplings in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman Details
 8Coal gasification can cut imports, but at a high cost Details
 8India Hits Record 57 GW Wind Capacity Details
 8Shell divests 5GW of wind and solar assets in India, with local energy group acquiring them to expand its footprint. Details
 8Wheels India Board Approves Fund Raising of Up to Rs 400 Crore to Support Growth Plans Details
 8Blueleaf Energy Secures $75M Debt for 850MW Renewable Projects Details
 8Top 33 Power Sector Stocks to Watch in India 2026 Details
 8India’s power demand growth to drive INR 50 trillion investment by FY32 Details
 8APTEL Judgment Reinforces Regulatory Certainty And Boosts Investor Confidence In India’s Power Sector Details
 8Tata Power share price target: 29% upside Why MOFSL is bullish on this Tata stock post AGM Details
 8Vedanta Targets Major Expansion in Metals, Oil, and Power Sectors Details
 8Birla's power play to reshape India's green grid Details
 8NICCI Senior Advisor Attends India–Nepal Power Sector Luncheon Meeting Details
 8Adani Group Breaks Into India's Top 10 Most Valuable Brands; Adani Power Leads Energy Rankings Details
 8Green Energy Sector Shows Pockets Of Strength In Weak Market Session Details
 8How ethanol and green energy changed Uttar Pradesh’s sugar industry Details
 8India moves closer to its first geothermal power plant as ONGC drills second geothermal well in Ladakh Details
 8GERC Invites Consultants To Develop Simplified And Future-Ready Retail Electricity Tariff Framework In Gujarat Details
 8Centre to launch eighth critical mineral auction, offering 20 blocks Details
 8WTTC projects India to become world’s fourth-largest Travel & Tourism economy by 2036 Details
 8Data Centres and manufacturing may drive Rs 50 trillion power investment, but risks hitting a transmission wall Details
 8RECPDCL Signs MoA for 1 MW Solar Power Plant at Gandhigram Rural Institute to Boost Clean Energy Adoption Details

 
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Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

Jul 15: 8Daily Excel covering new tenders and all published updates including corrigendum, amendment, addendum, clarification and status revisions, along with technical and financial bid opening, evaluation completion and final award actions including AOC and LOA issuance.
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POWER MARKETS DAILY

Jul 14: 8IEX Real-Time Market clears at a weekly high of Rs 5.25 a unit on the thinnest volume of the week
8Green Day-Ahead Market firms to Rs 4.02 a unit, the only active green segment
8Term-ahead trades cling to the price ceiling; PXIL deviation market clears nothing
8Hydro day-ahead segment draws sellers but no buyers all week
8Intraday volume-profile products barely trade, and only at the cap Details

GRID OPERATIONS DAILY

Jul 14: 8All-India demand held near 251 GW on 13 July with an energy shortage of just 0.17%
8Frequency stayed in band 84% of the day but spent twice as long high as low
8Reliability indices clean nationally; localised violations at Dadra & Nagar Haveli and voltage deviations in Rajasthan and Karnataka
8Ancillary despatch ran firmly downward on 13 July - but far less than mid-week
8Regional peaks reconcile; the only material residual shortage is a Kerala pocket Details

OUTAGE & MAINTENANCE REGISTER

Jul 14: 8Kudankulam-1 (1,000 MW nuclear) remains out since 8 July on generator protection
8Gadarwara-1 (800 MW, NTPC) trips fresh on a boiler-tube leak
8Adani Power Maharashtra Tiroda-5 (660 MW) out on air-pre-heater vibration
8Mettur-5 (600 MW) forced out on a boiler-tube leak
8Both Ghatampur units (660 MW each) remain out since June on coal-feeding failure
8Other large forced units carried over on 13 July
8Six large units returned to the bar, cushioning the evening peak
8Kanpur GIS 400 kV Bus-1 out on busbar protection for a process-bus upgrade
8765 kV Kurnool–Maheshwaram-2 remains out on an R-N fault
8765 kV Raichur–Sholapur-2 out on an isolator hot-spot
8Other notable transmission elements out on 13 July
8Forward maintenance diary: a heavy annual-overhaul slate through the year
8Register-reading cautions: artefacts and mirrored entries Details

FUEL & COAL LEDGER

Jul 14: 8Coal stocks stable at about 17 days; not one plant officially critical, but Niwari TPP is down to a single day
8Renewable generation climbed through the week to 1,349 MU, led by Rajasthan and Gujarat
8Ministry of Coal opens two decriminalisation and penalty consultations
8The gas fleet again sits idle on economics, not fuel Details

HYDRO & RESERVOIR LEDGER

Jul 14: 8Odisha reservoirs mostly below last year; Hirakud the exception, passing heavy inflow
8Odisha hydro generation about 504 MW; two stations idle
8Coverage note: no national reservoir bulletin this edition Details

Contracting news for the day

Jul 14: 8Rs 128 crore cable procurement tightens quality filters as technical scrutiny reshapes competition
A large procurement has quietly become a test of manufacturing capability rather than simply price competitiveness. Technical scrutiny significantly narrowed the competitive field before commercial bids assumed importance. The outcome signals broader changes in how future utility procurements may increasingly evaluate suppliers

8Rs 289 crore reactor award carries a far longer risk tail than the contract value suggests
This latest reactor package carries implications that extend well beyond equipment procurement. The technical framework, contractual structure and award outcome collectively indicate a procurement strategy that could influence future transmission packages. The deeper significance becomes evident only after examining the tender clause by clause.

8A familiar GIS package introduces an unfamiliar procurement structure
A new procurement structure quietly changes where project risk begins and who carries it first. The commercial framework appears straightforward, but several clauses reshape competitive positioning well before the owner awards the contract. The biggest implications emerge only after the document is read clause by clause.

81000 MW renewable procurement signals another important step in India's evolving RTC power market
A utility-scale renewable procurement has returned to the spotlight after a series of developments during the bidding process. The headline capacity is only one part of what makes this opportunity strategically significant for developers and investors alike. The real story emerges after examining how the procurement framework has gradually evolved.

8Tender extends timeline for Rs solar park infrastructure tender, giving bidders more room before the next procurement milestone
A revised schedule has quietly reshaped the bidding calendar for one of Rajasthan's key renewable infrastructure packages. The change appears procedural, but its impact could extend beyond just the submission date. The implications for competition and bid strategy become clearer inside the document.

8A 70-day deadline shift redraws the competitive field for the Chitradurga project
The tender covers more than isolated equipment procurement. Its balance-of-system structure brings several engineering and construction interfaces under one competitive package. The allocation of those interfaces will shape bidder appetite and execution exposure.

8Environmental compliance takes centre stage as a major EPC package advances
A major environmental upgrade package has entered a crucial phase after fresh revisions altered the procurement timeline without changing the project's technical ambition. The contract combines engineering, construction and long-term performance responsibility into a single execution model that raises the competitive threshold for bidders. The real significance, however, lies in how the procurement strategy could influence both participation and execution quality.

8A critical thermal EPC package quietly raises the bar for execution and competition
A technically important package is doing far more than inviting bids for an auxiliary system. The procurement structure reveals a deliberate shift in how execution responsibility, commercial discipline and bidder capability are being balanced before work even begins. The implications extend well beyond this individual contract and become evident only after examining the tender in detail.

8The engineering design quietly raises the technical benchmark for future transmission projects
The project's configuration reflects decisions that extend beyond routine EPC execution. Equipment choices indicate a longer-term network strategy rather than a conventional asset replacement. Their significance only becomes evident when viewed collectively.

8A Rs 142 crore EPC contest has stayed open 110 days longer, but its hardest conditions remain untouched
A major turnkey procurement has undergone four deadline extensions without any corresponding easing of its commercial or technical obligations. The extra preparation window sits alongside fixed pricing, heavy security commitments and a long post-handover responsibility. What the unchanged clauses reveal about the intended bidder pool is more significant than the revised calendar itself. Details

CERC DOCKET

Jul 14: 8MPPMCL v OPTCL - order reserved on a long-running wheeling-charge refund
8Saimaa Solar v CTUIL - interim protection for 150 MW at Bikaner-III
8Avaada v CTUIL - anti-revocation relief sought
8Ayana v CTUIL - land-bank-BG to LOA conversion dispute
8EG Mega Urja v CTUIL - round-the-clock and non-solar-hour access
8NTPC Renewable v CTUIL - land-document extension for 900 MW at Mandsaur
8SJVN v ReNew - round-the-clock tariff adoption for 448 of 1,200 MW
8APNRL v HPPC - fuel-cost adjustment and late-payment surcharge
8Eight renewable developers seek SCSD extensions from NHPC and NTPC
8CREHTPL v SJVN - a further SCSD-extension plea
8Adani Renewable, ReNew and Anupavan v SECI - bid-nullity dispute adjourned
8NLCIL v Angul Sundargarh Transmission - LILO-line charges review admitted
8POWERGRID v AVVNL - transmission-tariff review
8WRLDC/CTUIL v MPSEZ Utilities - RLDC fees and transmission dues Details

STATE REGULATORY ROUNDUP

Jul 14: 8West Bengal orders all utilities into the Ninth Control Period MYT filing
8Kerala regulator dismisses two KSEBL-linked matters on maintainability
8Delhi relaxes security deposits for Kanwar-season temporary connections
8Gujarat’s PGVCL reports an 11.17% Q4 distribution loss
8Haryana ash-utilisation returns and an Uttarakhand disclosure refresh Details

GREEN MARKETS & RE PROGRAMME WATCH

Jul 14: 8GUVNL and TANGEDCO launch large firm-power reverse auctions on HPX
8Fraunhofer benchmark puts world solar near 2,974 GW with module prices around US$0.10/Wp
8Mangalam Worldwide commissions a 10.4 MW captive solar plant
8Pace Digitek’s Lineage Power signs a third BESS supply framework
8International context: UK puts public support behind long-duration storage Details

CORPORATE WIRE

Jul 14: 8Siemens reports an 18-month transition year: Rs 33,868 crore of orders and a 900% dividend
8Transformers & Rectifiers India affirmed IND A+/A1+ with a larger rated book; results due 20 July
8SJVN Green Energy - CARE reaffirms AA and enlarges the facility to Rs 14,844.71 crore
8SJVN Ltd - AA+/A1+ reaffirmed on a strong parent credit
8Supreme Power Equipment wins a Rs 13.6 crore transformer order
8Sarda Energy to weigh a fund-raise alongside Q1 results
8Jaiprakash Power Ventures board meets 20 July for Q1 results
8Sterling and Wilson Renewable holds a Q1 earnings call on 17 July
8Torrent Power sets its 22nd AGM for 3 August
8Adani Enterprises converts partly paid rights shares to fully paid
8Viaton Energy notched down to CARE B- as the issuer keeps its agency in the dark
8IL&FS Wind Energy’s Rs 200 crore debentures stay in default - a shell the wind farms already left
8SJVN Arun-3’s AA+ is a borrowed rating - strip the guarantee and it is BBB+, on a project slipping to 2028 Details

COMMITTEES, PEOPLE & SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Jul 14: 8Southern RPC advances pre-islanding load-shedding, grid-forming BESS and black-start ahead of its 58th meeting
8Northern RPC’s 245th coordination meeting takes up islanding, black-start trials and the Kanpur busbar upgrade
8Grid-India’s minimum-turndown support settlements: Rs 51 lakh in April, Rs 24 lakh in May
8Western RPC coordination: Khavda dynamic compensation, IEGC self-audits and the annual overhaul plan
8People: Punjab reshuffles senior engineers; Himachal invites Ombudsman applications; a coal retention
8A northern RE sub-committee meeting and two southern operational milestones Details

Power Finance Corporation floats the Satara Power Transmission SPV to evacuate up to 4,500 MW of pumped storage in the Western Region

Jul 14: 8PFC has incorporated a wholly owned special-purpose vehicle, Satara Power Transmission Ltd, to build a Western-Region transmission scheme sized to serve pumped-storage potential of up to 4,500 MW near Satara in Maharashtra. As the bid-process coordinator, PFC (through PFC Consulting) will develop the SPV and transfer it to the winning bidder under the tariff-based competitive-bidding route. Details

A wave of connectivity-revocation challenges hits the CERC as CTUIL tightens on financial closure - developers race to protect grid access

Jul 14: 8The Central Transmission Utility’s harder line on connectivity milestones has produced a cluster of developer challenges now live at the CERC, heard together on 9 July. In 319/MP/2026 Saimaa Solar contested CTUIL’s 10 June revocation of its connectivity for missing financial closure and won interim protection - the Commission directed that 150 MW at the Bikaner-III pooling station not be re-allocated while CTUIL verifies the financial-closure documents on affidavit, with the matter listed for 25 August. It does not stand alone: Avaada (186/MP/2026) is seeking anti-revocation relief, Ayana (109/MP/2026) is contesting a land-bank-BG to LOA conversion, and EG Mega Urja (317/MP/2026) is fighting over round-the-clock/non-solar-hour access. Details

NHPC seeks an interim tariff for the 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower project while SJVN’s 900 MW Arun-3 slips to 2028 - the Himalayan hydro pipeline is straining at both ends

Jul 14: 8Two of the country’s largest under-construction hydro stations moved in opposite-but-related ways in today’s file. At the CERC, NHPC’s petition 258/GT/2026 against UPPCL seeks a generation tariff - with an interim tariff pressed - for the 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower project, with revised tariff forms due by 27 July and the matter listed for 27 August. Separately, CARE’s rating rationale on SJVN Arun-3 records the 900 MW Nepal project’s scheduled commissioning slipping from December 2025 to March 2028 on geological grounds, with a cost overrun flagged. Details

The grid curtailed wind and solar and pushed generators down even as renewable output climbed - an oversupply signature, not a shortage

Jul 14: 8The system spent 13 July leaning against surplus, not scarcity. Frequency sat above the 50.05 Hz ceiling for 10.57% of the day and below 49.90 Hz for only 5.32%; net ancillary despatch was 56,691 MWh downward against 11,781 MWh up; and the day-ahead price collapsed to around Rs 0.50 a unit in the midday solar hours before the evening peak. On the renewable side, the REMC report for 12 July shows variable renewable output actually rising - 1,349 MU nationally, wind climbing through the week - yet with heavy curtailment attributed to “high frequency and heavy underdrawal.” Details

A single CT failure at Fatehgarh-III cascades through the 400/220 kV network, tripping about a dozen renewable-evacuation feeders in Rajasthan

Jul 14: 8At around 17:44 on 13 July an R-phase current-transformer failure at the POWERGRID Fatehgarh-III substation in Rajasthan set off a cascade recorded in the Northern Region outage register: a 765/400 kV, 1,500 MVA interconnecting transformer, seven 400/220 kV 500 MVA ICTs, four 220 kV buses and roughly twelve renewable-evacuation feeders tripped together. Fatehgarh is a backbone node for evacuating desert wind and solar, so the event reads as an equipment-protection failure with direct renewable-dispatch consequences. Details

India’s generation ran 4.7% below programme on 11 July - the cause was broken units, not short coal

Jul 14: 8All-India generation excluding renewables came in at 4,309.74 MU on 11 July against a programme of 4,521.78 MU, a shortfall of 4.7%. Coal stocks were not the constraint: 148 monitored plants held about 36.2 million tonnes, roughly 17 days of cover, with not one plant flagged critical. Details

NHPC restarts two Teesta-V units in Sikkim as the 1,200 MW Teesta-III below it stays stranded and fights for change-in-law relief

Jul 14: 8NHPC told the exchanges that Units 1 and 2 of its 510 MW Teesta-V station - 170 MW each, 340 MW together - resumed commercial generation at 17:00 on 13 July after grid synchronisation, with the third unit to follow. Twenty kilometres downstream, the 1,200 MW Teesta-III remains out nearly two years after the October 2023 glacial-lake-outburst flood destroyed its dam, and its owner Sikkim Urja is still before the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission seeking to pass through Sikkim’s ecosystem water charge as change-in-law. Details

IEX day-ahead price for 14 July delivery jumps to Rs 6.33 a unit as buy bids overtake sell offers

Jul 14: 8The average day-ahead clearing price on the Indian Energy Exchange for delivery on 14 July settled at Rs 6,328.93 per MWh - Rs 6.33 a unit - up from Rs 2.49 a unit as recently as 12 July. For the first time in the week, purchase bids (523,267 MWh) exceeded sell bids (462,625 MWh), the signature of a supply-tight session rather than a demand collapse. Details

APERC opens the FY2025-26 fuel-cost true-up for Andhra Pradesh’s three DISCOMs, with objections due by 3 August

Jul 14: 8The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has admitted fuel-and-power-purchase-cost adjustment (FPPCA) true-up petitions for FY2025-26 from all three state distribution companies - APSPDCL (OP 32/2026), APCPDCL (OP 33/2026) and APEPDCL (OP 34/2026) - and set a public-objection window closing 3 August, with DISCOM replies due by 13 August. The petitions reconcile the actual fuel and power-purchase cost the utilities incurred against what tariff already recovered. Details

Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

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Jul 14:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for supply of various sizes diaphragm valves Details
 8Tender for supply of 11 kV vertical GOS AB switch with PT insulator Details
 8Tender for supply of 11 kV transfromer structure material Details
 8Tender for supply of GI stem bolt and nut Details
 8Tender for procurement of 8 Nos of ethernet switches with necessary accessories for various Details
 8Tender for supply of consumable material Details
 8Tender for procurement of hydraulic hoses for CHP hydraulic system Details
 8Tender for supply of sulphuric acid Details
 8Tender for estimate for 33 kV feeder Details
 8Tender for supply of 03 Nos. SPS for ICTs at 400kV substations Details
 8Tender for procurement of various LED lights Details
 8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning with RMS of 46 KWp grid connected solar PV power plant Details
 8Tender for work of power/control instrument cable tray cleaning, cable tracing & redressing and miscellaneous works Details
 8Tender for various maintenance works of wagon tippler Details
 8Tender for work of ash lifting of ESP Details
 8Tender for civil other other miscellaneous works Details
 8Tender for work of carry out corrosive test of various MS structure of coal handling plant Details
 8Tender for procurement of 400kV current transformer Details
 8Tender for repairing and maintenance contract of rolling shutters Details
 8Tender for supply of MS rods along with buts bolts and lugs for tower earthing Details
 8Tender for purchase of HDPE PVC pipe 140mm Details
 8Tender for purchase of three phase 200kVA (aluminium wound) level 1/star-1 rated CRGO/amorphous core distribution transformers Details
 8Tender for supply of ceralined P.F. bends and orifice for coal mill Details
 8Tender for supply of cooler for ID fan motor Details
 8Tender for procurement of collecting electrode of ESP Details
 8Tender for providing protection measures against shooting and falling of stones Details
 8Tender for providing comprehensive slope stabilization and protection works on the upstream slope Details
 8Tender for supply of materials Details
 8Tender for supply of non-asbestos gaskets Details
 8Tender for supply of pneumatic drain isolating valve Details
 8Tender for SCADA integration of 13 No 33 kV GIS bays Details
 8Design, manufacturing, testing and supply of 220kV emergency restoration system tower Details
 8Tender for supply of LT 3phase channel cross arm. Details
 8Tender for installing new 200MVA, 220/110kV 3 ph Trfr station in existing spare bay available Details
 8Design, engineering, manufacturing factory test inspection supply supervision of installation and commissioning of 11kV RMUs Details
 8Tender for rerouting and standisation of 11kV line Details
 8Tender for rerouting of 11kV line Details
 8Tender for work of extension of switch house at 66 kV sub station Details
 8Tender for construction of 33 kV substation Details
 8Tender for erection of 0.15 Kms S/C 33 kV line Details
 8Tender for supply of pneumatic knife gate valves Details
 8Tender for retrofitting/replacement work of vertical waterwall, repair and checking work of stirrup with buckstays, wall and tie beam/bar Details
 8Tender for supply of PIP pipe for fly ash conveying system of ESP Details
 8Tender for work of second circuit stringing on 132kV line Details
 8Tender for replacement of damaged disc insulators string of 132kV transmission line Details
 8Tender for AMC for work of overhauling/servicing with spares of 33kV circuit breakers of various make at various substations Details
 8Tender for supply of micro pulveriser, jaw type coal sampler and coal sampler crusher Details
 8Tender for work of shifting the electrical assets Details
 8Tender for supply of various consumables, measuring instruments, Tools tackles, CPVC and fasteners items Details
 8Tender for supply of CPVC pipe & fittings Details
 8Tender for supply of fire water pump-3 with motor Details
 8Tender for work related to reconstruction of damaged T/F fencing Details
 8Tender for replacement of existing 11 kV ACSR conductor with 11 kV Dog conductor Details
 8Tender for construction work of double circuit 11 kV line Details
 8Tender for work of MRI and bill distribution of KCC, non KCC, solar Details
 8Tender for work of installing insulated covered conductor in place of ACSR weasel conductor Details
 8Tender for work of installing insulated covered conductor Details
 8Tender for work of MRI and bill distribution of KCC, non KCC, solar, STW/PTW consumers Details
 8Tender for work of installing insulated covered conductor in place of ACSR wessel conductor in 11 kV power line Details
 8Tender for biennial service contract of job related to chemical solution preparation and chemical handling Details
 8Tender for procurement of different spares of bowl mill Details
 8Tender for procurement of 200 MT hydrochloric acid and 50 MT caustic soda flakes Details
 8Tender for procurement of steel materials and fasteners for pressure and non-pressure parts Details
 8Tender for service contract for repairing of air/flue gas duct, pipe line Details
 8Tender for procurement of grinding rollers and bull ring segments for coal mill Details
 8Tender for procurement of straight pipe for repairing of coal carrying pipe Details
 8Tender for refurbishment of under carriage set Details
 8Tender for coal mill performance test of unit Details
 8Tender for service contract for overhauling of mechanical system for ash handling plant Details
 8Tender for various civil jobs Details
 8Tender for augmentation of substation by providing additional 1x50MVA, 132/33kV TF Details
 8Tender for work of augmentation of substation by addition of 25MVA, 132/33kV power transformer along Details
 8Tender for work of providing and fixing of additional 33kV PT set along Details
 8Tender for annual contract for the work of loading, unloading, winching and transportation of various EHV power transformers/ICT’s Details
 8Tender for work of annual rate contract for attending on site minor repairs/ maintenance work/ OLTC overhauling of EHV class power transformers/ ICTs at various Details
 8Tender for supply of equipments/ material, erection, testing and commissioning for the work augmentation by providing additional 1 x 25MVA, 132- 110/33 kV T/F Details
 8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of new street light poles with cable laying Details
 8Tender for misc. civil works Details
 8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 66kV D/C line on D/C panther tower Details
 8Tender for repair, maintenance, and installation of plant/ systems/equipments Details
 8Tender for supply of various items Details
 8Tender for supply of knife gate valve for ash handling plant Details
 8Tender for work of misc pressure part related activity of boiler stage Details
 8Tender for supply of various ratings LT motor Details
 8Design, supply erection commissioning and testing of water distribution system Details
 8Tender for fabrication and erection of wind barrier in LHP stack yard. Details
 8Tender for work of collection of fly ash, bed ash Details
 8Tender for procurement of various type of control transformers Details
 8Tender for supply & application of high insulation floor coating at switchgear Details
 8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for transportation of material including loading, unloading and stacking of any store material Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing 11kV LT line network Details
 8Tender for purchase of 4CX185mm2 LT PVC cable Details
 8Tender for supply of special 414 TXM coupling set TXM-301865 & its gasket for pulverized fuel pipes of boiler Details
 8Tender for supply of tool kit and service kit for single point automatic lubrication system Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing overhead LT line network Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 
8FGD-exempted coal power plants within 300 km of NCR behind 81 pc SO2 emissions in this sector: Report Details
 
8Most sulphur dioxide around Delhi comes from coal plants exempted from pollution rules: CREA Details
 
8Avaada activates first phase of 6 GW TOPCon solar cell plant Details
 
8CERC tells clean energy firms to lose grid connection or generate power Details
 
8Power sector: Equirus starts coverage on JSW Energy, Torrent; NTPC top pick Details
 
8Tamil Nadu Signs Rs 15,037 Crore Deal with Vikram Solar to Expand Battery Energy Storage Manufacturing Details
 
8Why tapped solar electricity is going down the drain in India Details
 
8THDCIL Celebrates 39th Foundation Day, Reaffirms Commitment to India’s Clean Energy Future Details
 
8Most sulphur dioxide around Delhi comes from coal plants exempted from pollution rules: CREA Details
 
8Aditya Birla Group acquires Shell’s India renewable arm Sprng for $1.8 bn Details
 
8India’s Power Transmission Sector to See Rs 5-6 Trillion Capex by FY32 Amid Renewable Energy Expansion: ICRA Details
 
8GUVNL Awards 250 MW Phase XI Wind Projects To NLC India Renewables, Juniper Green, Powerica & Cu-Built At INR3.51/kWh Details
 
8Why India's growing solar surplus is going unused despite record demand Details
 
8FGD-Exempted Coal Power Plants Within 300 Km of NCR Behind 81 pc SO2 Emissions in This Sector: Report Details
 
8Campaign against ethanol is sponsored; my focus is on national interest: Nitin Gadkari Details
 
8Why India’s C&I sector is slow to embrace battery storage Details
 
8NHPC’s Phukot Karnali Project, Cross-Border Power Trade to Dominate Nepal-India Energy Talks Details
 
8Honda India Power Products recommends Rs 23 dividend, schedules AGM Details
 
8TERI urges national push for solar thermal energy to decarbonise India’s industrial sector Details
 
8How Renewable Energy Companies Are Redefining Environmental Sustainability in India Details
 
8NTPC Board Approves Rs 20,456.70 Crore Investment for 1,600 MW Lara Stage-III Thermal Power Project Details
 
8Equirus Securities Initiates Coverage on JSW Energy, Torrent Power Details
 
8Rajasthan prioritises financial strength of DISCOMs, pushes renewable energy for sustainable power sector Details
 
8Subsidy support masks discom stress; reforms key: S&P Details
 
8Rolls-Royce mtu Generators Power New INS Mahendragiri Frigate Details
 
8NHPC resumes commercial operation of two units at Teesta-V Power Station Details
 
8Power Stock in Focus After Receiving Rs 443 Crore BESS and PCS Order from Bondada Renewable Energy Details
 
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CERC opens a 60-day window to free 22,054 MW of grid connectivity held by projects that never signed power-purchase agreements

Jul 13: 8In a suo-motu order dated 10 July, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission found that of 40,420 MW of connectivity granted through letters of award between January 2019 and May 2025, developers had signed purchase agreements for only 2,338 MW, leaving 22,054 MW blocked without a buyer. Rather than cancel the idle grants outright, the Commission has offered a voluntary menu of exit, substitution or surrender, and will auction released capacity from a Rs 3 lakh per MW base - a softer route adopted after developers argued that forced surrender would require a change in the regulations. Details

IEX day-ahead power price more than doubles in a day, from Rs 2.49 a unit for Sunday to Rs 5.62 for Monday delivery

Jul 13: 8Sunday 12 July drew the week’s largest sell offer, about 743 million units, against shrunken buying, pulling the day-ahead clearing price down to Rs 2.49 a unit and to as little as about 20 paise in the solar-heavy midday blocks. As weekday demand returned for 13 July, buyers bid a week-high 413 million units and the price rebounded to Rs 5.62, a swing that shows how thin the cushion has become between midday solar surplus and evening scarcity. Details

India’s grid ran persistently over-frequency on Sunday 12 July, holding above 50.05 Hz for nearly a quarter of the day

Jul 13: 8National frequency stayed inside the 49.90–50.05 Hz band for only 71.7% of 12 July and spent 21.9% of the day above it, peaking at 50.272 Hz, as low weekend demand met heavy midday solar generation. Seven 765 kV substations touched or breached their 800 kV ceiling for up to 18% of the day, and a day earlier the western despatcher had ordered wind and solar cut by as much as 55% - the operating signature of a system carrying more midday generation than it can absorb. Details

IREDA declares Rs 672.74 crore of loans to Gensol Engineering and its EV-leasing arm as fraud and reports them to the RBI

Jul 13: 8The state renewable-energy lender told the exchanges on 10 July that Rs 453.77 crore owed by Gensol Engineering and Rs 218.97 crore owed by Gensol EV Lease had been classified as fraud, citing misappropriation, criminal breach of trust and forged documents. IREDA has already provided against 85% of both accounts, limiting the fresh hit to its books, but the formal fraud tag on a once-marquee solar engineering borrower crystallises the downfall of the Gensol group. Details

Enforcement Directorate provisionally attaches Rs 762.75 crore of Reliance Power shares held by Reliance Infrastructure under the money-laundering law

Jul 13: 8Reliance Power told the exchanges on 11 July that a 10 July provisional attachment order also covers Rs 116.96 crore it is owed by Sasan Power and Rs 141.48 crore owed by Reliance Cleangen, part of a wider investigation into the Anil Ambani group. The company put the direct financial implication at Rs 258.44 crore and said it would contest the order, which lands while the group is still working through legacy debt and asset sales. Details

Southern grid regulator names large thermal units still not in free-governor mode two years after it became mandatory

Jul 13: 8An agenda circulated on 10 July for a 31 July special meeting lists plants including HNPCL (2×520 MW), Singareni (2×600 MW), Bhadradri (4×270 MW) and NCTPP Stage-II (2×600 MW) as still running on restricted governor mode, in breach of the 2023 grid code. The same review graded Tamil Nadu and Telangana “poor” on frequency response for 2025-26 and flagged NLC’s entire Neyveli fleet, pointing to a southern region lagging on the primary defence against frequency swings. Details

NTPC board approves Rs 20,457 crore for two 800 MW supercritical units at Lara in Chhattisgarh

Jul 13: 8The 11 July investment sanction covers Lara Super Thermal Power Project Stage-III (2×800 MW), taking the Raigarh-district station towards 3,200 MW and adding to NTPC’s coal build-out. At roughly Rs 12.8 crore a megawatt the commitment underlines that, even amid the renewable push, the country’s largest generator is still sanctioning large baseload coal capacity. Details

Power Markets Daily

Jul 13: 8Green day-ahead prices climb steadily even as the conventional day-ahead market swings
8High-price and ancillary day-ahead segments drew zero clearing all week for want of buyers
8PXIL switches on a new matching engine for its three day-ahead segments and makes seller minimum quantities binding in reverse auctions
8IEX real-time market cleared 5.7 lakh MWh over 10-12 July at Rs 3.21-3.55 a unit, floor near zero, ceiling Rs 10
8IEX term-ahead daily contracts split Western and Northern regions, clearing Rs 0.45 a unit to the Rs 10 cap
8Green term-ahead contracts cleared near Rs 4.0-4.4 a unit, late 12 July blocks pushed toward the Rs 10 cap
8PXIL real-time market cleared at the Rs 10 ceiling on 11 July night; IEX intraday published no price, PXIL DSM nil Details

Contracting news for the day

Jul 13: 8The proposed consultancy extends far beyond document preparation
The assignment combines technical, commercial and contractual responsibilities within a single advisory mandate. This points towards a more integrated procurement philosophy. The full impact becomes evident when the expected consultant role is examined closely.

8Rs 402 crore transmission push places two contrasting EPC strategies before bidders
Two high-voltage packages are testing the market with sharply different distances, timelines and execution demands. Their headline values reveal only part of the opportunity, while the deeper commercial pressure sits inside the design and security provisions. A closer reading shows why bidders cannot price either contract solely by route length.

8A 400 kV intervention carries the technical weight of the Rs 85 crore package
The larger strategic challenge lies in integrating a new connection with an existing high-voltage corridor. Survey accuracy, tower selection and outage coordination will influence more than the construction schedule. The detailed risk emerges from how these obligations are tied together.

8Uncapped escalation changes the pricing equation for a long-duration EPC contract
A global EPC package has bundled pollution control, ash handling, water systems, electrical facilities and plant-wide interfaces behind a substantial bid-security threshold. Uncapped escalation offers bidders rare inflation protection, but the completion and delay framework contains a drafting fault with potentially expensive consequences. The decisive issue lies not in equipment supply alone, but in who absorbs the risk when multiple packages converge at site.

8Rs 379 crore evacuation package widens the entry gate but leaves critical bid risks unresolved
A major renewable evacuation contract has quietly opened its qualification window to a wider class of electrical EPC companies. Yet conflicting security figures and tightly transferred engineering risks could determine who is willing to compete. The most consequential details lie inside the amended experience clause and the package’s uncompromising execution conditions.

8Development order opens a tightly controlled supply opportunity with steel-linked price protection and a two-stage delivery gate
A compact supply package carries a larger test of fabrication control, approval speed and commodity-risk pricing. The first delivery unlocks the balance quantity, while a tender-specific concession changes the normal schedule-risk equation. The decisive commercial advantage lies in how the steel formula, technical clearance and development obligations interact.

8540 MW wind mandate extends far beyond turbine supply
A large wind procurement has bundled land, turbines, grid infrastructure and a decade of O&M into one contractor-controlled package. The bidding structure offers capacity flexibility but imposes an unusually sharp financial and alliance test on companies seeking both blocks. A set of less-visible qualification conditions could decide who reaches the price-bid stage.

8Full advance payment and zero security reshape a six-month structural assessment contract
A short scientific inspection has been wrapped inside a far wider six-month contract window. The owner will fund mobilisation and release the inspection charges before the field visit without demanding performance or advance-payment security. The deeper significance lies in how much technical and commercial risk remains outside the visible scope.

8Power major seeks high-stakes ash-dyke verdict under an unusually relaxed contract
A fresh consultancy package puts the stability of multiple ash lagoons and overflow structures under digital and field-level scrutiny. The assignment combines seismic, seepage and rapid-drawdown modelling with a contract that removes several conventional enforcement safeguards. The most consequential tension lies not in the software or schedule, but in who carries the risk once the fee is released.

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Grid Operations Daily

Jul 13: 8All-India peak demand met 243,428 MW at 22:28 on 12 July, with nil peak and energy shortage nationwide
8Coal supplied 61% and renewables 24% of India’s 5,744 MU gross generation on 12 July
8Western Region net-exported 358.7 MU on 12 July, most of it into a Northern Region that imported 341 MU
8Eastern Region imported 49.12 MU from Bhutan and 20.28 MU from Nepal, exported 22.8 MU to Bangladesh on 12 July
8Eastern Region met a 31,850 MW peak with zero shortage on 12 July; Bihar drew to 8,503 MW
8Southern Region 400 kV nodes ran high - Hindupur hit 435.28 kV - while Munirabad sagged to 371 kV on 12 July
8Economic despatch in June pushed generation up nearly three times as often as it pushed it down
8Eastern Region day-ahead load forecast missed 5.06% on 11 July, with a systematic overnight over-forecast peaking near 2,857 MW
8GETCO Q1 loading shows 220 kV Asoj-Jambuva peaking at 505 MW against 360 MW design; several central and south Gujarat lines over capacity
8All-India ISTS transmission loss set at 3.86% for the 13-19 July week Details

Outage & Maintenance Register

Jul 13: 8Western Region generation outage rises to 22,902 MW on 12 July, with reserve shutdowns the largest single component
8Kudankulam Unit 1 (1,000 MW), Tamil Nadu, remains off the bar since 8 July after generator protection operated
8Adani Power’s 685 MW Raipur unit (Chhattisgarh) tripped twice within a day, latest on generator protection
8765 kV Akola-Koradi-III line (Maharashtra) out since 26 June after tower collapse at location 396
8Ghatampur TPS, Uttar Pradesh: both 660 MW units (1,320 MW) out for weeks on coal-feeding problems
8Monsoon high silt forces Himachal Pradesh hydro units off the bar on 10–12 July
8Western Region carries about 2,660 MW of major thermal overhauls due back between late July and mid-August
8NLDC lists Ramagundam and PVUNL Patratu units to come on-bar on 13–14 July; several long-idle units flagged Details

Fuel & Coal Ledger

Jul 13: 8Twenty-eight thermal stations sat on critical coal stock in mid-July, but pithead plants stayed well supplied and no eastern unit lost output to coal
8India’s power generation rose almost 11% in June while Coal India’s output was flat
8Pithead coal stocks held at 102% of norm on 11 July while non-pithead plants sat at 61%
8Coal India despatched 8.5 MT more than it mined in June, drawing down pit stocks
8CEA plant-receipt and Coal India despatch registers land within ~8% of each other for coal reaching power
8NTPC Bongaigaon’s part-load secondary-fuel-oil compensation roughly doubled from April to May Details

Hydro & Reservoir Ledger

Jul 13: 8All-India hydro supplied 576 MU on 12 July, a tenth of gross generation, with the Northern Region carrying most of it
8Sardar Sarovar holds more than double last year’s energy content, standing 8 metres higher on the Narmada
8Indira Sagar and Ukai both sit below last year, their stored energy down by half and a third
8Koyna sits about 6.7 m and a quarter of its energy content below last year, yet generated little on 12 July
8Odisha’s Hirakud stands 9 feet above last year while Balimela, Rengali and the rest sit lower
8North-eastern reservoirs hold near-full at Kopili but Ranganadi ran dry; reservoir-energy columns are OCR-suspect
8Hydro and reservoir ledger: Teesta cascade still shown out on the outage register, and western reservoirs run below last year Details

CERC Docket

Jul 13: 8CERC gives VEH Green and Gadag Power two more weeks to plead new JCC evidence in fight to stretch ISTS connectivity deadlines to 2027
8CERC lets BBMB withdraw its solar-connectivity relaxation plea after Third Amendment to GNA rules makes it moot; HVPNL open-access objection left open
8AMPIN challenges CTUIL for cutting Fatehgarh-IV non-solar-hour margin from 199.5 MW to 166 MW after it won a SECI peak-supply award; CERC admits, but flags AMPIN is only an applicant
8ReNew’s force-majeure bid to void CTUIL transmission bills adjourned to September as the linked 2 June order heads to APTEL
8ACME’s Great Indian Bustard change-in-law claim against SECI moves toward decision as it files reconciliation statement and auditor’s certificate
8CERC clears NTPC’s name change to ‘NTPC Mining Limited’ and gives it eight weeks to refile the Pakri Barwadih coal-price truing-up petition
8CERC shields NLC India’s 200 MW Bhuj solar connectivity from third-party reallocation even as CTUIL’s revocation proceeds; Rs 4.5 crore bank guarantee already encashed
8Tata Power Renewables asks CERC to restore 101 MW Kallam connectivity that CTUIL revoked in December before any interim order could issue
8CERC grants two fresh inter-State trading licences, including one to the Railways’ energy-management arm Details

State Regulatory Roundup

Jul 13: 8GSECL’s claimed capital cost for 800 MW Wanakbori Unit 8 climbs to about Rs 4,469 crore after BHEL settlement; GUVNL wants a full MYT prudence check on guest-house and event spend
8GERC reserves order on whether Gujarat Hira Bourse pays 2.5% or 15% to hand its Gem & Jewellery Park network to DGVCL
8GERC reserves order on cold-storage plea for concessional tariff as discoms argue it is a back-door review of the 2022 tariff order
8Rajasthan revises merit-order dispatch for 10-12 July after central-sector tariff change; Sasan cheapest at Rs 1.37/kWh variable, gas/liquid stations near-idle above Rs 20
8Uttar Pradesh regulator approves FY2026-27 electricity rate schedule with no across-the-board tariff rise as discoms file no hike proposal
8Delhi regulator lets discoms bill a fuel surcharge above the 10% cap for May, up to 25% for BRPL Details

GREEN MARKETS & RE PROGRAMME WATCH

Jul 13: 8India’s renewable plants generated 1,230.82 MU on 9 July, with wind ahead of solar and Gujarat leading states - CEA
8MNRE reopens NISE portal to 23 July for ALMM List-II investment-protection claims
8Trom Industries wins 42 MW of rooftop solar work orders from South Bihar discom under PM Surya Ghar
8Solar capacity in the Northern grid reaches 40,494 MW, nearly double the region’s hydro fleet
8Juniper Green’s 715 MW solar-wind-battery hybrid at Fatehgarh charged into the Northern grid in May 2026 Details

CORPORATE WIRE

Jul 13: 8Reliance Infrastructure unit MMOPL restructures Rs 2,771 crore NARCL debt, cutting dues by over Rs 1,100 crore and ending insolvency
8GE Power India seeks shareholder vote on demerger of loss-making Durgapur unit to JSW Energy, offering 10 JSW Energy shares per 139 held
8JSW Energy step-down unit wins Rs 443.74 crore order to supply 200 MW / 400 MWh battery storage to Bondada Renewable
8TMC Transformers files DRHP for Rs 550 crore all-fresh IPO to fund EHV greenfield plant and working capital
8PFC prices US$300 million three-year floating-rate notes at SOFR plus 110 bps
8Adani Energy Solutions receives first ESG rating from CareEdge, scoring 86.2 out of 100
8Jindal Steel CEO Gautam Malhotra to leave on 15 July
8CareEdge upgrades Clean Max Aditya Power to CARE A on parent’s improved profile
8POWERGRID wins TBCB mandate for Krishnagiri renewable-zone evacuation, to build two 765/400 kV substations in Andhra Pradesh
8POWERGRID secures second TBCB mandate in two days for Bhadla-III, Ramgarh and Kanpur substation augmentation
8Triveni Power Transmission constitutes board and committees ahead of listing under Triveni composite scheme
8BHEL’s FY2025-26 net profit roughly triples to Rs 1,578 crore on 19% higher revenue
8BHEL order book reaches Rs 2.39 lakh crore, powered by 10 GW of thermal orders and a first coal-gasification contract Details

COMMITTEES, PEOPLE & SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Jul 13: 8A single un-backed relay dropped 190 MW across six western Mumbai suburbs, and a rodent felled 721 MW at NTPC’s Khavda hub, western grid panel finds
8SRPC grades Tamil Nadu and Telangana control areas ‘Poor’ on FY2025-26 frequency response; Kerala ‘Excellent’
8NLDC sets FY2026-27 frequency-response obligations for Southern states; Tamil Nadu highest at 1,214 MW/Hz in solar hours
8Coal Ministry gazettes SECL’s ‘Ke Sushrut’ NEET-coaching CSR scheme, a first for a coal PSU
8UP power regulator defers Rs 13,337-crore surplus question as discoms counterclaim a Rs 34,867-crore regulatory asset
8Northern grid logged 46 disturbances and incidents in May 2026 while peak demand of 87,675 MW stayed below the all-time high Details

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Jul 13:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for protection work for safeguarding the roof and structural components of the 33/11kV sub-station Details
 8Tender for augmentation of 33/11 kV s/stn Details
 8Tender for unserviceable/condemned iron scrap, scrap of copper, brass , alluminum, PVC wire, cable scrap Details
 8Tender for annual electrical M&R work Details
 8Tender for development of MRI based billing system for 5 kW Details
 8Tender for shifting of 132 kV transmission lines Details
 8Tender for aesthetic finishing works Details
 8Tender for renovation and modernisation of ABB DCS valves Details
 8Tender for upgradation of LVS to laser based projection system Details
 8Tender for balance of plant (BOP) EPC package Details
 8Tender for track fitting renewal (TFR) work for the existing Details
 8Tender for work for repairing and renewal coat of internal Details
 8Tender for protection work of bridge abutment and its return wall Details
 8Tender for repair and renovation works of type-III Details
 8Tender for drilling of borewell along with all pipelines works to water supply Details
 8Tender for supply of 500KVA 11/0.43kV distribution transformer Details
 8Tender for RCA for procurement of 11 kV (70 KN) and 33 kV (90 KN) strain hardware fittings Details
 8Tender for filling and leveling, fencing, retaining wall works Details
 8Tender for assistance in ESP control room operation in all three shift of 2x600 MW, SSTPP Details
 8Tender for carrying routine patrolling preventive breakdown maintenance of 220kV SC transmission line Details
 8Design, engineering, supply of materials equipment, erection, testing commissioning of 02 nos. 220 kV line feeder bay Details
 8Tender for construction of 1 No. 3rd addl. 20 MVA 132/11 kV T/F plinth and allied civil works Details
 8Tender for rotation and replacement with painting of ash disposal line Details
 8Tender for construction of allied works Details
 8Tender for procurement of 6 Nos. 100 kVA and 01 No. 250 kVA DG set Details
 8Tender for work of providing junior meter technicians Details
 8Tender for work of installation of one (01) No. 12.5 MVA power transformer Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract (AMC) for the maintenance of the associated electrical lines and redressal of consumer complaints under 33/11 kV power sub-station Details
 8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of LT ACB 800 Amp. for 250/400 KVA DTRs Details
 8Tender for increasing capacity from 100 KVA to 250 KVA transformers Details
 8Tender for increasing capacity of transformers and construction of new transformers Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract (AMC) for the maintenance of the associated electrical lines Details
 8Tender for work of servicing & overhauling of 11/22/33kV indoor & outdoor circuit breakers at various substations Details
 8Tender for AMC of optical fiber network and LAN for ERP and internet connectivity Details
 8Tender for rate contract for annual maintenance contract for optical fiber network Details
 8Tender for work of testing of EHV grade transformer oil samples at site by mobile testing laboratory at various Details
 8Tender for supply of equipments/ material, erection, testing and commissioning for the work augmentation by providing additional 1 x 50 MVA, 132- 110/33 kV T/F Details
 8Tender for procurement of 400kV grading capacitors for 400kV CBs at 400kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of 33kV 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 overhead termination arrangement of hybrid bay at 132 kV S/S Details
 8Tender for work of providing and fixing of OTI and WTI meters at various Details
 8Tender for procurement of supply / spares parts (AMC) for maintenance, servicing & repairing of 220 VDC & 48 VDC battery sets and battery chargers Details
 8Tender for work of replacement of old centralized HVAC system Details
 8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of additional 132/33 kV, 50 MVA power T/F along Details
 8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of an additional 1X50 MVA 220/33kV power transformer Details
 8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of an additional 1X25 MVA 132/33kV power transformer along with HV, LV bay Details
 8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of an additional 1X25 MVA 132/33kV power transformer along Details
 8Tender for providing & fixing of portable & programmable battery charger suitable for 48V, 110V & 220V-50Amp with DC voltage monitoring Details
 
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8JSW Energy Subsidiary Wins INR 444 Crore BESS Order from Bondada Renewable Energy Details
 
8India is building the world’s largest green energy park in a remote desert, and it could employ 15,000 people Details
 
8How CERC Plans to Revive 16 GW of Stalled Renewable Energy Projects Details
 
8SCCL officials to assess coal gasification projects across India Details
 
8Jindal Steel Deploys Indigenous Coal Gasification in Global First for Steelmaking Details
 
8RIL plans development of second CBM asset to boost gas output Details
 
8Hyderabad Telangana SCCL Explores Diversified Energy Transition Details
 
8Top stocks in news: LTM, Power Grid, NTPC, DMart, SBI, IndiGo, RITES, Adani Green, Mankind Details
 
8India’s Power Sector Set For Massive Growth With Solar, Storage And Grid Investments By FY32 – Report Details
 
8Solar panel firm calls for future policy certainty Details
 
8Suzlon Energy, Inox Wind: Share price targets, Q1 results preview Details
 
830 crore eligible homes, just 40 lakh installations: 3 companies riding India’s Rs 97,021 crore rooftop solar growth Details
 
8Why tapped solar electricity is going down the drain in India Details
 
8Electricity, not AI models, could become India’s biggest AI opportunity: Report Details
 
8India's Power Sector Surges: A Multi-Year Transformation Driven by Renewables Details
 
8ONGC Drills Second Geothermal Well in Ladakh, Moves Closer to India’s First Geothermal Power Plant Details
 
8Editorial: Boost for India’s nuclear energy ambitions Details
 
8Telangana clears way for country’s first agriculture-only power discom Details
 
8India's power utilities to double down on capex, leverage to peak by FY30: Equirus Details
 
8SCCL Coal Gasification Pilot Project: UCG in Godavari Valley Details
 
8Power Grid Wins Transmission Project for Renewable Energy Grid Details
 
8Cable, wire market seen at Rs 1.7 lakh crore by FY30 on power, data centre boom Details
 
8NTPC Approves Rs 20,457 Crore Lara Thermal Power Expansion Details
 
84 Smart Meter Stocks to Watch Amid India’s 25 Crore Installation Push Details
 
8Energy Security & Power Grid Management Are Key To Solving India’s Power Crisis Details
 
8Is India’s Biggest AI Bet Actually Electricity What a New Report Reveals Details
 
8Holtec International Plans US IPO To Fund India Nuclear Projects Details
 
8350-Tonne Coal-Laden Vessel Stranded in Ganga Near Mokamaghat, Disrupts Coal Supply to NTPC Barh Details
 
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Jul 11:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for filling and leveling, fencing, retening wall works Details
 
8Tender for work of 33kV line for 33 kV feeder Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33kV substation, installing of 2 Nos 5MVA 33/11kV transformers Details
 
8Tender for re routing of 11 kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of feeder re-orientation Details
 
8Tender for supply of 36kV copper XLPE power cable Details
 
8Tender for shifting height raising of 220 kV line Details
 
8Tender for height raising work of 132 kV line Details
 
8Tender for construction of 132 kV TSS bay at 132 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for construction of 132 kV TSS bay Details
 
8Tender for inceasing capacity from 2x63 MVA to 3x63 MVA with allied bay related civil works Details
 
8Tender for construction of civil work for increasing capacity Details
 
8Tender for civil and interior work Details
 
8Tender for supply of digital insulation tester Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of control switching device Details
 
8Tender for supply of 765kV 210 kN CLR insulator Details
 
8Tender for supply of fire hose pipes Details
 
8Tender for erection of estimate for new substation Details
 
8Tender for creation installation of new 33/11 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for supply of various size of LT XLPE single core unarmoured cable Details
 
8Tender for miscellaneous civil & electrical works Details
 
8Tender for supply of MS angles, channels and plates Details
 
8Tender for procurement of paints for quantity Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 1 No 50 MVA power transformer for 132/33 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for item rate for day to day civil maintenance work Details
 
8Tender for supply of 3 over current and 1 earth fault relay Details
 
8Tender for supply of scraper bar for scraper chain conveyor system Details
 
8Tender for work of erection and commissioning of vortex finder in boiler Details
 
8Tender for supply of fire system pumps Details
 
8Tender for work of removal of existing MS/CS pipe & fittings and fabrication, erection, testing & commissioning of new SS 316L pipe and fittings Details
 
8Tender for medium repair of LT motors Details
 
8Tender for centralized rate contract for procurement of MS fasteners Details
 
8Tender for operation and maintenance of water supply and sewerage system Details
 
8Tender for SITC of automatic fire detection system and associated works Details
 
8Tender for replacement of old conventional lights of all platforms Details
 
8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing 11 kV HT line and LT line network Details
 
8Tender for repair works of 11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for repair of damaged runners of 20MW francis hydro turbine Details
 
8Tender for procurement of XLPE power and control cables Details
 
8Tender for revival of 220kV line-I by constructing D/C towers along Details
 
8Tender for construction of 11kV spur line and installation of transformer Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33kV MVCC line to shift 5 nos. of 33kV feeders at 132/33kV GIS along Details
 
8Tender for work of 24 Hr ground patrolling of underground EHV cables Details
 
8Tender for area drainage works of coal mining project. Details
 
8Tender for repair and protection of RCC structures Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of 200 Nos solar street lights Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33 kV double circuit ungalvanized steel lattice structure Details
 
8Design, engineering, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 1,00,000 nos. of consumers 1.1 kWp on each consumer through net metering Details
 
8Tender for construction work for new proposed 33/11 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for modification of 220kV line Details
 
8Tender for maintenance work of overhead HT/LT line Details
 
8Tender for construction work of new 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for manufacturing, stacking, curing and testing of 45,600 no. 9m long PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 04 nos of complete tube bundle sets of heat exchanger/ cooler Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, installation and commissioning of 100% hot redundancy based continuously available Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for thermal insulation and refractory works Details
 
8Tender for service contact for statutory inspection, examination, testing and certification of dangerous machinery Details
 
8Tender for supply delivery and installation of spares for different type of transducers installed Details
 
8Tender for renovation of CRB in terms of lowering plinth height painting and allied works Details
 
8Tender for laying of 33 kV, 1 x 1000 sqmm XLPE UG cable Details
 
8Tender for work for shifting of electric meter Details
 
8Tender for maintenance of lines and attending the consumers complaint of 33/11kV substation Kotdwar Details
 
8Tender for maintenance of lines and attending the consumers complaint of 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for work of double circuit 33 kV line Details
 
8Tender for maintenance of lines and attending the consumers complaint of 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and fixing of non-conductive turbo wind driven conical bird guards Details
 
8Tender for work of complete overhauling of 400kV breakers pole Details
 
8Tender for supply of equipments/ material, erection, testing and commissioning for the work augmentation by providing additional 1 x 50MVA, 132- 110/33 kV T/F along Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of new 2x80 MVAR 400kV switchable line reactors Details
 
8Tender for work of attending the punch point of 220kV DC line Details
 
8Tender for supply of lighting arrester for 220kV & 400kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for turnkey contract for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 11 kV medium voltage covered conductor Details
 
8Tender for turnkey contract for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 11 kV medium voltage covered conductor (MVCC) with its accessories and allied items Details
 
8Tender for providing and fixing of chain link fencing around transformer Details
 
8Tender for annual rate contract for providing and fixing of 11 kV heat shrinkable outdoor, indoor & straight through joint type cable termination kit Details
 
8Tender for erection work of 66kV D/C on D/C panther tower with D/C ACSR panther conductor line Details
 
8Tender for work of 66kV D/C on D/C panther tower Details
 
8Tender for erection work of LILO to proposed 66kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for erection work of LILO to Prop.66kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for supply of IE4 class LT motors Details
 
8Tender for supply of 90/10 cupronickel condenser tubes Details
 
8Tender for erection of HT, LT line & TC work Details
 
8Tender for work of complete overhauling / breakdown maintenance of C.W pumps Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, and commissioning of non-contact type radar level transmitters Details
 
8Tender for supply of spares for EOT crane (135T / 30T) installed Details
 
8Tender for work of design, fabrication, erection of L-6 conveyor structure including rail alignment Details
 
8Tender for supply of fire sealing chemical and fire barrier mineral wool board system for sealing / coating for cable fire protection Details
 
8Tender for entire maintenance works of central air conditioning system, package AC's and tower Details
 
8Tender for work of complete overhauling of 20 cumecs capacity pump Details
 
8Tender for supply of Bed material for CFBC boiler Details
 
8Tender for work of complete overhauling of boiler and its auxiliaries including air pre heater and ducts Details
 
8Design, supply, fabrication, and erection work of 10,000 M3(cubic meter) capacity Details
 
8Tender for repair of electronic actuator cards, ESP controllers, relays & compressor controllers Details
 
8Tender for supply of network cables for network maintenance Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 220V DC, 510AH, KBH, Ni-Cd type battery set Details
 
8Tender for supply of castable refractory for ash handling plant Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection & commissioning of 11 kV lines with MVCC conductor & dismantling of existing open conductor 11 kV lines Details
 
8Tender for supply of various fly ash spares Details
 
8Tender for purchase of HDPE PVC pipe Details
 
8Tender for supply of wireless LCM kit for 220kV and 66kV class switchyard Details
 
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World Bank to mobilise $4.2 billion for India's rooftop solar programme Details
 
8India adds 26 GW of solar, 2.9 GW of wind power in H1 2026 Details
 
8Serentica bags USD 345m-loan for Karnataka wind-solar project Details
 
8Only 8 of 23 coal blocks get bids in latest commercial mine auction round Details
 
8Iron ore leads Q1 as aluminium gains, coal lags: Equirus Details
 
8Utilising Reserves: Coal gasification potential, initiatives and challenges Details
 
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8India's energy storage pipeline hits 140 GWh, says Shripad Yesso Naik Details
 
8Assam targets energy independence with Rs 77,353-crore power sector investment Details
 
8India’s peak power demand to reach 300 GW in 2027 Details
 
8KSEB Seeks KSERC Approval for 200 MW Solar-Plus-Storage Procurement at 2.93/kWh Details
 
8IntelliSmart Inaugurates Centre of Excellence in Palsana to Power India’s Next Generation of Energy Professionals Details
 
8SEIL Energy Named Among India’s Best Workplaces in Energy Sector Details
 
8REC Signs Rs 10,000 Crore MoU with Tripura Govt for Power Infrastructure Details
 
8Nuclear Equipment Makers Expand Capacity as India Opens the Sector Details
 
8India clears Chinese investment in strategic sectors Details
 
8Assam Budget 2026: 2 lakh govt jobs, Rs 72,000 crore power push and no new taxes Details
 
8REC Signs Rs 15,000 Crore MoUs with Tripura Govt for Power Infrastructure and Renewable Energy Projects Details
 
8India Renewable Energy Capacity Hits 297 GW, Solar Leads Details
 
8India’s Renewable Sector is Moving Beyond ‘Plain Vanilla Solar’ Details
 
8SHANTI Act 2025: India Opens Nuclear Power Sector to Private Firms Details
 
8Semiconductor Stock Powering India’s Defence, Railways, EVs and Data Centres with Indigenous Technology Details
 
8Advait Energy Transitions Shares In Focus After Bagging Rs 250.59 Crore Turnkey Contracts From PGVCL Details
 
8Weak Rains, Bigger Risks: S&P Explains What A Poor Monsoon Could Mean For India Details
 
8Coal India, REC, Infosys Among 5 High Dividend Stocks Details
 
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Power sold on the exchange for 30 paise a unit in the middle of the day

Jul 10: 8Sellers offered seven times more electricity than buyers wanted between noon and 2 pm, and the day-ahead price sat at Rs 0.30 for two straight hours. The grid operator then ordered generators to back down by 1,11,671 units of down-regulation - a hundred times more than it asked them to ramp up. Details

Sikkim's Teesta-III and Teesta HPS units, 1,370 MW, remain out about 21 months after the October 2023 glacial-flood disaster

Jul 15: 8Every daily generation register still carries the six 200 MW units of Teesta-III plus NHPC's Teesta HPS Unit 3 (170 MW) as forced out since 4 October 2023, with revival 'subject to further information'. Reconstruction of the flood-destroyed Chungthang dam has since been approved and is under way, but the powerhouses remain off the grid, a standing 1,370 MW hole in eastern hydro. Details

Telangana's Krishna-basin reservoir storage was down about 86% year-on-year on 15 July, with Srisailam at 10.3 TMC against 170.1 a year earlier

Jul 15: 8Telangana's usable Krishna-basin storage stood at about 39.6 TMC on 15 July 2026, roughly 86% below the same date last year, with Srisailam live storage collapsed to 10.3 TMC from 170.1 TMC and Nagarjunasagar at 6.2 TMC from 90.4 TMC. So little water this deep into monsoon shifts more of Telangana's July load onto thermal and market power, a hydro shortfall that dovetails with the state's coal-hit Yadadri outages and the firm exchange prices. Details

UPPCL and WBSEDCL floated cross-exchange reverse auctions for August-September peak-hour power on Hindustan Power Exchange

Jul 15: 8Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (for September) and West Bengal's WBSEDCL (for August) each issued single-side reverse-auction circulars on the Hindustan Power Exchange - and, per the circulars, in parallel on IEX and PXIL - weighted toward evening-peak blocks. Two large state utilities lining up short-to-medium-term peak power through competitive auctions signals discoms bracing for the same evening-ramp scarcity now visible in the spot market. Details

Gujarat's 'interim' Rs 1.50/unit green banking charge is extended again to 31 August 2026, a fixture nearly three years on

Jul 15: 8GERC has once more extended the flat Rs 1.50 per unit banking charge for green open-access consumers - to 31 August 2026 - and rejected industry's demand for a lower 8% in-kind banking charge, while still not putting in place the cost-based framework the Forum of Regulators model and stakeholders have sought since 2024. An 'interim' arrangement renewed repeatedly is now the de facto regime for Gujarat's green open-access economics. Details

NPCIL's 100 GW-by-2047 nuclear ambition sits against a softer FY26, with PLF down to 79% and debt-to-EBITDA at 15.1 times

Jul 15: 8CARE reaffirmed NPCIL at AAA/A1+ even as the operator's FY26 nuclear plant load factor eased to about 79% and its debt-to-EBITDA rose to 15.1 times, against a build-out of 6.1 GW under construction and a national target of 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047. With the SHANTI Act now clearing the way for private participation, the gap between a debt-heavy, capital-intensive expansion and weakening current operating metrics is the tension a lender must weigh. Details

REC and SJVN were each fined by the exchanges for board-composition lapses, and both central PSUs blamed the government's failure to appoint directors

Jul 15: 8REC disclosed a Rs 5.31 lakh exchange fine and SJVN a Rs 5.76 lakh fine for the March 2026 quarter for failing to maintain the required board composition, including the mandated woman director, under SEBI's listing regulations. Both government-controlled companies pinned the lapse on their majority owner - the Ministry of Power - not making the appointments, and both are seeking a waiver, a governance gap that recurs across listed central public-sector enterprises. Details

APTEL sets aside HPERC's treatment of a 90% state loan as grant, remanding hydro tariffs for HPPCL's Sainj, Kashang-I and Sawra Kuddu

Jul 15: 8The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, in Appeals 89, 94 and 135 of 2025, held that the Himachal Pradesh regulator had no jurisdiction to re-characterise 90% of a government-routed loan as a grant in order to shield consumers from tariff burden, and remanded the tariffs of three Himachal hydro projects. The ruling reaffirms that a state commission cannot override a government funding-policy decision to lower tariffs, and pushes the cost of that borrowing back into the projects' recoverable capital. Details

Daily forward looking import matrices

Jul 15: It is easy to get month-old import data but it is difficult to solicit forthcoming shipment information in India. We go through a laborious process of data collection to get you full import information, including company-wise, quantity-wise, port-wise, vessel-wise cargoes which are coming into India in the next 15-to30 days.
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Contracting news for the day: Part-1

Jul 15: 8A latest bulk transformer procurement raises the technical bar while quietly reshaping execution risk across the supply chain
A familiar procurement framework conceals several contractual shifts that extend far beyond equipment manufacturing. Technical qualification remains the visible gatekeeper, but the real commercial implications emerge deeper within execution responsibility and delivery obligations. The package reveals a procurement strategy whose impact could extend well beyond this individual tender.

8Rs 130 crore transformer procurement signals another major push towards standardised distribution infrastructure
A large transformer procurement has opened another significant opportunity for India's distribution equipment manufacturers. The commercial framework and technical specifications reveal a procurement strategy extending well beyond routine equipment purchasing. The implications for supplier competition and future utility procurement could prove more significant than the contract value alone.

8Rs 18 crore security, long-term performance obligations and evolving bid conditions reshape a major utility-scale storage procurement
A utility-scale storage package quietly rewrites how technical performance and commercial accountability intersect over more than a decade. Several contractual provisions appear routine until they begin influencing bidder strategy, lifecycle pricing and execution risk. The deeper implications emerge only after examining how the clauses work together rather than in isolation.

8A 29-day cumulative extension points to a procurement that demands more than routine bid preparation
The online closing date has moved three times from its original position. Each revision gives bidders greater room for technical tie-ups, site assessment and guarantee planning. Whether this improves competition or signals market hesitation remains unresolved.

8Early procurement planning quietly changes the competitive landscape
The procurement begins influencing competition well before the principal contract is awarded. That timing changes how manufacturers approach qualification and commercial planning. The strategic implications become clearer inside the analysis.

8A two-transformer order hides a far more demanding replacement test
The procurement centres on two high-capacity generator transformers, but equipment rating is only the starting point. Existing foundations, bus ducts, fire systems and electrical connections turn the package into a brownfield integration exercise. The decisive risk sits in what bidders must verify before they commit their price.

8Technical architecture moves beyond conventional infrastructure
A new technology direction emerges beneath familiar procurement language. The specifications point towards greater scalability and resilience without advertising a strategic shift. The commercial implications become clearer deeper into the document.

8Two high-voltage packages, Rs 3.62 crore in bid security and a deeper transfer of execution risk
Two substation packages place GIS systems, transmission corridors, underground cables and digital handover obligations under a single contractual umbrella. The combined Rs 3.62 crore EMD burden is only the first layer of financial exposure bidders must absorb. The more consequential risk sits inside the execution and reimbursement clauses.

8Technical responsibility stretches well beyond conventional building design
One consultancy assignment now stretches far beyond conventional architectural services. The commercial structure quietly shifts responsibilities that could reshape project execution from the first drawing to final completion. The deeper implications emerge only after examining how the contract distributes technical, financial and delivery risk. Details

Contracting news for the day: Part-2

Jul 15: 8A nine-engine opening rewrites the technology contest
A revised engine configuration has widened the field, but the most difficult obligations have become sharper rather than easier. Hydrogen testing, tighter emission guarantees and remote-island logistics now converge inside a single EPC risk envelope. The decisive issue lies in which bidders can turn that flexibility into a bankable and technically defensible offer.

8A ten-package land exercise puts 303.50 km of transmission corridors on a 15-day valuation clock
Three Gujarat packages reveal a procurement structure designed to accelerate decisions across hundreds of transmission-line locations. The commercial contest will not be governed by L1 pricing alone, as award sequencing and capacity controls alter how bidders can pursue the work. The most consequential risk sits inside the interaction between rapid delivery, variable quantities and fragmented district-level valuations.

8Rs 315 crore transmission package signals a broader grid expansion strategy while raising execution stakes
A seemingly routine transmission package conceals a procurement structure that reshapes execution responsibility far beyond conventional EPC contracts. The engineering choices and commercial framework point towards a much larger strategic objective than simple capacity addition. The implications extend well beyond this project and could influence how similar transmission packages are structured in the coming years.

8Large-scale PCC pole procurement sharpens execution standards as logistics, manufacturing depth and financial discipline emerge as decisive competitive differentiators
A routine distribution-material procurement quietly introduces commercial signals that extend far beyond concrete poles. Several provisions reshape how manufacturers will compete on execution capacity, financial strength and delivery assurance rather than price alone. The document hints at a procurement philosophy that could influence future utility sourcing decisions across Rajasthan.

8Final commissioning strategy tightens execution accountability as critical power project enters its decisive phase
The procurement is built around far more than routine commissioning activities. Several contractual provisions quietly reshape execution risk, commercial exposure and project responsibility in ways that deserve closer examination. The implications extend well beyond this individual package and could influence how similar projects are procured going forward.

8Qualification rules evolve as execution accountability remains firmly intact
A series of amendments quietly reshaped who can compete without altering who ultimately carries project risk. The revised framework broadens access while tightening accountability in unexpected ways. The implications extend well beyond a routine hydroelectric EPC procurement.

8Rs 1,723 crore pumped-storage EPC package sets the stage for a high-stakes contest where execution strategy may matter as much as price
A major pumped-storage package is reshaping the balance between engineering responsibility and commercial competition. The bidding framework introduces several provisions that could influence both pricing behaviour and execution strategy. What ultimately determines the winning advantage extends well beyond the quoted number.

8Repeated technical clarifications reshape EPC execution while commercial discipline remains firmly intact
Successive revisions have quietly altered the engineering assumptions behind this EPC package without changing its contractual backbone. The most consequential developments are buried inside technical clarifications rather than headline corrigenda. Their combined impact could influence pricing, execution strategy and bidder competitiveness far beyond the formal amendments.

8Rs 109 crore transformer tender places factory output under a five-year performance test
A large indoor-transformer procurement has been corrected after a value description magnified its apparent scale by 100 times. Behind the revised amount sits a contract that tests every supplied unit for losses and can reject an entire lot over one sampled failure. The decisive risk is buried not in the headline quantity, but in the interaction between rate matching, long guarantees and post-delivery quality control.

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Southern Region still carrying three 400 kV corridors out since mid-May tower collapses on its 14 July congestion list

Jul 15: 8SRLDC's 14 July transmission-constraint list still shows the 400 kV Kaiga-Guttur out since 14 May after tower collapses, the 400 kV Gadag-Koppal double circuit with about 15 towers collapsed, and the Gazuwaka-Jeypore corridor - roughly two months on. The persistence of these outages on the congestion register is a structural weakness behind the region's recurring evening deficits, though the current restoration timeline is not in the day's documents. Details

Eastern Region exported 92.4 MU to the South on 14 July, but the South still fell 539 MW short and Kerala logged a frequency emergency

Jul 15: 8The Eastern Region ran a large net exporter, sending 92.4 MU to the Southern Region over the 765 kV Angul-Srikakulam double circuit and the Talcher-Kolar HVDC, yet the Southern Region still carried the day's largest regional shortage at 539 MW, with Kerala alone short 508 MW while logging a grid-code frequency emergency and two non-compliance instances. The same state that could not meet its load also breached the grid code on the same day, and the north-to-south corridors were carrying heavy flows to plug the gap. Details

Northern Region imported a net 326.9 MU on 14 July yet still shed load, short 318 MW at the evening peak

Jul 15: 8The Northern Region was the country's largest net importer on 14 July, drawing 326.9 MU across inter-regional ties - 4,027 MW on the Champa-Kurukshetra HVDC bipole alone - yet it still met its 86,204 MW evening peak with a 318 MW shortage and reported unscheduled load shedding in Uttar Pradesh. A region leaning this hard on imports and still shedding load is running with very little headroom, and its intra-regional corridors were already breaching limits. Details

NTPC's large coal units logged a run of boiler-tube-leak trips in mid-July across three regions

Jul 15: 8NTPC supercritical and 660 MW units at Gadarwara (800 MW, Madhya Pradesh), Barh (660 MW, Bihar) and Dadri-I (210 MW, Uttar Pradesh) tripped on boiler tube leaks within days of 12-14 July, while the utility's Barh Unit 2 was already out on an overhaul following a boiler leak. With planned maintenance light in July, these unplanned trips - not scheduled overhauls - were the main drag on thermal availability, though whether they share a common cause or are coincidental monsoon failures cannot be established from the outage registers. Details

Coal-supply outages idled 2,255 MW at Yadadri, Ghatampur and ACBIL as monsoon coal stocks tightened

Jul 15: 8On 14 July, coal availability rather than equipment failure kept large thermal blocks out across three states - Telangana's Yadadri Unit 4 (800 MW) on an explicit coal shortage since 9 July, Uttar Pradesh's two Ghatampur supercritical units (2x660 MW) on coal-feeding faults, and Chhattisgarh's ACBIL (135 MW) on low stock since mid-June. Yadadri's 'critical coal' flag also masks a deeper problem: three of its four units were already down, so its low plant load factor is being read as a fuel story when it is largely an outage story. Details

IEX spot power prices firmed through mid-July, with 14 July evening and overnight blocks pinned to the Rs 10/kWh ceiling

Jul 15: 8The IEX day-ahead average market clearing price rose from Rs 2.49/kWh on 12 July to Rs 6.33 on 14 July and Rs 6.53 on 15 July, while the real-time market climbed from Rs 3.39 to Rs 5.87 to Rs 6.74 over the same days. The High-Price Day-Ahead Market, designed to clear above the Rs 10/kWh cap, drew about 72,590 MWh of sell offers on 14 July but found no buyers all week, so the day's scarcity stopped exactly at the ceiling. Details

India's grid ran long by day and short after dark on 14 July, meeting a 251,139 MW evening peak with a 1,057 MW shortage

Jul 15: 8Grid-India met the 20:00 hrs all-India peak of 251,139 MW but left a 1,057 MW shortage even as the system spent much of the day over-frequency and ancillary services net down-regulated 48,461 MWh. The same day's power exchange swung from a Rs 1.09/kWh midday solar trough to the Rs 10/kWh ceiling after sunset, the clearest sign that 14 July's scarcity was an evening-ramp problem, not a shortage of daytime energy. Details

Committees, People & System Administration

Jul 15: 8CEA Load Generation Balance Report 2026-27 projects all-India surplus of 2.5% energy and 4.1% peak for the year
8LGBR 2026-27 flags Eastern Region peak deficit of 16.2% and Southern Region 9.6%, with Odisha, Assam and Telangana worst hit
8ERPC weekly DSM settlement shows Southern Region under-drawing heavily, driving East-South deviation charge of Rs 273.8 crore for 29 June-5 July 2026
8WRPC weekly DSM account records Rs 266.8 crore receivable from Southern Region and Rs 263.2 crore payable to Eastern Region, 29 June-5 July 2026
8WRPC weekly ancillary-service (TRAS) account has thermal providers paying back for shortfall delivery, Khargone-I refunds Rs 2.06 crore
8ERPC reactive-energy charge statement issued for 29 June-5 July 2026 covering Eastern Region 400/220/132 kV lines
8WRPC reactive-energy account issued for the week 29 June-5 July 2026
8SRPC finalises March 2026 part-load and heat-rate compensation for 14 southern ISGS thermal stations, degradation compensation totals about Rs 1,077 crore
8Southern Region frequency-response certificate for June 2026 leaves four generators below the 0.30 beta incentive threshold
8NER protection sub-committee records 47 grid disturbances in April and 22 in May 2026, most on radial feeders
8SPS maloperation blacks out Sonabil and radial areas of Assam on 1 June 2026 with about 70 MW load loss
8SPS failed to operate during 132 kV Palatana-Surajmaninagar line tripping on 28 April 2026
8NERPC proposes new SPS on 220 kV BTPS-Agia corridor as delayed 400 kV Sonapur and Rangia substations strain the Assam grid
8PTCC clearance requirement abolished for transmission-line projects with effect from 1 July 2026
8WRPC to draft POWERGRID and WRLDC into random inspection of AUFLS/UFR relays across the Western Region
8SRPC communication sub-committee sees leadership change as SE (P&C) Len J.B. retires and ED SRLDC M.K. Ramesh moves to Western Region
8SRPC posts revised part-load compensation statements for southern-region thermal generators covering FY2024-25 and FY2025-26
8SRPC issues revised final Regional Energy Account statements for April 2025 to March 2026
8SRPC calls special meeting on 31 July to review Free Governor Mode of Operation performance of southern-region generators for FY2025-26 Details

Corporate Wire

Jul 15: 8SECI extends bid deadline for Rs 1,000 crore external commercial borrowing / foreign-currency loan mandate to 22 July 2026
8Tata Power allots Rs 1,500 crore of 7.50% five-year unsecured NCDs on private placement
8POWER GRID commissions Khavda Phase-IV Part-E4 transmission element evacuating Gujarat RE (7 GW zone)
8REC incorporates Kesurdi Power Transmission Ltd to build 220 kV GIS at Satara, Maharashtra under TBCB
8PFC raises JPY 8.4 billion yen syndicated loan arranged by SBI Shinsei Bank
8Siemens India reports an 18-month FY2024-26 ending March 2026; 68th AGM set for August 11
8Ujaas Energy's 27th AGM appoints Geeta Mundra as Chairman and approves borrowing up to Rs 1,000 crore
8Adani's Khavda IV A transmission SPV seeks part-COD recognition for 5 of 14 bays already in service at KPS-3
8Waa Solar's bank facilities affirmed at IND BBB+/Stable/A2+ and removed from rating watch
8Adani Energy Solutions assigned Crisil ESG score of 65/100 ('Crisil ESG 65')
8Solapur Solar's Rs 20.98 crore loan stays at CARE D with issuer non-cooperating since 2021 Details

Green Markets & RE Programme Watch

Jul 15: 8All-India renewable generation 1,337 MU on 14 July; Gujarat leads wind, Rajasthan leads solar
8WRLDC reports persistent RE forecast errors in Maharashtra and Gujarat, partly from a January 2026 weather-provider switch Details

State Regulatory Roundup

Jul 15: 8Meghalaya Power Distribution files for revised open-access additional surcharge of Rs 2.32/kWh for October 2025-March 2026
8HESCOM's July 2026 fuel-cost adjustment is a 4 paise/unit refund to all consumers as May power-purchase cost fell Rs 4.99 crore
8Punjab regulator admits PSPCL's Rs 6.90 crore compensation claim against Rana Sugars over 2005 co-gen PPA breach
8MERC disposes PSPCL-unrelated Khowal non-compliance petition after MSEDCL refunds Rs 6.94 lakh under new-connection scheme
8MERC closes Aspa Bandsons non-compliance case as MSEDCL awaits only Electrical Inspector approval for Amravati connection
8MERC declines Section 142 action against MSEDCL after Rs 3,000 Ombudsman-ordered connection-delay compensation is paid
8Torrent Power reports Q4 FY2025-26 T&D loss of 6.54% for Ahmedabad and under 1% for Surat in GERC quarterly filing
8Torrent Power's Dholera area shows ~50% year-on-year growth in power purchase and billing in Q4 FY2025-26
8Meghalaya regulator resets FY2026-27 tariffs for MePGCL, MePTCL and MePDCL after FY2024-25 true-ups
8Meghalaya sets FY2026-27 distribution tariff: domestic LT at Rs 5.00-5.10/kWh, industrial HT at Rs 5.55/kVAh with 20% peak ToD
8Meghalaya transmission tariff for FY2026-27 set at 64.96 paise/unit, MePTCL annual charge Rs 110.06 crore
8Rajasthan transmission utility RVPN overhauls deposit-works procedure, mandates 100% advance supervision charges and reserves 400/765 kV works to itself Details

CERC Docket

Jul 15: 8CERC proposes Category-III inter-State trading licence for Carbon Resources Pvt Ltd, objections invited by 28 July 2026 Details

Hydro & Reservoir Ledger

Jul 15: 8Southern reservoirs mostly ran below year-ago levels on 14 July, with Mettur, Idukki and Srisailam all down
8National pumped-storage pipeline stands at 310,104 MW of potential against just 7,426 MW in operation
8Krishna-basin reservoirs Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar sit well below year-ago levels in early monsoon
8Tehri reservoir 10.5 m below year-ago level as northern hydro runs behind programme
8Sardar Sarovar runs about 8 m above last year's level, ahead on monsoon storage
8Odisha's Balimela hydro pond 6.5 ft below year-ago level on 14 July; three of its units out
8Hirakud (Burla) reservoir above last year and spilling with two gates open on 14 July
8Odisha's Chiplima run-of-river station generating 50 MW with all units available on 14 July
8Rengali reservoir in Odisha 7.8 m below year-ago level on 14 July, near minimum draw-down
8Upper Indravati (Mukhiguda) reservoir 3.8 m below last year; station peaked at 548 MW
8Upper Kolab (Bariniput) reservoir 2.7 m below last year with two of four units out
8Machkund hydro station generated zero on 14 July with reservoir 20 ft below last year
8Odisha OHPC hydro fleet averaged 559 MW for 13.4 MU on 14 July
8CEA data shows four of eight 250 MW Subansiri Lower units commissioned by May 2026
8Telangana's Krishna-basin usable reservoir storage down about 86% year-on-year to 39.6 TMC on 15 July 2026
8Srisailam live storage collapses to 10.3 TMC on 15 July 2026, a fraction of the 170.1 TMC held a year earlier
8Nagarjunasagar live storage at 6.2 TMC on 15 July 2026 versus 90.4 TMC a year earlier
8Singur reservoir shows zero live storage on 15 July 2026, down from 9.5 TMC a year earlier
8Pochampad live storage down to 0.3 TMC on 15 July 2026 from 7.4 TMC a year earlier
8Telangana bright spots: Pulichintala and Nizamsagar hold more water on 15 July 2026 than a year earlier Details

Fuel & Coal Ledger

Jul 15: 8All-India power-plant coal stock holds near 42.8 million tonnes on 13 July, 66% of normative with 27 plants critical
8Telangana's 3,200 MW Yadadri TPS runs at 23% PLF on critical coal, with three 800 MW units also on outage
8Reliance Sasan 3,960 MW UMTPP holds 7% of normative coal, thinnest cover among large pithead plants
8Andhra Pradesh state thermal fleet (Dr N. Tata Rao, Rayalaseema, Damodaram Sanjeevaiah) stays on critical coal at 11-21% of normative
8Gujarat's Wanakbori and Madhya Pradesh's Shree Singaji hold 15% of normative coal on rail-supply constraints
8Adani's imported-coal coastal plants (Mundra I-III, Udupi) run 36-56% PLF on 9-11% import stock
8All-India gas-based generation 58 MU on 12 July, 28% below programme; over half of gas/liquid capacity offline
8All-India coal generation 3,442 MU on 12 July; thermal fleet 20.5% on outage, forced outages dominant
8NTPC stations generate 949 MU on 12 July, 1.8% below programme and 2% behind year-to-date target
8Northern region conventional generation 4.8% below programme on 12 July; nuclear runs 18% behind year-to-date Details

Outage & Maintenance Register

Jul 15: 8Two large Southern thermal units - Coastal Energen 600 MW and SEIL 660 MW - remained on forced outage on 14 July
8Kudankulam nuclear Unit 1 (1,000 MW) offline since 8 July on generator protection operation; NPCIL targets 15 July restart
8NTPC Gadarwara Unit 1 (800 MW) tripped on boiler tube leak on 13 July; largest unit out in Western Region
8Telangana's Yadadri Unit 4 (800 MW) out on coal shortage since 9 July; sister Unit 1 also down for overhaul
8Two Ghatampur supercritical units (2x660 MW) offline three to four weeks on coal-feeding problems
8Obra-C TPS Unit 1 (660 MW) out to 26 July on generator fault as 765 kV Obra-C bus isolator hotspots recur
8Barh (Bihar) has both 660 MW units out - Unit 2 on overhaul after boiler leak, Unit 3 on abnormal boiler sound
8OPGC Unit 3 (660 MW) in Odisha tripped on boiler tube leak on 14 July
8WBPDCL Sagardighi Unit 5 (660 MW) tripped 14 July on critical 220V DC system failure; two-week revival
8SEIL Project-2 Unit 1 (660 MW) in Andhra Pradesh tripped on cooling-water pipeline leak on 14 July
8Adani APL Mundra has three 660 MW units down (U8 clinker, U9 cooling-water leak, U6 overhaul) even as four RSD units returned
8Adani Tiroda Unit 5 (660 MW) in Maharashtra out from 13 July on high air-preheater gearbox vibration
8MahaGenco Bhusawal Unit 6 (660 MW) out on air-preheater fault; Unit 5 (500 MW) simultaneously on capital overhaul
8Anpara-C Unit 2 (600 MW) in UP out to 20 July on hydrogen leakage in the condenser
8Vedanta's 600 MW unit in Chhattisgarh has been out on a PA-fan trip since 14 April, revival now 31 July
8MahaGenco Chandrapur Unit 7 (500 MW) out on flame failure since 6 July, revival slated 10 August
8DVC Raghunathpur (RTPS) Unit 2 (600 MW) out on high turbine vibration since mid-April; revival 11 August
8Adani Coastal Energen Unit 1 (600 MW) in Tamil Nadu tripped 14 July on condenser water-box vent leak
8TNPGCL Mettur has both a 600 MW unit and a 210 MW unit out - Unit 5 on boiler leak, Unit 1 on rotor earth fault
8Hinduja HNPCL Unit 1 (520 MW) in Andhra Pradesh out on condenser tube leak since 12 July
8NTPC Dadri-I Unit 1 (210 MW) tripped on boiler tube leak on 12 July
8Rajasthan's Kota TPS has two units out - Unit 4 (210 MW) on TG bearing vibration, Unit 1 (110 MW) on vacuum fault
8Harduaganj-D Unit 9 (250 MW) in UP out since 2 July on raw-water non-availability / reheater protection trip
8HPGCL Panipat Unit 6 (210 MW) tripped 14 July on loss of all fuel
8PSPCL Ropar (Guru Gobind Singh) Unit 3 (210 MW) tripped late on 14 July on boiler tube leak
8Rajwest lignite plant loses two 135 MW units to bed-material leakage within days
8Suratgarh super-critical Unit 8 (660 MW) tripped and recovered same day on generator rotor earth fault
8CLP Jhajjar Unit 2 (660 MW) back on 14 July after two-day boiler-tube-leak outage
8CSPGCL Korba East (DSPM) Unit 1 (250 MW) tripped on boiler tube leak while Unit 2 sits on annual overhaul
8GSECL Wanakbori loses two 210 MW units on 14 July to low vacuum and a boiler tube leak
8ACBIL Unit 1 (135 MW) in Chhattisgarh out on low coal stock since mid-June
8WBPDCL Kolaghat Unit 3 (210 MW) out since 18 June after a boiler fire hazard
8Tuticorin Units 1 and 2 (2x210 MW) still out 16 months after a control-room fire; revival now end-2026
8PVUNL Patratu Unit 1 (800 MW) returned 14 July after five days offline on low system demand
8KPCL Bellary Unit 1 (500 MW) tripped twice within hours on 14 July on ID-fan and reverse-power protection
8SJVN Bikaner solar plant lost ~2.5 hours of generation on 14 July after delayed charging of the 400 kV Bikaner-II/III line
8Solapur STPS Unit 1 (660 MW) and Sipat-I Unit 3 (660 MW) among NTPC monsoon overhauls trimming Western Region supply
8About 7,510 MW of thermal capacity tripped or shut on 12 July, led by 685 MW Adani Raipur unit and multiple 660 MW units
8About 6,240 MW returned to grid on 12 July, including Talwandi Sabo (660 MW), Bellary (700 MW) and Neyveli New (500 MW)
8UP's Ghatampur units 2 and 3 (660 MW each) still out since mid-June on coal-feeding-system faults
8Windstorm collapses two towers of the 400 kV Raipur PS (Durg)-Kurud D/C line in Chhattisgarh on 19 May 2026
8220 kV Vapi-II (Sterlite)-Sayali D/C line remains out since September 2024 over a helipad in the corridor
8Wrong line opened: 220 kV Indore (PG)-Ujjain-1 tripped instead of scheduled Ujjain-2 on 15 June 2026, out for over 1.5 hours
8WRLDC lists WR generators taking planned outages without the required WRLDC code, some running days late
8WRPC lists WR transmission elements that tripped repeatedly in Q1 of 2026-27
8IndiGrid seeks Rs 18 crore and change-in-law relief to raise 765 kV Dharamjaygarh-Jabalpur line after Chhattisgarh HC induction case
8WRPC finalises MoU template after Adani's proposed 30-day shutdown of 765 kV Kotra-Tamnar and Kotra-Durg lines for APL Raigarh rail works Details

Grid Operations Daily

Jul 15: 8All-India power demand met 251,139 MW at evening peak on 14 July with 1,057 MW national shortage
8All-India grid ran over-frequency on 14 July, outside the IEGC 49.90-50.05 Hz band 18.8% of the day
8Ancillary services were net down-regulating on 14 July, with 48,461 MWh of down despatch against 27,810 MWh up
8Northern Region met 86,204 MW evening peak with a 318 MW shortage; Uttar Pradesh carried out unscheduled load shedding
8Western Region met 71,426 MW evening peak with 200 MW shortage; Maharashtra curtailed 100 MW on a 132 kV Sakri-Dhule overload
8Southern Region carried the largest regional shortage on 14 July: 539 MW at evening peak
8Kerala short by 508 MW at maximum demand on 14 July and logged a frequency emergency on the grid code
8Eastern Region met its full 30,861 MW evening peak and ran as a large net exporter on 14 July
8North-Eastern Region met its 3,862 MW peak in full and exported surplus power on 14 July
8Northern Region imported a net 326.9 MU on 14 July, led by the 4,027 MW Champa-Kurukshetra HVDC
8Eastern Region exported 92.4 MU to the South on 14 July, chiefly over the Angul-Srikakulam 765 kV and Talcher-Kolar HVDC
8India imported 52.4 MU from Bhutan and 19.7 MU from Nepal on 14 July while exporting 41.6 MU to Bangladesh
8North-Eastern intra-regional corridors to Assam and Tripura breached TTC and ATC limits on 13 July
8Haryana and Punjab breached ATC limits and Haryana violated N-1 on Northern intra-regional corridors on 14 July
8Rajasthan hit the daily cap of deviation zero-crossing violations on 14 July, running 55 blocks without a sign change
8Eastern Region flagged N-1 violations on the 400 kV Banka-Kahalgaon and MPL-Maithon corridors on 14 July
8Gujarat curtailed about 9 MU of wind and solar on 14 July for grid security and stability
8NLDC's day-ahead SCUC for 15 July committed 48 thermal and gas units below minimum turndown, costliest at Rs 21.85/kWh
8Western Region met its 80,330 MW June 2026 peak with nil shortfall; monthly energy shortfall just 0.05%
8Maharashtra resorts to load shedding on 11 days in June 2026, peaking at 1,850 MW on 27 June
8Chhattisgarh load-sheds on eight days in June 2026, mostly late-night, peaking 779 MW on 29 June
8WRLDC flags persistent Maharashtra over-drawl at low frequency during 25-28 June 2026, with 1,700 MW of coal-hit Mahagenco capacity idle
8400 kV Navsari-Vav single-circuit line loads above 800 MW at night in early July 2026 as intra-Gujarat renewables fall
8Western Gujarat 400 kV nodes run at 432-434 kV overnight, forcing 49 line-switching operations
8Sardar Sarovar 400 kV switchyard runs at 415-420 kV when SSP machines are off, NCA seeks remedy Details

Power Markets Daily

Jul 15: 8IEX Day-Ahead Market clears at Rs 6.33/kWh average on 14 July, evening and night blocks pinned to the Rs 10/kWh ceiling
8IEX Real-Time Market clears 172,398 MWh at Rs 5.87/kWh average on 14 July, peaks at the ceiling
8IEX Green Day-Ahead Market clears just 28,423 MWh at Rs 5.97/kWh on 14 July as green buy bids run ~4.8x green supply
8IEX High-Price Day-Ahead Market clears nothing for a seventh straight day despite ~72,000 MWh/day of sell offers
8IEX Term-Ahead Market daily and intraday contracts clear at the Rs 10/kWh ceiling on 14 July
8IEX Green Term-Ahead Market: solar/daily-contingency legs clear near the Rs 10/kWh ceiling, wind contracts at Rs 5.90/kWh
8PXIL Real-Time Market clears 650 MWh on 14 July, entirely at the Rs 10/kWh ceiling
8PXIL contingency/DSM auction clears ~956 MW of buy across three evening blocks at the Rs 10/kWh ceiling on 14 July
8Third exchange RTM clears only 50 MWh on 14 July, all at the Rs 10/kWh ceiling
8UPPCL floats Hindustan Power Exchange reverse auction to buy up to 315 MW of evening-peak power for September 2026
8WBSEDCL floats Hindustan Power Exchange reverse auction to buy 300 MW off-peak and 300 MW peak power for August 2026 Details

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8Tender for supply of multipurpose grease, lithium base grease and oil Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation commissioning of C and I spares for Jockey pump, hydrant pump, cable gallery Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for C and I part of FDPS (fire detection and protection system) installed Details
 
8Tender for construction of 02 Nos. fire wall at GT yard Details
 
8Tender for supply design erection testing and commissioning of 11kV HT line Details
 
8Tender for levelling, laying PCC, gravel and construction of trench covers at 132/33/11 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for providing newly proposed 11/0.4 kV 63 KVA S/stn. Details
 
8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 220kV & 66kV equipments & materials Details
 
8Tender for work of erection and commissioning of 220kV and 132kV equipment, structures, control wiring etc Details
 
8Tender for Bi- annual rate contract for work of erection of 66kV transmission towers Details
 
8Tender for work of boiler tube surface preparation, thickness survey measurement with party’s D-meter Details
 
8Design, supply, installation, retrofitting, testing and commissioning of 220kV bus barpanel/scheme, 220 kV bus coupler relay scheme Details
 
8Tender for supply of 90/10 cupronickel condenser tubes Details
 
8Tender for supply of various lighting products Details
 
8Tender for work of penthouse roof restrengthening and repairing in boilers Details
 
8Tender for work of IN SITU repairing/overhauling of high energy drain valves and other low/medium/high pressure and temperature steam/water valves Details
 
8Tender for work of constructions of new maintenance free earth pit at 220 kV & 400kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for supply of MS grill and fabrication & epoxy paint of stairs, railing, structure Details
 
8Tender for work of removal, supply and application of spray thermal insulation on drive turbines Details
 
8Tender for work of preventive maintenance of various 220 kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for constructing new 11kV UG cable Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33 kV link line Details
 
8Tender for separation of 33 kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of transportation installation and commissioning of emergency restoration system ERS tower Details
 
8Tender for increasing capacity at 220 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for construction work of multipurpose seed store Details
 
8Tender for repairing and renovation of 09 Nos. existing bore holes and lowering and lifting Details
 
8Tender for carrying out miscellaneous job Details
 
8Tender for day to day comprehensive maintenance of civil and electrical works Details
 
8Tender for distribution of plant saplings Details
 
8Tender for supplying and laying of filled bag Details
 
8Tender for construction of 400kV (quad moose) 2nd D/C line Details
 
8Tender for purchase of sewage treatment plant Details
 
8Tender for construction of store in yard at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for work of second circuit stringing along with end bays Details
 
8Tender for assistance for maintenance and repair of electrical equipment Details
 
8Tender for maintenance of illumination and enabling facilities of boilers Details
 
8Tender for maintenance of illumination and enabling facilities of various Details
 
8Tender for tit bit civil work Details
 
8Tender for day-to-day operation of pumps, motors, and valves for the water supply system Details
 
8Tender for repair and renovation of the pump house Details
 
8Tender for misc. civil works inside Details
 
8Tender for upgradation/revamping of fire fighting facilities Details
 
8Tender for construction of pavement quality concrete Details
 
8Tender for construction of shed for hydro-mechanical (HM) works Details
 
8Tender for construction of damaged retaining wall on right bank Details
 
8Tender for work of HT LE using UG cable Details
 
8Tender for procurement of steel section quantity Details
 
8Tender for supply erection and commissioning of 20 torch panel welding machine Details
 
8Tender for balance civil and architectural works of main plant FGD civil works Details
 
8Tender for strengthening of crusher house Details
 
8Tender for development of water recharge shafts Details
 
8Tender for repair & rehabilitation works of 220 M height RCC chimney Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of fills for stage 2 cooling tower Details
 
8Tender for earth mat extension and metalling work beyond 220kV fencing side at 220kV substation Details
 
8Tender for replacement of insulators from 110 kV substation 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 construction of RR masonry revetment wall at various Details
 
8Tender for procurement of power contactor and auxiliary contactor relays Details
 
8Tender for procurement of pneumatic fittings, tubings, hose and valves Details
 
8Tender for construction of coal stock pile yard stage Details
 
8Tender for construction of road between coal stock pile yard stage Details
 
8Tender for procurement of pressure switches and differential pressure switches Details
 
8Tender for supply of 9M long PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for supply of 10 KVA 11/0.433 kV aluminium wound EEL1 completely self protected (CSP) distribution transformers Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33kV single circuit ungalvanized steel lattice structure Details
 
8Tender for purchase of suspension type wave trap Details
 
8Tender for requirement of spares for service transformers installed Details
 
8Tender for work of second circuit stringing on 132kV line Details
 
8Tender for supply of TC fuse wire 12 SWG and 14 SWG Details
 
8Tender for biennial maintenance of minor civil and structural work Details
 
8Tender for procurement of conveyor belt Details
 
8Tender for service contract for evacuation job of accumulated ash and coal from all ducts of boiler during Details
 
8Tender for intermidiate additional pole between long spans in 11 kV and LT line Details
 
8Tender for construction of new 11 kV, LT lines Details
 
8Tender for construction of new 11 kV, LT lines and 11/0.4 kV DTR Details
 
8Tender for regarding work shifting/displacement of 33kV, 11kV, LT lines DTR Details
 
8Tender for regarding work shifting/displacement of 33kV, 11kV, LT lines Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of substation by replacement of 1X25 MVA 220/33kV T/F Details
 
8Tender for enhancement of transformation of capacity of substation by replacement of 2x100MVA, 220/132kV ICTs Details
 
8Tender for enhancement of transformation of capacity of substation by providing addition 1X100MVA 220/132kV ICT along with HV & LV bays Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for carrying out work of dismantling, erection & other allied activities in planned outage & emergency/breakdown for power transformers Details
 
8Tender for supply of various types of cable & dismantling, ETC work of 245 & 145 kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for supply of various types of cable & dismantling, ETC work of 36 kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for AMC for CTR make nitrogen injection fire protection system (NIFPS) for ICTs & transformer Details
 
8Tender for work of second circuit stringing on existing of 132kV SCDC line Details
 
8Tender for second circuit stringing on 132kV line Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract (AMC) for the demonstration, preventive maintenance as well as repairing work including supply of required spare of nitrogen injection fire protection systems Details
 
8Tender for biennial maintenance contract for the work of restoration of collapsed towers in emergency/breakdown situation of EHV lines Details
 
8Tender for work of dismantling of existing 132kV & 220kV various equipments Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, civil and ETC of replacement of 220kV & 132kV CTs and PTs Details
 
8Tender for work of erection, testing and commissioning of dedicated 400kV metering current transformer Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of additional 50MVA, 132/33kV power T/F along Details
 
8Tender for enhancement of transformation capacity of substation by providing 1x100MVA, 220/132kV ICT along Details
 
8Tender for work of SITC of SCADA system along with integration of 25Nos. of bays and replacement of existing faulty relays Details
 
8Tender for work of establishment of 132-110/33 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for work of establishment of link line between 220kV phase 1 sub-station Details
 
8Tender for AMC for regular maintenance work, outage work and attending emergency breakdown work of 220 kV & 400 kV transmission lines Details
 
8Tender for works of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of additional 1 x 100 MVA, 220/132 kV ICT along with bay equipments Details
 
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 8Linde India raises stake in Zenataris Renewable Energy Details
 8India's renewable energy expansion to be driven by domestic firms: EY, Centrum Details
 8India Rooftop Solar Market Surges in 2026 as PM Surya Ghar Drives Record Residential Adoption Details
 8Eco Solutions Subsidiary Bags Rs 72.06 Crore Orders for Solar Inverters and BESS Details
 8Waaree Energies Share: UBS Reduces Its Valuation and Sees Multiple Risks in the Company Details
 8KEC International shares up 4%: Bags Rs 1,180 crore orders across T&D, renewables, civil businesses Details
 8Manufacturing Lines: Building flexibility into solar production for the next technology shift Details
 8From Coal to Code: How India’s Top PSUs Are Embracing AI Details
 8ECL Signs MoU with WBFDCL to Plant 2.11 Lakh Saplings in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman Details
 8Coal gasification can cut imports, but at a high cost Details
 8India Hits Record 57 GW Wind Capacity Details
 8Shell divests 5GW of wind and solar assets in India, with local energy group acquiring them to expand its footprint. Details
 8Wheels India Board Approves Fund Raising of Up to Rs 400 Crore to Support Growth Plans Details
 8Blueleaf Energy Secures $75M Debt for 850MW Renewable Projects Details
 8Top 33 Power Sector Stocks to Watch in India 2026 Details
 8India’s power demand growth to drive INR 50 trillion investment by FY32 Details
 8APTEL Judgment Reinforces Regulatory Certainty And Boosts Investor Confidence In India’s Power Sector Details
 8Tata Power share price target: 29% upside Why MOFSL is bullish on this Tata stock post AGM Details
 8Vedanta Targets Major Expansion in Metals, Oil, and Power Sectors Details
 8Birla's power play to reshape India's green grid Details
 8NICCI Senior Advisor Attends India–Nepal Power Sector Luncheon Meeting Details
 8Adani Group Breaks Into India's Top 10 Most Valuable Brands; Adani Power Leads Energy Rankings Details
 8Green Energy Sector Shows Pockets Of Strength In Weak Market Session Details
 8How ethanol and green energy changed Uttar Pradesh’s sugar industry Details
 8India moves closer to its first geothermal power plant as ONGC drills second geothermal well in Ladakh Details
 8GERC Invites Consultants To Develop Simplified And Future-Ready Retail Electricity Tariff Framework In Gujarat Details
 8Centre to launch eighth critical mineral auction, offering 20 blocks Details
 8WTTC projects India to become world’s fourth-largest Travel & Tourism economy by 2036 Details
 8Data Centres and manufacturing may drive Rs 50 trillion power investment, but risks hitting a transmission wall Details
 8RECPDCL Signs MoA for 1 MW Solar Power Plant at Gandhigram Rural Institute to Boost Clean Energy Adoption Details

 
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POWER MARKETS DAILY

Jul 14: 8IEX Real-Time Market clears at a weekly high of Rs 5.25 a unit on the thinnest volume of the week
8Green Day-Ahead Market firms to Rs 4.02 a unit, the only active green segment
8Term-ahead trades cling to the price ceiling; PXIL deviation market clears nothing
8Hydro day-ahead segment draws sellers but no buyers all week
8Intraday volume-profile products barely trade, and only at the cap Details

GRID OPERATIONS DAILY

Jul 14: 8All-India demand held near 251 GW on 13 July with an energy shortage of just 0.17%
8Frequency stayed in band 84% of the day but spent twice as long high as low
8Reliability indices clean nationally; localised violations at Dadra & Nagar Haveli and voltage deviations in Rajasthan and Karnataka
8Ancillary despatch ran firmly downward on 13 July - but far less than mid-week
8Regional peaks reconcile; the only material residual shortage is a Kerala pocket Details

OUTAGE & MAINTENANCE REGISTER

Jul 14: 8Kudankulam-1 (1,000 MW nuclear) remains out since 8 July on generator protection
8Gadarwara-1 (800 MW, NTPC) trips fresh on a boiler-tube leak
8Adani Power Maharashtra Tiroda-5 (660 MW) out on air-pre-heater vibration
8Mettur-5 (600 MW) forced out on a boiler-tube leak
8Both Ghatampur units (660 MW each) remain out since June on coal-feeding failure
8Other large forced units carried over on 13 July
8Six large units returned to the bar, cushioning the evening peak
8Kanpur GIS 400 kV Bus-1 out on busbar protection for a process-bus upgrade
8765 kV Kurnool–Maheshwaram-2 remains out on an R-N fault
8765 kV Raichur–Sholapur-2 out on an isolator hot-spot
8Other notable transmission elements out on 13 July
8Forward maintenance diary: a heavy annual-overhaul slate through the year
8Register-reading cautions: artefacts and mirrored entries Details

FUEL & COAL LEDGER

Jul 14: 8Coal stocks stable at about 17 days; not one plant officially critical, but Niwari TPP is down to a single day
8Renewable generation climbed through the week to 1,349 MU, led by Rajasthan and Gujarat
8Ministry of Coal opens two decriminalisation and penalty consultations
8The gas fleet again sits idle on economics, not fuel Details

HYDRO & RESERVOIR LEDGER

Jul 14: 8Odisha reservoirs mostly below last year; Hirakud the exception, passing heavy inflow
8Odisha hydro generation about 504 MW; two stations idle
8Coverage note: no national reservoir bulletin this edition Details

Contracting news for the day

Jul 14: 8Rs 128 crore cable procurement tightens quality filters as technical scrutiny reshapes competition
A large procurement has quietly become a test of manufacturing capability rather than simply price competitiveness. Technical scrutiny significantly narrowed the competitive field before commercial bids assumed importance. The outcome signals broader changes in how future utility procurements may increasingly evaluate suppliers

8Rs 289 crore reactor award carries a far longer risk tail than the contract value suggests
This latest reactor package carries implications that extend well beyond equipment procurement. The technical framework, contractual structure and award outcome collectively indicate a procurement strategy that could influence future transmission packages. The deeper significance becomes evident only after examining the tender clause by clause.

8A familiar GIS package introduces an unfamiliar procurement structure
A new procurement structure quietly changes where project risk begins and who carries it first. The commercial framework appears straightforward, but several clauses reshape competitive positioning well before the owner awards the contract. The biggest implications emerge only after the document is read clause by clause.

81000 MW renewable procurement signals another important step in India's evolving RTC power market
A utility-scale renewable procurement has returned to the spotlight after a series of developments during the bidding process. The headline capacity is only one part of what makes this opportunity strategically significant for developers and investors alike. The real story emerges after examining how the procurement framework has gradually evolved.

8Tender extends timeline for Rs solar park infrastructure tender, giving bidders more room before the next procurement milestone
A revised schedule has quietly reshaped the bidding calendar for one of Rajasthan's key renewable infrastructure packages. The change appears procedural, but its impact could extend beyond just the submission date. The implications for competition and bid strategy become clearer inside the document.

8A 70-day deadline shift redraws the competitive field for the Chitradurga project
The tender covers more than isolated equipment procurement. Its balance-of-system structure brings several engineering and construction interfaces under one competitive package. The allocation of those interfaces will shape bidder appetite and execution exposure.

8Environmental compliance takes centre stage as a major EPC package advances
A major environmental upgrade package has entered a crucial phase after fresh revisions altered the procurement timeline without changing the project's technical ambition. The contract combines engineering, construction and long-term performance responsibility into a single execution model that raises the competitive threshold for bidders. The real significance, however, lies in how the procurement strategy could influence both participation and execution quality.

8A critical thermal EPC package quietly raises the bar for execution and competition
A technically important package is doing far more than inviting bids for an auxiliary system. The procurement structure reveals a deliberate shift in how execution responsibility, commercial discipline and bidder capability are being balanced before work even begins. The implications extend well beyond this individual contract and become evident only after examining the tender in detail.

8The engineering design quietly raises the technical benchmark for future transmission projects
The project's configuration reflects decisions that extend beyond routine EPC execution. Equipment choices indicate a longer-term network strategy rather than a conventional asset replacement. Their significance only becomes evident when viewed collectively.

8A Rs 142 crore EPC contest has stayed open 110 days longer, but its hardest conditions remain untouched
A major turnkey procurement has undergone four deadline extensions without any corresponding easing of its commercial or technical obligations. The extra preparation window sits alongside fixed pricing, heavy security commitments and a long post-handover responsibility. What the unchanged clauses reveal about the intended bidder pool is more significant than the revised calendar itself. Details

CERC DOCKET

Jul 14: 8MPPMCL v OPTCL - order reserved on a long-running wheeling-charge refund
8Saimaa Solar v CTUIL - interim protection for 150 MW at Bikaner-III
8Avaada v CTUIL - anti-revocation relief sought
8Ayana v CTUIL - land-bank-BG to LOA conversion dispute
8EG Mega Urja v CTUIL - round-the-clock and non-solar-hour access
8NTPC Renewable v CTUIL - land-document extension for 900 MW at Mandsaur
8SJVN v ReNew - round-the-clock tariff adoption for 448 of 1,200 MW
8APNRL v HPPC - fuel-cost adjustment and late-payment surcharge
8Eight renewable developers seek SCSD extensions from NHPC and NTPC
8CREHTPL v SJVN - a further SCSD-extension plea
8Adani Renewable, ReNew and Anupavan v SECI - bid-nullity dispute adjourned
8NLCIL v Angul Sundargarh Transmission - LILO-line charges review admitted
8POWERGRID v AVVNL - transmission-tariff review
8WRLDC/CTUIL v MPSEZ Utilities - RLDC fees and transmission dues Details

STATE REGULATORY ROUNDUP

Jul 14: 8West Bengal orders all utilities into the Ninth Control Period MYT filing
8Kerala regulator dismisses two KSEBL-linked matters on maintainability
8Delhi relaxes security deposits for Kanwar-season temporary connections
8Gujarat’s PGVCL reports an 11.17% Q4 distribution loss
8Haryana ash-utilisation returns and an Uttarakhand disclosure refresh Details

GREEN MARKETS & RE PROGRAMME WATCH

Jul 14: 8GUVNL and TANGEDCO launch large firm-power reverse auctions on HPX
8Fraunhofer benchmark puts world solar near 2,974 GW with module prices around US$0.10/Wp
8Mangalam Worldwide commissions a 10.4 MW captive solar plant
8Pace Digitek’s Lineage Power signs a third BESS supply framework
8International context: UK puts public support behind long-duration storage Details

CORPORATE WIRE

Jul 14: 8Siemens reports an 18-month transition year: Rs 33,868 crore of orders and a 900% dividend
8Transformers & Rectifiers India affirmed IND A+/A1+ with a larger rated book; results due 20 July
8SJVN Green Energy - CARE reaffirms AA and enlarges the facility to Rs 14,844.71 crore
8SJVN Ltd - AA+/A1+ reaffirmed on a strong parent credit
8Supreme Power Equipment wins a Rs 13.6 crore transformer order
8Sarda Energy to weigh a fund-raise alongside Q1 results
8Jaiprakash Power Ventures board meets 20 July for Q1 results
8Sterling and Wilson Renewable holds a Q1 earnings call on 17 July
8Torrent Power sets its 22nd AGM for 3 August
8Adani Enterprises converts partly paid rights shares to fully paid
8Viaton Energy notched down to CARE B- as the issuer keeps its agency in the dark
8IL&FS Wind Energy’s Rs 200 crore debentures stay in default - a shell the wind farms already left
8SJVN Arun-3’s AA+ is a borrowed rating - strip the guarantee and it is BBB+, on a project slipping to 2028 Details

COMMITTEES, PEOPLE & SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Jul 14: 8Southern RPC advances pre-islanding load-shedding, grid-forming BESS and black-start ahead of its 58th meeting
8Northern RPC’s 245th coordination meeting takes up islanding, black-start trials and the Kanpur busbar upgrade
8Grid-India’s minimum-turndown support settlements: Rs 51 lakh in April, Rs 24 lakh in May
8Western RPC coordination: Khavda dynamic compensation, IEGC self-audits and the annual overhaul plan
8People: Punjab reshuffles senior engineers; Himachal invites Ombudsman applications; a coal retention
8A northern RE sub-committee meeting and two southern operational milestones Details

Power Finance Corporation floats the Satara Power Transmission SPV to evacuate up to 4,500 MW of pumped storage in the Western Region

Jul 14: 8PFC has incorporated a wholly owned special-purpose vehicle, Satara Power Transmission Ltd, to build a Western-Region transmission scheme sized to serve pumped-storage potential of up to 4,500 MW near Satara in Maharashtra. As the bid-process coordinator, PFC (through PFC Consulting) will develop the SPV and transfer it to the winning bidder under the tariff-based competitive-bidding route. Details

A wave of connectivity-revocation challenges hits the CERC as CTUIL tightens on financial closure - developers race to protect grid access

Jul 14: 8The Central Transmission Utility’s harder line on connectivity milestones has produced a cluster of developer challenges now live at the CERC, heard together on 9 July. In 319/MP/2026 Saimaa Solar contested CTUIL’s 10 June revocation of its connectivity for missing financial closure and won interim protection - the Commission directed that 150 MW at the Bikaner-III pooling station not be re-allocated while CTUIL verifies the financial-closure documents on affidavit, with the matter listed for 25 August. It does not stand alone: Avaada (186/MP/2026) is seeking anti-revocation relief, Ayana (109/MP/2026) is contesting a land-bank-BG to LOA conversion, and EG Mega Urja (317/MP/2026) is fighting over round-the-clock/non-solar-hour access. Details

NHPC seeks an interim tariff for the 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower project while SJVN’s 900 MW Arun-3 slips to 2028 - the Himalayan hydro pipeline is straining at both ends

Jul 14: 8Two of the country’s largest under-construction hydro stations moved in opposite-but-related ways in today’s file. At the CERC, NHPC’s petition 258/GT/2026 against UPPCL seeks a generation tariff - with an interim tariff pressed - for the 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower project, with revised tariff forms due by 27 July and the matter listed for 27 August. Separately, CARE’s rating rationale on SJVN Arun-3 records the 900 MW Nepal project’s scheduled commissioning slipping from December 2025 to March 2028 on geological grounds, with a cost overrun flagged. Details

The grid curtailed wind and solar and pushed generators down even as renewable output climbed - an oversupply signature, not a shortage

Jul 14: 8The system spent 13 July leaning against surplus, not scarcity. Frequency sat above the 50.05 Hz ceiling for 10.57% of the day and below 49.90 Hz for only 5.32%; net ancillary despatch was 56,691 MWh downward against 11,781 MWh up; and the day-ahead price collapsed to around Rs 0.50 a unit in the midday solar hours before the evening peak. On the renewable side, the REMC report for 12 July shows variable renewable output actually rising - 1,349 MU nationally, wind climbing through the week - yet with heavy curtailment attributed to “high frequency and heavy underdrawal.” Details

A single CT failure at Fatehgarh-III cascades through the 400/220 kV network, tripping about a dozen renewable-evacuation feeders in Rajasthan

Jul 14: 8At around 17:44 on 13 July an R-phase current-transformer failure at the POWERGRID Fatehgarh-III substation in Rajasthan set off a cascade recorded in the Northern Region outage register: a 765/400 kV, 1,500 MVA interconnecting transformer, seven 400/220 kV 500 MVA ICTs, four 220 kV buses and roughly twelve renewable-evacuation feeders tripped together. Fatehgarh is a backbone node for evacuating desert wind and solar, so the event reads as an equipment-protection failure with direct renewable-dispatch consequences. Details

India’s generation ran 4.7% below programme on 11 July - the cause was broken units, not short coal

Jul 14: 8All-India generation excluding renewables came in at 4,309.74 MU on 11 July against a programme of 4,521.78 MU, a shortfall of 4.7%. Coal stocks were not the constraint: 148 monitored plants held about 36.2 million tonnes, roughly 17 days of cover, with not one plant flagged critical. Details

NHPC restarts two Teesta-V units in Sikkim as the 1,200 MW Teesta-III below it stays stranded and fights for change-in-law relief

Jul 14: 8NHPC told the exchanges that Units 1 and 2 of its 510 MW Teesta-V station - 170 MW each, 340 MW together - resumed commercial generation at 17:00 on 13 July after grid synchronisation, with the third unit to follow. Twenty kilometres downstream, the 1,200 MW Teesta-III remains out nearly two years after the October 2023 glacial-lake-outburst flood destroyed its dam, and its owner Sikkim Urja is still before the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission seeking to pass through Sikkim’s ecosystem water charge as change-in-law. Details

IEX day-ahead price for 14 July delivery jumps to Rs 6.33 a unit as buy bids overtake sell offers

Jul 14: 8The average day-ahead clearing price on the Indian Energy Exchange for delivery on 14 July settled at Rs 6,328.93 per MWh - Rs 6.33 a unit - up from Rs 2.49 a unit as recently as 12 July. For the first time in the week, purchase bids (523,267 MWh) exceeded sell bids (462,625 MWh), the signature of a supply-tight session rather than a demand collapse. Details

APERC opens the FY2025-26 fuel-cost true-up for Andhra Pradesh’s three DISCOMs, with objections due by 3 August

Jul 14: 8The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has admitted fuel-and-power-purchase-cost adjustment (FPPCA) true-up petitions for FY2025-26 from all three state distribution companies - APSPDCL (OP 32/2026), APCPDCL (OP 33/2026) and APEPDCL (OP 34/2026) - and set a public-objection window closing 3 August, with DISCOM replies due by 13 August. The petitions reconcile the actual fuel and power-purchase cost the utilities incurred against what tariff already recovered. Details

Daily Power Sector Tenders Excel update

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Jul 14:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for supply of various sizes diaphragm valves Details
 8Tender for supply of 11 kV vertical GOS AB switch with PT insulator Details
 8Tender for supply of 11 kV transfromer structure material Details
 8Tender for supply of GI stem bolt and nut Details
 8Tender for procurement of 8 Nos of ethernet switches with necessary accessories for various Details
 8Tender for supply of consumable material Details
 8Tender for procurement of hydraulic hoses for CHP hydraulic system Details
 8Tender for supply of sulphuric acid Details
 8Tender for estimate for 33 kV feeder Details
 8Tender for supply of 03 Nos. SPS for ICTs at 400kV substations Details
 8Tender for procurement of various LED lights Details
 8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning with RMS of 46 KWp grid connected solar PV power plant Details
 8Tender for work of power/control instrument cable tray cleaning, cable tracing & redressing and miscellaneous works Details
 8Tender for various maintenance works of wagon tippler Details
 8Tender for work of ash lifting of ESP Details
 8Tender for civil other other miscellaneous works Details
 8Tender for work of carry out corrosive test of various MS structure of coal handling plant Details
 8Tender for procurement of 400kV current transformer Details
 8Tender for repairing and maintenance contract of rolling shutters Details
 8Tender for supply of MS rods along with buts bolts and lugs for tower earthing Details
 8Tender for purchase of HDPE PVC pipe 140mm Details
 8Tender for purchase of three phase 200kVA (aluminium wound) level 1/star-1 rated CRGO/amorphous core distribution transformers Details
 8Tender for supply of ceralined P.F. bends and orifice for coal mill Details
 8Tender for supply of cooler for ID fan motor Details
 8Tender for procurement of collecting electrode of ESP Details
 8Tender for providing protection measures against shooting and falling of stones Details
 8Tender for providing comprehensive slope stabilization and protection works on the upstream slope Details
 8Tender for supply of materials Details
 8Tender for supply of non-asbestos gaskets Details
 8Tender for supply of pneumatic drain isolating valve Details
 8Tender for SCADA integration of 13 No 33 kV GIS bays Details
 8Design, manufacturing, testing and supply of 220kV emergency restoration system tower Details
 8Tender for supply of LT 3phase channel cross arm. Details
 8Tender for installing new 200MVA, 220/110kV 3 ph Trfr station in existing spare bay available Details
 8Design, engineering, manufacturing factory test inspection supply supervision of installation and commissioning of 11kV RMUs Details
 8Tender for rerouting and standisation of 11kV line Details
 8Tender for rerouting of 11kV line Details
 8Tender for work of extension of switch house at 66 kV sub station Details
 8Tender for construction of 33 kV substation Details
 8Tender for erection of 0.15 Kms S/C 33 kV line Details
 8Tender for supply of pneumatic knife gate valves Details
 8Tender for retrofitting/replacement work of vertical waterwall, repair and checking work of stirrup with buckstays, wall and tie beam/bar Details
 8Tender for supply of PIP pipe for fly ash conveying system of ESP Details
 8Tender for work of second circuit stringing on 132kV line Details
 8Tender for replacement of damaged disc insulators string of 132kV transmission line Details
 8Tender for AMC for work of overhauling/servicing with spares of 33kV circuit breakers of various make at various substations Details
 8Tender for supply of micro pulveriser, jaw type coal sampler and coal sampler crusher Details
 8Tender for work of shifting the electrical assets Details
 8Tender for supply of various consumables, measuring instruments, Tools tackles, CPVC and fasteners items Details
 8Tender for supply of CPVC pipe & fittings Details
 8Tender for supply of fire water pump-3 with motor Details
 8Tender for work related to reconstruction of damaged T/F fencing Details
 8Tender for replacement of existing 11 kV ACSR conductor with 11 kV Dog conductor Details
 8Tender for construction work of double circuit 11 kV line Details
 8Tender for work of MRI and bill distribution of KCC, non KCC, solar Details
 8Tender for work of installing insulated covered conductor in place of ACSR weasel conductor Details
 8Tender for work of installing insulated covered conductor Details
 8Tender for work of MRI and bill distribution of KCC, non KCC, solar, STW/PTW consumers Details
 8Tender for work of installing insulated covered conductor in place of ACSR wessel conductor in 11 kV power line Details
 8Tender for biennial service contract of job related to chemical solution preparation and chemical handling Details
 8Tender for procurement of different spares of bowl mill Details
 8Tender for procurement of 200 MT hydrochloric acid and 50 MT caustic soda flakes Details
 8Tender for procurement of steel materials and fasteners for pressure and non-pressure parts Details
 8Tender for service contract for repairing of air/flue gas duct, pipe line Details
 8Tender for procurement of grinding rollers and bull ring segments for coal mill Details
 8Tender for procurement of straight pipe for repairing of coal carrying pipe Details
 8Tender for refurbishment of under carriage set Details
 8Tender for coal mill performance test of unit Details
 8Tender for service contract for overhauling of mechanical system for ash handling plant Details
 8Tender for various civil jobs Details
 8Tender for augmentation of substation by providing additional 1x50MVA, 132/33kV TF Details
 8Tender for work of augmentation of substation by addition of 25MVA, 132/33kV power transformer along Details
 8Tender for work of providing and fixing of additional 33kV PT set along Details
 8Tender for annual contract for the work of loading, unloading, winching and transportation of various EHV power transformers/ICT’s Details
 8Tender for work of annual rate contract for attending on site minor repairs/ maintenance work/ OLTC overhauling of EHV class power transformers/ ICTs at various Details
 8Tender for supply of equipments/ material, erection, testing and commissioning for the work augmentation by providing additional 1 x 25MVA, 132- 110/33 kV T/F Details
 8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of new street light poles with cable laying Details
 8Tender for misc. civil works Details
 8Tender for supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 66kV D/C line on D/C panther tower Details
 8Tender for repair, maintenance, and installation of plant/ systems/equipments Details
 8Tender for supply of various items Details
 8Tender for supply of knife gate valve for ash handling plant Details
 8Tender for work of misc pressure part related activity of boiler stage Details
 8Tender for supply of various ratings LT motor Details
 8Design, supply erection commissioning and testing of water distribution system Details
 8Tender for fabrication and erection of wind barrier in LHP stack yard. Details
 8Tender for work of collection of fly ash, bed ash Details
 8Tender for procurement of various type of control transformers Details
 8Tender for supply & application of high insulation floor coating at switchgear Details
 8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for transportation of material including loading, unloading and stacking of any store material Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing 11kV LT line network Details
 8Tender for purchase of 4CX185mm2 LT PVC cable Details
 8Tender for supply of special 414 TXM coupling set TXM-301865 & its gasket for pulverized fuel pipes of boiler Details
 8Tender for supply of tool kit and service kit for single point automatic lubrication system Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing overhead LT line network Details
 
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8FGD-exempted coal power plants within 300 km of NCR behind 81 pc SO2 emissions in this sector: Report Details
 
8Most sulphur dioxide around Delhi comes from coal plants exempted from pollution rules: CREA Details
 
8Avaada activates first phase of 6 GW TOPCon solar cell plant Details
 
8CERC tells clean energy firms to lose grid connection or generate power Details
 
8Power sector: Equirus starts coverage on JSW Energy, Torrent; NTPC top pick Details
 
8Tamil Nadu Signs Rs 15,037 Crore Deal with Vikram Solar to Expand Battery Energy Storage Manufacturing Details
 
8Why tapped solar electricity is going down the drain in India Details
 
8THDCIL Celebrates 39th Foundation Day, Reaffirms Commitment to India’s Clean Energy Future Details
 
8Most sulphur dioxide around Delhi comes from coal plants exempted from pollution rules: CREA Details
 
8Aditya Birla Group acquires Shell’s India renewable arm Sprng for $1.8 bn Details
 
8India’s Power Transmission Sector to See Rs 5-6 Trillion Capex by FY32 Amid Renewable Energy Expansion: ICRA Details
 
8GUVNL Awards 250 MW Phase XI Wind Projects To NLC India Renewables, Juniper Green, Powerica & Cu-Built At INR3.51/kWh Details
 
8Why India's growing solar surplus is going unused despite record demand Details
 
8FGD-Exempted Coal Power Plants Within 300 Km of NCR Behind 81 pc SO2 Emissions in This Sector: Report Details
 
8Campaign against ethanol is sponsored; my focus is on national interest: Nitin Gadkari Details
 
8Why India’s C&I sector is slow to embrace battery storage Details
 
8NHPC’s Phukot Karnali Project, Cross-Border Power Trade to Dominate Nepal-India Energy Talks Details
 
8Honda India Power Products recommends Rs 23 dividend, schedules AGM Details
 
8TERI urges national push for solar thermal energy to decarbonise India’s industrial sector Details
 
8How Renewable Energy Companies Are Redefining Environmental Sustainability in India Details
 
8NTPC Board Approves Rs 20,456.70 Crore Investment for 1,600 MW Lara Stage-III Thermal Power Project Details
 
8Equirus Securities Initiates Coverage on JSW Energy, Torrent Power Details
 
8Rajasthan prioritises financial strength of DISCOMs, pushes renewable energy for sustainable power sector Details
 
8Subsidy support masks discom stress; reforms key: S&P Details
 
8Rolls-Royce mtu Generators Power New INS Mahendragiri Frigate Details
 
8NHPC resumes commercial operation of two units at Teesta-V Power Station Details
 
8Power Stock in Focus After Receiving Rs 443 Crore BESS and PCS Order from Bondada Renewable Energy Details
 
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CERC opens a 60-day window to free 22,054 MW of grid connectivity held by projects that never signed power-purchase agreements

Jul 13: 8In a suo-motu order dated 10 July, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission found that of 40,420 MW of connectivity granted through letters of award between January 2019 and May 2025, developers had signed purchase agreements for only 2,338 MW, leaving 22,054 MW blocked without a buyer. Rather than cancel the idle grants outright, the Commission has offered a voluntary menu of exit, substitution or surrender, and will auction released capacity from a Rs 3 lakh per MW base - a softer route adopted after developers argued that forced surrender would require a change in the regulations. Details

IEX day-ahead power price more than doubles in a day, from Rs 2.49 a unit for Sunday to Rs 5.62 for Monday delivery

Jul 13: 8Sunday 12 July drew the week’s largest sell offer, about 743 million units, against shrunken buying, pulling the day-ahead clearing price down to Rs 2.49 a unit and to as little as about 20 paise in the solar-heavy midday blocks. As weekday demand returned for 13 July, buyers bid a week-high 413 million units and the price rebounded to Rs 5.62, a swing that shows how thin the cushion has become between midday solar surplus and evening scarcity. Details

India’s grid ran persistently over-frequency on Sunday 12 July, holding above 50.05 Hz for nearly a quarter of the day

Jul 13: 8National frequency stayed inside the 49.90–50.05 Hz band for only 71.7% of 12 July and spent 21.9% of the day above it, peaking at 50.272 Hz, as low weekend demand met heavy midday solar generation. Seven 765 kV substations touched or breached their 800 kV ceiling for up to 18% of the day, and a day earlier the western despatcher had ordered wind and solar cut by as much as 55% - the operating signature of a system carrying more midday generation than it can absorb. Details

IREDA declares Rs 672.74 crore of loans to Gensol Engineering and its EV-leasing arm as fraud and reports them to the RBI

Jul 13: 8The state renewable-energy lender told the exchanges on 10 July that Rs 453.77 crore owed by Gensol Engineering and Rs 218.97 crore owed by Gensol EV Lease had been classified as fraud, citing misappropriation, criminal breach of trust and forged documents. IREDA has already provided against 85% of both accounts, limiting the fresh hit to its books, but the formal fraud tag on a once-marquee solar engineering borrower crystallises the downfall of the Gensol group. Details

Enforcement Directorate provisionally attaches Rs 762.75 crore of Reliance Power shares held by Reliance Infrastructure under the money-laundering law

Jul 13: 8Reliance Power told the exchanges on 11 July that a 10 July provisional attachment order also covers Rs 116.96 crore it is owed by Sasan Power and Rs 141.48 crore owed by Reliance Cleangen, part of a wider investigation into the Anil Ambani group. The company put the direct financial implication at Rs 258.44 crore and said it would contest the order, which lands while the group is still working through legacy debt and asset sales. Details

Southern grid regulator names large thermal units still not in free-governor mode two years after it became mandatory

Jul 13: 8An agenda circulated on 10 July for a 31 July special meeting lists plants including HNPCL (2×520 MW), Singareni (2×600 MW), Bhadradri (4×270 MW) and NCTPP Stage-II (2×600 MW) as still running on restricted governor mode, in breach of the 2023 grid code. The same review graded Tamil Nadu and Telangana “poor” on frequency response for 2025-26 and flagged NLC’s entire Neyveli fleet, pointing to a southern region lagging on the primary defence against frequency swings. Details

NTPC board approves Rs 20,457 crore for two 800 MW supercritical units at Lara in Chhattisgarh

Jul 13: 8The 11 July investment sanction covers Lara Super Thermal Power Project Stage-III (2×800 MW), taking the Raigarh-district station towards 3,200 MW and adding to NTPC’s coal build-out. At roughly Rs 12.8 crore a megawatt the commitment underlines that, even amid the renewable push, the country’s largest generator is still sanctioning large baseload coal capacity. Details

Power Markets Daily

Jul 13: 8Green day-ahead prices climb steadily even as the conventional day-ahead market swings
8High-price and ancillary day-ahead segments drew zero clearing all week for want of buyers
8PXIL switches on a new matching engine for its three day-ahead segments and makes seller minimum quantities binding in reverse auctions
8IEX real-time market cleared 5.7 lakh MWh over 10-12 July at Rs 3.21-3.55 a unit, floor near zero, ceiling Rs 10
8IEX term-ahead daily contracts split Western and Northern regions, clearing Rs 0.45 a unit to the Rs 10 cap
8Green term-ahead contracts cleared near Rs 4.0-4.4 a unit, late 12 July blocks pushed toward the Rs 10 cap
8PXIL real-time market cleared at the Rs 10 ceiling on 11 July night; IEX intraday published no price, PXIL DSM nil Details

Contracting news for the day

Jul 13: 8The proposed consultancy extends far beyond document preparation
The assignment combines technical, commercial and contractual responsibilities within a single advisory mandate. This points towards a more integrated procurement philosophy. The full impact becomes evident when the expected consultant role is examined closely.

8Rs 402 crore transmission push places two contrasting EPC strategies before bidders
Two high-voltage packages are testing the market with sharply different distances, timelines and execution demands. Their headline values reveal only part of the opportunity, while the deeper commercial pressure sits inside the design and security provisions. A closer reading shows why bidders cannot price either contract solely by route length.

8A 400 kV intervention carries the technical weight of the Rs 85 crore package
The larger strategic challenge lies in integrating a new connection with an existing high-voltage corridor. Survey accuracy, tower selection and outage coordination will influence more than the construction schedule. The detailed risk emerges from how these obligations are tied together.

8Uncapped escalation changes the pricing equation for a long-duration EPC contract
A global EPC package has bundled pollution control, ash handling, water systems, electrical facilities and plant-wide interfaces behind a substantial bid-security threshold. Uncapped escalation offers bidders rare inflation protection, but the completion and delay framework contains a drafting fault with potentially expensive consequences. The decisive issue lies not in equipment supply alone, but in who absorbs the risk when multiple packages converge at site.

8Rs 379 crore evacuation package widens the entry gate but leaves critical bid risks unresolved
A major renewable evacuation contract has quietly opened its qualification window to a wider class of electrical EPC companies. Yet conflicting security figures and tightly transferred engineering risks could determine who is willing to compete. The most consequential details lie inside the amended experience clause and the package’s uncompromising execution conditions.

8Development order opens a tightly controlled supply opportunity with steel-linked price protection and a two-stage delivery gate
A compact supply package carries a larger test of fabrication control, approval speed and commodity-risk pricing. The first delivery unlocks the balance quantity, while a tender-specific concession changes the normal schedule-risk equation. The decisive commercial advantage lies in how the steel formula, technical clearance and development obligations interact.

8540 MW wind mandate extends far beyond turbine supply
A large wind procurement has bundled land, turbines, grid infrastructure and a decade of O&M into one contractor-controlled package. The bidding structure offers capacity flexibility but imposes an unusually sharp financial and alliance test on companies seeking both blocks. A set of less-visible qualification conditions could decide who reaches the price-bid stage.

8Full advance payment and zero security reshape a six-month structural assessment contract
A short scientific inspection has been wrapped inside a far wider six-month contract window. The owner will fund mobilisation and release the inspection charges before the field visit without demanding performance or advance-payment security. The deeper significance lies in how much technical and commercial risk remains outside the visible scope.

8Power major seeks high-stakes ash-dyke verdict under an unusually relaxed contract
A fresh consultancy package puts the stability of multiple ash lagoons and overflow structures under digital and field-level scrutiny. The assignment combines seismic, seepage and rapid-drawdown modelling with a contract that removes several conventional enforcement safeguards. The most consequential tension lies not in the software or schedule, but in who carries the risk once the fee is released.

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Grid Operations Daily

Jul 13: 8All-India peak demand met 243,428 MW at 22:28 on 12 July, with nil peak and energy shortage nationwide
8Coal supplied 61% and renewables 24% of India’s 5,744 MU gross generation on 12 July
8Western Region net-exported 358.7 MU on 12 July, most of it into a Northern Region that imported 341 MU
8Eastern Region imported 49.12 MU from Bhutan and 20.28 MU from Nepal, exported 22.8 MU to Bangladesh on 12 July
8Eastern Region met a 31,850 MW peak with zero shortage on 12 July; Bihar drew to 8,503 MW
8Southern Region 400 kV nodes ran high - Hindupur hit 435.28 kV - while Munirabad sagged to 371 kV on 12 July
8Economic despatch in June pushed generation up nearly three times as often as it pushed it down
8Eastern Region day-ahead load forecast missed 5.06% on 11 July, with a systematic overnight over-forecast peaking near 2,857 MW
8GETCO Q1 loading shows 220 kV Asoj-Jambuva peaking at 505 MW against 360 MW design; several central and south Gujarat lines over capacity
8All-India ISTS transmission loss set at 3.86% for the 13-19 July week Details

Outage & Maintenance Register

Jul 13: 8Western Region generation outage rises to 22,902 MW on 12 July, with reserve shutdowns the largest single component
8Kudankulam Unit 1 (1,000 MW), Tamil Nadu, remains off the bar since 8 July after generator protection operated
8Adani Power’s 685 MW Raipur unit (Chhattisgarh) tripped twice within a day, latest on generator protection
8765 kV Akola-Koradi-III line (Maharashtra) out since 26 June after tower collapse at location 396
8Ghatampur TPS, Uttar Pradesh: both 660 MW units (1,320 MW) out for weeks on coal-feeding problems
8Monsoon high silt forces Himachal Pradesh hydro units off the bar on 10–12 July
8Western Region carries about 2,660 MW of major thermal overhauls due back between late July and mid-August
8NLDC lists Ramagundam and PVUNL Patratu units to come on-bar on 13–14 July; several long-idle units flagged Details

Fuel & Coal Ledger

Jul 13: 8Twenty-eight thermal stations sat on critical coal stock in mid-July, but pithead plants stayed well supplied and no eastern unit lost output to coal
8India’s power generation rose almost 11% in June while Coal India’s output was flat
8Pithead coal stocks held at 102% of norm on 11 July while non-pithead plants sat at 61%
8Coal India despatched 8.5 MT more than it mined in June, drawing down pit stocks
8CEA plant-receipt and Coal India despatch registers land within ~8% of each other for coal reaching power
8NTPC Bongaigaon’s part-load secondary-fuel-oil compensation roughly doubled from April to May Details

Hydro & Reservoir Ledger

Jul 13: 8All-India hydro supplied 576 MU on 12 July, a tenth of gross generation, with the Northern Region carrying most of it
8Sardar Sarovar holds more than double last year’s energy content, standing 8 metres higher on the Narmada
8Indira Sagar and Ukai both sit below last year, their stored energy down by half and a third
8Koyna sits about 6.7 m and a quarter of its energy content below last year, yet generated little on 12 July
8Odisha’s Hirakud stands 9 feet above last year while Balimela, Rengali and the rest sit lower
8North-eastern reservoirs hold near-full at Kopili but Ranganadi ran dry; reservoir-energy columns are OCR-suspect
8Hydro and reservoir ledger: Teesta cascade still shown out on the outage register, and western reservoirs run below last year Details

CERC Docket

Jul 13: 8CERC gives VEH Green and Gadag Power two more weeks to plead new JCC evidence in fight to stretch ISTS connectivity deadlines to 2027
8CERC lets BBMB withdraw its solar-connectivity relaxation plea after Third Amendment to GNA rules makes it moot; HVPNL open-access objection left open
8AMPIN challenges CTUIL for cutting Fatehgarh-IV non-solar-hour margin from 199.5 MW to 166 MW after it won a SECI peak-supply award; CERC admits, but flags AMPIN is only an applicant
8ReNew’s force-majeure bid to void CTUIL transmission bills adjourned to September as the linked 2 June order heads to APTEL
8ACME’s Great Indian Bustard change-in-law claim against SECI moves toward decision as it files reconciliation statement and auditor’s certificate
8CERC clears NTPC’s name change to ‘NTPC Mining Limited’ and gives it eight weeks to refile the Pakri Barwadih coal-price truing-up petition
8CERC shields NLC India’s 200 MW Bhuj solar connectivity from third-party reallocation even as CTUIL’s revocation proceeds; Rs 4.5 crore bank guarantee already encashed
8Tata Power Renewables asks CERC to restore 101 MW Kallam connectivity that CTUIL revoked in December before any interim order could issue
8CERC grants two fresh inter-State trading licences, including one to the Railways’ energy-management arm Details

State Regulatory Roundup

Jul 13: 8GSECL’s claimed capital cost for 800 MW Wanakbori Unit 8 climbs to about Rs 4,469 crore after BHEL settlement; GUVNL wants a full MYT prudence check on guest-house and event spend
8GERC reserves order on whether Gujarat Hira Bourse pays 2.5% or 15% to hand its Gem & Jewellery Park network to DGVCL
8GERC reserves order on cold-storage plea for concessional tariff as discoms argue it is a back-door review of the 2022 tariff order
8Rajasthan revises merit-order dispatch for 10-12 July after central-sector tariff change; Sasan cheapest at Rs 1.37/kWh variable, gas/liquid stations near-idle above Rs 20
8Uttar Pradesh regulator approves FY2026-27 electricity rate schedule with no across-the-board tariff rise as discoms file no hike proposal
8Delhi regulator lets discoms bill a fuel surcharge above the 10% cap for May, up to 25% for BRPL Details

GREEN MARKETS & RE PROGRAMME WATCH

Jul 13: 8India’s renewable plants generated 1,230.82 MU on 9 July, with wind ahead of solar and Gujarat leading states - CEA
8MNRE reopens NISE portal to 23 July for ALMM List-II investment-protection claims
8Trom Industries wins 42 MW of rooftop solar work orders from South Bihar discom under PM Surya Ghar
8Solar capacity in the Northern grid reaches 40,494 MW, nearly double the region’s hydro fleet
8Juniper Green’s 715 MW solar-wind-battery hybrid at Fatehgarh charged into the Northern grid in May 2026 Details

CORPORATE WIRE

Jul 13: 8Reliance Infrastructure unit MMOPL restructures Rs 2,771 crore NARCL debt, cutting dues by over Rs 1,100 crore and ending insolvency
8GE Power India seeks shareholder vote on demerger of loss-making Durgapur unit to JSW Energy, offering 10 JSW Energy shares per 139 held
8JSW Energy step-down unit wins Rs 443.74 crore order to supply 200 MW / 400 MWh battery storage to Bondada Renewable
8TMC Transformers files DRHP for Rs 550 crore all-fresh IPO to fund EHV greenfield plant and working capital
8PFC prices US$300 million three-year floating-rate notes at SOFR plus 110 bps
8Adani Energy Solutions receives first ESG rating from CareEdge, scoring 86.2 out of 100
8Jindal Steel CEO Gautam Malhotra to leave on 15 July
8CareEdge upgrades Clean Max Aditya Power to CARE A on parent’s improved profile
8POWERGRID wins TBCB mandate for Krishnagiri renewable-zone evacuation, to build two 765/400 kV substations in Andhra Pradesh
8POWERGRID secures second TBCB mandate in two days for Bhadla-III, Ramgarh and Kanpur substation augmentation
8Triveni Power Transmission constitutes board and committees ahead of listing under Triveni composite scheme
8BHEL’s FY2025-26 net profit roughly triples to Rs 1,578 crore on 19% higher revenue
8BHEL order book reaches Rs 2.39 lakh crore, powered by 10 GW of thermal orders and a first coal-gasification contract Details

COMMITTEES, PEOPLE & SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

Jul 13: 8A single un-backed relay dropped 190 MW across six western Mumbai suburbs, and a rodent felled 721 MW at NTPC’s Khavda hub, western grid panel finds
8SRPC grades Tamil Nadu and Telangana control areas ‘Poor’ on FY2025-26 frequency response; Kerala ‘Excellent’
8NLDC sets FY2026-27 frequency-response obligations for Southern states; Tamil Nadu highest at 1,214 MW/Hz in solar hours
8Coal Ministry gazettes SECL’s ‘Ke Sushrut’ NEET-coaching CSR scheme, a first for a coal PSU
8UP power regulator defers Rs 13,337-crore surplus question as discoms counterclaim a Rs 34,867-crore regulatory asset
8Northern grid logged 46 disturbances and incidents in May 2026 while peak demand of 87,675 MW stayed below the all-time high Details

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Jul 13:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for protection work for safeguarding the roof and structural components of the 33/11kV sub-station Details
 8Tender for augmentation of 33/11 kV s/stn Details
 8Tender for unserviceable/condemned iron scrap, scrap of copper, brass , alluminum, PVC wire, cable scrap Details
 8Tender for annual electrical M&R work Details
 8Tender for development of MRI based billing system for 5 kW Details
 8Tender for shifting of 132 kV transmission lines Details
 8Tender for aesthetic finishing works Details
 8Tender for renovation and modernisation of ABB DCS valves Details
 8Tender for upgradation of LVS to laser based projection system Details
 8Tender for balance of plant (BOP) EPC package Details
 8Tender for track fitting renewal (TFR) work for the existing Details
 8Tender for work for repairing and renewal coat of internal Details
 8Tender for protection work of bridge abutment and its return wall Details
 8Tender for repair and renovation works of type-III Details
 8Tender for drilling of borewell along with all pipelines works to water supply Details
 8Tender for supply of 500KVA 11/0.43kV distribution transformer Details
 8Tender for RCA for procurement of 11 kV (70 KN) and 33 kV (90 KN) strain hardware fittings Details
 8Tender for filling and leveling, fencing, retaining wall works Details
 8Tender for assistance in ESP control room operation in all three shift of 2x600 MW, SSTPP Details
 8Tender for carrying routine patrolling preventive breakdown maintenance of 220kV SC transmission line Details
 8Design, engineering, supply of materials equipment, erection, testing commissioning of 02 nos. 220 kV line feeder bay Details
 8Tender for construction of 1 No. 3rd addl. 20 MVA 132/11 kV T/F plinth and allied civil works Details
 8Tender for rotation and replacement with painting of ash disposal line Details
 8Tender for construction of allied works Details
 8Tender for procurement of 6 Nos. 100 kVA and 01 No. 250 kVA DG set Details
 8Tender for work of providing junior meter technicians Details
 8Tender for work of installation of one (01) No. 12.5 MVA power transformer Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract (AMC) for the maintenance of the associated electrical lines and redressal of consumer complaints under 33/11 kV power sub-station Details
 8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of LT ACB 800 Amp. for 250/400 KVA DTRs Details
 8Tender for increasing capacity from 100 KVA to 250 KVA transformers Details
 8Tender for increasing capacity of transformers and construction of new transformers Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract (AMC) for the maintenance of the associated electrical lines Details
 8Tender for work of servicing & overhauling of 11/22/33kV indoor & outdoor circuit breakers at various substations Details
 8Tender for AMC of optical fiber network and LAN for ERP and internet connectivity Details
 8Tender for rate contract for annual maintenance contract for optical fiber network Details
 8Tender for work of testing of EHV grade transformer oil samples at site by mobile testing laboratory at various Details
 8Tender for supply of equipments/ material, erection, testing and commissioning for the work augmentation by providing additional 1 x 50 MVA, 132- 110/33 kV T/F Details
 8Tender for procurement of 400kV grading capacitors for 400kV CBs at 400kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of 33kV 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 overhead termination arrangement of hybrid bay at 132 kV S/S Details
 8Tender for work of providing and fixing of OTI and WTI meters at various Details
 8Tender for procurement of supply / spares parts (AMC) for maintenance, servicing & repairing of 220 VDC & 48 VDC battery sets and battery chargers Details
 8Tender for work of replacement of old centralized HVAC system Details
 8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of additional 132/33 kV, 50 MVA power T/F along Details
 8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of an additional 1X50 MVA 220/33kV power transformer Details
 8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of an additional 1X25 MVA 132/33kV power transformer along with HV, LV bay Details
 8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of an additional 1X25 MVA 132/33kV power transformer along Details
 8Tender for providing & fixing of portable & programmable battery charger suitable for 48V, 110V & 220V-50Amp with DC voltage monitoring Details
 
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8JSW Energy Subsidiary Wins INR 444 Crore BESS Order from Bondada Renewable Energy Details
 
8India is building the world’s largest green energy park in a remote desert, and it could employ 15,000 people Details
 
8How CERC Plans to Revive 16 GW of Stalled Renewable Energy Projects Details
 
8SCCL officials to assess coal gasification projects across India Details
 
8Jindal Steel Deploys Indigenous Coal Gasification in Global First for Steelmaking Details
 
8RIL plans development of second CBM asset to boost gas output Details
 
8Hyderabad Telangana SCCL Explores Diversified Energy Transition Details
 
8Top stocks in news: LTM, Power Grid, NTPC, DMart, SBI, IndiGo, RITES, Adani Green, Mankind Details
 
8India’s Power Sector Set For Massive Growth With Solar, Storage And Grid Investments By FY32 – Report Details
 
8Solar panel firm calls for future policy certainty Details
 
8Suzlon Energy, Inox Wind: Share price targets, Q1 results preview Details
 
830 crore eligible homes, just 40 lakh installations: 3 companies riding India’s Rs 97,021 crore rooftop solar growth Details
 
8Why tapped solar electricity is going down the drain in India Details
 
8Electricity, not AI models, could become India’s biggest AI opportunity: Report Details
 
8India's Power Sector Surges: A Multi-Year Transformation Driven by Renewables Details
 
8ONGC Drills Second Geothermal Well in Ladakh, Moves Closer to India’s First Geothermal Power Plant Details
 
8Editorial: Boost for India’s nuclear energy ambitions Details
 
8Telangana clears way for country’s first agriculture-only power discom Details
 
8India's power utilities to double down on capex, leverage to peak by FY30: Equirus Details
 
8SCCL Coal Gasification Pilot Project: UCG in Godavari Valley Details
 
8Power Grid Wins Transmission Project for Renewable Energy Grid Details
 
8Cable, wire market seen at Rs 1.7 lakh crore by FY30 on power, data centre boom Details
 
8NTPC Approves Rs 20,457 Crore Lara Thermal Power Expansion Details
 
84 Smart Meter Stocks to Watch Amid India’s 25 Crore Installation Push Details
 
8Energy Security & Power Grid Management Are Key To Solving India’s Power Crisis Details
 
8Is India’s Biggest AI Bet Actually Electricity What a New Report Reveals Details
 
8Holtec International Plans US IPO To Fund India Nuclear Projects Details
 
8350-Tonne Coal-Laden Vessel Stranded in Ganga Near Mokamaghat, Disrupts Coal Supply to NTPC Barh Details
 
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Jul 11:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for filling and leveling, fencing, retening wall works Details
 
8Tender for work of 33kV line for 33 kV feeder Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33kV substation, installing of 2 Nos 5MVA 33/11kV transformers Details
 
8Tender for re routing of 11 kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of feeder re-orientation Details
 
8Tender for supply of 36kV copper XLPE power cable Details
 
8Tender for shifting height raising of 220 kV line Details
 
8Tender for height raising work of 132 kV line Details
 
8Tender for construction of 132 kV TSS bay at 132 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for construction of 132 kV TSS bay Details
 
8Tender for inceasing capacity from 2x63 MVA to 3x63 MVA with allied bay related civil works Details
 
8Tender for construction of civil work for increasing capacity Details
 
8Tender for civil and interior work Details
 
8Tender for supply of digital insulation tester Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of control switching device Details
 
8Tender for supply of 765kV 210 kN CLR insulator Details
 
8Tender for supply of fire hose pipes Details
 
8Tender for erection of estimate for new substation Details
 
8Tender for creation installation of new 33/11 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for supply of various size of LT XLPE single core unarmoured cable Details
 
8Tender for miscellaneous civil & electrical works Details
 
8Tender for supply of MS angles, channels and plates Details
 
8Tender for procurement of paints for quantity Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 1 No 50 MVA power transformer for 132/33 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for item rate for day to day civil maintenance work Details
 
8Tender for supply of 3 over current and 1 earth fault relay Details
 
8Tender for supply of scraper bar for scraper chain conveyor system Details
 
8Tender for work of erection and commissioning of vortex finder in boiler Details
 
8Tender for supply of fire system pumps Details
 
8Tender for work of removal of existing MS/CS pipe & fittings and fabrication, erection, testing & commissioning of new SS 316L pipe and fittings Details
 
8Tender for medium repair of LT motors Details
 
8Tender for centralized rate contract for procurement of MS fasteners Details
 
8Tender for operation and maintenance of water supply and sewerage system Details
 
8Tender for SITC of automatic fire detection system and associated works Details
 
8Tender for replacement of old conventional lights of all platforms Details
 
8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing 11 kV HT line and LT line network Details
 
8Tender for repair works of 11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for repair of damaged runners of 20MW francis hydro turbine Details
 
8Tender for procurement of XLPE power and control cables Details
 
8Tender for revival of 220kV line-I by constructing D/C towers along Details
 
8Tender for construction of 11kV spur line and installation of transformer Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33kV MVCC line to shift 5 nos. of 33kV feeders at 132/33kV GIS along Details
 
8Tender for work of 24 Hr ground patrolling of underground EHV cables Details
 
8Tender for area drainage works of coal mining project. Details
 
8Tender for repair and protection of RCC structures Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of 200 Nos solar street lights Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33 kV double circuit ungalvanized steel lattice structure Details
 
8Design, engineering, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 1,00,000 nos. of consumers 1.1 kWp on each consumer through net metering Details
 
8Tender for construction work for new proposed 33/11 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for modification of 220kV line Details
 
8Tender for maintenance work of overhead HT/LT line Details
 
8Tender for construction work of new 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for manufacturing, stacking, curing and testing of 45,600 no. 9m long PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 04 nos of complete tube bundle sets of heat exchanger/ cooler Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, installation and commissioning of 100% hot redundancy based continuously available Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for thermal insulation and refractory works Details
 
8Tender for service contact for statutory inspection, examination, testing and certification of dangerous machinery Details
 
8Tender for supply delivery and installation of spares for different type of transducers installed Details
 
8Tender for renovation of CRB in terms of lowering plinth height painting and allied works Details
 
8Tender for laying of 33 kV, 1 x 1000 sqmm XLPE UG cable Details
 
8Tender for work for shifting of electric meter Details
 
8Tender for maintenance of lines and attending the consumers complaint of 33/11kV substation Kotdwar Details
 
8Tender for maintenance of lines and attending the consumers complaint of 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for work of double circuit 33 kV line Details
 
8Tender for maintenance of lines and attending the consumers complaint of 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and fixing of non-conductive turbo wind driven conical bird guards Details
 
8Tender for work of complete overhauling of 400kV breakers pole Details
 
8Tender for supply of equipments/ material, erection, testing and commissioning for the work augmentation by providing additional 1 x 50MVA, 132- 110/33 kV T/F along Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, erection, testing and commissioning of new 2x80 MVAR 400kV switchable line reactors Details
 
8Tender for work of attending the punch point of 220kV DC line Details
 
8Tender for supply of lighting arrester for 220kV & 400kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for turnkey contract for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 11 kV medium voltage covered conductor Details
 
8Tender for turnkey contract for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 11 kV medium voltage covered conductor (MVCC) with its accessories and allied items Details
 
8Tender for providing and fixing of chain link fencing around transformer Details
 
8Tender for annual rate contract for providing and fixing of 11 kV heat shrinkable outdoor, indoor & straight through joint type cable termination kit Details
 
8Tender for erection work of 66kV D/C on D/C panther tower with D/C ACSR panther conductor line Details
 
8Tender for work of 66kV D/C on D/C panther tower Details
 
8Tender for erection work of LILO to proposed 66kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for erection work of LILO to Prop.66kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for supply of IE4 class LT motors Details
 
8Tender for supply of 90/10 cupronickel condenser tubes Details
 
8Tender for erection of HT, LT line & TC work Details
 
8Tender for work of complete overhauling / breakdown maintenance of C.W pumps Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, and commissioning of non-contact type radar level transmitters Details
 
8Tender for supply of spares for EOT crane (135T / 30T) installed Details
 
8Tender for work of design, fabrication, erection of L-6 conveyor structure including rail alignment Details
 
8Tender for supply of fire sealing chemical and fire barrier mineral wool board system for sealing / coating for cable fire protection Details
 
8Tender for entire maintenance works of central air conditioning system, package AC's and tower Details
 
8Tender for work of complete overhauling of 20 cumecs capacity pump Details
 
8Tender for supply of Bed material for CFBC boiler Details
 
8Tender for work of complete overhauling of boiler and its auxiliaries including air pre heater and ducts Details
 
8Design, supply, fabrication, and erection work of 10,000 M3(cubic meter) capacity Details
 
8Tender for repair of electronic actuator cards, ESP controllers, relays & compressor controllers Details
 
8Tender for supply of network cables for network maintenance Details
 
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Power sold on the exchange for 30 paise a unit in the middle of the day

Jul 10: 8Sellers offered seven times more electricity than buyers wanted between noon and 2 pm, and the day-ahead price sat at Rs 0.30 for two straight hours. The grid operator then ordered generators to back down by 1,11,671 units of down-regulation - a hundred times more than it asked them to ramp up. Details
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