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CEA proposes tougher grid rules, with repeated failures potentially leading to disconnection.  India’s grid spent more than a quarter of 4 August outside its permitted frequency band.  NTPC targets 244 GW by 2037 as storage and nuclear power enter the centre of its expansion plan.  ACME turns 3.62 GWh of batteries into a high-margin power-trading business.  Rs. 5,070 crore floating-solar scheme pairs 5 GW of reservoirs with at least 10 GWh of storage.  Renewables are 52.6% of installed capacity but supply only about 26% of electricity.  Banks have sanctioned Rs. 39,930 crore for rooftop solar, but Rs. 8,278 crore had not yet been disbursed.  Tariffs, Settlements and Compliance.  State Regulatory Decisions.  Central Regulatory Decisions.  Grid Operations and Markets.  Companies, Finance and Manufacturing.  Policy and Public Programmes.  Download tenders and news clips.  Contracting news for the day.  Avaada secures $1.3 billion for 2.15 GW as renewable financing shifts toward 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projects to seek case-by-case exemptions.  Somanahalli transformer failure after repeated downstream faults forces a wider review of Southern Region ICT resilience.  Tata Power starts an 800 MW Andhra Pradesh build, but 200 MW remains unallocated and the contracted storage covers only part of the portfolio.  Hearing Diary.  Grid Operations and Committee Deep Dive.  Storage and Transition Policy.  Parliament and System Planning.  Committees, People and System Administration.  Corporate Wire.  Green Markets and RE Programme Watch.  State Regulatory Roundup.  CERC Docket.  Contracting news for the day.  Outage and Maintenance Register.  Grid Operations Daily.  Power Markets Daily.  Download tenders and news clips.  Download tenders and news clips.  GRID OPERATIONS.  GERC rejects Jubilant Infrastructure's Rs 9.27 crore tariff gap after finding a Rs 21.66 crore surplus.   Adani Power plans more than Rs 2 lakh crore of expansion while keeping net debt below three times EBITDA.  IEA warns that China's battery export controls could put more than USD 300 billion of downstream production at risk.  Adani Green's 2,700 MW Nivakane storage project clears the EAC despite a tiger-reserve buffer just 150 metres away.  Uttarakhand's Gori Ganga and Dhauliganga basin studies fail the EAC's test on carrying capacity and climate hazards.  Adani Power studies Bina for nuclear generation but says a first project still depends on government rules.  Malshej Ghat storage plan depends on pumping Kalu River water from a bed found largely dry during inspection.  Uttarakhand Ombudsman makes utility staff bear 22 defective-meter billing cycles after a four-and-a-half-year IDF breach.   A Mahabaleshwar eco-zone clearance revives THDC's 1,500 MW Humbarli Birmani project, but forest and wildlife gates remain.  Adani Power targets 45 GW as Korba and Mahan add 2,920 MW over the next five quarters.  Day-ahead and real-time power prices hit Rs 10 per kWh as evening sell bids collapse against demand.  BGR Energy seeks up to Rs 179 crore from promoters as auditors flag material going-concern uncertainty.  POWER MARKETS.  

CEA proposes tougher grid rules, with repeated failures potentially leading to disconnection

Aug 05: 8Renewable plants, batteries and large electricity users would become more active participants in grid security under the draft 2026 connectivity standards. Details

India’s grid spent more than a quarter of 4 August outside its permitted frequency band

Aug 05: 8Evening market prices hit Rs. 10 a unit while the frequency-deviation index reached 27.6%, connecting system stress with the cost of last-minute power. Details

NTPC targets 244 GW by 2037 as storage and nuclear power enter the centre of its expansion plan

Aug 05: 8The utility’s long-range portfolio is no longer mainly a coal build: renewables, batteries, hydro and nuclear become essential to the next 165 GW. Details

ACME turns 3.62 GWh of batteries into a high-margin power-trading business

Aug 05: 8Battery operations supplied Rs. 226 crore of quarterly revenue and reported a capex yield above 20%, offering rare evidence of storage economics at scale. Details

Rs. 5,070 crore floating-solar scheme pairs 5 GW of reservoirs with at least 10 GWh of storage

Aug 05: 8PM Surya Sarovar moves floating solar from scattered projects toward a national programme, but reservoir and grid constraints will decide its value. Details

Renewables are 52.6% of installed capacity but supply only about 26% of electricity

Aug 05: 8The gap is not evidence of failure; it shows why flexibility, transmission and storage now matter as much as adding nameplate capacity. Details

Banks have sanctioned Rs. 39,930 crore for rooftop solar, but Rs. 8,278 crore had not yet been disbursed

Aug 05: 8More than 21 lakh loan applications were sanctioned under PM Surya Ghar; the remaining gap shows why approval is not the same as money reaching a household. Details

Tariffs, Settlements and Compliance

Aug 05: 8Lanco Kondapalli’s market settlements are revised after it ran open-cycle instead of closed-cycle Details

State Regulatory Decisions

Aug 05: 8Madhya Pradesh grants its PM MITRA textile park a 25-year power distribution licence
8Maharashtra keeps Rs 48 crore withheld as Warora transmission work slips to May 2028
8Madhya Pradesh orders a banking procedure after renewable applications remained pending
8Punjab opens a tariff case over the unquantified Mega Power benefit at Talwandi Sabo
8Uttar Pradesh begins a railway open-access case after a Supreme Court ruling
8Madhya Pradesh gives itself flexibility to set the electricity ombudsman's compensation Details

Central Regulatory Decisions

Aug 05: 8Sprng Vayu keeps grid access for 105.84 MW but loses another 50.4 MW
8Three renewable developers seek compensation for power lost to transmission constraints
8Tata Power Renewable asks for more time after the inter-state grid was not ready
8CERC questions why a Bhinmal transmission upgrade now costs 34% less than CTUIL estimated
8Scatec seeks to leave a solar PPA without penalty after connectivity was revoked
8CERC reserves its decision on Adani's solar change-in-law claim
8Masaya Solar seeks compensation for several legal changes at its 300 MW project
8Srijan challenges relinquishment charges as CERC asks CTUIL for the recalculated bill
8Adani Wind contests a relinquishment bill tied to its Kutch grid access
8CERC asks CTUIL to disclose Soltown's applications made during and after blacklisting
8POWERGRID faces a documentation test across eight transmission tariff petitions
8CERC reserves Adhunik Power's claim for fuel-cost adjustment and late-payment charges
8NLC asks to pass annual mining surface-right payments through electricity bills
8Jindal's terminated railway power contract returns to CERC
8Himachal utility pursues return of banked energy from Kreate Energy
8MSEDCL seeks enforcement of an earlier CERC order against Coastal Gujarat Power
8OTPC seeks urgent directions while its Palatana tariff for 2024-29 remains unsettled
8Five new transmission assets face a common CERC evidence check before tariff approval
8TP Paradeep seeks permission to mortgage transmission assets for infrastructure funding
8DB Power contests a Rs 59.58 lakh deduction by NTPC's trading arm Details

Grid Operations and Markets

Aug 05: 8IEX volumes rise, but day-ahead prices jump 19% as trading shifts toward real-time and term-ahead markets
8Tripura’s import corridor exceeded its safe transfer level for almost the entire day
8High-voltage conditions persist across parts of the southern grid
8Nearly 59.5 GW of monitored generation was unavailable, with gas plants the weakest link
8Long-duration power-plant outages exceed 35 GW as maintenance and forced losses overlap
8Coal stations hold 37.64 million tonnes, but 30 plants remain in the critical category
8Hydro generation falls 11% while nuclear output rises, leaving total supply almost unchanged Details

Companies, Finance and Manufacturing

Aug 05: 8GE Vernova’s India wind order is 163.4 MW—not the 1,634 MW stated in its headline
8Torrent Power plans Rs. 29,600 crore of renewable investment as gas generation weakens
8Waaree’s inverter arm commissions 3 GW of capacity while its first-year earnings remain thin
8ReNew’s 300 MW solar plant is operating, yet final grid access delays the start of contracted revenue
8Exide commissions a 6 GWh battery factory and targets its first commercial cell revenue in FY2027
8PTC India’s trading volume rises 12%, but quarterly profit falls by nearly one-third
8L&T wins an ‘ultra-mega’ ADNOC offshore order without disclosing the contract value
8RMC Switchgears wins twelve Gujarat utility awards worth Rs. 333.80 crore
8Refex Renewables reports losses, an eroded net worth and a material going-concern uncertainty
8ED provisionally attaches Rs. 179.66 crore of Reliance Infrastructure assets and Reliance Power shares
8NHPC’s new hydro units lift revenue, but Rs. 939 crore of sales remains provisional pending tariffs
8POWERGRID completes the Rajasthan line package supporting a 20 GW renewable zone
8NTPC directs more than half its annual capital spending toward non-fossil and transition businesses
8NTPC cuts sulphur-oxide emissions 22%, while carbon intensity barely moves
8Suzlon’s 6.1 GW order book grows as logistics delay part of its quarterly turbine deliveries
8Punjab approves a Rs. 4.15 crore substation to relieve Mohali’s expanding commercial load Details

Policy and Public Programmes

Aug 05: 8Odisha’s rooftop push reaches nearly 150,000 households, backed by Rs. 714 crore in central support
8Maharashtra adds solar and hydrogen manufacturing capacity, but the cited plants had received no incentive payments
8Tamil Nadu receives 5,187 solar-pump allocations as farm solarisation moves from targets to field delivery
8India added 55.29 GW of non-fossil capacity in one year, nearly twice the previous year’s addition
8PM-KUSUM now reaches more than 30 lakh farmers through pumps and feeder solarisation
8India’s agrivoltaic potential is enormous on paper, but land-use design will decide what is practical
8India identifies 102.18 GW of floating-solar potential but sets no national addition target in the cited framework
8Andhra Pradesh seeks a new green corridor for 18.37 GW of solar and pumped storage
8Jammu and Kashmir cancels stalled solar allocations while nearly completing a separate pump programme
8PM Surya Ghar crosses 14.5 GW, with more than 49 lakh households covered
8India awards 3 GW of electrolyser capacity as green-hydrogen demand commitments begin to form
8West Bengal’s rooftop applications surge, but installations remain a small fraction of demand
8Maharashtra has 2.62 lakh rooftop applications waiting for vendors to report installation
8India earmarks Rs. 2,000 crore for EV charging without setting a highway charger-count target
8India’s electric-car manufacturing scheme closed with zero applications
8Auto PLI draws Rs. 52,414 crore of investment, but India still has no separate post-E20 flex-fuel roadmap
8SECI begins a geothermal search across the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
8SECI consults industry on a national PM-KUSUM portal Details

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Aug 05:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 
8Tender for construction of balance works transit camp, store and other misc. civil works Details
 
8Tender for constructing 11 kV double circuit line Details
 
8Tender for augmentation work of 200 MVA transformer at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for renewal of gravelling at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for remaining work of construction of 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of foundation for 50 MVA transformer and its bay at 132 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33 kV sub station Details
 
8Tender for procurement of consumable and stock items for test unit Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance work of 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply and fixing of 11 kV fault passage indicator Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance work of 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply of 132 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for construction work of 11kV line Details
 
8Tender for supply of LTSH and economizer coils for boiler stage Details
 
8Tender for work of penthouse roof restrengthening and repairing in boilers Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and fixing of differential line protection relay Details
 
8Tender for work of revetment on tower of 132kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of transportation installation and commissioning of emergency restoration system ERS tower of 132 kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of repairing of siemens bay control unit of 400 kV GIS S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132kV AIS S/S Details
 
8Tender for installation of additional earthing with shield wire and Counterpoise type earthing of towers Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for supply of 8 Mtr. long 140 Kg. PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for new 33/11 kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for renovation of control room, sub station Details
 
8Tender for work of cold line washing of disc insulator strings of various 132kV & 220 kV lines Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract (electrical) for EOT cranes Details
 
8Tender for housekeeping job of electrical control rooms and various Details
 
8Tender for replacement of top air preheater Details
 
8Tender for supply of idler frame Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying waterproofing treatment of various Details
 
8Tender for removal of old fills, distribution headers and providing fixing and erecting of new PVC fills and PVC distribution headers Details
 
8Tender for construction of proposed land (1.09 acre) adjoining 220 kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of damaged and replacement of UC fencing Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual work of fabrication of 66kV 'H' frame structure and accessories for various 'H' frame line Details
 
8Tender for supply of self starter motors and alternators Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying interlocking paver blocks Details
 
8Tender for providing railing and drainage work Details
 
8Tender for major overhauling of unit of 2X50 MW hydro electric project Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33kV bay and associated works Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of chain link cage distribution transformer Details
 
8Tender for supply and retrofitment of Ni-Cd battery banks at various substations Details
 
8Tender for supply of surge arresters and accessories for various substations Details
 
8Tender for procurement of discharge rods and leads for 765 kV voltage levels Details
 
8Tender for work of stay set complete Details
 
8Tender for electrical renovation works Details
 
8Tender for electrical works for shifting of inter-connection point for 1.5MW solar power plant Details
 
8Tender for setting up of 90MW/225MWH battery energy storage system Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual item rate contract for the work of loading, unloading and stacking of any material/equipment Details
 
8Tender for civil works of ICT, 1500 MVA, 765kV and its associated bay works at 765 kV and 400kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for annual rate contract for providing and fixing of 11 kV heat shrinkable outdoor, indoor & straight through joint type cable Details
 
8Tender for supply & installation of anti climbing device (ACD) in the 132 kV transmission line Details
 
8Tender for BCC & gravel spreading in 220kV & 132kV switchyard Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning with RMS of total 340 kW grid connected solar PV power plant Details
 
8Tender for miscellaneous civil works contract Details
 
8Tender for bulk procurement of V-belts Details
 
8Tender for waterproofing treatment works Details
 
8Tender for procurement of premium transmission make fluid coupling assembly Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying vitrified floor tiles Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance contract for plant Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance contract Details
 
8Tender for supply of positioner for control valves Details
 
8Tender for work of providing services for loading, unloading, shifting and stacking of materials Details
 
8Tender for supply of various protective shields, guide pipes Details
 
8Tender for uniform water flow distribution Details
 
8Tender for supply of castable refractory and alumina binder Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for HP turbine for COH of 250MW KWU turbine set Details
 
8Tender for renovation of compound wall at 220kV substation Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 50 sets of 33kV porcelain clad outdoor vacuum circuit breakers with supporting structures. Details
 
8Tender for supply of 22kV/433-250V 100kVA (7 Nos) ,160kVA (15 Nos) and 250kVA (4 Nos) BEE energy efficiency level 2 ( 1 star) 3 phase distribution transformers Details
 
8Tender for work of overhauling, servicing, repair and maintenance of 145kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for construction work of install new 1 x 8 MVA power transformer Details
 
8Tender for procurement of diaphragm valves and its spares for M/s crane process flow diaphragm valves installed Details
 
8Tender for requirement of spares for pumps installed Details
 
8Tender for annual contract for deputation of service engineer for inspection /servicing of boiler feed pumps Details
 
8Tender for consultancy engineering services to carry out balance works for setting up of one No. wagon tippler Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for supply of 9.1 Mtr. long 280 Kg. PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for water ring vacuum pump model size200 mechanical exhauster Details
 
8Tender for procurement of metallic expansion bellows with HT fasteners for tubular type air preheater and various Details
 
8Tender for work contract for COH of TG set Details
 
8Tender for repair and strengthening of damaged bituminous Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of damage AB cable Details
 
8Tender for work of laying of an underground line from the 33/11 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for work of conversion of OH line to 11 kV underground crossing Details
 
8Tender for operation & maintenance of 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for execution of 33 and 11 kV electrical erection works for PTR capacity Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for booster pump Details
 
8Tender for upkeeping works in fuel oil handling system Details
 
8Tender for work of stub strengthening of 220kV and 66kV various lines Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of chain link fencing around transformer Details
 
8Tender for erection of equipment and structure, control wiring, yard lighting, control room wiring, etc. Details
 
8Tender for supply of 250 W LED flood light Details
 
8Tender for work of conversion of existing 110 kV SCSC line Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various types of spare (relays) of converter transformer Details
 
8Tender for AMC for battery sets maintenance work (220 Volts & 48 Volts) and charger repair work Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & installation of advance cable transit system by passive fire screen Details
 
8Tender for work of fabrication and supply of 50 kL empty oil tank Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & fixing of sheet moulding compound trench cover chequered plate Details
 
8Tender for supply of spares and complete mechanism overhauling of 220kV & 132kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of old battery set by new battery set Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, installation and commissioning of 100% hot redundancy based continuously available Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 
8Wind Turbine Manufacturers-body seek export-linked incentives, PLI for forging facilities to make indigenous products competitive Details
 
8Ola Electric Share Jumps 6.7% After Signing 20 GWh Battery Storage MoU With Axis Energy Details
 
8Govt auctions six blocks in 15th round of commercial coal auctions Details
 
8Panel proposes easier coal mining rules, 20-year lease extension on cards: Sources Details
 
8Indian Solar Cells May Soon Get Uniform 14-Digit Model Codes Under ALMM Details
 
8Sunkind India secures 250 MWp solar EPC orders Details
 
8INOX Solar's Strategy For India's Solar Boom Details
 
8Evren signs 750 MW PPA for solar, wind and battery storage project in India Details
 
8INA Solar Joins Hands with HeadsUp B2B in New Business Collaboration Details
 
8Refex Renewables Q1: Revenue Rises 32.6% in Q1 FY27; Net Loss Narrows to Rs 3.14 Crore Details
 
8Meine Electric is building fast-charging iron-air batteries to store solar power overnight Details
 
8IEEMA hosts ElectraNorth 2026 to boost power sector growth Details
 
8India's power supply position remains adequate, installed capacity reaches 548.86 GW: Govt Details
 
8India’s distributed renewables hold vast potential, with rooftop solar leading the way Details
 
8Bhel, Adani among key gainers of $5.5-trn Asia energy capex: Morgan Stanley Details
 
8JSW Energy 300 MW Solar Project Rating Affirmed by Ind-Ra Details
 
8UP Supplementary Budget: Ganga Expressway Expansion, Power Sector Bailout Take Top Billing Details
 
8Role of distributed resources in energy transition: A multi-country perspective Details
 
8Sunkind India secures 250 MWp solar EPC orders Details
 
8Bangladesh's distributed energy resource sector taking shape, driven by industrial rooftop solar Details
 
8Advait, MEIL forge power & energy transition alliance Details
 
8The next semiconductor race will be won by talent ecosystems, not subsidies alone Details
 
8MENA Renewable Energy: Alcazar Signs 407 MW Wind PPA in Egypt Details
 
8One-third shift to solar irrigation could save Bangladesh $244m in diesel imports: Study Details
 
8SECI, CEEW Sign MoU to Accelerate India’s Clean Energy Transition Through Next-Generation Renewable Energy Details
 
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Contracting news for the day

Aug 04: 8BHEL's Koradi EPC tender keeps one contractor liable across three separately billed work orders Supply, E&C, and civil are split into distinct work orders after LOA, but a breach in one carries consequences across all three under a cross-default clause. Milestone withholding at 0.5% per week kicks in for detailed engineering and bottom ash hopper readiness alone, hitting cash flow before final LD is even calculated. The tender discloses no owner estimate, leaving bidders to build their own price anchor from scratch.

8NTPC's Rs 56.92 crore Great Nicobar enabling-works tender puts tree-clearance on the critical path for a 108 MW plant Three separated sites — one nearly 37 km from the main plant — must be graded, cleared and walled before the real EPC packages can even mobilise. The invitation states nothing about disposal areas, water, power, or who handles forestry clearance. Bid security of Rs 1 crore is locked up before any of those gaps get resolved.

8UPCL's Rs 64.53 crore Rishikesh undergrounding tender lets "latest specification prevails" stand in for a real document hierarchy A pre-bid answer resolves conflicting technical documents with a single line, but never defines how a bidder identifies which specification is actually the latest. A request for existing 11kV VCB panel drawings — the brownfield replacement item — got no data back, only a pointer to the same SBD.

8TNPGCL's semi-dry FGD tender for North Chennai-I has scheduled its final pre-bid meeting six days after bid opening Seven corrigenda pushed bid opening to August 28, while five separate postponements pushed the pre-bid meeting to September 3 — inverting the normal procurement sequence. The package still demands a 25-year design life and 95% availability over a 120-day test, priced against a chronology that hasn't stabilised.

8TNPGCL's seawater FGD tender for North Chennai-II is being extended even as internal notes propose scrapping and refloating it A committee chaired by the state energy minister has flagged the live tender for review, yet portal deadlines keep moving forward regardless — the latest extension notice carries an internal signature dated after the closing date it supposedly authorised. The SCC still references limestone and gypsum milestones despite the core process being seawater-based, a mismatch nobody has reconciled.

8AVVNL's Rs 90.86 crore PCC pole tender adds a curing method with no way to prove compliance An amendment now requires water "poured through gunny bags" after manufacturing, but specifies no duration, frequency, or inspection record for 3.5 lakh poles feeding 11kV and LT networks. The correction sits alongside a routine fix of the wrong Discom's name on the bidder declaration form.

8NTPC's generator transformer tender for Rihand pays 0% interest on delayed settlements while demanding exact legacy-foundation matches A new GCC clause removes any compensation for delayed payments, retention, or arrears — even as the contractor absorbs full risk for matching foundations, LV ducts and jumper geometry on a 1980s-era installation. Type-test waivers depend on evidence from the same manufacturing plant, narrowing the field to firms with an unbroken test lineage.

8OPTCL's Rs 256.29 crore Pahala GIS tender can't agree with itself on whether it's a one-stage or two-stage bid The portal lists "Two Stages," the signed notice says "single stage two part system" — a distinction that changes whether bidders lock in price at first submission or refine it later. The package bundles a greenfield substation, a 9.94 km line and live-bay extensions at an operating GIS into one energisation-linked EPC scope.

8UPRVUNL's Rs 3,953 crore Rihand-Obra pumped storage tender makes developers fund their own site investigation with no fallback if it fails Seven extensions have pushed the deadline 123 days past its original date while the bidder still must locate the exact project layout, prepare the DPR, and absorb the cost if it proves unviable — before quoting a 40-year fixed storage charge. Reservoir curtailment for dam safety carries zero compensation despite feeding directly into the developer's guaranteed 90% availability obligation.

8KPCL's 3.6 lakh MT biomass pellet tender rejected every request to split its single-supplier award across three power stations Seven-plus bidders pushed for plant-wise lots or MSME access during pre-bid; KPCL's answer was "bid stipulation stands" almost every time. The tender quietly fixed a GST error from 18% to 5% and clarified a 75:25 payment split, but left the Rs 3.77 crore vs Rs 3.78 crore EMD conflict unresolved.

8GSECL's Rs 47.68 lakh Ukai cooling-water tender can withhold an entire month's payment for undefined "fouling" The penalty clause ties corrosion deviations to 0.5% of total order value per 0.1 mpy breach, but never sets the baseline delta-T or delta-P at which fouling becomes penal. A resident B.Sc. technician must staff the plant around the clock for a contract whose chemical quantities remain provisional.

8NHPC's Rs 4.12 lakh internal-controls audit tender disagrees with its own attached contract on EMD, bank guarantee, and arbitration The GeM bid sheet says none of the three apply; the NIT and GCC require all three, including a 5% performance security and Faridabad-jurisdiction dispute clause. The qualification table's stated minimums add up to only 35 of the 60 marks needed to clear technical scoring.

8GETCO's Rs 138,684.07 lakh transformer tender nearly doubles OEM warranty exposure to five years The guarantee period jumps from 36/42 months to 60/66 months, paired with mandatory unit-level SFRA testing at every factory — not just a sample. A redesigned OLTC tap range from -10%/+10% requires a special matching plate just to keep new units synchronised with the legacy centre-tap-05 fleet already on the grid.

8TANTRANSCO's Coimbatore 765kV BOOT tender loosened its reverse-auction rules after six deadline extensions Corrigendum 9 dropped the requirement that price cuts above 0.25% move in fixed multiples, opening the door to irregular, sharper undercuts in the final auction. Bidders are quoting a single 35-year transmission charge across substations and lines with staggered 30- and 36-month CODs, where revenue only starts once every prerequisite element is live. Details

Avaada secures $1.3 billion for 2.15 GW as renewable financing shifts toward portfolio-scale execution

Aug 04: 8Avaada’s financing package covers 2.15 GW of renewable capacity and totals about $1.3 billion, placing it among the larger recent portfolio financings in India’s clean-energy market. The scale matters beyond the borrower: lenders are underwriting multi-project construction and operating risk at a time when evacuation readiness, module supply, curtailment and counterparty payment remain central to project cash flows. Details

IEX prices tightened into 4 August as real-time and day-ahead blocks repeatedly touched Rs. 10,000/MWh

Aug 04: 8The Indian Energy Exchange’s real-time market cleared 198,469 MWh on 3 August at an average market-clearing price of Rs. 5,397.50/MWh, the highest average in the visible 28 July–4 August series. Several fifteen-minute intervals reached Rs. 10,000/MWh. The day-ahead market for 4 August delivery cleared 186,202 MWh at a weighted average Rs. 4,363.97/MWh, also the highest weighted average in that comparison window, with further ceiling-priced blocks. Details

India’s July generation rose 7.34% as thermal and nuclear gains offset an 18.15% hydro contraction

Aug 04: 8CEA’s final July daily-generation series puts monitored electricity generation at 143,924.84 GWh, 7.34% above the comparable level embedded in the report. Thermal generation increased 12.12% and nuclear output 18.63%, while hydro generation fell 18.15%. The divergence matters because stronger coal and nuclear output compensated for weaker water-based generation during the monsoon period, changing both fuel use and system flexibility. Details

Government designs Rs. 5,070-crore Surya Sarovar scheme for 5 GW of floating solar backed by at least 10 GWh of storage

Aug 04: 8The proposed PM Surya Sarovar programme would support 5 GW of floating solar coupled with a minimum 10 GWh of storage, with central financial assistance of Rs. 1 crore per MW and an estimated public outlay of Rs. 5,070 crore. Sanctions are envisaged during FY2026-27 to FY2030-31, with disbursement continuing through FY2032-33. Against an existing floating-solar base of roughly 700 MW, the plan would create a large, centrally supported market for reservoir-based generation and storage. Details

Jharkhand tariff orders reopen DVC’s historical accounts but preserve a Rs. 13,248.78-crore surplus finding against an immediate hike

Aug 04: 8A linked set of Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission orders has revisited DVC’s true-ups and revenue-gap calculations after appellate remands. In the FY2021-22 case, the Commission records that unaccounted non-tariff income and carrying cost through FY2023-24 produced a net surplus of Rs. 13,248.78 crore and concluded that no tariff hike was required in that order. Two related remand calculations refer to Rs. 1,139.17 crore and Rs. 1,090.07 crore for earlier true-up periods, underscoring the size of the reconciliation now moving through the DVC-Jharkhand tariff chain. Details

APERC makes prudent, competitive procurement a condition for utility spending to enter consumer tariffs

Aug 04: 8The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued the Procurement, Investment and Cost Control Regulations, 2026, creating a uniform framework for transmission and distribution licensees whose capital and operating expenditure ultimately enters consumer tariffs. The regulation applies to transmission schemes above Rs. 20 crore and distribution schemes above Rs. 5 crore, and is designed to stop restrictive tender conditions, preferential purchasing, cartelisation, collusive bidding, artificial splitting of orders and avoidable cost escalation. Details

CERC proposes 25-year transmission-charge treatment for integrated renewable-plus-storage plants, rewriting how batteries qualify across charging cycles

Aug 04: 8The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s draft fifth amendment to the interstate transmission-charge sharing regulations proposes that a renewable or renewable-hybrid generating station whose connectivity specifies storage as part of a single scheduled entity should retain waiver treatment for up to 25 years from the renewable plant’s commercial-operation date. The clarification addresses a bankability problem for firm and dispatchable renewable-energy and round-the-clock contracts: storage may be commissioned later or replaced during a long PPA, but the integrated project would be treated according to the renewable station’s waiver tenure rather than restarting the clock for the battery. Details

CORPORATE ORDERS AND RISK

Aug 04: 8HBL Engineering wins a Rs. 31.49-crore Kavach 4.0 order with delivery extending to March 2028
8L&T enters PDO’s six-year EPC contractor pool without a committed order value
8Zelio E-Mobility faces a customs classification challenge over imported electric-scooter kits Details

STATE UTILITIES AND TARIFFS

Aug 04: 8WBERC cuts HMEL’s recoverable capacity charge after its two units were unavailable for 352 days
8CESC Mysuru’s annual loss narrows, but negative equity deepens beyond Rs. 3,200 crore as debt and receivables rise
8Telangana discom’s energy audit records 22.53% AT&C losses as collection efficiency falls to 84.39%
8KSEB sets August fuel surcharge at zero after carried-forward savings exceed June’s liability
8Meghalaya utilities retender a five-year regulatory and commercial advisory mandate after cancelling the earlier process
8KERC opens consultation on intra-state connectivity and GNA rules that will govern access to Karnataka’s networks
8PPGCL says Rs. 1,350 crore of FGD spending is stranded while UPPCL withholds shutdown consent and disputes change in law
8UPERC rejects retrospective tower-base compensation for a line built before Uttar Pradesh’s 2018 policy
8Two Amplus petitions ask UPERC to restore full renewable-energy banking and settle energy already injected
8Uttar Pradesh transmission licensees reopen charges, late-payment surcharge and schedule relief across eight proceedings Details

CREDIT AND PROJECT FINANCE

Aug 04: 8Sterling & Wilson Renewable Energy’s long-term facilities fall to BBB- as Rs. 4,571 crore of debt is reviewed
8SJVN Thermal’s Buxar debt rating holds at A- as Unit II misses a stated end-July schedule test
8Apraava guarantor downgrade cuts Rajasthan transmission debt from AAA(CE) to AA+(CE)
8Avaada closes $1.3 billion financing for a 2.15-GW hybrid and solar portfolio
8SECI seeks a trading partner to manage renewable power, shifting surplus and dispatch risk into a formal collaboration Details

PLANNING AND SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Aug 04: 8Kishtwar hydro companies spent Rs. 2,331 crore-equivalent in five-year CSR allocations without an independent social audit
8India added 55.2 GW of non-fossil capacity in FY2025-26 but smart-meter rollout reached only 28% of RDSS sanctions
8CPRI opens a Nashik regional laboratory for transformer, switchgear and meter testing
8North Bengal received Rs. 1,350.56 crore of RDSS works, with district execution sharply uneven
8India’s power deficit stayed near zero, but first-quarter FY2026-27 unmet energy exceeded the full prior-year gap
8National planning now assumes 105 GW of additional coal-and-lignite capacity by 2035-36
8Storage pipeline reaches 163 GWh under construction as India plans for peak-demand resilience Details

COURTS AND REGIONAL REGULATION

Aug 04: 8APTEL reopened SEIL Energy’s transmission-charge appeal after finding its 2019 judgment required review
8APTEL gives TNERC three months to reconsider VSR Solar’s project-specific COD extension
8APTEL sends Tata Power’s decade-old Mumbai tariff issues back to MERC for a fresh order within three months
8GERC ends Shivalakha Solar’s Rs. 11.25/kWh tariff claim after repeated non-prosecution
8JSERC’s four DVC true-ups identify more than Rs. 5,862 crore of annual gaps across four years
8Western pool deficit reached Rs. 1,617 crore as regional committee flagged LC defaults
8WRPC opens settlement questions over coal quality, FGD stages and secondary-fuel compensation
8JP Nigrie’s coal-linked declaration dispute moves from plant operations into regional settlement
8Southern operators cap Karnataka export near 3,000 MW while Kalpakka corridor work remains incomplete
8AGC communications failed across 14.5 GW of southern capacity, weakening automatic balancing coverage
8Southern committee finds SPS mock-test failures and captive-generation data gaps
8Pinnapuram trip prompts an OEM-backed protection-setting change after the earlier 1,200-MW disturbance Details

POWER MARKETS AND PROCUREMENT

Aug 04: 8Day-ahead power for 4 August cleared at Rs. 4.36/kWh as multiple exchange blocks hit the Rs. 10/kWh ceiling
8Tripura’s import corridor exceeded TTC for almost four-fifths of 2 August despite no reported regional shortage
8DNHDDPDCL’s import corridor breached transfer capability for 118 hours in July
8Northern evening shortage narrowed to 155 MW as peak requirement climbed above 85.5 GW
8Uttarakhand’s 2 August gap forced steel-furnace rostering after both Khatima transformers tripped
8Rajasthan sought four 500-MW thermal packages as August–October peak procurement intensified
8Chhattisgarh discom sought 400 MW for September evenings with a Rs. 10/kWh ceiling Details

CORPORATE AND CAPITAL MARKETS

Aug 04: 8Voltamp will spend up to Rs. 90 crore on a 2,300-MVA dry-transformer plant after its EHV factory slipped two months
8POWERGRID and Apraava take control of two renewable-zone transmission SPVs serving Andhra Pradesh
8Coal India posted its highest July despatch while e-auction buyers took only one-third of offered coal
8CEA says July hydro generation fell 18.15% even as coal and nuclear output rose double digits Details

REGULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY

Aug 04: 8CERC grants Ishanagar Power Transmission a separate licence under the regulated-tariff route
8India curtailed 7.59 BU of renewable electricity in FY2025-26 as delayed transmission dwarfed real-time grid constraints
8Telangana stayed outside RDSS smart metering even as India installed 5.73 crore scheme meters
8Bihar completed no new RDSS substation despite 167 sanctions as the scheme enters its final 20 months
8Assam targets April 2027 for Phase-I grid upgrades but faces a 15,280-MVA requirement by 2034-35
8Coal Exchange Rules entered force without a single operator applying in the platform’s first fortnight
8Centre rejects a coal-royalty revision and says Odisha’s six-year-old demand was dropped
8Commercial-coal auctions reached 132 allocated blocks, but only 15 were producing by June Details

GRID OPERATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION

Aug 04: 8Southern grid met 56.05 GW on 3 August with no headline shortage despite multiple 765-kV and 400-kV trips
8DNHDDPDCL exceeded its transfer capability for 117.8 hours in July
8Tripura repeatedly imported above transfer limits as north-eastern constraints tightened
8Western operators curtailed renewables to control underdrawal and high frequency
8Northern peak shortage fell from 475 MW to 155 MW as demand rose above 85 GW
8Telangana’s unrestricted peak demand reached 16,057 MW without a reported deficit
8MSEDCL retains eight-hour farm supply schedules where technical constraints block daytime service
8IREDA’s PROFIN portal centralises lender monitoring and approval workflows
8PM Surya Ghar vendors must use a standard logo framework on rooftop systems
8ERPC records Godda’s June electricity exports to Bangladesh at 1,005.98 GWh Details

FUEL AND GENERATION

Aug 04: 8Commercial coal auctions have awarded 141 mines, but only 23 produced in FY2025-26
8Domestic-coal power plants held roughly 34 million tonnes as the August series opened Details

GREEN ENERGY AND STORAGE

Aug 04: 8SECI seeks a trading partner to manage renewable-power inventory and market risk
8SECI maps domestic CO? sources for green urea and RFNBO-compliant methanol
8CEA counts 150.97 GW of renewable capacity under construction at end-June
8India may need 208–230 GWh of battery storage by 2030, against roughly 7.5 GWh now
8Solar generated 57 BU in the June quarter and supplied 10.9% of India’s electricity Details

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Aug 04:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for work of supply and installation of bird diverters (BFD) on 132kV DC transmission line Details
 8Tender for deputation of service engineer for quarterly servicing,maintenance & trouble shooting of PLC system & VFD drives of various auxiliaries Details
 8Tender for supply of knife gate valve for ash handling plant Details
 8Tender for work of power/control instrument cable tray cleaning, cable tracing & redressing and miscellaneous works Details
 8Tender for surface preparation, supply and application of anti-corrosive protective coating on fire pipelines, associated auxiliaries and structures Details
 8Tender for service for general civil work at various Details
 8Tender for fabrication and erection of wind barrier in LHP stack yard. Details
 8Tender for erection and installation of 63MVA T/F along Details
 8Tender for construction of 01 No. 132kV GIS bay Details
 8Tender for upgradation of 132/33kV substation Details
 8Tender for rate contract for removing, lifting, shifting, dismantling and overhauling of 6.6 kV HT motors Details
 8Tender for work of ash lifting of ESP Details
 8Tender for turnkey for 33/11 new S/S Details
 8Tender for award of contract for system strengthening works for survey installation testing and commissioning of new 5 MVA 33/11kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares of belt weigher scale Details
 8Tender for work of repairing of various pulleys of conveyor belts Details
 8Tender for work of attending leaky tubes, joint replacement and tube nest replacement of LP heaters Details
 8Tender for supply of 90/10 cupronickel condenser tubes Details
 8Tender for procurement of material under PJ group Details
 8Tender for strengthening of various towers under AEE/TL Ludhiana Details
 8Tender for strengthening of various towers Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for overhauling/servicing/ repairing of 33kV VCBs of various make at various EHV substation Details
 8Tender for supply of spares for AHP valves Details
 8Tender for replacement of old defective lighting distribution panels Details
 8Tender for retrofitting of existing GE ACBs with ACB of other manufacturer Details
 8Tender for supply of various insulation materials for boiler Details
 8Tender for supply of fire water pump-3 with motor Details
 8Tender for supply of various consumables, measuring instruments, tools tackles, CPVC and fasteners items Details
 8Tender for shifting of RMU and UG infrastructure for various Details
 8Tender for construction of 33kV underground line Details
 8Tender for shifting and dismantling of 33kV feeder Details
 8Tender for shifting and dismantling of 11kV feeder No.5 with MVCC Details
 8Tender for construction of 33 kV bay at 33/11kV sub-station Details
 8Tender for supply and retrofitment of 400kV circuit breakers Details
 8Tender for provision of hume pipe Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil maint. works Details
 8Tender for fabrication and fitting fixing of GCI open storage shed for improving of storage and handling capacity Details
 8Tender for empanelment of agencies for restoration of distribution infrastructure during Details
 8Tender for supply of 3 phase reference meter with clamp -0.05s accuracy class for HT meter/smart meter testing Details
 8Tender for procurement of different HP valves Details
 8Tender for Re-babbitting service work including testing, packing, transportation, loading-unloading and insurance of 01 set thrust oil box Details
 8Tender for installation and commissioning of 200 MVA, 220/110 kV transformer bank Details
 8Tender for resurfacing of road inside substation, extension of road to 11kV yard Details
 8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning for carrying out the the work of providing 2 Nos. 11 kV independent feeder Details
 8Tender for const of 33 kV s/s Details
 8Tender for Re-const of 33 kV s/s Details
 8Tender for civil work for transformer augmentation of 220/132 kV 100 MVA T/F Details
 8Tender for construction of capacitor bank at 220 kV GSS, Kuchera Details
 8Tender for construction of capacitor bank at 132 kV GSS, Degana Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Merta Road Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Dayalpura Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Merta City Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Datina Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for construction work of 132 kV DC underground cable Details
 8Tender for construction of 132 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for supply of chemicals/reagents for various analyzers installed Details
 8Tender for supply of spares of auto lubrication system Details
 8Tender for supply and erection testing and commissioning for upgrading /modification of guard pond water system and LT switchgear installed Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares for initial inspection of generator Details
 8Tender for supply of spares of cooling towers fan Details
 8Tender for procurement of actuator spares for LT electrical systems Details
 8Tender for supply of spares for chiller plants and associated MCC, pulleys for Air washers/AHU and strip heaters Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares of centrifuges Details
 8Tender for replacement work of 33 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 241 Sq.mm conductor Details
 8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line Details
 8Tender for procurement of 11 Nos 420kV and 05 Nos. 245kV capacitive voltage transformer Details
 8Tender for biennial service for housekeeping job Details
 8Tender for manufacture, testing, supply and delivery of porcelain housed 12 and 42 kV 10 KA station class zinc oxide heavy duty gapless type lightning arrester Details
 8Tender for drawal of new 33 kV UG cable in between 33kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of potential transformer of various voltage class Details
 8Tender for work of overhauling, servicing, repair and maintenance of 245 kV circuit breakers Details
 8Tender for AMC for work of arresting oil leakages from the various joints of power transformers / ICTs & oil filled equipments Details
 8Tender for work of supply, installation and commissioning of 100% hot redundancy based continuously available fire alarm panel Details
 8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 8Tender for Bi-ennial rate contract for engaging gatemitra on 03 Nos unmanned level crossing Details
 8Tender for applying interior & exterior painting and other interior works for various Details
 8Tender for supply of cooling water treatment chemicals compatible with on line monitoring and auto chemcal addition control system Details
 8Tender for work of misc pressure part related activity of boiler stage Details
 8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
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Coal output from captive, commercial mines rises 9.6% to 14.8 mt in July Details
 
8NTPC records 15% growth in power generation in July Details
 
8India’s next manufacturing opportunity lies beyond solar modules Details
 
8Bluebird Solar to supply 278 MW of PV modules for SJVN projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan Details
 
83.5 MW rooftop solar fuels Jupiter Wagons’ green manufacturing Details
 
8FTCCI facilitates high-level dialogue; TGSPDCL qcts on Solar Developers’ concerns Details
 
8JinkoSolar Unveils “Sunny 365” Integrated PV-Storage Solutions for Retail and Supermarkets Details
 
8India’s 175 GWh pumped storage race: 3 stocks chasing a Rs 1.3 lakh crore opportunity Details
 
8From Climate Risk to Resilience: Strengthening India’s Power Systems Details
 
8From 3 GW to 162 GW: The rise of India’s solar power sector Details
 
8Solar energy generation rises by more than a third in India Details
 
8India's power capacity likely to reach 874 GW by 2031-32; grid modernisation, storage to drive reliability Details
 
8Advait Energy Transitions (AETL) and Manipal Energy & Infratech (MEIL) Enter Strategic Cooperation Agreement to Pursue Power & Energy Transition Opportunities Details
 
8India’s Renewable Energy Hits Record High as Coal Share Declines Details
 
8India records over 265 million cyberattack attempts: Report Details
 
8Role of distributed resources in energy transition: A multi-country perspective Details
 
8IIT Hyderabad launches India’s first industry-academia programme in nuclear technology Details
 
8Corrosion costs India Rs 14.1 trn annually; infra, energy worst-hit: Report Details
 
8Laser Power & Infra Wins HPSEBL Order for Advanced HTLS Conductors Details
 
8kolkata Power Capacity Expansion Reshapes Energy Future Details
 
8Power firms race to secure nuclear sites: NTPC, Adani, Tata identify locations Details
 
8PFC Transfers Two Renewable Energy Transmission SPVs to Apraava Energy and Power Grid Details
 
8From 8.78 GW to 100 GW: How SHANTI Act plans to transform India’s nuclear sector and when can private firms apply for licences Details
 
8DRDO-Azad Engineering turbojet milestone: How 350 kg engine could power India’s next-gen cruise missiles Details
 
8Target 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047: NTPC, Adani, Tata Power preparing to take the plunge Details
 
8NHPC receives ESG scores from Crisil ESG Ratings & Analytics Details
 
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Contracting news for the day

Aug 03: 8NPCIL's Rs 91.48 crore Kaiga township tower tender resurrects a financial test it had originally struck out An addendum reinstates the profit-before-tax qualification clause literally days before bid submission, converting a previously inapplicable condition into a hard eligibility gate. Two 12-storey residential towers must rise with just a one-month stagger between them, forcing genuinely parallel construction rather than sequential learning. NPCIL can demand additional machinery deployment at no extra cost whenever site progress falls behind.

8MAHAGENCO's 145 MW Kacharala solar tender locks consortium equity in place for the life of the contract Parent-company technical support requires continuous shareholding through both construction and the full five-year O&M period, with no post-award restructuring permitted. The EPC scope bundles generation, a 220/33kV pooling substation and long-term operations into one indivisible package. Qualification thresholds are calibrated to favour established utility-scale developers over emerging EPC entrants.

8Bihar's 150 MW solar-plus-storage tender obligates developers to guarantee 2 MWh of daily peak dispatch per MW The procurer selects four peak hours each day at its own discretion, while the developer may freely trade the same battery capacity on power exchanges during off-peak windows. A PBG of Rs 35.60 lakh/MW creates a Rs 26.70 crore liquidity commitment at maximum bid size, backstopped by a six-month penal window before uncommissioned capacity is stripped from the PPA. Battery technology itself may be swapped mid-contract, but all replacement risk sits with the developer.

8GETCO's Rs 224.80 crore Dholera-II GIS tender shifts liquidated damages from delayed scope to the entire contract price The amended clause exposes bidders to roughly Rs 22.48 crore in potential penalty on the full package value rather than just the late portion — a structural reversal from the original wording. An optional 10% supply advance carries SBI MCLR-linked interest and must be fully recovered three months before scheduled completion. Civil quantities for the GIS buildings can swing by as much as 50% downward under the applicable measurement formula.

8OPTCL's Rs 104.02 crore Padepadar substation tender carries two conflicting completion periods in the same clause set One provision states 18 months numerically while the words immediately beside it read "twenty four," leaving bidders unable to build a defensible baseline programme without a formal correction. The specification simultaneously references unrelated 400kV bus-coupler and 500 MVA equipment despite the package being a 220/33kV project. Mandatory erection gangs of 35-40 personnel plus dual powered winches are prescribed at every line location regardless of which schedule ultimately governs.

8REC PDCL's Pirpainti transmission tender discloses its SPV acquisition price only 20 days before bids close Bidders must commit to a 35-year fixed transmission charge covering four new GIS substations and three major 400kV corridors before knowing the final project-company cost they must absorb. Land acquisition for every new substation site except one falls on the transmission developer, while critical generating-station bays remain outside its construction control. The bid-bond amount itself is left blank in the issued formats.

8BHEL's dry bottom ash tender for Koderma's 1,600 MW expansion contradicts itself on whether a reverse auction applies The main NIT clause explicitly rules out reverse auction while a separate highlights sheet states the opposite, an unresolved conflict that could change how bidders structure their final pricing strategy. Technology partners and design agencies backing qualification must remain contractually committed for seven years or through the defect-liability period, whichever is longer. The portal discloses no estimated contract value against which security requirements can be benchmarked.

8DVC's 220kV transmission diversion tender for CTPS expansion extends its bid window without touching a single technical clause The corrigendum shifts document download, submission and opening by exactly one week, while every qualification, commercial and risk-allocation provision remains untouched. The diversion work is a prerequisite gate for the entire 2x800 MW expansion, making contractor selection timing strategically significant despite the change being purely administrative. No scope or pricing amendment accompanied the schedule reset.

8NHPC's Rs 2,253.97 crore Link-3 hydro tender demands a tunnel-boring machine on site within eight months of award Six successive corrigenda pushed the bid deadline back 66 days while leaving the TBM delivery milestone and 36-month completion clock completely unchanged, compressing the effective mobilisation window. Nine separate progress milestones carry individual daily damages layered beneath an overall completion penalty capped at 10% of contract value. The tender requires two months of standing site inventory for cement, steel, aggregates and explosives at all times.

8OPGC's Rs 21.83 lakh protection audit for Banharpali's switchyards carries three different payment-period references in one package The GeM bid cites 30 days, the attached GCC cites 21 days, and neither document reconciles which governs final settlement. Turnover qualification figures also diverge between the tender text and the underlying committee report by roughly 7%. The consultant must model network-wide fault coordination across 400kV and 220kV systems without a defined quantity of relays, feeders or bays covered by the lump-sum price.

8NPCIL's Kudankulam Units 5&6 mechanical tender moved its bid deadline 137 days while equipment envelopes kept shifting underneath bidders Eleven corrigenda and seven rounds of technical clarification later, safety-chiller dimensional limits were reset entirely and environmental qualification requirements were narrowed to equipment specifically inside the inner containment building. Several critical P&IDs won't be issued until after contract award, leaving bidders to price integration risk against an incomplete system definition. The chlorination plant carries its own standalone operating obligation layered on top of the core EPC scope.

8MAHAGENCO's 25 MW Pimpri-Ijara solar tender spells its own project location two different ways in the same document "Pimpri-Ijara" in the title becomes "Pimpari Ijara" in the project table, with coordinates that need independent verification against the stated Yavatmal district before survey and evacuation assumptions can be finalized. Parent-company technical support requires 51% equity retention through construction and three O&M years, stepping down to 26% for two further years. Standalone financial statements are mandatory — subsidiary income, joint-venture revenue and ultimate-parent financials are all expressly excluded from qualification.

8NSPCL's Durgapur coal-pulveriser tender reduced its mandatory spare pump count from 24 to just three mid-bid Fifteen corrigenda over a 94-day deadline extension also cut wear-life demonstration from three mills to two and restructured liquidated damages from a flat daily rate to a mill-wise weekly percentage tied to whichever units remain uncommissioned. A late amendment simultaneously added redundant protection instrumentation and mandated entirely new HT/LT cabling — tightening reliability requirements even as spare-parts obligations were relaxed. Technology providers backing bidder qualification must maintain 26% equity in an Indian subsidiary for seven years or through defect liability, whichever is later.

8BHEL's second Koderma dry-ash tender surfaces under a freshly amended commercial framework issued just one day before publication The governing GCC revision took effect on 1 July 2026, with the tender launching on 2 July — leaving essentially no market lead time to absorb the new terms before pricing began. Multiple qualification routes admit design agencies, Indian subsidiaries and wet-bottom-ash suppliers, but each carries a seven-year technology-support lock-in. The same reverse-auction contradiction seen in the companion Koderma package appears here as well.

8AVVNL's Rs 627.50 crore rooftop solar tender reverses its award sequence from largest-lot-first to cheapest-price-first A corrigendum now allocates a bidder's winning lots starting with its lowest quoted rate rather than its biggest quantity, fundamentally changing which circle combination a multi-lot bidder actually receives. A tie-breaking lottery convenes in person when price and quantity both match exactly. Meter procurement has been shifted entirely off the contractor's plate onto the discom, removing one hardware dependency from an otherwise six-month, 1,00,000-household rollout.

8MAHAGENCO's 40 MW Kanzara solar tender locks consortium participation stakes for 90 days beyond the five-year O&M term itself Joint and several liability among up to three consortium members survives well past project completion, discouraging any post-award corporate restructuring. Standalone financial qualification excludes subsidiary and joint-venture income entirely, testing only the bidding entity's own audited accounts. A single-project reference of at least 16 MW with six months' proven operating history is mandatory before the cumulative 24 MW threshold can even be considered.

8MPPKVVCL's Rs 256.59 crore RDSS automation tender requires its lead bidder to personally be the OEM for both SCADA software and RTU hardware This single condition excludes conventional system integrators who assemble third-party platforms, narrowing the field to a handful of manufacturers capable of qualifying directly. Field equipment quantities across hundreds of substations are left entirely to bidder assessment, with no fixed BOQ to fall back on if estimates prove short. A two-day compression of the submission window arrived without any corresponding extension of the final bid deadline. Details

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Aug 03:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
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Tender for procurement of seal kit for swing valve assembly. Details
 
8Tender for procurement of refractory materials Details
 
8Tender for supply of minimum essential critical spares for power house Details
 
8Tender for supply after manufacturing due to tailor itemnew bull gear 01 set oil seals etc Details
 
8Tender for complete overhauling of 13025 ton garlick make double girder EOT crane Details
 
8Tender for procurement of water lubricated fully homogenous tough synthetic elastomeric polymer alloy turbine guide Details
 
8Tender for construction of culvert for MUW pipeline crossing Details
 
8Tender for conducting stability testing and certification Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil maintenance works Details
 
8Tender for Bi-ennial contract for CHP and MGR civil maintenance works Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for O&M civil works related to major misc. works Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance work main power house Details
 
8Tender for geotechnical investigation for proposed St-III 2x800 MW Details
 
8Tender for biaanual contract for the work repair and maintenance of civil works Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for civil repair and maintenance and other miscellaneous works Details
 
8Tender for repair and maintenance of old road with bitumastic sheet Details
 
8Tender for renovation of DM plant stage Details
 
8Tender for civil maintenance work for mine void filling work Details
 
8Tender for construction of culverts at various Details
 
8Tender for site enabling works package Details
 
8Tender for reconditioning of HMT make M2V milling machine Details
 
8Tender for supply of portable fully automatic electronic 3 phase phantom loading kit Details
 
8Tender for transportation of H-BEAM Details
 
8Tender for transportation of DTR Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares of domestic water pumps make flowmore Details
 
8Tender for WC for complete repairing of rotary breaker tyre of RB 03 and RB 04 along Details
 
8Tender for proposal for installation of effluent treatment plant Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various spares, washers, fitted keys and fastners of TG set Details
 
8Tender for refurbishment of final drive assembly Details
 
8Tender for supply and fixing of different types of LED industrial luminaries Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares material required for overhauling of 6.6kV,360KW boiler circulating water(BCW) pump motor installed Details
 
8Tender for supply of 360kW HT motor Details
 
8Tender for supply of tarpaulin sheet for covering of coal Details
 
8Design, supply erection commissioning and testing of water distribution system for natural draught cooling towers Details
 
8Tender for supply of 25MVA,110kV/33kV three phase transformer Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 110kV station class polymer housed surge arresters Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & application of Anticorrosive epoxy /metal protective paint on various conveyor structures and equipment Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation commissioning, & testing of soft starter with major/minor modification in existing panels for various motors Details
 
8Tender for ARC for arboriculture, plantation for development and maintenance of lawns including Details
 
8Tender for repair of uplift pressure measurement devices phase 1 by way of drilling of choaked holes Details
 
8Tender for replacement of old defunct damaged rusted GI pipe fitting Details
 
8Tender for supply of 3 over current and 1 earth fault relay type Details
 
8Tender for supply of vacuum interrupter of 33kV & 11 kV outdoor type Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33 kV & 11 kV current transformer with connector Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33 kV metering unit of different rating Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for the work of overhauling and servicing of 420 kV, 245 kV & 145 kV circuit breaker Details
 
8Tender for supply of fire system pumps Details
 
8Tender for insulation and aluminium cladding of furnace oil storage tanks Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various type of control transformers for local control panel Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for job contract for monitoring of environmental parameters Details
 
8Tender for fabrication, erection, welding, equipment erection, other associated works and supply of SS, CS piping material Details
 
8Tender for fabrication and erection of steel pipeline and supply, fabrication and erection of steel structure. Details
 
8Tender for modification and maintenance of BHEL store 2 and 3 side Details
 
8Tender for supply of LT mini pillar boxes with fuse control Details
 
8Tender for procurement of safety equipment for different power houses Details
 
8Tender for supply of breaking links of guide vanes Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of air-cooled air conditioning packaged units Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor by AAAC AL-59 conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor from feeder Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 241 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for installation of 33/11 kV CSS to provide uninterrupted power supply Details
 
8Tender for work of installation of 33 kV ring main unit at 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of non- communicable fault passage indicator on 33 kV and all 11 kV feeder Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of fault passage indicator Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line from sub-station Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor by AAAC AL-59 conductor Details
 
8Tender for balance works of construction of permanent Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for cable laying Details
 
8Tender for service contact for statutory inspection, examination, testing and certification of dangerous machinery Details
 
8Tender for laying of 02 nos 33 kV UG cable 3Cx400 sq.mm Details
 
8Tender for biennial contract of operation maintenance of HVWS emulsifier system and fire hydrant system Details
 
8Tender for carry out shift works such as operation of valves/dampers etc and recording of equipment parameters Details
 
8Tender for supply of LT open type MS 6 way pillar boxes Details
 
8Tender for supply of 11 kV AB switch with complete set single pole Details
 
8Tender for supply of 11kV standalone complete set Details
 
8Tender for supply of 11kV fixed contact, 200A Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for breakdown, emergency and planned outage on 500kV Bi-pole HVDC line Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for the work of overhauling and servicing of 420 kV, 245 kV & 145 kV circuit breaker Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for attending all emergency /break down/schedule/maintenance repairs works etc. of various 132kV, 220kV EHV substations Details
 
8Tender for work of annual maintenance contract for repairing / overhauling of OLTC of ICTs / transformers of various Details
 
8Tender for procurement of HF cable Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of damaged prestress cable trench covers Details
 
8Tender for laying of three single core 11kV XLPE 185 sq.mm. cable on elevated PSC structure Details
 
8Tender for laying of three single core 11kV XLPE 185 sq.mm. cable Details
 
8Tender for ARC work of erection of 66kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard lighting etc. Details
 
8Tender for erection of HT,LT & TC Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable work Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for erection of HT,LT & TC Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for attending running repairs, scheduled, preventive & breakdown maintenance with overhauling of 08 nos. bulldozers Details
 
8Tender for erection of HT,LT & TC Details
 
8Tender for misc. civil works Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of insulator or SRI work of attending the fault or broken conductor and/or snapping from tower/gantry Details
 
8Tender for Bi annual rate of contract for restoration work of 220kV & 400kV transmission line on tower structure Details
 
8Tender for maintenance work of overhead HT/LT line & TC Details
 
8Tender for erection work of overhead HT/LT line Details
 
8Tender for erection of equipment and structure, control wiring, yard lighting, control room wiring, etc. Details
 
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8Commercial Coal Mining Fuels India’s Push Towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat Details
 
8Coal India Leads India’s Coal Growth with 8.42% Production Increase in July 2026 Details
 
8Strong monsoon winds favour TN wind power generation Details
 
8India proposes transmission charge relief for delayed renewable projects Details
 
8Juniper Green closes today: Should you subscribe Here are the key risks Details
 
8Coal's share in India's power mix drops to one-year low as renewables hit record Details
 
8How Gujarat Built India’s Most Powerful Industrial Machine Details
 
8Renewables Hit Record 20% of India's Power Mix in July as Solar-Wind Cross 100 GW Details
 
8India surpasses US to become second-fastest growing solar energy market Details
 
8India Becomes World’s Second-Fastest Growing Solar Market Details
 
8Andhra partners IIT Tirupati, UNSW for solar manufacturing centre Details
 
8DLF, UPL, Torrent Power Report Q1 FY27 Results Today Details
 
8Renewable Energy Curtailment Hits 235 GW in Q1 FY27 Details
 
8Adani Group to set up nuclear plants worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore in Odisha Details
 
8Renewable energy boost: India may revive transmission charge waivers for delayed solar and wind projects Details
 
8REC Transfers Two Power Transmission SPVs to PowerGrid and Terralight Through Competitive Bidding Details
 
8Top 33 Power Sector Stocks to Watch in India 2026 Details
 
8CERC proposes transmission charge relief for delayed renewable projects Details
 
8J&K slashes power losses, but AT&C levels remain among India's highest Details
 
8Solar Boom Beyond Limits Details
 
8India emerges as world’s second-fastest growing solar energy market Details
 
8Coal India's July Supplies Hit Record High at 64.19 MT, Up 18.38% YoY Details
 
8Why privatising electricity distribution could be a mistake Details
 
8India’s coal dispatch surges 17.3% in July as output growth stands at 7.5% Details
 
8Power firms race to secure nuclear sites: NTPC, Adani, Tata identify locations Details
 
8India Power Demand Climbs 11% in July on Cooling Needs Details
 
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Fuel and Coal Ledger

Aug 01: 8Thirty-one power plants are at critical coal stock as the monitored fleet holds only 60% of its normative requirement
8Coal India sells more coal but earns less per tonne as renewable generation takes a larger share of the power mix Details

Juniper seeks Rs 1,800 crore with 7.9 GW in hand, but only 1.8 GW operating and net debt-to-equity at 2.75 times

Aug 01: 8The renewable developer's IPO offers scale and contracted visibility, alongside a delivery pipeline and leverage profile that leave little room for execution slippage.Nearly 98% of capacity is PPA-backed, but the issue price also asks investors to pay today for projects that are still under construction or only awarded. Details

Indus Towers says a new 100% infrastructure-deposit route is slowing telecom electrification despite Uttar Pradesh's 15% supervision option

Aug 01: 8The dispute asks whether the state's revised Cost Data Book has effectively displaced a cheaper connection route preserved in the Supply Code.UPERC has admitted the petition, but it has also questioned whether the 15% route really saves time when a utility estimate is still required. Details

Five Wanakbori units leave 1,640 MW unavailable as Western Region forced outages rise to 10,453 MW

Aug 01: 8The outage stack at a single Gujarat station spans boiler, furnace, turbine and control-valve problems rather than one isolated failure.Wanakbori's concentration of losses sits inside a much larger regional forced-outage burden led by multiple 500-800 MW units. Details

Gujarat rejects Rs 20 bids for most months but accepts Rs 9.96 evening power for March, exposing the cost of the peak-hour gap

Aug 01: 8GUVNL secured 793 MW round-the-clock for August near Rs 6.05 per unit, yet March evening supply cleared almost Rs 4 higher.The selective procurement shows where Gujarat sees a real shortage and where quoted scarcity prices were too expensive to accept. Details

Southern grid studies put Maheshwaram near 67 kA and two other substations above 40 kA equipment ratings

Aug 01: 8Prospective short-circuit levels have crossed or approached installed breaking capability at several Southern Region nodes.The most exposed sites now require verified calculations and a remedy plan before another network addition raises fault duty further. Details

Greenko's 1,200 MW pumped-storage trip at 49.5 Hz turns a protection setting into a Southern grid-security question

Aug 01: 8All five Greenko pumped-storage units tripped together while generating on 25 July, deepening a frequency fall instead of riding through it.The recorded operation at about 49.5 Hz now has to be reconciled with Greenko's earlier statement that its generation-mode under-frequency setting was 48.0 Hz. Details

MNRE closes a two-year-old ALMM relief route, leaving delayed solar projects to seek case-by-case exemptions

Aug 01: 8Modules received by 31 March 2024 no longer have an automatic separate treatment merely because their projects remain uncommissioned.Developers still waiting to commission must now persuade the ministry that their case belongs under the removal-of-difficulties mechanism. Details

Somanahalli transformer failure after repeated downstream faults forces a wider review of Southern Region ICT resilience

Aug 01: 8A 500 MVA interstate transformer failed after repeatedly feeding faults on the Karnataka network, raising questions about through-fault stress and protection coordination.The committee is now widening the inquiry to other major transformer failures at Somanahalli, Madurai and Nunna. Details

Tata Power starts an 800 MW Andhra Pradesh build, but 200 MW remains unallocated and the contracted storage covers only part of the portfolio

Aug 01: 8The Rs 5,750 crore plan combines 400 MW wind and 400 MW solar, yet its firm-delivery obligation is tied to only one 200 MW block.The structure shows both the scale of the new build and the commercial work still needed before the entire portfolio is contracted. Details

Hearing Diary

Aug 01: 82 August 2026 SRLDC to circulate the updated Southern Region short-circuit-level list; Greenko and utilities also face protection-data and event-record deadlines.
84 August 2026, 15:00 Lok Sabha Standing Committee on Energy to hear the Ministry of Power and BEE on energy conservation and efficiency.
87 August 2026, 10:00 145th Protection Coordination Sub-Committee meeting for the Southern Region.
818 August 2026 CERC hearing on KREPL's request for additional time to commission the remaining Barmer solar capacity.
827 August 2026 UPERC hearings on LPGCL and Bajaj Energy carrying-cost petitions linked to LPS-rule instalments.
88 September 2026 CERC hearings covering the Faridabad planning record, HVPNL ISTS tariff, Kallam Transmission and Rajgarh-related transmission matters.
817 September 2026 UPERC hearing on Indus Towers' challenge to the connection-cost and supervision-charge framework.
822 September 2026 UPERC hearing on Jubilant Pharmova's revised same-premises supply petition.
828 September 2026 NCLAT hearing in the BGR Energy matter after the NARCL settlement proposal. Details

Grid Operations and Committee Deep Dive

Aug 01: 8Western Region's monthly transmission pool reaches Rs 3,966.63 crore across 112 licensees
8Faulty meters dating to January remain in July's TRAS record, weakening confidence in balancing charges
8Southern Region carries 3,408 MW of planned central outages as two nuclear units remain down for years
8Southern states collectively underdraw 8.41 MU even as Kerala overdraws-hiding opposing positions
8Only 73 of 179 scheduled Q1 protection audits reached the Southern committee-and Q2 has five
8Southern islanding schemes show generation-load ratios from 0.88 to 1.46, threatening survivability
8Seven grid disturbances and 21 multi-element trips face a common evidence deadline after incomplete records
8BBMB tests a revenue-backed desiltation model as sediment erodes reservoir value Details

Storage and Transition Policy

Aug 01: 8Two VGF programmes put 43.22 GWh of batteries into implementation, but delivery now depends on state tenders
8Non-fossil capacity crosses 54% while coal is still planned to reach 315 GW, exposing India's dual build
8Punjab has segregated 6,705 of 6,932 farm feeders, but the last 227 carry a Rs 383 crore price tag Details

Parliament and System Planning

Aug 01: 8India's 2032 grid plan lifts inter-regional transfer capacity to 168 GW as peak demand heads for 388 GW
8India has 2,927.85 MW of grid batteries installed, but 8,660.20 MWh reveals a short-duration fleet
8A record 64,695 MW was added in FY26, yet distribution capacity must still reach 1,135 GVA by 2030
8Tamil Nadu sees a 12,400 MW thermal gap by 2034-35 despite 3,640 MW already under construction or bidding
8Uttar Pradesh holds 11,520.53 MW of central allocation as RDSS pours over Rs 40,700 crore into its last-mile grid
8India proposes a Rs 20,000 crore CCUS programme, but the five-year plan still awaits approval and operating rules
8Seven cities have raised Rs 1,294 crore through green municipal bonds, but the market remains shallow
8India's pumped-storage build reaches 15,870 MW under construction, with another 8,780 MW still before construction
8Assam identifies 6,220 MW of pumped storage, but only four projects have reached survey and investigation
8Punjab's 2035-36 adequacy plan requires 42,263 MW-more than three times today's 13,808 MW base
8Punjab pairs 2,812 MW of storage with 13,082 MWh-an unusually explicit duration requirement
8Only 75 of 605 coal units have installed FGD as a 2025 rule removes the obligation from most Category C plants
8RDSS has sanctioned smart meters for 19.79 crore consumers, but funds depend on tariff and accounting discipline
8RDSS sanctions Rs 6,521 crore for 13.65 lakh unelectrified homes even after Saubhagya's 2.86 crore connections
8UDAY's Rs 2.34 lakh crore debt transfer finally produces a sector profit-but only after a decade of uneven reform
8Foreign-owned power-equipment suppliers regain tender access through a two-year security-screened window Details

Committees, People and System Administration

Aug 01: 8More than 30 grid entities have not filed June protection indices, weakening the region's ability to compare relay performance
8Dehar enters the monsoon with three of ten executive-engineer posts vacant and two more officers ordered out
8Parliamentary energy panel calls the Ministry and BEE on 4 August for an efficiency and conservation review Details

Corporate Wire

Aug 01: 8Waaree Renewable adds a 108,000-tonne fabrication platform as quarterly revenue rises 53%
8L&T wins NTPC's 1,600 MW Lara package, but the notice to proceed still depends on environmental clearance
8Tata Power buys the Ryapte grid project for Rs 10.87 crore and starts a 30-month clock on a 250 km Karnataka network
8BGR Energy's insolvency appeal moves to September after NARCL puts a settlement proposal on the table
8CLN Energy moves to CARE BBB Stable and A3 Plus, but the filing leaves the upgrade rationale for a later report
8KEC closes FY26 with a Rs 36,267 crore order book while net debt remains Rs 4,601 crore
8PTC cuts a Rs 22.97 crore disallowance exposure to Rs 62.23 lakh, but keeps four penalty appeals alive
8REC creates the Kukshi-Alirajpur transmission vehicle, opening the contest for a Madhya Pradesh grid package
8Borosil converts 12.53 lakh warrants at Rs 397.50 each, bringing fresh equity while diluting holders
8Borosil lifts renewable electricity use to 29.23%, yet more than two-thirds of its power still comes from elsewhere
8Borosil's 1,000-tonne-a-day solar-glass base can serve about 6.5 GW, tying utilisation to module demand
8Enel raises first-half earnings while net debt climbs 6.7% to EUR 61.0 billion
8L&T's profit rises 14% despite a 92-basis-point margin squeeze, putting execution behind record orders
8ArcelorMittal earns USD 1.3 billion as USD 9.5 billion of debt shadows transition spending
8Nextpower claims a 55% US tracker share and USD 1.2 billion cash, giving it room for policy shocks
8Sudha Bio Power stays at ICRA B Plus as repeated information failures become the larger credit warning Details

Green Markets and RE Programme Watch

Aug 01: 8CEA and MoEFCC push monopoles and HTLS conductors to shrink transmission corridors through forests
8Wind supplies 60% of India's 707.62 MU renewable output on 30 July, with the Southern Region producing more than half
8W2E's 5.2 MW turbine certificate is restricted to 15 October, creating a near-term compliance checkpoint
8India's 8,780 MW nuclear fleet outperformed the thermal fleet on five-year load factor after refurbishment outages are excluded Details

State Regulatory Roundup

Aug 01: 8Andhra Pradesh approves a 40.5 paise fuel adjustment for May power, to be recovered in August bills
8Two Uttar Pradesh generators seek carrying cost after old dues were converted into LPS-rule instalments
8Jubilant gets a final chance to revise its same-premises power-supply petition after missing the first deadline
8Chhattisgarh allows a one-time carry-forward of banked energy after an open-access delay, but refuses broader relief
8Meghalaya reopens its additional-surcharge record for October-March, extending comments to 6 August
8KSEB searches for land at Kumily, making site acquisition the first constraint on a 220 kV substation
8Andhra Pradesh records 244.812 MU of unmetered farm sales in April, keeping subsidy estimates assumption-led
8PGVCL couples rooftop solar procurement with five-year maintenance, shifting the test from installation to output
8TGTransco targets Nirmal's 33 kV bus and earth grid, addressing a weakness before it becomes an outage
8Hazaribagh receives Rs 4,326 crore of RDSS works, but the programme faces a March 2028 clock Details

CERC Docket

Aug 01: 8KREPL has 42 MW left to commission at Barmer, but NRLDC has refused another extension of infirm injection
8A 383-day Green Energy Corridor delay returns to CERC with only two transmission assets still under time-overrun review
8Tamil Nadu challenges PGCIL's Tuticorin-II delay case by pointing to a transformer test that was not yet mandatory
8CERC asks for the planning logic behind the Faridabad scheme after CTUIL says the decision predates its role
8NLC Barsingsar remand is narrowed to interest on working capital and IDC, with the rest of the tariff dispute closed
8Bokaro-Koderma OPGW and Bhuj communication additions move to order after respondents miss their final reply window
8CERC cuts the Missing Link asset's historical fixed charges while allowing a separate security-spares claim
8Torrent Solar's single Kallam bay reaches order stage after respondents miss CERC's final reply window
8HVPNL's interstate tariff claim stalls until CTUIL and NRLDC reconstruct the asset and usage record
8Rajgarh's revised cost estimate becomes the missing document in a renewable-evacuation tariff case Details

Contracting news for the day

Jul 31: 8WBSETCL's Rs 5.68 crore-EMD transformer tender makes fire prevention mandatory across all 43 units The June 2026 revision quietly folded 33 separate technical changes into what could have looked like a routine equipment order. A 60-month defect-liability period starts only after the last unit ships, leaving early-batch transformers exposed well beyond five years. The reversible radiator-bank design requirement forces a base-design change into every unit regardless of final site placement.

8POWERGRID's 765kV Asana substation tender selects a contractor before the utility itself has won the underlying project The lowest evaluated bidder becomes an exclusive strategic partner through an MoU, but the actual works contract activates only if POWERGRID succeeds in a separate transmission-concession auction. A rejected document-access applicant gets just one day to appeal. Turnover and liquidity thresholds sit north of Rs 200 crore before price is even discussed.

8REC PDCL's Rs 2,500 crore Alkud-II/Jath transmission tender packs four voltage levels and multiple brownfield tie-ins into 24 months Daily delay damages escalate from 3.33% to 5% of monthly transmission charges after 60 days, layered on a 98% availability standard that can trigger termination after six consecutive months of shortfall. The winning bidder inherits an unresolved land question — GIS substitution or adjacent-land acquisition — wherever bay space runs short. A Rs 125.04 crore performance guarantee sits behind a Rs 50.02 crore bid bond.

8AEGCL's Srikona transformer-bay tender makes a contractor responsible for a Siemens automation system it doesn't own Any hardware or software upgrade needed for SAS integration falls on the turnkey contractor, with resulting software licences required to stay valid for a minimum of 10 years. No advance payment is offered, and the first erection bill can't be raised until 30% physical progress is reached. Warranty runs 60 months from supply or 54 from commissioning, whichever ends later.

8POWERGRID's Lucknow-II 765kV pre-bid tie-up locks a contractor into exclusivity with no guaranteed contract Document access closes just two days before the bid deadline, requiring an executed NDA before drawings are even released. The contractor forfeits the right to support any competing bidder in the same transmission auction while POWERGRID's own project bid remains unresolved. Zero EMD lowers entry, but turnover and liquidity gates still exceed Rs 130 crore.

8MPPGCL's Rs 225 crore Bargi hydro renovation tender deletes and reinstates scope items across nine deadline extensions A required draft-tube cone replacement was withdrawn mid-bid because the component sits embedded in concrete, while a previously optional oil tank became mandatory in the same amendment cycle. The construction sequence shifted from overlapping unit work to a compressed final ten months for the second 45 MW unit. A full wastewater-treatment plant was deleted from scope after originally being required.

8JVVNL's Rs 627.50 crore rooftop solar tender rewrites its award-allocation formula from lot size to lowest price The corrigendum reverses the original rule that gave a bidder's largest lot priority, now sequencing awards starting from each bidder's cheapest quote instead. A tie-breaking lottery gets convened in person at the chief engineer's office when prices and quantities match exactly. Half the 10% performance security stays locked for a full decade tied to a ten-year O&M obligation.

8MSEDCL's Rs 215.89 crore transformer tender deletes its own pricing-mechanism clause mid-process The provision explaining how the winning percentage would apply across individual material, labour and civil-work items was struck from the amended document without a clear replacement, even as portal and tender text disagree on whether pricing is itemwise or percentage-rate. A parallel clarification lets 33/11kV experience count toward two rarer voltage classes. The estimate itself rose 1.1% between tender versions.

8JdVVNL's rooftop solar tender applies the same price-first allocation reversal seen in Jaipur's parallel tender A common pre-bid meeting spanning three Rajasthan discoms suggests coordinated tendering, but each utility retains its own award-cap and lottery mechanics. The 20,000-consumer ceiling per bidder forces multi-lot participants to model cross-lot pricing strategically, since their cheapest bid now consumes the cap first. Ten-year O&M begins only after the last plant in a circle is commissioned — not from each individual installation.

8KPTCL's Hirehalli GIS substation tender relaxes bidder qualification just as its cost estimate rises 3.8% A new alternative qualification route accepts a single 220kV GIS bay in place of the original four-module 66kV substation requirement, widening the technically eligible pool right as turnover and EMD thresholds climbed in step with the revised Rs 169.54 crore estimate. The portal lists the commercial bid as itemwise while the tender document insists on percentage-rate pricing — a conflict unresolved after the relevant clarifying clause was deleted. The same listing briefly attributed the transmission package to an unrelated computer-lab tender under a different corporation's name.

8RVPN's Rs 84.72 crore Sawai Madhopur transmission line tender penalizes bids more than 15% below estimate Any offer that undercuts the government estimate by over 15% triggers a mandatory additional security payment equal to half the shortfall — a built-in deterrent against unsustainable pricing. The 24-month completion clock stays fixed even as the bid deadline moved 15 days. Special river-crossing and large-angle towers sit inside a schedule that leaves little room for foundation surprises.

8RVPN's companion Rs 125.98 crore Sawai Madhopur substation tender separates transformer security from the general performance guarantee A distinct 10% security applies specifically to the ex-works price of the transformer and shunt reactor, layered on top of the standard contract-wide performance guarantee. Bidders must fund inspecting officers' travel and accommodation as part of their lump-sum price. Corporate-group experience cannot be borrowed — only the bidding entity's own direct contracts count toward qualification.

8MPPKVVCL's Rs 256.59 crore RDSS data-acquisition tender leaves 1,250 substations' equipment quantities to bidder judgment The client explicitly declined to convert indicative BOQ numbers into fixed quantities, requiring each of three shortlisted bidders to independently assess adequacy across the full network before pricing. A mandatory two-OEM RTU split, each contributing at least 20%, forces integration complexity onto a contract otherwise built around single-vendor accountability. Insurance surety bonds were newly accepted for bid security just weeks before submission closed.

8MPPKVVCL's Indore AMI tender shows a 3-lakh-meter gap between its original notice and final bid schedule The NIT cited 18.32 lakh meters while the operative RfP quantity table shows 15.19 lakh — a discrepancy left unreconciled in the public tender trail. A clarification rejected the idea that two SIMs from one telecom provider satisfy the network-redundancy requirement, forcing genuine multi-operator backhaul into the AMISP's recurring cost base. The EMD sits at just Rs 1 lakh against a project valued above Rs 1,463 crore.

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Outage and Maintenance Register

Aug 01: 8Western Region carries 10,453 MW of forced generation outages before planned outages and reserve shutdowns are counted
8Three Southern transmission interruptions include an unexplained Renew Vyoman transformer trip early on 31 July Details

Grid Operations Daily

Aug 01: 8NER-Tripura runs above transfer capability for 87.4% of the day while ER-NR breaches last 3.5 hours
8All-India frequency spends 4 hours 37 minutes outside the normal band despite a 49.996 Hz daily average
8Eastern Region intraday forecasting cuts demand error from 4.22% to 1.23% but still misses one block by 1,771 MW
8SCUC orders 46,176 MWh upward and 31,448 MWh downward in the same day, exposing the scale of two-way redispatch
8Four Southern islanding schemes begin with generation deficits of 700-3,600 MW, making survival dependent on rapid load correction Details

Power Markets Daily

Aug 01: 8Smaller real-time platforms keep clearing at Rs 10,000/MWh while the largest exchange carries far more volume below the ceiling
8Kawas receives more than Rs 7.42 crore in one TRAS week as two coal stations fund the balancing settlement
8Day-ahead volume falls 6.6% on 31 July even as the average clearing price rises to about Rs 3.52 per unit Details

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Aug 01:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for work of loading of 400kV/220kV, 315 MVA transformer from 400kV substation Details
 8Tender for M and R works at various voltages transmission substations Details
 8Tender for dismantling of old damaged sheets and fixing of new G.I sheets Details
 8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132kV AIS substation Details
 8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA S/S Details
 8Tender for construction of 01 no 33kV RMU at 132 kV S/S Details
 8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132 kV S/S Narayanpur, Deoria Details
 8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132kV S/S Details
 8Tender for construction of 132kV S/S Details
 8Tender for appointment of dealers for sale of ash bricks Details
 8Tender for contract for supply and apply of airseal in boiler and auxiliaries Details
 8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of solar high masts Details
 8Tender for biennial civil maintenance work for ash dyke Details
 8Tender for manufacturing, testing, transportation, insurance and supply of turbine cover sleeves Details
 8Tender for supply and retrofitting of 420 kV pantograph isolators Details
 8Tender for erection, testing, commissioning, trial operation and handing over of fire detection and protection system Details
 8Tender for enquiry of LT switchgear for 1X800 MW Details
 8Tender for estimate for 33 kV feeder Details
 8Tender for survey, installation, testing and commissioning of new 5MVA 33/11kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of air filter regulator, air lock relay and volume booster installed Details
 8Tender for supply, installation, commissioning and testing of latest online water quality analyzers, rotameters, flow meters Details
 8Tender for work contract for dismantling from old exchange room and shifting to new exchange room Details
 8Tender for procurement of stay insulator porcelain 11kV feeder Details
 8Tender for providing one new 11kV feeder Details
 8Tender for supply of hot dip galvanised steel stay sets of size 16x1800 mm Details
 8Tender for construction of 33 kV S/S Details
 8Tender for supply of 33/11 kV 8.0 MVA power transformer Details
 8Tender for construction of cooling bank foundation and misc civil works for 160 MVA Tr At 220 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for const of cooling bank CTR foundation and other misc civil works Details
 8Tender for construction of cooling bank foundation and misc civil works required for commisssioning of 220 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for modification work for height raising of 220 kV DC line Details
 8Tender for annual work contract for routine, breakdown and annual capital maintenance and operation of 11kV, 6.6 kV HT switchgears Details
 8Tender for annual contract for the work of assistance in operation and maintenance of hydrogen plant Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract of various PLCs of CNI installed Details
 8Tender for supply of electro mechanical linear actuators installed Details
 8Tender for supply of conveyor belt scrapper (primary cleaner) for various conveyor belts Details
 8Tender for supply of seals for coal pulverizer Details
 8Tender for R and M of sewerage system Details
 8Tender for work of non comprehensive annual maintenance contract for Omnivise T3000 (formerly SPPA T-3000) DCS for SG-TG system installed Details
 8Tender for annual work contract for routine, breakdown and annual maintenance of turbine, generator and various pumps in turbine Details
 8Tender for requirement of spares for hydraulic system (boiler and turbine area) installed Details
 8Tender for supply of spare for Hp bypass valves Details
 8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for restoration of various 66 kV class transmission lines Details
 8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for erection of 66 kV line feeder bay / transformer bay for various Details
 8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning with 5-year CMC of grid connected solar photovoltaic systems of various Details
 8Tender for change of feeding sources of various 33 kV substations Details
 8Tender for installation of damaged roof sheets of ESP Details
 8Tender for procurement of materials for routine/breakdown maintenance of transmission lines Details
 8Tender for restoration/rectification of OPGW cable Details
 8Tender for repair and renovation of existing open shed for high rise materials with unloading platform along with electrical items Details
 8Tender for supply and erection of chemical earthing for towers situated Details
 8Tender for survey, supply an installation of 11 kV, 3 pin type, 200 Amps 400 Amps, A B switch Details
 8Tender for rate contract for maintenance of 132/33/11kV grid station Details
 8Tender for erection/ construction of tin shed for the DG set and storage of spare transformers lying Details
 8Tender for repair of damage drains to safeguard machinery including damaged brest walls Details
 8Tender for rate contract for execution of various planned and emergency works during natural calamities for stabilization of HT/LT network including Details
 8Tender for restoration of unit I including procurement of material consumables required Details
 8Tender for repair offencing of chanderkote grid and drains to safeguard machinery including damaged Details
 8Tender for construction of new switch house Details
 8Tender for construction of new switch house at 66 kV s/stn Details
 8Tender for construction of new switch house Details
 8Tender for procurement of portable secondary injection type CT/ PT test equipment Details
 8Tender for complete overhauling of ESP and ash handling system of TPP boilers Details
 8Tender for complete rewinding / revamping of boiler feed water pump motors Details
 8Tender for supply of long travel bogie wheel assembly Details
 8Tender for construction of 2 nos of multistoried tower Details
 8Tender for painting of external surfaces of main plant Details
 8Tender for supply & application of high insulation floor coating at switchgear Details
 8Tender for renovation of electrical installation Details
 8Design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a fully automatic-cum-manual clean agent fluoro-ketone gas- based fire suppression system Details
 8Tender for operation and maintenance of the reverse osmosis RO installed Details
 8Tender for safe demolition / dismantling / deconstruction of the damaged roof structure over the turbine Details
 8Tender for biennial rate contract for schedule maintenance of the newly installed fire detection Details
 8Tender for short shut down maintenance work Details
 8Tender for supply of LT three phase channel cross arm Details
 8Tender for supply of safty equipment for prevention of electrical Details
 8Tender for construction of 11 kV line Details
 8Tender for shifting of lines Details
 8Tender for supply and fixing of LT fuse set box Details
 8Tender for day to day maintenance for civil assets in sub- stations Details
 8Tender for providing AMC for weed control treatment to switch yard 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 work of chemical washing of disc insulator strings of various 132kV & 220 kV lines Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing 11 kV HT line and LT line network Details
 8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of wire rope hoists Details
 8Tender for supply of lighting arrester for 220kV & 400kV switchyard Details
 8Tender for supply, erection & commissioning of 11 kV lines with MVCC conductor & dismantling of existing Details
 8Tender for supply of various instruments for CHP & BOP Details
 8Tender for supply of wall soot blower and oil gun spares for boiler 500 MW Details
 8Tender for work of servicing of TG bearing/RTDs, seal liners TE/EE, servicing/overhauling of HP/IP CV, ESV, IV and misc. AOH related activities Details
 8Tender for supply of switchgear spares Details
 8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of new street light poles with cable laying Details
 8Tender for work of dye penetrant test (DPT), magnetic particle inspection Details
 8Tender for work of as and when required item rate contract for cleaning of suction screens (Jalis) of C.W. pump Details
 8Tender for ARC work of work of erection of 66kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard Details
 8Tender for work of erection, testing & commissioning of 132 & 66 kV equipment, structure, control wiring, earthing etc. Details
 8Design, supply, installation, testing & commissioning and comprehensive maintenance for 5 years of distributed grid-connected solar PV plants Details
 8Tender for supply of energy efficient celling fan Details
 8Tender for replacement of earth wire of single circuit 220kV line Details
 8Tender for work of height rising of various 220kV class EHV line Details
 8Tender for erection of 66 kV S/C line Details
 8Tender for ARC work of erection of 66kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard lighting etc Details
 8Tender for erection work of 66kV line Details
 8Tender for work of complete replacement of FBHE roof structure at boiler Details
 8Design, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 400/220kV equipments & materials Details
 
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8How transmission bottlenecks are threatening India’s renewable energy projects Details
 
8Methane Mitigation Key As India Can Cut 87% of Coking Coal Emissions At Low Cost: IEEFA Report Details
 
8India’s Coal Exchange Reform: How the 2026 Rules Work Details
 
8What's Next For India's Green Energy Policy Sumant Sinha Shares His Vision Details
 
8Avaada Group reaches $1.3 billion financing closure for 2.15 GW renewable energy portfolio Details
 
8Domestic Capital Steps Up For Renewables As FDI Flows Slow Down Details
 
8India’s green energy transition runs into grid constraints Details
 
8BTInfrastructureSummit: Can India Sustain Its Renewable Energy Boom And Power The Future Details
 
8India's Avaada Group clinches USD-1.3bn renewables funding deal Details
 
8Tata Power Renewables breaks ground on 800 MW renewable energy project in Andhra Pradesh Details
 
8Sterling Green Power Solutions Chalks Out Multi-Location Capacity Expansion Plans Details
 
8Cabinet Approves Rs 5,070 Crore PM Surya Sarovar Yojana to Develop 5,000 MW Floating Solar Projects with Energy Storage Details
 
8Himachal to procure 100 hydrogen buses, 1,000 electric buses to boost green mobility Details
 
8Mecpower to set up 5 GWh BESS facility in Gujarat Details
 
8Solar generation rises 37% year-on-year in Q1 FY 2026–27 Details
 
8Vikran Engineering Secures Rs 120.69 Crore POWERGRID Order for 400 kV GIS Substation Extension Package SS-147 Details
 
8Stalin slams TVK govt over power tariff anomalies, seeks bill payment extension Details
 
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Jul 31:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for restoration of the retaining structures and supporting the areas affected by slips/landslides at various Details
 8Tender for providing pedestal for water tanks and replacement of CGI sheet roofing Details
 8Design, engineering, manufacturing, inspection, testing supply, erection & commissioning of latest soft-starter–based governor motor control (GMC) cubicles for OPU pumps Details
 8Tender for complete inspection NDT metallurgical investigation condition assessment and assessment of damaged platen superheater headers and selected boiler pressure parts Details
 8Tender for procurement of sodium hypo chloride Details
 8Tender for services for transmission line works Details
 8Tender for construction of balancing tank, pump room Details
 8Tender for comprehensive maintenance contract for real time data transmission solution Details
 8Tender for balance civil and architectural works of main plant FGD civil works Details
 8Tender for upgradation of CEMS and EQMS connectivity Details
 8Tender for erection, testing and commissioning of C and I package Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil works including construction of minor foundations, plumbing, roof leakage Details
 8Tender for supply, erection, testing, and commissioning of 132kV & 66kV equipment and materials Details
 8Design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 220/132kV 150MVA transformer Details
 8Tender for procurement of IT equipment Details
 8Design, manufacture, fabrication, insection, testing at factory site delivery of GI transmission line towers Details
 8Design, engineering, manufacture, factory testing, supply, transportation, supervision of installation and commissioning of 42 of 595.23kVAr capacitor units, suitable Details
 8Tender for fabrication of lattice structures Details
 8Tender for upgradation of 66kV substation Details
 8Tender for capital work of 220 kV substation Details
 8Tender for AMC/RMC of hydro mechanical equipment installed Details
 8Tender for procurement of sulphuric acid Details
 8Tender for procurement of HT fasteners Details
 8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning with RMS total 100 KW grid connected solar PV power plant Details
 8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning with RMS of 46 KWp grid connected solar PV power plant Details
 8Tender for work of erection of 66kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard lighting Details
 8Tender for supply of tubes, end plates & baffles and work of in situ re-tubing Details
 8Tender for supply of mill discharge first piece after MPO for coal mill Details
 8Tender for biennial rate contract for ash handling plant related Details
 8Tender for work of erection and dismantling of 400kV busbar deteriorated conductor Details
 8Tender for erection work of 66kV LILO line to 66kV sub-station Details
 8Tender for erection of structures, equipments, earthing, control wiring, yard lighting Details
 8Tender for erection of structures, equipments, earthing, control wiring, yard Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for transformers and equipment of 132 kV switchyard Details
 8Tender for day to day operation of pumps, valves installed Details
 8Tender for construction of new demarcation for old plant Details
 8Tender for rate contract of industrial and electrical safety shoe for all work Details
 8Tender for supply of mineral wool based ceramic fire barrier system Details
 8Tender for construction of gate and fencing around Details
 8Tender for protection and strengthening of tower no 179 of 132 kV line Details
 8Tender for bush cutting and fixing RCC pillars Details
 8Tender for turnkey construction of 132/33kV, 50MVA transformer bay Details
 8Tender for procurement of 800 kms.of ACSR ZEBRA conductor Details
 8Tender for erection work of proposed 66kV D/C line Details
 8Tender for empanelment of contractors to award a contract for 33kV and 11kV line Details
 8Tender for estimate for the feeder for new proposed 33/11kV substation Details
 8Tender for estimate for the feeder 33/11 kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of hard facing welding electrode for SS adjustable coal nozzle tips Details
 8Tender for procurement of hydrogen seal rings of TG set, booster pump and MOP bearings Details
 8Tender for supply of transformer oil filtration machine and oil storage tank Details
 8Tender for construction of complaint centre at 33kV S/Stn. Details
 8Tender for construction of complaint centre along with store room Details
 8Tender for construction of complaint centre along with store room at 33kV S/Stn Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for operation and preventive/routine/breakdown maintenance of electrical distribution system Details
 8Tender for augmentation of 66kV line from 220kV SStn Details
 8Tender for procurement of 132/33kV, 80 MVA power transformers Details
 8Tender for service contract for overhauling of boiler non pressure parts air pre heater during Details
 8Tender for procurement of 70KL liquid ammonia Details
 8Tender for service contract for renovation of ventilation duct Details
 8Tender for procurement of SS drop pipe Details
 8Tender for maintenance of railway track Details
 8Tender for work of assistance in carrying out miscellaneous routine maintenance works of 132 kV substation Details
 8Tender for annual operation and maintenance of 3x12.5 MVA, 33/11 kV substation Details
 88Tender for replacement of consumer existing PVC cable by armored cable Details
 8Tender for releasing new LT and HT conn under 33/11 kV substation Details
 8Tender for replacement of existing 11 kV ACSR conductor with 11 kV AAAC AL-59 99 sq.mm covered conductor Details
 8Tender for work for construction of HT/LT lines & S/S for releasing of new service connections Details
 8Tender for work for construction of HT/LT lines Details
 8Tender for work for construction of HT/LT lines & S/S Details
 8Tender for works contract to heighten the pillar boxes in the low lying Details
 8Tender for running works contract for the erection works of LT overhead feeder Details
 8Tender for running works contract for the erection works of LT overhead feeder, HT overhead feeder Details
 8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of new street light poles with cable laying Details
 8Tender for supply & commissioning of various suspension magnet with its control panel Details
 8Tender for running works contract for the erection works of LT overhead feeder, HT overhead feeder, structure erection works, dismantling works Details
 8Tender for procurement of M.S bolt & nut Details
 8Tender for works contract to heighten the pillar boxes Details
 8Tender for running works contract for the erection works of LT overhead feeder, HT overhead feeder, structure erection works Details
 8Tender for provision of annual maintenance contract for control centre, DR centre, RTU and FRTU of SCADA system Details
 8Tender for carryout the renewal of wornout and damaged expansion bellow in hot air ducts Details
 8Tender for replacement of failed and burnt transformer, CTPT replacement new TC installation & transformer Details
 8Tender for replacement of failed and burnt transformer Details
 8Tender for replacement of failed and burnt transformer, CTPT Details
 8Tender for various maintenance works of wagon tippler Details
 8Tender for work of carry out corrosive test of various MS structure of coal handling plant Details
 8Tender for dismantling of conventional lighting system at boiler, ESP, ash plant Details
 8Tender for general cleaning work in power house Details
 8Tender for work of supply, installation, testing and commissioning (SITC) of intelligent addressable hot redundancy based continuously available Details
 8Tender for enhancement of transformation capacity of substations by addition/replacement of T/Fs at 03 Nos. of EHV substations Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing electrical line network Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing electrical line network in to underground cable Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing electrical line network Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing electrical line network in to underground cable Details
 8Tender for misc. civil work Details
 8Tender for work of complete servicing/ overhauling/ defect attending of various hoists and cranes of various Details
 8Tender for work of comprehensive base flow study Details
 8Tender for work of preventive maintenance, shutdown & emergency maintenance of IAC/SAC compressor, air washery Fan/pump motor, ACW/FCW motor Details
 8Tender for work of dismantling replacement / repairing of PF pipe, orifice & PF bend of coal mills Details
 8Tender for work of replacement and retrofitting of existing numerical distance protection relay with line differential inbuilt distance protection relay of 220 kV D/C mixed lines Details
 8Tender for work of RTV coating application on equipments in DC yard Details
 8Tender for AMC for CTR make nitrogen injection fire protection system (NIFPS) for ICTs & transformer Details
 8Tender for chemical washing of disc/PLRI strings of various 400 kV Tr.lines Details
 
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8The Coal Exchange Rules, 2026 Details
 
87 states account for 85% of India's installed solar capacity Details
 
8Brookfield Launches Lumara in India with $600 Million Investment, 6 GW Renewable Energy Portfolio Details
 
8Rooftop Solar Academy Opens in India's Gujarat as First Batch Begins Training Details
 
8POWERGRID Invites Bids For 250 MW/1000 MWh Battery Energy Storage System Across India Details
 
8Deye To Launch Off-Grid Solar Inverters In India Soon: Bharat Singh Details
 
8Ratul Puri on Renewable Energy Growth: Why India Must Focus on Effective Power Delivery Beyond Capacity Addition Details
 
8Domestic Capital Steps Up For Renewables As FDI Flows Slow Down Details
 
8In West Bengal, BJP Govt Pushes Solar Projects As It Reverses TMC Approach Details
 
8Emerge Renewables makes history with light-up ceremony of solar glass manufacturing facility in North India Details
 
8How transmission bottlenecks are threatening India’s renewable energy projects Details
 
8How AI Is powering India’s next generation of smart electricity grids Details
 
8India commissions 2,260 MW thermal capacity in Q1 FY27: CEA Details
 
87 states account for 85% of India's installed solar capacity Details
 
8Inside Ghana's Nationwide Blackout And The Race To Restore Power Details
 
8NLC India Renewables secures 900 MW solar project from GUVNL Details
 
8In power sector, regulatory priorities need sorting out Details
 
8India Targets 6.48 Lakh cKm Transmission Network By 2032 Under National Grid Expansion Plan Details
 
8Schneider Electric India Posts Double-Digit Q2 Growth In Energy And Automation Details
 
8Paresh Ranpara Assumes Charge as NHPC Director (Personnel) Details
 
8TakeMe2Space’s PowerBank-50 becomes India’s first flight-proven battery Details
 
8NTPC Reports 13% Rise in Consolidated Q1 FY27 Profit on Operational Gains Details
 
8Vedanta Power share price falls 4% after Rs 423 crore loss in maiden Q1 results; key details Details
 
8REC, PFC Sign Rs 26,850 Crore Loan Pact with MUNPL for 2,400 MW Meja Thermal Power Project Stage-II Details
 
8Leadership Continuity: SJVN Extends Bhupender Gupta’s Additional CMD Charge for Three Months Details
 
8Tata Power Starts Nuclear Plant Site Surveys in Odisha, Gujarat and MP Details
 
8REC submits Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report for FY 2025-26 Details
 
8SJVN extends additional charge of CMD to Bhupender Gupta until further notice Details
 
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GRID OPERATIONS

Jul 30: 8BHEL says viral 1,200 kV transformer "breakthrough" is recycled news from 2011
8POWERGRID buys the Bhadla-Ramgarh SPV for Rs 12.86 crore to add bays at three substations
8KEC's transmission business reaches a Rs 23,000 crore backlog after Rs 17,700 crore of FY26 orders
8ERPC corrects NVVN-Bhutan's reactive-energy bills after an erroneous calculation
8Bihar and Jharkhand collect the largest shares of Eastern Region's Rs 36.51 lakh reactive-energy pool Details

GERC rejects Jubilant Infrastructure's Rs 9.27 crore tariff gap after finding a Rs 21.66 crore surplus

Jul 30: 8The Gujarat regulator has frozen FY2026 tariffs after independently reversing the licensee's projected revenue gap into a sizeable surplus. Details

Adani Power plans more than Rs 2 lakh crore of expansion while keeping net debt below three times EBITDA

Jul 30: 8Adani Power said its expansion programme exceeds Rs 2 lakh crore and will require an interim debt-market contribution of about Rs 60,000 crore after projected fund flow from operations of more than Rs 1.4 lakh crore over the programme period. Management expects expansion capex of about Rs 25,000 crore in FY27, Rs 33,000 crore in FY28 and more than Rs 35,000 crore thereafter, while seeking to keep net debt-to-EBITDA between two and three times. Details

IEA warns that China's battery export controls could put more than USD 300 billion of downstream production at risk

Jul 30: 8The critical-minerals outlook says restrictions on battery materials, equipment and technology threaten grid storage, electric vehicles, data centres and defence supply chains together. Details

Adani Green's 2,700 MW Nivakane storage project clears the EAC despite a tiger-reserve buffer just 150 metres away

Jul 30: 8The EAC has recommended environmental clearance for the Rs 14,952 crore Nivakane integrated pumped-storage project in Satara, subject to specific safeguards, even as newly proposed components sit about 0.15 km from the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve buffer. Details

Uttarakhand's Gori Ganga and Dhauliganga basin studies fail the EAC's test on carrying capacity and climate hazards

Jul 30: 8The EAC has sent the two basin studies back for new data and basin-specific analysis after finding that they did not properly assess carrying capacity in river systems exposed to landslides, flash floods and GLOFs. Details

Adani Power studies Bina for nuclear generation but says a first project still depends on government rules

Jul 30: 8Adani Power is studying whether its Bina site can meet nuclear-project requirements and is evaluating domestic and overseas technologies, but it said no project has been planned and decisions depend on rules that the government has not yet issued. Management referred to a 10 GW nuclear ambition by 2035 and estimated at least five years for execution once conditions are clear. Details

Malshej Ghat storage plan depends on pumping Kalu River water from a bed found largely dry during inspection

Jul 30: 8THDC proposes to use the Kalu River for initial filling and evaporation losses at its 1,200 MW Malshej Ghat PSP, but the EAC team found the inspected reach dry except for one 40-metre pool. Details

Uttarakhand Ombudsman makes utility staff bear 22 defective-meter billing cycles after a four-and-a-half-year IDF breach

Jul 30: 8The Ombudsman set aside the consumer forum order and directed recovery from the responsible UPCL staff after finding that IDF billing continued for 24 cycles when only the first two could lawfully be charged to the consumer. Details

A Mahabaleshwar eco-zone clearance revives THDC's 1,500 MW Humbarli Birmani project, but forest and wildlife gates remain

Jul 30: 8The EAC has recommended specific ToRs for THDC's Rs 8,470.89 crore Humbarli Birmani pumped-storage project after an eco-sensitive-zone NOC removed the obstacle that caused its April deferral. Details

Adani Power targets 45 GW as Korba and Mahan add 2,920 MW over the next five quarters

Jul 30: 8Adani Power raised its capacity ambition from 42 GW to 45 GW on the same timeline and gave a near-term commissioning sequence: the 1,320 MW Korba Phase II project is expected before December 2026, followed by the first 800 MW Mahan Phase II unit in Q1 FY28 and the second unit normally six months later, although the company is trying to advance it to Q2. Details

Day-ahead and real-time power prices hit Rs 10 per kWh as evening sell bids collapse against demand

Jul 30: 8Both principal exchange products reached the ceiling for hours, while daily averages of Rs 4.81 and Rs 4.35 per kWh concealed the late-evening scarcity. Details

BGR Energy seeks up to Rs 179 crore from promoters as auditors flag material going-concern uncertainty

Jul 30: 8BGR Energy approved up to Rs 29 crore of unsecured loans from its managing director and up to Rs 150 crore of secured or unsecured promoter-group loans, with a conversion option subject to approvals. The company reported a standalone Q1 loss of Rs 226.07 crore on operating revenue of Rs 15.30 crore, while finance costs reached Rs 203.79 crore and auditors said unresolved NARCL assignment terms create material uncertainty over going concern. Details

POWER MARKETS

Jul 30: 8One day of inter-regional deviation produces a Rs 34.96 crore Western Region receipt and Rs 31.48 crore Southern Region charge
8Western Region's inter-regional deviation account swings to a Rs 71.80 crore net receipt in the week ended 19 July
8Eastern Region's weekly deviation pool retains Rs 51.17 crore after Rs 359.69 crore of payables
8Madhya Pradesh receives Rs 27.67 crore from Western Region's deviation pool while Chhattisgarh owes Rs 29.09 crore
8China's mineral export controls push European gallium and heavy-rare-earth prices to five times domestic levels Details

CEA proposes tougher grid rules, with repeated failures potentially leading to disconnection

Aug 05: 8Renewable plants, batteries and large electricity users would become more active participants in grid security under the draft 2026 connectivity standards. Details

India’s grid spent more than a quarter of 4 August outside its permitted frequency band

Aug 05: 8Evening market prices hit Rs. 10 a unit while the frequency-deviation index reached 27.6%, connecting system stress with the cost of last-minute power. Details

NTPC targets 244 GW by 2037 as storage and nuclear power enter the centre of its expansion plan

Aug 05: 8The utility’s long-range portfolio is no longer mainly a coal build: renewables, batteries, hydro and nuclear become essential to the next 165 GW. Details

ACME turns 3.62 GWh of batteries into a high-margin power-trading business

Aug 05: 8Battery operations supplied Rs. 226 crore of quarterly revenue and reported a capex yield above 20%, offering rare evidence of storage economics at scale. Details

Rs. 5,070 crore floating-solar scheme pairs 5 GW of reservoirs with at least 10 GWh of storage

Aug 05: 8PM Surya Sarovar moves floating solar from scattered projects toward a national programme, but reservoir and grid constraints will decide its value. Details

Renewables are 52.6% of installed capacity but supply only about 26% of electricity

Aug 05: 8The gap is not evidence of failure; it shows why flexibility, transmission and storage now matter as much as adding nameplate capacity. Details

Banks have sanctioned Rs. 39,930 crore for rooftop solar, but Rs. 8,278 crore had not yet been disbursed

Aug 05: 8More than 21 lakh loan applications were sanctioned under PM Surya Ghar; the remaining gap shows why approval is not the same as money reaching a household. Details

Tariffs, Settlements and Compliance

Aug 05: 8Lanco Kondapalli’s market settlements are revised after it ran open-cycle instead of closed-cycle Details

State Regulatory Decisions

Aug 05: 8Madhya Pradesh grants its PM MITRA textile park a 25-year power distribution licence
8Maharashtra keeps Rs 48 crore withheld as Warora transmission work slips to May 2028
8Madhya Pradesh orders a banking procedure after renewable applications remained pending
8Punjab opens a tariff case over the unquantified Mega Power benefit at Talwandi Sabo
8Uttar Pradesh begins a railway open-access case after a Supreme Court ruling
8Madhya Pradesh gives itself flexibility to set the electricity ombudsman's compensation Details

Central Regulatory Decisions

Aug 05: 8Sprng Vayu keeps grid access for 105.84 MW but loses another 50.4 MW
8Three renewable developers seek compensation for power lost to transmission constraints
8Tata Power Renewable asks for more time after the inter-state grid was not ready
8CERC questions why a Bhinmal transmission upgrade now costs 34% less than CTUIL estimated
8Scatec seeks to leave a solar PPA without penalty after connectivity was revoked
8CERC reserves its decision on Adani's solar change-in-law claim
8Masaya Solar seeks compensation for several legal changes at its 300 MW project
8Srijan challenges relinquishment charges as CERC asks CTUIL for the recalculated bill
8Adani Wind contests a relinquishment bill tied to its Kutch grid access
8CERC asks CTUIL to disclose Soltown's applications made during and after blacklisting
8POWERGRID faces a documentation test across eight transmission tariff petitions
8CERC reserves Adhunik Power's claim for fuel-cost adjustment and late-payment charges
8NLC asks to pass annual mining surface-right payments through electricity bills
8Jindal's terminated railway power contract returns to CERC
8Himachal utility pursues return of banked energy from Kreate Energy
8MSEDCL seeks enforcement of an earlier CERC order against Coastal Gujarat Power
8OTPC seeks urgent directions while its Palatana tariff for 2024-29 remains unsettled
8Five new transmission assets face a common CERC evidence check before tariff approval
8TP Paradeep seeks permission to mortgage transmission assets for infrastructure funding
8DB Power contests a Rs 59.58 lakh deduction by NTPC's trading arm Details

Grid Operations and Markets

Aug 05: 8IEX volumes rise, but day-ahead prices jump 19% as trading shifts toward real-time and term-ahead markets
8Tripura’s import corridor exceeded its safe transfer level for almost the entire day
8High-voltage conditions persist across parts of the southern grid
8Nearly 59.5 GW of monitored generation was unavailable, with gas plants the weakest link
8Long-duration power-plant outages exceed 35 GW as maintenance and forced losses overlap
8Coal stations hold 37.64 million tonnes, but 30 plants remain in the critical category
8Hydro generation falls 11% while nuclear output rises, leaving total supply almost unchanged Details

Companies, Finance and Manufacturing

Aug 05: 8GE Vernova’s India wind order is 163.4 MW—not the 1,634 MW stated in its headline
8Torrent Power plans Rs. 29,600 crore of renewable investment as gas generation weakens
8Waaree’s inverter arm commissions 3 GW of capacity while its first-year earnings remain thin
8ReNew’s 300 MW solar plant is operating, yet final grid access delays the start of contracted revenue
8Exide commissions a 6 GWh battery factory and targets its first commercial cell revenue in FY2027
8PTC India’s trading volume rises 12%, but quarterly profit falls by nearly one-third
8L&T wins an ‘ultra-mega’ ADNOC offshore order without disclosing the contract value
8RMC Switchgears wins twelve Gujarat utility awards worth Rs. 333.80 crore
8Refex Renewables reports losses, an eroded net worth and a material going-concern uncertainty
8ED provisionally attaches Rs. 179.66 crore of Reliance Infrastructure assets and Reliance Power shares
8NHPC’s new hydro units lift revenue, but Rs. 939 crore of sales remains provisional pending tariffs
8POWERGRID completes the Rajasthan line package supporting a 20 GW renewable zone
8NTPC directs more than half its annual capital spending toward non-fossil and transition businesses
8NTPC cuts sulphur-oxide emissions 22%, while carbon intensity barely moves
8Suzlon’s 6.1 GW order book grows as logistics delay part of its quarterly turbine deliveries
8Punjab approves a Rs. 4.15 crore substation to relieve Mohali’s expanding commercial load Details

Policy and Public Programmes

Aug 05: 8Odisha’s rooftop push reaches nearly 150,000 households, backed by Rs. 714 crore in central support
8Maharashtra adds solar and hydrogen manufacturing capacity, but the cited plants had received no incentive payments
8Tamil Nadu receives 5,187 solar-pump allocations as farm solarisation moves from targets to field delivery
8India added 55.29 GW of non-fossil capacity in one year, nearly twice the previous year’s addition
8PM-KUSUM now reaches more than 30 lakh farmers through pumps and feeder solarisation
8India’s agrivoltaic potential is enormous on paper, but land-use design will decide what is practical
8India identifies 102.18 GW of floating-solar potential but sets no national addition target in the cited framework
8Andhra Pradesh seeks a new green corridor for 18.37 GW of solar and pumped storage
8Jammu and Kashmir cancels stalled solar allocations while nearly completing a separate pump programme
8PM Surya Ghar crosses 14.5 GW, with more than 49 lakh households covered
8India awards 3 GW of electrolyser capacity as green-hydrogen demand commitments begin to form
8West Bengal’s rooftop applications surge, but installations remain a small fraction of demand
8Maharashtra has 2.62 lakh rooftop applications waiting for vendors to report installation
8India earmarks Rs. 2,000 crore for EV charging without setting a highway charger-count target
8India’s electric-car manufacturing scheme closed with zero applications
8Auto PLI draws Rs. 52,414 crore of investment, but India still has no separate post-E20 flex-fuel roadmap
8SECI begins a geothermal search across the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
8SECI consults industry on a national PM-KUSUM portal Details

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8Tender for construction of balance works transit camp, store and other misc. civil works Details
 
8Tender for constructing 11 kV double circuit line Details
 
8Tender for augmentation work of 200 MVA transformer at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for renewal of gravelling at 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for remaining work of construction of 220 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of foundation for 50 MVA transformer and its bay at 132 kV GSS Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33 kV sub station Details
 
8Tender for procurement of consumable and stock items for test unit Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance work of 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply and fixing of 11 kV fault passage indicator Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance work of 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply of 132 kV substation Details
 
8Tender for construction work of 11kV line Details
 
8Tender for supply of LTSH and economizer coils for boiler stage Details
 
8Tender for work of penthouse roof restrengthening and repairing in boilers Details
 
8Tender for work of providing and fixing of differential line protection relay Details
 
8Tender for work of revetment on tower of 132kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of transportation installation and commissioning of emergency restoration system ERS tower of 132 kV line Details
 
8Tender for work of repairing of siemens bay control unit of 400 kV GIS S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132kV AIS S/S Details
 
8Tender for installation of additional earthing with shield wire and Counterpoise type earthing of towers Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for supply of 8 Mtr. long 140 Kg. PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for new 33/11 kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for renovation of control room, sub station Details
 
8Tender for work of cold line washing of disc insulator strings of various 132kV & 220 kV lines Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract (electrical) for EOT cranes Details
 
8Tender for housekeeping job of electrical control rooms and various Details
 
8Tender for replacement of top air preheater Details
 
8Tender for supply of idler frame Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying waterproofing treatment of various Details
 
8Tender for removal of old fills, distribution headers and providing fixing and erecting of new PVC fills and PVC distribution headers Details
 
8Tender for construction of proposed land (1.09 acre) adjoining 220 kV S/S Details
 
8Tender for construction of damaged and replacement of UC fencing Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual work of fabrication of 66kV 'H' frame structure and accessories for various 'H' frame line Details
 
8Tender for supply of self starter motors and alternators Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying interlocking paver blocks Details
 
8Tender for providing railing and drainage work Details
 
8Tender for major overhauling of unit of 2X50 MW hydro electric project Details
 
8Tender for construction of 33kV bay and associated works Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of chain link cage distribution transformer Details
 
8Tender for supply and retrofitment of Ni-Cd battery banks at various substations Details
 
8Tender for supply of surge arresters and accessories for various substations Details
 
8Tender for procurement of discharge rods and leads for 765 kV voltage levels Details
 
8Tender for work of stay set complete Details
 
8Tender for electrical renovation works Details
 
8Tender for electrical works for shifting of inter-connection point for 1.5MW solar power plant Details
 
8Tender for setting up of 90MW/225MWH battery energy storage system Details
 
8Tender for Bi-annual item rate contract for the work of loading, unloading and stacking of any material/equipment Details
 
8Tender for civil works of ICT, 1500 MVA, 765kV and its associated bay works at 765 kV and 400kV switchyard Details
 
8Tender for annual rate contract for providing and fixing of 11 kV heat shrinkable outdoor, indoor & straight through joint type cable Details
 
8Tender for supply & installation of anti climbing device (ACD) in the 132 kV transmission line Details
 
8Tender for BCC & gravel spreading in 220kV & 132kV switchyard Details
 
8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning with RMS of total 340 kW grid connected solar PV power plant Details
 
8Tender for miscellaneous civil works contract Details
 
8Tender for bulk procurement of V-belts Details
 
8Tender for waterproofing treatment works Details
 
8Tender for procurement of premium transmission make fluid coupling assembly Details
 
8Tender for providing and laying vitrified floor tiles Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance contract for plant Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance contract Details
 
8Tender for supply of positioner for control valves Details
 
8Tender for work of providing services for loading, unloading, shifting and stacking of materials Details
 
8Tender for supply of various protective shields, guide pipes Details
 
8Tender for uniform water flow distribution Details
 
8Tender for supply of castable refractory and alumina binder Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for HP turbine for COH of 250MW KWU turbine set Details
 
8Tender for renovation of compound wall at 220kV substation Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 50 sets of 33kV porcelain clad outdoor vacuum circuit breakers with supporting structures. Details
 
8Tender for supply of 22kV/433-250V 100kVA (7 Nos) ,160kVA (15 Nos) and 250kVA (4 Nos) BEE energy efficiency level 2 ( 1 star) 3 phase distribution transformers Details
 
8Tender for work of overhauling, servicing, repair and maintenance of 145kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for construction work of install new 1 x 8 MVA power transformer Details
 
8Tender for procurement of diaphragm valves and its spares for M/s crane process flow diaphragm valves installed Details
 
8Tender for requirement of spares for pumps installed Details
 
8Tender for annual contract for deputation of service engineer for inspection /servicing of boiler feed pumps Details
 
8Tender for consultancy engineering services to carry out balance works for setting up of one No. wagon tippler Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for supply of 9.1 Mtr. long 280 Kg. PCC poles Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for water ring vacuum pump model size200 mechanical exhauster Details
 
8Tender for procurement of metallic expansion bellows with HT fasteners for tubular type air preheater and various Details
 
8Tender for work contract for COH of TG set Details
 
8Tender for repair and strengthening of damaged bituminous Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of damage AB cable Details
 
8Tender for work of laying of an underground line from the 33/11 kV sub-station Details
 
8Tender for work of conversion of OH line to 11 kV underground crossing Details
 
8Tender for operation & maintenance of 33/11kV substation Details
 
8Tender for execution of 33 and 11 kV electrical erection works for PTR capacity Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares for booster pump Details
 
8Tender for upkeeping works in fuel oil handling system Details
 
8Tender for work of stub strengthening of 220kV and 66kV various lines Details
 
8Tender for providing & fixing of chain link fencing around transformer Details
 
8Tender for erection of equipment and structure, control wiring, yard lighting, control room wiring, etc. Details
 
8Tender for supply of 250 W LED flood light Details
 
8Tender for work of conversion of existing 110 kV SCSC line Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various types of spare (relays) of converter transformer Details
 
8Tender for AMC for battery sets maintenance work (220 Volts & 48 Volts) and charger repair work Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & installation of advance cable transit system by passive fire screen Details
 
8Tender for work of fabrication and supply of 50 kL empty oil tank Details
 
8Tender for work of providing & fixing of sheet moulding compound trench cover chequered plate Details
 
8Tender for supply of spares and complete mechanism overhauling of 220kV & 132kV circuit breakers Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of old battery set by new battery set Details
 
8Tender for work of supply, installation and commissioning of 100% hot redundancy based continuously available Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 
8Wind Turbine Manufacturers-body seek export-linked incentives, PLI for forging facilities to make indigenous products competitive Details
 
8Ola Electric Share Jumps 6.7% After Signing 20 GWh Battery Storage MoU With Axis Energy Details
 
8Govt auctions six blocks in 15th round of commercial coal auctions Details
 
8Panel proposes easier coal mining rules, 20-year lease extension on cards: Sources Details
 
8Indian Solar Cells May Soon Get Uniform 14-Digit Model Codes Under ALMM Details
 
8Sunkind India secures 250 MWp solar EPC orders Details
 
8INOX Solar's Strategy For India's Solar Boom Details
 
8Evren signs 750 MW PPA for solar, wind and battery storage project in India Details
 
8INA Solar Joins Hands with HeadsUp B2B in New Business Collaboration Details
 
8Refex Renewables Q1: Revenue Rises 32.6% in Q1 FY27; Net Loss Narrows to Rs 3.14 Crore Details
 
8Meine Electric is building fast-charging iron-air batteries to store solar power overnight Details
 
8IEEMA hosts ElectraNorth 2026 to boost power sector growth Details
 
8India's power supply position remains adequate, installed capacity reaches 548.86 GW: Govt Details
 
8India’s distributed renewables hold vast potential, with rooftop solar leading the way Details
 
8Bhel, Adani among key gainers of $5.5-trn Asia energy capex: Morgan Stanley Details
 
8JSW Energy 300 MW Solar Project Rating Affirmed by Ind-Ra Details
 
8UP Supplementary Budget: Ganga Expressway Expansion, Power Sector Bailout Take Top Billing Details
 
8Role of distributed resources in energy transition: A multi-country perspective Details
 
8Sunkind India secures 250 MWp solar EPC orders Details
 
8Bangladesh's distributed energy resource sector taking shape, driven by industrial rooftop solar Details
 
8Advait, MEIL forge power & energy transition alliance Details
 
8The next semiconductor race will be won by talent ecosystems, not subsidies alone Details
 
8MENA Renewable Energy: Alcazar Signs 407 MW Wind PPA in Egypt Details
 
8One-third shift to solar irrigation could save Bangladesh $244m in diesel imports: Study Details
 
8SECI, CEEW Sign MoU to Accelerate India’s Clean Energy Transition Through Next-Generation Renewable Energy Details
 
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Contracting news for the day

Aug 04: 8BHEL's Koradi EPC tender keeps one contractor liable across three separately billed work orders Supply, E&C, and civil are split into distinct work orders after LOA, but a breach in one carries consequences across all three under a cross-default clause. Milestone withholding at 0.5% per week kicks in for detailed engineering and bottom ash hopper readiness alone, hitting cash flow before final LD is even calculated. The tender discloses no owner estimate, leaving bidders to build their own price anchor from scratch.

8NTPC's Rs 56.92 crore Great Nicobar enabling-works tender puts tree-clearance on the critical path for a 108 MW plant Three separated sites — one nearly 37 km from the main plant — must be graded, cleared and walled before the real EPC packages can even mobilise. The invitation states nothing about disposal areas, water, power, or who handles forestry clearance. Bid security of Rs 1 crore is locked up before any of those gaps get resolved.

8UPCL's Rs 64.53 crore Rishikesh undergrounding tender lets "latest specification prevails" stand in for a real document hierarchy A pre-bid answer resolves conflicting technical documents with a single line, but never defines how a bidder identifies which specification is actually the latest. A request for existing 11kV VCB panel drawings — the brownfield replacement item — got no data back, only a pointer to the same SBD.

8TNPGCL's semi-dry FGD tender for North Chennai-I has scheduled its final pre-bid meeting six days after bid opening Seven corrigenda pushed bid opening to August 28, while five separate postponements pushed the pre-bid meeting to September 3 — inverting the normal procurement sequence. The package still demands a 25-year design life and 95% availability over a 120-day test, priced against a chronology that hasn't stabilised.

8TNPGCL's seawater FGD tender for North Chennai-II is being extended even as internal notes propose scrapping and refloating it A committee chaired by the state energy minister has flagged the live tender for review, yet portal deadlines keep moving forward regardless — the latest extension notice carries an internal signature dated after the closing date it supposedly authorised. The SCC still references limestone and gypsum milestones despite the core process being seawater-based, a mismatch nobody has reconciled.

8AVVNL's Rs 90.86 crore PCC pole tender adds a curing method with no way to prove compliance An amendment now requires water "poured through gunny bags" after manufacturing, but specifies no duration, frequency, or inspection record for 3.5 lakh poles feeding 11kV and LT networks. The correction sits alongside a routine fix of the wrong Discom's name on the bidder declaration form.

8NTPC's generator transformer tender for Rihand pays 0% interest on delayed settlements while demanding exact legacy-foundation matches A new GCC clause removes any compensation for delayed payments, retention, or arrears — even as the contractor absorbs full risk for matching foundations, LV ducts and jumper geometry on a 1980s-era installation. Type-test waivers depend on evidence from the same manufacturing plant, narrowing the field to firms with an unbroken test lineage.

8OPTCL's Rs 256.29 crore Pahala GIS tender can't agree with itself on whether it's a one-stage or two-stage bid The portal lists "Two Stages," the signed notice says "single stage two part system" — a distinction that changes whether bidders lock in price at first submission or refine it later. The package bundles a greenfield substation, a 9.94 km line and live-bay extensions at an operating GIS into one energisation-linked EPC scope.

8UPRVUNL's Rs 3,953 crore Rihand-Obra pumped storage tender makes developers fund their own site investigation with no fallback if it fails Seven extensions have pushed the deadline 123 days past its original date while the bidder still must locate the exact project layout, prepare the DPR, and absorb the cost if it proves unviable — before quoting a 40-year fixed storage charge. Reservoir curtailment for dam safety carries zero compensation despite feeding directly into the developer's guaranteed 90% availability obligation.

8KPCL's 3.6 lakh MT biomass pellet tender rejected every request to split its single-supplier award across three power stations Seven-plus bidders pushed for plant-wise lots or MSME access during pre-bid; KPCL's answer was "bid stipulation stands" almost every time. The tender quietly fixed a GST error from 18% to 5% and clarified a 75:25 payment split, but left the Rs 3.77 crore vs Rs 3.78 crore EMD conflict unresolved.

8GSECL's Rs 47.68 lakh Ukai cooling-water tender can withhold an entire month's payment for undefined "fouling" The penalty clause ties corrosion deviations to 0.5% of total order value per 0.1 mpy breach, but never sets the baseline delta-T or delta-P at which fouling becomes penal. A resident B.Sc. technician must staff the plant around the clock for a contract whose chemical quantities remain provisional.

8NHPC's Rs 4.12 lakh internal-controls audit tender disagrees with its own attached contract on EMD, bank guarantee, and arbitration The GeM bid sheet says none of the three apply; the NIT and GCC require all three, including a 5% performance security and Faridabad-jurisdiction dispute clause. The qualification table's stated minimums add up to only 35 of the 60 marks needed to clear technical scoring.

8GETCO's Rs 138,684.07 lakh transformer tender nearly doubles OEM warranty exposure to five years The guarantee period jumps from 36/42 months to 60/66 months, paired with mandatory unit-level SFRA testing at every factory — not just a sample. A redesigned OLTC tap range from -10%/+10% requires a special matching plate just to keep new units synchronised with the legacy centre-tap-05 fleet already on the grid.

8TANTRANSCO's Coimbatore 765kV BOOT tender loosened its reverse-auction rules after six deadline extensions Corrigendum 9 dropped the requirement that price cuts above 0.25% move in fixed multiples, opening the door to irregular, sharper undercuts in the final auction. Bidders are quoting a single 35-year transmission charge across substations and lines with staggered 30- and 36-month CODs, where revenue only starts once every prerequisite element is live. Details

Avaada secures $1.3 billion for 2.15 GW as renewable financing shifts toward portfolio-scale execution

Aug 04: 8Avaada’s financing package covers 2.15 GW of renewable capacity and totals about $1.3 billion, placing it among the larger recent portfolio financings in India’s clean-energy market. The scale matters beyond the borrower: lenders are underwriting multi-project construction and operating risk at a time when evacuation readiness, module supply, curtailment and counterparty payment remain central to project cash flows. Details

IEX prices tightened into 4 August as real-time and day-ahead blocks repeatedly touched Rs. 10,000/MWh

Aug 04: 8The Indian Energy Exchange’s real-time market cleared 198,469 MWh on 3 August at an average market-clearing price of Rs. 5,397.50/MWh, the highest average in the visible 28 July–4 August series. Several fifteen-minute intervals reached Rs. 10,000/MWh. The day-ahead market for 4 August delivery cleared 186,202 MWh at a weighted average Rs. 4,363.97/MWh, also the highest weighted average in that comparison window, with further ceiling-priced blocks. Details

India’s July generation rose 7.34% as thermal and nuclear gains offset an 18.15% hydro contraction

Aug 04: 8CEA’s final July daily-generation series puts monitored electricity generation at 143,924.84 GWh, 7.34% above the comparable level embedded in the report. Thermal generation increased 12.12% and nuclear output 18.63%, while hydro generation fell 18.15%. The divergence matters because stronger coal and nuclear output compensated for weaker water-based generation during the monsoon period, changing both fuel use and system flexibility. Details

Government designs Rs. 5,070-crore Surya Sarovar scheme for 5 GW of floating solar backed by at least 10 GWh of storage

Aug 04: 8The proposed PM Surya Sarovar programme would support 5 GW of floating solar coupled with a minimum 10 GWh of storage, with central financial assistance of Rs. 1 crore per MW and an estimated public outlay of Rs. 5,070 crore. Sanctions are envisaged during FY2026-27 to FY2030-31, with disbursement continuing through FY2032-33. Against an existing floating-solar base of roughly 700 MW, the plan would create a large, centrally supported market for reservoir-based generation and storage. Details

Jharkhand tariff orders reopen DVC’s historical accounts but preserve a Rs. 13,248.78-crore surplus finding against an immediate hike

Aug 04: 8A linked set of Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission orders has revisited DVC’s true-ups and revenue-gap calculations after appellate remands. In the FY2021-22 case, the Commission records that unaccounted non-tariff income and carrying cost through FY2023-24 produced a net surplus of Rs. 13,248.78 crore and concluded that no tariff hike was required in that order. Two related remand calculations refer to Rs. 1,139.17 crore and Rs. 1,090.07 crore for earlier true-up periods, underscoring the size of the reconciliation now moving through the DVC-Jharkhand tariff chain. Details

APERC makes prudent, competitive procurement a condition for utility spending to enter consumer tariffs

Aug 04: 8The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued the Procurement, Investment and Cost Control Regulations, 2026, creating a uniform framework for transmission and distribution licensees whose capital and operating expenditure ultimately enters consumer tariffs. The regulation applies to transmission schemes above Rs. 20 crore and distribution schemes above Rs. 5 crore, and is designed to stop restrictive tender conditions, preferential purchasing, cartelisation, collusive bidding, artificial splitting of orders and avoidable cost escalation. Details

CERC proposes 25-year transmission-charge treatment for integrated renewable-plus-storage plants, rewriting how batteries qualify across charging cycles

Aug 04: 8The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s draft fifth amendment to the interstate transmission-charge sharing regulations proposes that a renewable or renewable-hybrid generating station whose connectivity specifies storage as part of a single scheduled entity should retain waiver treatment for up to 25 years from the renewable plant’s commercial-operation date. The clarification addresses a bankability problem for firm and dispatchable renewable-energy and round-the-clock contracts: storage may be commissioned later or replaced during a long PPA, but the integrated project would be treated according to the renewable station’s waiver tenure rather than restarting the clock for the battery. Details

CORPORATE ORDERS AND RISK

Aug 04: 8HBL Engineering wins a Rs. 31.49-crore Kavach 4.0 order with delivery extending to March 2028
8L&T enters PDO’s six-year EPC contractor pool without a committed order value
8Zelio E-Mobility faces a customs classification challenge over imported electric-scooter kits Details

STATE UTILITIES AND TARIFFS

Aug 04: 8WBERC cuts HMEL’s recoverable capacity charge after its two units were unavailable for 352 days
8CESC Mysuru’s annual loss narrows, but negative equity deepens beyond Rs. 3,200 crore as debt and receivables rise
8Telangana discom’s energy audit records 22.53% AT&C losses as collection efficiency falls to 84.39%
8KSEB sets August fuel surcharge at zero after carried-forward savings exceed June’s liability
8Meghalaya utilities retender a five-year regulatory and commercial advisory mandate after cancelling the earlier process
8KERC opens consultation on intra-state connectivity and GNA rules that will govern access to Karnataka’s networks
8PPGCL says Rs. 1,350 crore of FGD spending is stranded while UPPCL withholds shutdown consent and disputes change in law
8UPERC rejects retrospective tower-base compensation for a line built before Uttar Pradesh’s 2018 policy
8Two Amplus petitions ask UPERC to restore full renewable-energy banking and settle energy already injected
8Uttar Pradesh transmission licensees reopen charges, late-payment surcharge and schedule relief across eight proceedings Details

CREDIT AND PROJECT FINANCE

Aug 04: 8Sterling & Wilson Renewable Energy’s long-term facilities fall to BBB- as Rs. 4,571 crore of debt is reviewed
8SJVN Thermal’s Buxar debt rating holds at A- as Unit II misses a stated end-July schedule test
8Apraava guarantor downgrade cuts Rajasthan transmission debt from AAA(CE) to AA+(CE)
8Avaada closes $1.3 billion financing for a 2.15-GW hybrid and solar portfolio
8SECI seeks a trading partner to manage renewable power, shifting surplus and dispatch risk into a formal collaboration Details

PLANNING AND SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Aug 04: 8Kishtwar hydro companies spent Rs. 2,331 crore-equivalent in five-year CSR allocations without an independent social audit
8India added 55.2 GW of non-fossil capacity in FY2025-26 but smart-meter rollout reached only 28% of RDSS sanctions
8CPRI opens a Nashik regional laboratory for transformer, switchgear and meter testing
8North Bengal received Rs. 1,350.56 crore of RDSS works, with district execution sharply uneven
8India’s power deficit stayed near zero, but first-quarter FY2026-27 unmet energy exceeded the full prior-year gap
8National planning now assumes 105 GW of additional coal-and-lignite capacity by 2035-36
8Storage pipeline reaches 163 GWh under construction as India plans for peak-demand resilience Details

COURTS AND REGIONAL REGULATION

Aug 04: 8APTEL reopened SEIL Energy’s transmission-charge appeal after finding its 2019 judgment required review
8APTEL gives TNERC three months to reconsider VSR Solar’s project-specific COD extension
8APTEL sends Tata Power’s decade-old Mumbai tariff issues back to MERC for a fresh order within three months
8GERC ends Shivalakha Solar’s Rs. 11.25/kWh tariff claim after repeated non-prosecution
8JSERC’s four DVC true-ups identify more than Rs. 5,862 crore of annual gaps across four years
8Western pool deficit reached Rs. 1,617 crore as regional committee flagged LC defaults
8WRPC opens settlement questions over coal quality, FGD stages and secondary-fuel compensation
8JP Nigrie’s coal-linked declaration dispute moves from plant operations into regional settlement
8Southern operators cap Karnataka export near 3,000 MW while Kalpakka corridor work remains incomplete
8AGC communications failed across 14.5 GW of southern capacity, weakening automatic balancing coverage
8Southern committee finds SPS mock-test failures and captive-generation data gaps
8Pinnapuram trip prompts an OEM-backed protection-setting change after the earlier 1,200-MW disturbance Details

POWER MARKETS AND PROCUREMENT

Aug 04: 8Day-ahead power for 4 August cleared at Rs. 4.36/kWh as multiple exchange blocks hit the Rs. 10/kWh ceiling
8Tripura’s import corridor exceeded TTC for almost four-fifths of 2 August despite no reported regional shortage
8DNHDDPDCL’s import corridor breached transfer capability for 118 hours in July
8Northern evening shortage narrowed to 155 MW as peak requirement climbed above 85.5 GW
8Uttarakhand’s 2 August gap forced steel-furnace rostering after both Khatima transformers tripped
8Rajasthan sought four 500-MW thermal packages as August–October peak procurement intensified
8Chhattisgarh discom sought 400 MW for September evenings with a Rs. 10/kWh ceiling Details

CORPORATE AND CAPITAL MARKETS

Aug 04: 8Voltamp will spend up to Rs. 90 crore on a 2,300-MVA dry-transformer plant after its EHV factory slipped two months
8POWERGRID and Apraava take control of two renewable-zone transmission SPVs serving Andhra Pradesh
8Coal India posted its highest July despatch while e-auction buyers took only one-third of offered coal
8CEA says July hydro generation fell 18.15% even as coal and nuclear output rose double digits Details

REGULATION AND PUBLIC POLICY

Aug 04: 8CERC grants Ishanagar Power Transmission a separate licence under the regulated-tariff route
8India curtailed 7.59 BU of renewable electricity in FY2025-26 as delayed transmission dwarfed real-time grid constraints
8Telangana stayed outside RDSS smart metering even as India installed 5.73 crore scheme meters
8Bihar completed no new RDSS substation despite 167 sanctions as the scheme enters its final 20 months
8Assam targets April 2027 for Phase-I grid upgrades but faces a 15,280-MVA requirement by 2034-35
8Coal Exchange Rules entered force without a single operator applying in the platform’s first fortnight
8Centre rejects a coal-royalty revision and says Odisha’s six-year-old demand was dropped
8Commercial-coal auctions reached 132 allocated blocks, but only 15 were producing by June Details

GRID OPERATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION

Aug 04: 8Southern grid met 56.05 GW on 3 August with no headline shortage despite multiple 765-kV and 400-kV trips
8DNHDDPDCL exceeded its transfer capability for 117.8 hours in July
8Tripura repeatedly imported above transfer limits as north-eastern constraints tightened
8Western operators curtailed renewables to control underdrawal and high frequency
8Northern peak shortage fell from 475 MW to 155 MW as demand rose above 85 GW
8Telangana’s unrestricted peak demand reached 16,057 MW without a reported deficit
8MSEDCL retains eight-hour farm supply schedules where technical constraints block daytime service
8IREDA’s PROFIN portal centralises lender monitoring and approval workflows
8PM Surya Ghar vendors must use a standard logo framework on rooftop systems
8ERPC records Godda’s June electricity exports to Bangladesh at 1,005.98 GWh Details

FUEL AND GENERATION

Aug 04: 8Commercial coal auctions have awarded 141 mines, but only 23 produced in FY2025-26
8Domestic-coal power plants held roughly 34 million tonnes as the August series opened Details

GREEN ENERGY AND STORAGE

Aug 04: 8SECI seeks a trading partner to manage renewable-power inventory and market risk
8SECI maps domestic CO? sources for green urea and RFNBO-compliant methanol
8CEA counts 150.97 GW of renewable capacity under construction at end-June
8India may need 208–230 GWh of battery storage by 2030, against roughly 7.5 GWh now
8Solar generated 57 BU in the June quarter and supplied 10.9% of India’s electricity Details

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Aug 04:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for work of supply and installation of bird diverters (BFD) on 132kV DC transmission line Details
 8Tender for deputation of service engineer for quarterly servicing,maintenance & trouble shooting of PLC system & VFD drives of various auxiliaries Details
 8Tender for supply of knife gate valve for ash handling plant Details
 8Tender for work of power/control instrument cable tray cleaning, cable tracing & redressing and miscellaneous works Details
 8Tender for surface preparation, supply and application of anti-corrosive protective coating on fire pipelines, associated auxiliaries and structures Details
 8Tender for service for general civil work at various Details
 8Tender for fabrication and erection of wind barrier in LHP stack yard. Details
 8Tender for erection and installation of 63MVA T/F along Details
 8Tender for construction of 01 No. 132kV GIS bay Details
 8Tender for upgradation of 132/33kV substation Details
 8Tender for rate contract for removing, lifting, shifting, dismantling and overhauling of 6.6 kV HT motors Details
 8Tender for work of ash lifting of ESP Details
 8Tender for turnkey for 33/11 new S/S Details
 8Tender for award of contract for system strengthening works for survey installation testing and commissioning of new 5 MVA 33/11kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares of belt weigher scale Details
 8Tender for work of repairing of various pulleys of conveyor belts Details
 8Tender for work of attending leaky tubes, joint replacement and tube nest replacement of LP heaters Details
 8Tender for supply of 90/10 cupronickel condenser tubes Details
 8Tender for procurement of material under PJ group Details
 8Tender for strengthening of various towers under AEE/TL Ludhiana Details
 8Tender for strengthening of various towers Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for overhauling/servicing/ repairing of 33kV VCBs of various make at various EHV substation Details
 8Tender for supply of spares for AHP valves Details
 8Tender for replacement of old defective lighting distribution panels Details
 8Tender for retrofitting of existing GE ACBs with ACB of other manufacturer Details
 8Tender for supply of various insulation materials for boiler Details
 8Tender for supply of fire water pump-3 with motor Details
 8Tender for supply of various consumables, measuring instruments, tools tackles, CPVC and fasteners items Details
 8Tender for shifting of RMU and UG infrastructure for various Details
 8Tender for construction of 33kV underground line Details
 8Tender for shifting and dismantling of 33kV feeder Details
 8Tender for shifting and dismantling of 11kV feeder No.5 with MVCC Details
 8Tender for construction of 33 kV bay at 33/11kV sub-station Details
 8Tender for supply and retrofitment of 400kV circuit breakers Details
 8Tender for provision of hume pipe Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil maint. works Details
 8Tender for fabrication and fitting fixing of GCI open storage shed for improving of storage and handling capacity Details
 8Tender for empanelment of agencies for restoration of distribution infrastructure during Details
 8Tender for supply of 3 phase reference meter with clamp -0.05s accuracy class for HT meter/smart meter testing Details
 8Tender for procurement of different HP valves Details
 8Tender for Re-babbitting service work including testing, packing, transportation, loading-unloading and insurance of 01 set thrust oil box Details
 8Tender for installation and commissioning of 200 MVA, 220/110 kV transformer bank Details
 8Tender for resurfacing of road inside substation, extension of road to 11kV yard Details
 8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning for carrying out the the work of providing 2 Nos. 11 kV independent feeder Details
 8Tender for const of 33 kV s/s Details
 8Tender for Re-const of 33 kV s/s Details
 8Tender for civil work for transformer augmentation of 220/132 kV 100 MVA T/F Details
 8Tender for construction of capacitor bank at 220 kV GSS, Kuchera Details
 8Tender for construction of capacitor bank at 132 kV GSS, Degana Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Merta Road Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Dayalpura Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Merta City Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS, Datina Details
 8Tender for transformer augmentation civil work at 132 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for construction work of 132 kV DC underground cable Details
 8Tender for construction of 132 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for supply of chemicals/reagents for various analyzers installed Details
 8Tender for supply of spares of auto lubrication system Details
 8Tender for supply and erection testing and commissioning for upgrading /modification of guard pond water system and LT switchgear installed Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares for initial inspection of generator Details
 8Tender for supply of spares of cooling towers fan Details
 8Tender for procurement of actuator spares for LT electrical systems Details
 8Tender for supply of spares for chiller plants and associated MCC, pulleys for Air washers/AHU and strip heaters Details
 8Tender for procurement of spares of centrifuges Details
 8Tender for replacement work of 33 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 241 Sq.mm conductor Details
 8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line Details
 8Tender for procurement of 11 Nos 420kV and 05 Nos. 245kV capacitive voltage transformer Details
 8Tender for biennial service for housekeeping job Details
 8Tender for manufacture, testing, supply and delivery of porcelain housed 12 and 42 kV 10 KA station class zinc oxide heavy duty gapless type lightning arrester Details
 8Tender for drawal of new 33 kV UG cable in between 33kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of potential transformer of various voltage class Details
 8Tender for work of overhauling, servicing, repair and maintenance of 245 kV circuit breakers Details
 8Tender for AMC for work of arresting oil leakages from the various joints of power transformers / ICTs & oil filled equipments Details
 8Tender for work of supply, installation and commissioning of 100% hot redundancy based continuously available fire alarm panel Details
 8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
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Coal output from captive, commercial mines rises 9.6% to 14.8 mt in July Details
 
8NTPC records 15% growth in power generation in July Details
 
8India’s next manufacturing opportunity lies beyond solar modules Details
 
8Bluebird Solar to supply 278 MW of PV modules for SJVN projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan Details
 
83.5 MW rooftop solar fuels Jupiter Wagons’ green manufacturing Details
 
8FTCCI facilitates high-level dialogue; TGSPDCL qcts on Solar Developers’ concerns Details
 
8JinkoSolar Unveils “Sunny 365” Integrated PV-Storage Solutions for Retail and Supermarkets Details
 
8India’s 175 GWh pumped storage race: 3 stocks chasing a Rs 1.3 lakh crore opportunity Details
 
8From Climate Risk to Resilience: Strengthening India’s Power Systems Details
 
8From 3 GW to 162 GW: The rise of India’s solar power sector Details
 
8Solar energy generation rises by more than a third in India Details
 
8India's power capacity likely to reach 874 GW by 2031-32; grid modernisation, storage to drive reliability Details
 
8Advait Energy Transitions (AETL) and Manipal Energy & Infratech (MEIL) Enter Strategic Cooperation Agreement to Pursue Power & Energy Transition Opportunities Details
 
8India’s Renewable Energy Hits Record High as Coal Share Declines Details
 
8India records over 265 million cyberattack attempts: Report Details
 
8Role of distributed resources in energy transition: A multi-country perspective Details
 
8IIT Hyderabad launches India’s first industry-academia programme in nuclear technology Details
 
8Corrosion costs India Rs 14.1 trn annually; infra, energy worst-hit: Report Details
 
8Laser Power & Infra Wins HPSEBL Order for Advanced HTLS Conductors Details
 
8kolkata Power Capacity Expansion Reshapes Energy Future Details
 
8Power firms race to secure nuclear sites: NTPC, Adani, Tata identify locations Details
 
8PFC Transfers Two Renewable Energy Transmission SPVs to Apraava Energy and Power Grid Details
 
8From 8.78 GW to 100 GW: How SHANTI Act plans to transform India’s nuclear sector and when can private firms apply for licences Details
 
8DRDO-Azad Engineering turbojet milestone: How 350 kg engine could power India’s next-gen cruise missiles Details
 
8Target 100 GW of nuclear power by 2047: NTPC, Adani, Tata Power preparing to take the plunge Details
 
8NHPC receives ESG scores from Crisil ESG Ratings & Analytics Details
 
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Aug 03: 8NPCIL's Rs 91.48 crore Kaiga township tower tender resurrects a financial test it had originally struck out An addendum reinstates the profit-before-tax qualification clause literally days before bid submission, converting a previously inapplicable condition into a hard eligibility gate. Two 12-storey residential towers must rise with just a one-month stagger between them, forcing genuinely parallel construction rather than sequential learning. NPCIL can demand additional machinery deployment at no extra cost whenever site progress falls behind.

8MAHAGENCO's 145 MW Kacharala solar tender locks consortium equity in place for the life of the contract Parent-company technical support requires continuous shareholding through both construction and the full five-year O&M period, with no post-award restructuring permitted. The EPC scope bundles generation, a 220/33kV pooling substation and long-term operations into one indivisible package. Qualification thresholds are calibrated to favour established utility-scale developers over emerging EPC entrants.

8Bihar's 150 MW solar-plus-storage tender obligates developers to guarantee 2 MWh of daily peak dispatch per MW The procurer selects four peak hours each day at its own discretion, while the developer may freely trade the same battery capacity on power exchanges during off-peak windows. A PBG of Rs 35.60 lakh/MW creates a Rs 26.70 crore liquidity commitment at maximum bid size, backstopped by a six-month penal window before uncommissioned capacity is stripped from the PPA. Battery technology itself may be swapped mid-contract, but all replacement risk sits with the developer.

8GETCO's Rs 224.80 crore Dholera-II GIS tender shifts liquidated damages from delayed scope to the entire contract price The amended clause exposes bidders to roughly Rs 22.48 crore in potential penalty on the full package value rather than just the late portion — a structural reversal from the original wording. An optional 10% supply advance carries SBI MCLR-linked interest and must be fully recovered three months before scheduled completion. Civil quantities for the GIS buildings can swing by as much as 50% downward under the applicable measurement formula.

8OPTCL's Rs 104.02 crore Padepadar substation tender carries two conflicting completion periods in the same clause set One provision states 18 months numerically while the words immediately beside it read "twenty four," leaving bidders unable to build a defensible baseline programme without a formal correction. The specification simultaneously references unrelated 400kV bus-coupler and 500 MVA equipment despite the package being a 220/33kV project. Mandatory erection gangs of 35-40 personnel plus dual powered winches are prescribed at every line location regardless of which schedule ultimately governs.

8REC PDCL's Pirpainti transmission tender discloses its SPV acquisition price only 20 days before bids close Bidders must commit to a 35-year fixed transmission charge covering four new GIS substations and three major 400kV corridors before knowing the final project-company cost they must absorb. Land acquisition for every new substation site except one falls on the transmission developer, while critical generating-station bays remain outside its construction control. The bid-bond amount itself is left blank in the issued formats.

8BHEL's dry bottom ash tender for Koderma's 1,600 MW expansion contradicts itself on whether a reverse auction applies The main NIT clause explicitly rules out reverse auction while a separate highlights sheet states the opposite, an unresolved conflict that could change how bidders structure their final pricing strategy. Technology partners and design agencies backing qualification must remain contractually committed for seven years or through the defect-liability period, whichever is longer. The portal discloses no estimated contract value against which security requirements can be benchmarked.

8DVC's 220kV transmission diversion tender for CTPS expansion extends its bid window without touching a single technical clause The corrigendum shifts document download, submission and opening by exactly one week, while every qualification, commercial and risk-allocation provision remains untouched. The diversion work is a prerequisite gate for the entire 2x800 MW expansion, making contractor selection timing strategically significant despite the change being purely administrative. No scope or pricing amendment accompanied the schedule reset.

8NHPC's Rs 2,253.97 crore Link-3 hydro tender demands a tunnel-boring machine on site within eight months of award Six successive corrigenda pushed the bid deadline back 66 days while leaving the TBM delivery milestone and 36-month completion clock completely unchanged, compressing the effective mobilisation window. Nine separate progress milestones carry individual daily damages layered beneath an overall completion penalty capped at 10% of contract value. The tender requires two months of standing site inventory for cement, steel, aggregates and explosives at all times.

8OPGC's Rs 21.83 lakh protection audit for Banharpali's switchyards carries three different payment-period references in one package The GeM bid cites 30 days, the attached GCC cites 21 days, and neither document reconciles which governs final settlement. Turnover qualification figures also diverge between the tender text and the underlying committee report by roughly 7%. The consultant must model network-wide fault coordination across 400kV and 220kV systems without a defined quantity of relays, feeders or bays covered by the lump-sum price.

8NPCIL's Kudankulam Units 5&6 mechanical tender moved its bid deadline 137 days while equipment envelopes kept shifting underneath bidders Eleven corrigenda and seven rounds of technical clarification later, safety-chiller dimensional limits were reset entirely and environmental qualification requirements were narrowed to equipment specifically inside the inner containment building. Several critical P&IDs won't be issued until after contract award, leaving bidders to price integration risk against an incomplete system definition. The chlorination plant carries its own standalone operating obligation layered on top of the core EPC scope.

8MAHAGENCO's 25 MW Pimpri-Ijara solar tender spells its own project location two different ways in the same document "Pimpri-Ijara" in the title becomes "Pimpari Ijara" in the project table, with coordinates that need independent verification against the stated Yavatmal district before survey and evacuation assumptions can be finalized. Parent-company technical support requires 51% equity retention through construction and three O&M years, stepping down to 26% for two further years. Standalone financial statements are mandatory — subsidiary income, joint-venture revenue and ultimate-parent financials are all expressly excluded from qualification.

8NSPCL's Durgapur coal-pulveriser tender reduced its mandatory spare pump count from 24 to just three mid-bid Fifteen corrigenda over a 94-day deadline extension also cut wear-life demonstration from three mills to two and restructured liquidated damages from a flat daily rate to a mill-wise weekly percentage tied to whichever units remain uncommissioned. A late amendment simultaneously added redundant protection instrumentation and mandated entirely new HT/LT cabling — tightening reliability requirements even as spare-parts obligations were relaxed. Technology providers backing bidder qualification must maintain 26% equity in an Indian subsidiary for seven years or through defect liability, whichever is later.

8BHEL's second Koderma dry-ash tender surfaces under a freshly amended commercial framework issued just one day before publication The governing GCC revision took effect on 1 July 2026, with the tender launching on 2 July — leaving essentially no market lead time to absorb the new terms before pricing began. Multiple qualification routes admit design agencies, Indian subsidiaries and wet-bottom-ash suppliers, but each carries a seven-year technology-support lock-in. The same reverse-auction contradiction seen in the companion Koderma package appears here as well.

8AVVNL's Rs 627.50 crore rooftop solar tender reverses its award sequence from largest-lot-first to cheapest-price-first A corrigendum now allocates a bidder's winning lots starting with its lowest quoted rate rather than its biggest quantity, fundamentally changing which circle combination a multi-lot bidder actually receives. A tie-breaking lottery convenes in person when price and quantity both match exactly. Meter procurement has been shifted entirely off the contractor's plate onto the discom, removing one hardware dependency from an otherwise six-month, 1,00,000-household rollout.

8MAHAGENCO's 40 MW Kanzara solar tender locks consortium participation stakes for 90 days beyond the five-year O&M term itself Joint and several liability among up to three consortium members survives well past project completion, discouraging any post-award corporate restructuring. Standalone financial qualification excludes subsidiary and joint-venture income entirely, testing only the bidding entity's own audited accounts. A single-project reference of at least 16 MW with six months' proven operating history is mandatory before the cumulative 24 MW threshold can even be considered.

8MPPKVVCL's Rs 256.59 crore RDSS automation tender requires its lead bidder to personally be the OEM for both SCADA software and RTU hardware This single condition excludes conventional system integrators who assemble third-party platforms, narrowing the field to a handful of manufacturers capable of qualifying directly. Field equipment quantities across hundreds of substations are left entirely to bidder assessment, with no fixed BOQ to fall back on if estimates prove short. A two-day compression of the submission window arrived without any corresponding extension of the final bid deadline. Details

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Tender for procurement of seal kit for swing valve assembly. Details
 
8Tender for procurement of refractory materials Details
 
8Tender for supply of minimum essential critical spares for power house Details
 
8Tender for supply after manufacturing due to tailor itemnew bull gear 01 set oil seals etc Details
 
8Tender for complete overhauling of 13025 ton garlick make double girder EOT crane Details
 
8Tender for procurement of water lubricated fully homogenous tough synthetic elastomeric polymer alloy turbine guide Details
 
8Tender for construction of culvert for MUW pipeline crossing Details
 
8Tender for conducting stability testing and certification Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil maintenance works Details
 
8Tender for Bi-ennial contract for CHP and MGR civil maintenance works Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for O&M civil works related to major misc. works Details
 
8Tender for biennial civil maintenance work main power house Details
 
8Tender for geotechnical investigation for proposed St-III 2x800 MW Details
 
8Tender for biaanual contract for the work repair and maintenance of civil works Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for civil repair and maintenance and other miscellaneous works Details
 
8Tender for repair and maintenance of old road with bitumastic sheet Details
 
8Tender for renovation of DM plant stage Details
 
8Tender for civil maintenance work for mine void filling work Details
 
8Tender for construction of culverts at various Details
 
8Tender for site enabling works package Details
 
8Tender for reconditioning of HMT make M2V milling machine Details
 
8Tender for supply of portable fully automatic electronic 3 phase phantom loading kit Details
 
8Tender for transportation of H-BEAM Details
 
8Tender for transportation of DTR Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares of domestic water pumps make flowmore Details
 
8Tender for WC for complete repairing of rotary breaker tyre of RB 03 and RB 04 along Details
 
8Tender for proposal for installation of effluent treatment plant Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various spares, washers, fitted keys and fastners of TG set Details
 
8Tender for refurbishment of final drive assembly Details
 
8Tender for supply and fixing of different types of LED industrial luminaries Details
 
8Tender for procurement of spares material required for overhauling of 6.6kV,360KW boiler circulating water(BCW) pump motor installed Details
 
8Tender for supply of 360kW HT motor Details
 
8Tender for supply of tarpaulin sheet for covering of coal Details
 
8Design, supply erection commissioning and testing of water distribution system for natural draught cooling towers Details
 
8Tender for supply of 25MVA,110kV/33kV three phase transformer Details
 
8Tender for procurement of 110kV station class polymer housed surge arresters Details
 
8Tender for work of supply & application of Anticorrosive epoxy /metal protective paint on various conveyor structures and equipment Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation commissioning, & testing of soft starter with major/minor modification in existing panels for various motors Details
 
8Tender for ARC for arboriculture, plantation for development and maintenance of lawns including Details
 
8Tender for repair of uplift pressure measurement devices phase 1 by way of drilling of choaked holes Details
 
8Tender for replacement of old defunct damaged rusted GI pipe fitting Details
 
8Tender for supply of 3 over current and 1 earth fault relay type Details
 
8Tender for supply of vacuum interrupter of 33kV & 11 kV outdoor type Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33 kV & 11 kV current transformer with connector Details
 
8Tender for supply of 33 kV metering unit of different rating Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for the work of overhauling and servicing of 420 kV, 245 kV & 145 kV circuit breaker Details
 
8Tender for supply of fire system pumps Details
 
8Tender for insulation and aluminium cladding of furnace oil storage tanks Details
 
8Tender for procurement of various type of control transformers for local control panel Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for job contract for monitoring of environmental parameters Details
 
8Tender for fabrication, erection, welding, equipment erection, other associated works and supply of SS, CS piping material Details
 
8Tender for fabrication and erection of steel pipeline and supply, fabrication and erection of steel structure. Details
 
8Tender for modification and maintenance of BHEL store 2 and 3 side Details
 
8Tender for supply of LT mini pillar boxes with fuse control Details
 
8Tender for procurement of safety equipment for different power houses Details
 
8Tender for supply of breaking links of guide vanes Details
 
8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of air-cooled air conditioning packaged units Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor by AAAC AL-59 conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor from feeder Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 241 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for replacement work of 11 kV ACSR conductor by A.A.A.C AL 59, 99 Sq.mm conductor Details
 
8Tender for installation of 33/11 kV CSS to provide uninterrupted power supply Details
 
8Tender for work of installation of 33 kV ring main unit at 33/11 kV S/s Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of non- communicable fault passage indicator on 33 kV and all 11 kV feeder Details
 
8Tender for supply and installation of fault passage indicator Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line from sub-station Details
 
8Tender for augmentation of 33 kV line Details
 
8Tender for replacement of 11 kV ACSR conductor by AAAC AL-59 conductor Details
 
8Tender for balance works of construction of permanent Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for cable laying Details
 
8Tender for service contact for statutory inspection, examination, testing and certification of dangerous machinery Details
 
8Tender for laying of 02 nos 33 kV UG cable 3Cx400 sq.mm Details
 
8Tender for biennial contract of operation maintenance of HVWS emulsifier system and fire hydrant system Details
 
8Tender for carry out shift works such as operation of valves/dampers etc and recording of equipment parameters Details
 
8Tender for supply of LT open type MS 6 way pillar boxes Details
 
8Tender for supply of 11 kV AB switch with complete set single pole Details
 
8Tender for supply of 11kV standalone complete set Details
 
8Tender for supply of 11kV fixed contact, 200A Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for breakdown, emergency and planned outage on 500kV Bi-pole HVDC line Details
 
8Tender for rate contract for the work of overhauling and servicing of 420 kV, 245 kV & 145 kV circuit breaker Details
 
8Tender for annual maintenance contract for attending all emergency /break down/schedule/maintenance repairs works etc. of various 132kV, 220kV EHV substations Details
 
8Tender for work of annual maintenance contract for repairing / overhauling of OLTC of ICTs / transformers of various Details
 
8Tender for procurement of HF cable Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of damaged prestress cable trench covers Details
 
8Tender for laying of three single core 11kV XLPE 185 sq.mm. cable on elevated PSC structure Details
 
8Tender for laying of three single core 11kV XLPE 185 sq.mm. cable Details
 
8Tender for ARC work of erection of 66kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard lighting etc. Details
 
8Tender for erection of HT,LT & TC Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable work Details
 
8Tender for ARC for laying of HT U/G cable Details
 
8Tender for erection of HT,LT & TC Details
 
8Tender for biennial rate contract for attending running repairs, scheduled, preventive & breakdown maintenance with overhauling of 08 nos. bulldozers Details
 
8Tender for erection of HT,LT & TC Details
 
8Tender for misc. civil works Details
 
8Tender for work of replacement of insulator or SRI work of attending the fault or broken conductor and/or snapping from tower/gantry Details
 
8Tender for Bi annual rate of contract for restoration work of 220kV & 400kV transmission line on tower structure Details
 
8Tender for maintenance work of overhead HT/LT line & TC Details
 
8Tender for erection work of overhead HT/LT line Details
 
8Tender for erection of equipment and structure, control wiring, yard lighting, control room wiring, etc. Details
 
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8Commercial Coal Mining Fuels India’s Push Towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat Details
 
8Coal India Leads India’s Coal Growth with 8.42% Production Increase in July 2026 Details
 
8Strong monsoon winds favour TN wind power generation Details
 
8India proposes transmission charge relief for delayed renewable projects Details
 
8Juniper Green closes today: Should you subscribe Here are the key risks Details
 
8Coal's share in India's power mix drops to one-year low as renewables hit record Details
 
8How Gujarat Built India’s Most Powerful Industrial Machine Details
 
8Renewables Hit Record 20% of India's Power Mix in July as Solar-Wind Cross 100 GW Details
 
8India surpasses US to become second-fastest growing solar energy market Details
 
8India Becomes World’s Second-Fastest Growing Solar Market Details
 
8Andhra partners IIT Tirupati, UNSW for solar manufacturing centre Details
 
8DLF, UPL, Torrent Power Report Q1 FY27 Results Today Details
 
8Renewable Energy Curtailment Hits 235 GW in Q1 FY27 Details
 
8Adani Group to set up nuclear plants worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore in Odisha Details
 
8Renewable energy boost: India may revive transmission charge waivers for delayed solar and wind projects Details
 
8REC Transfers Two Power Transmission SPVs to PowerGrid and Terralight Through Competitive Bidding Details
 
8Top 33 Power Sector Stocks to Watch in India 2026 Details
 
8CERC proposes transmission charge relief for delayed renewable projects Details
 
8J&K slashes power losses, but AT&C levels remain among India's highest Details
 
8Solar Boom Beyond Limits Details
 
8India emerges as world’s second-fastest growing solar energy market Details
 
8Coal India's July Supplies Hit Record High at 64.19 MT, Up 18.38% YoY Details
 
8Why privatising electricity distribution could be a mistake Details
 
8India’s coal dispatch surges 17.3% in July as output growth stands at 7.5% Details
 
8Power firms race to secure nuclear sites: NTPC, Adani, Tata identify locations Details
 
8India Power Demand Climbs 11% in July on Cooling Needs Details
 
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Fuel and Coal Ledger

Aug 01: 8Thirty-one power plants are at critical coal stock as the monitored fleet holds only 60% of its normative requirement
8Coal India sells more coal but earns less per tonne as renewable generation takes a larger share of the power mix Details

Juniper seeks Rs 1,800 crore with 7.9 GW in hand, but only 1.8 GW operating and net debt-to-equity at 2.75 times

Aug 01: 8The renewable developer's IPO offers scale and contracted visibility, alongside a delivery pipeline and leverage profile that leave little room for execution slippage.Nearly 98% of capacity is PPA-backed, but the issue price also asks investors to pay today for projects that are still under construction or only awarded. Details

Indus Towers says a new 100% infrastructure-deposit route is slowing telecom electrification despite Uttar Pradesh's 15% supervision option

Aug 01: 8The dispute asks whether the state's revised Cost Data Book has effectively displaced a cheaper connection route preserved in the Supply Code.UPERC has admitted the petition, but it has also questioned whether the 15% route really saves time when a utility estimate is still required. Details

Five Wanakbori units leave 1,640 MW unavailable as Western Region forced outages rise to 10,453 MW

Aug 01: 8The outage stack at a single Gujarat station spans boiler, furnace, turbine and control-valve problems rather than one isolated failure.Wanakbori's concentration of losses sits inside a much larger regional forced-outage burden led by multiple 500-800 MW units. Details

Gujarat rejects Rs 20 bids for most months but accepts Rs 9.96 evening power for March, exposing the cost of the peak-hour gap

Aug 01: 8GUVNL secured 793 MW round-the-clock for August near Rs 6.05 per unit, yet March evening supply cleared almost Rs 4 higher.The selective procurement shows where Gujarat sees a real shortage and where quoted scarcity prices were too expensive to accept. Details

Southern grid studies put Maheshwaram near 67 kA and two other substations above 40 kA equipment ratings

Aug 01: 8Prospective short-circuit levels have crossed or approached installed breaking capability at several Southern Region nodes.The most exposed sites now require verified calculations and a remedy plan before another network addition raises fault duty further. Details

Greenko's 1,200 MW pumped-storage trip at 49.5 Hz turns a protection setting into a Southern grid-security question

Aug 01: 8All five Greenko pumped-storage units tripped together while generating on 25 July, deepening a frequency fall instead of riding through it.The recorded operation at about 49.5 Hz now has to be reconciled with Greenko's earlier statement that its generation-mode under-frequency setting was 48.0 Hz. Details

MNRE closes a two-year-old ALMM relief route, leaving delayed solar projects to seek case-by-case exemptions

Aug 01: 8Modules received by 31 March 2024 no longer have an automatic separate treatment merely because their projects remain uncommissioned.Developers still waiting to commission must now persuade the ministry that their case belongs under the removal-of-difficulties mechanism. Details

Somanahalli transformer failure after repeated downstream faults forces a wider review of Southern Region ICT resilience

Aug 01: 8A 500 MVA interstate transformer failed after repeatedly feeding faults on the Karnataka network, raising questions about through-fault stress and protection coordination.The committee is now widening the inquiry to other major transformer failures at Somanahalli, Madurai and Nunna. Details

Tata Power starts an 800 MW Andhra Pradesh build, but 200 MW remains unallocated and the contracted storage covers only part of the portfolio

Aug 01: 8The Rs 5,750 crore plan combines 400 MW wind and 400 MW solar, yet its firm-delivery obligation is tied to only one 200 MW block.The structure shows both the scale of the new build and the commercial work still needed before the entire portfolio is contracted. Details

Hearing Diary

Aug 01: 82 August 2026 SRLDC to circulate the updated Southern Region short-circuit-level list; Greenko and utilities also face protection-data and event-record deadlines.
84 August 2026, 15:00 Lok Sabha Standing Committee on Energy to hear the Ministry of Power and BEE on energy conservation and efficiency.
87 August 2026, 10:00 145th Protection Coordination Sub-Committee meeting for the Southern Region.
818 August 2026 CERC hearing on KREPL's request for additional time to commission the remaining Barmer solar capacity.
827 August 2026 UPERC hearings on LPGCL and Bajaj Energy carrying-cost petitions linked to LPS-rule instalments.
88 September 2026 CERC hearings covering the Faridabad planning record, HVPNL ISTS tariff, Kallam Transmission and Rajgarh-related transmission matters.
817 September 2026 UPERC hearing on Indus Towers' challenge to the connection-cost and supervision-charge framework.
822 September 2026 UPERC hearing on Jubilant Pharmova's revised same-premises supply petition.
828 September 2026 NCLAT hearing in the BGR Energy matter after the NARCL settlement proposal. Details

Grid Operations and Committee Deep Dive

Aug 01: 8Western Region's monthly transmission pool reaches Rs 3,966.63 crore across 112 licensees
8Faulty meters dating to January remain in July's TRAS record, weakening confidence in balancing charges
8Southern Region carries 3,408 MW of planned central outages as two nuclear units remain down for years
8Southern states collectively underdraw 8.41 MU even as Kerala overdraws-hiding opposing positions
8Only 73 of 179 scheduled Q1 protection audits reached the Southern committee-and Q2 has five
8Southern islanding schemes show generation-load ratios from 0.88 to 1.46, threatening survivability
8Seven grid disturbances and 21 multi-element trips face a common evidence deadline after incomplete records
8BBMB tests a revenue-backed desiltation model as sediment erodes reservoir value Details

Storage and Transition Policy

Aug 01: 8Two VGF programmes put 43.22 GWh of batteries into implementation, but delivery now depends on state tenders
8Non-fossil capacity crosses 54% while coal is still planned to reach 315 GW, exposing India's dual build
8Punjab has segregated 6,705 of 6,932 farm feeders, but the last 227 carry a Rs 383 crore price tag Details

Parliament and System Planning

Aug 01: 8India's 2032 grid plan lifts inter-regional transfer capacity to 168 GW as peak demand heads for 388 GW
8India has 2,927.85 MW of grid batteries installed, but 8,660.20 MWh reveals a short-duration fleet
8A record 64,695 MW was added in FY26, yet distribution capacity must still reach 1,135 GVA by 2030
8Tamil Nadu sees a 12,400 MW thermal gap by 2034-35 despite 3,640 MW already under construction or bidding
8Uttar Pradesh holds 11,520.53 MW of central allocation as RDSS pours over Rs 40,700 crore into its last-mile grid
8India proposes a Rs 20,000 crore CCUS programme, but the five-year plan still awaits approval and operating rules
8Seven cities have raised Rs 1,294 crore through green municipal bonds, but the market remains shallow
8India's pumped-storage build reaches 15,870 MW under construction, with another 8,780 MW still before construction
8Assam identifies 6,220 MW of pumped storage, but only four projects have reached survey and investigation
8Punjab's 2035-36 adequacy plan requires 42,263 MW-more than three times today's 13,808 MW base
8Punjab pairs 2,812 MW of storage with 13,082 MWh-an unusually explicit duration requirement
8Only 75 of 605 coal units have installed FGD as a 2025 rule removes the obligation from most Category C plants
8RDSS has sanctioned smart meters for 19.79 crore consumers, but funds depend on tariff and accounting discipline
8RDSS sanctions Rs 6,521 crore for 13.65 lakh unelectrified homes even after Saubhagya's 2.86 crore connections
8UDAY's Rs 2.34 lakh crore debt transfer finally produces a sector profit-but only after a decade of uneven reform
8Foreign-owned power-equipment suppliers regain tender access through a two-year security-screened window Details

Committees, People and System Administration

Aug 01: 8More than 30 grid entities have not filed June protection indices, weakening the region's ability to compare relay performance
8Dehar enters the monsoon with three of ten executive-engineer posts vacant and two more officers ordered out
8Parliamentary energy panel calls the Ministry and BEE on 4 August for an efficiency and conservation review Details

Corporate Wire

Aug 01: 8Waaree Renewable adds a 108,000-tonne fabrication platform as quarterly revenue rises 53%
8L&T wins NTPC's 1,600 MW Lara package, but the notice to proceed still depends on environmental clearance
8Tata Power buys the Ryapte grid project for Rs 10.87 crore and starts a 30-month clock on a 250 km Karnataka network
8BGR Energy's insolvency appeal moves to September after NARCL puts a settlement proposal on the table
8CLN Energy moves to CARE BBB Stable and A3 Plus, but the filing leaves the upgrade rationale for a later report
8KEC closes FY26 with a Rs 36,267 crore order book while net debt remains Rs 4,601 crore
8PTC cuts a Rs 22.97 crore disallowance exposure to Rs 62.23 lakh, but keeps four penalty appeals alive
8REC creates the Kukshi-Alirajpur transmission vehicle, opening the contest for a Madhya Pradesh grid package
8Borosil converts 12.53 lakh warrants at Rs 397.50 each, bringing fresh equity while diluting holders
8Borosil lifts renewable electricity use to 29.23%, yet more than two-thirds of its power still comes from elsewhere
8Borosil's 1,000-tonne-a-day solar-glass base can serve about 6.5 GW, tying utilisation to module demand
8Enel raises first-half earnings while net debt climbs 6.7% to EUR 61.0 billion
8L&T's profit rises 14% despite a 92-basis-point margin squeeze, putting execution behind record orders
8ArcelorMittal earns USD 1.3 billion as USD 9.5 billion of debt shadows transition spending
8Nextpower claims a 55% US tracker share and USD 1.2 billion cash, giving it room for policy shocks
8Sudha Bio Power stays at ICRA B Plus as repeated information failures become the larger credit warning Details

Green Markets and RE Programme Watch

Aug 01: 8CEA and MoEFCC push monopoles and HTLS conductors to shrink transmission corridors through forests
8Wind supplies 60% of India's 707.62 MU renewable output on 30 July, with the Southern Region producing more than half
8W2E's 5.2 MW turbine certificate is restricted to 15 October, creating a near-term compliance checkpoint
8India's 8,780 MW nuclear fleet outperformed the thermal fleet on five-year load factor after refurbishment outages are excluded Details

State Regulatory Roundup

Aug 01: 8Andhra Pradesh approves a 40.5 paise fuel adjustment for May power, to be recovered in August bills
8Two Uttar Pradesh generators seek carrying cost after old dues were converted into LPS-rule instalments
8Jubilant gets a final chance to revise its same-premises power-supply petition after missing the first deadline
8Chhattisgarh allows a one-time carry-forward of banked energy after an open-access delay, but refuses broader relief
8Meghalaya reopens its additional-surcharge record for October-March, extending comments to 6 August
8KSEB searches for land at Kumily, making site acquisition the first constraint on a 220 kV substation
8Andhra Pradesh records 244.812 MU of unmetered farm sales in April, keeping subsidy estimates assumption-led
8PGVCL couples rooftop solar procurement with five-year maintenance, shifting the test from installation to output
8TGTransco targets Nirmal's 33 kV bus and earth grid, addressing a weakness before it becomes an outage
8Hazaribagh receives Rs 4,326 crore of RDSS works, but the programme faces a March 2028 clock Details

CERC Docket

Aug 01: 8KREPL has 42 MW left to commission at Barmer, but NRLDC has refused another extension of infirm injection
8A 383-day Green Energy Corridor delay returns to CERC with only two transmission assets still under time-overrun review
8Tamil Nadu challenges PGCIL's Tuticorin-II delay case by pointing to a transformer test that was not yet mandatory
8CERC asks for the planning logic behind the Faridabad scheme after CTUIL says the decision predates its role
8NLC Barsingsar remand is narrowed to interest on working capital and IDC, with the rest of the tariff dispute closed
8Bokaro-Koderma OPGW and Bhuj communication additions move to order after respondents miss their final reply window
8CERC cuts the Missing Link asset's historical fixed charges while allowing a separate security-spares claim
8Torrent Solar's single Kallam bay reaches order stage after respondents miss CERC's final reply window
8HVPNL's interstate tariff claim stalls until CTUIL and NRLDC reconstruct the asset and usage record
8Rajgarh's revised cost estimate becomes the missing document in a renewable-evacuation tariff case Details

Contracting news for the day

Jul 31: 8WBSETCL's Rs 5.68 crore-EMD transformer tender makes fire prevention mandatory across all 43 units The June 2026 revision quietly folded 33 separate technical changes into what could have looked like a routine equipment order. A 60-month defect-liability period starts only after the last unit ships, leaving early-batch transformers exposed well beyond five years. The reversible radiator-bank design requirement forces a base-design change into every unit regardless of final site placement.

8POWERGRID's 765kV Asana substation tender selects a contractor before the utility itself has won the underlying project The lowest evaluated bidder becomes an exclusive strategic partner through an MoU, but the actual works contract activates only if POWERGRID succeeds in a separate transmission-concession auction. A rejected document-access applicant gets just one day to appeal. Turnover and liquidity thresholds sit north of Rs 200 crore before price is even discussed.

8REC PDCL's Rs 2,500 crore Alkud-II/Jath transmission tender packs four voltage levels and multiple brownfield tie-ins into 24 months Daily delay damages escalate from 3.33% to 5% of monthly transmission charges after 60 days, layered on a 98% availability standard that can trigger termination after six consecutive months of shortfall. The winning bidder inherits an unresolved land question — GIS substitution or adjacent-land acquisition — wherever bay space runs short. A Rs 125.04 crore performance guarantee sits behind a Rs 50.02 crore bid bond.

8AEGCL's Srikona transformer-bay tender makes a contractor responsible for a Siemens automation system it doesn't own Any hardware or software upgrade needed for SAS integration falls on the turnkey contractor, with resulting software licences required to stay valid for a minimum of 10 years. No advance payment is offered, and the first erection bill can't be raised until 30% physical progress is reached. Warranty runs 60 months from supply or 54 from commissioning, whichever ends later.

8POWERGRID's Lucknow-II 765kV pre-bid tie-up locks a contractor into exclusivity with no guaranteed contract Document access closes just two days before the bid deadline, requiring an executed NDA before drawings are even released. The contractor forfeits the right to support any competing bidder in the same transmission auction while POWERGRID's own project bid remains unresolved. Zero EMD lowers entry, but turnover and liquidity gates still exceed Rs 130 crore.

8MPPGCL's Rs 225 crore Bargi hydro renovation tender deletes and reinstates scope items across nine deadline extensions A required draft-tube cone replacement was withdrawn mid-bid because the component sits embedded in concrete, while a previously optional oil tank became mandatory in the same amendment cycle. The construction sequence shifted from overlapping unit work to a compressed final ten months for the second 45 MW unit. A full wastewater-treatment plant was deleted from scope after originally being required.

8JVVNL's Rs 627.50 crore rooftop solar tender rewrites its award-allocation formula from lot size to lowest price The corrigendum reverses the original rule that gave a bidder's largest lot priority, now sequencing awards starting from each bidder's cheapest quote instead. A tie-breaking lottery gets convened in person at the chief engineer's office when prices and quantities match exactly. Half the 10% performance security stays locked for a full decade tied to a ten-year O&M obligation.

8MSEDCL's Rs 215.89 crore transformer tender deletes its own pricing-mechanism clause mid-process The provision explaining how the winning percentage would apply across individual material, labour and civil-work items was struck from the amended document without a clear replacement, even as portal and tender text disagree on whether pricing is itemwise or percentage-rate. A parallel clarification lets 33/11kV experience count toward two rarer voltage classes. The estimate itself rose 1.1% between tender versions.

8JdVVNL's rooftop solar tender applies the same price-first allocation reversal seen in Jaipur's parallel tender A common pre-bid meeting spanning three Rajasthan discoms suggests coordinated tendering, but each utility retains its own award-cap and lottery mechanics. The 20,000-consumer ceiling per bidder forces multi-lot participants to model cross-lot pricing strategically, since their cheapest bid now consumes the cap first. Ten-year O&M begins only after the last plant in a circle is commissioned — not from each individual installation.

8KPTCL's Hirehalli GIS substation tender relaxes bidder qualification just as its cost estimate rises 3.8% A new alternative qualification route accepts a single 220kV GIS bay in place of the original four-module 66kV substation requirement, widening the technically eligible pool right as turnover and EMD thresholds climbed in step with the revised Rs 169.54 crore estimate. The portal lists the commercial bid as itemwise while the tender document insists on percentage-rate pricing — a conflict unresolved after the relevant clarifying clause was deleted. The same listing briefly attributed the transmission package to an unrelated computer-lab tender under a different corporation's name.

8RVPN's Rs 84.72 crore Sawai Madhopur transmission line tender penalizes bids more than 15% below estimate Any offer that undercuts the government estimate by over 15% triggers a mandatory additional security payment equal to half the shortfall — a built-in deterrent against unsustainable pricing. The 24-month completion clock stays fixed even as the bid deadline moved 15 days. Special river-crossing and large-angle towers sit inside a schedule that leaves little room for foundation surprises.

8RVPN's companion Rs 125.98 crore Sawai Madhopur substation tender separates transformer security from the general performance guarantee A distinct 10% security applies specifically to the ex-works price of the transformer and shunt reactor, layered on top of the standard contract-wide performance guarantee. Bidders must fund inspecting officers' travel and accommodation as part of their lump-sum price. Corporate-group experience cannot be borrowed — only the bidding entity's own direct contracts count toward qualification.

8MPPKVVCL's Rs 256.59 crore RDSS data-acquisition tender leaves 1,250 substations' equipment quantities to bidder judgment The client explicitly declined to convert indicative BOQ numbers into fixed quantities, requiring each of three shortlisted bidders to independently assess adequacy across the full network before pricing. A mandatory two-OEM RTU split, each contributing at least 20%, forces integration complexity onto a contract otherwise built around single-vendor accountability. Insurance surety bonds were newly accepted for bid security just weeks before submission closed.

8MPPKVVCL's Indore AMI tender shows a 3-lakh-meter gap between its original notice and final bid schedule The NIT cited 18.32 lakh meters while the operative RfP quantity table shows 15.19 lakh — a discrepancy left unreconciled in the public tender trail. A clarification rejected the idea that two SIMs from one telecom provider satisfy the network-redundancy requirement, forcing genuine multi-operator backhaul into the AMISP's recurring cost base. The EMD sits at just Rs 1 lakh against a project valued above Rs 1,463 crore.

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Outage and Maintenance Register

Aug 01: 8Western Region carries 10,453 MW of forced generation outages before planned outages and reserve shutdowns are counted
8Three Southern transmission interruptions include an unexplained Renew Vyoman transformer trip early on 31 July Details

Grid Operations Daily

Aug 01: 8NER-Tripura runs above transfer capability for 87.4% of the day while ER-NR breaches last 3.5 hours
8All-India frequency spends 4 hours 37 minutes outside the normal band despite a 49.996 Hz daily average
8Eastern Region intraday forecasting cuts demand error from 4.22% to 1.23% but still misses one block by 1,771 MW
8SCUC orders 46,176 MWh upward and 31,448 MWh downward in the same day, exposing the scale of two-way redispatch
8Four Southern islanding schemes begin with generation deficits of 700-3,600 MW, making survival dependent on rapid load correction Details

Power Markets Daily

Aug 01: 8Smaller real-time platforms keep clearing at Rs 10,000/MWh while the largest exchange carries far more volume below the ceiling
8Kawas receives more than Rs 7.42 crore in one TRAS week as two coal stations fund the balancing settlement
8Day-ahead volume falls 6.6% on 31 July even as the average clearing price rises to about Rs 3.52 per unit Details

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Aug 01:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for work of loading of 400kV/220kV, 315 MVA transformer from 400kV substation Details
 8Tender for M and R works at various voltages transmission substations Details
 8Tender for dismantling of old damaged sheets and fixing of new G.I sheets Details
 8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132kV AIS substation Details
 8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA S/S Details
 8Tender for construction of 01 no 33kV RMU at 132 kV S/S Details
 8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132 kV S/S Narayanpur, Deoria Details
 8Tender for construction of 2x40 MVA 132kV S/S Details
 8Tender for construction of 132kV S/S Details
 8Tender for appointment of dealers for sale of ash bricks Details
 8Tender for contract for supply and apply of airseal in boiler and auxiliaries Details
 8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of solar high masts Details
 8Tender for biennial civil maintenance work for ash dyke Details
 8Tender for manufacturing, testing, transportation, insurance and supply of turbine cover sleeves Details
 8Tender for supply and retrofitting of 420 kV pantograph isolators Details
 8Tender for erection, testing, commissioning, trial operation and handing over of fire detection and protection system Details
 8Tender for enquiry of LT switchgear for 1X800 MW Details
 8Tender for estimate for 33 kV feeder Details
 8Tender for survey, installation, testing and commissioning of new 5MVA 33/11kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of air filter regulator, air lock relay and volume booster installed Details
 8Tender for supply, installation, commissioning and testing of latest online water quality analyzers, rotameters, flow meters Details
 8Tender for work contract for dismantling from old exchange room and shifting to new exchange room Details
 8Tender for procurement of stay insulator porcelain 11kV feeder Details
 8Tender for providing one new 11kV feeder Details
 8Tender for supply of hot dip galvanised steel stay sets of size 16x1800 mm Details
 8Tender for construction of 33 kV S/S Details
 8Tender for supply of 33/11 kV 8.0 MVA power transformer Details
 8Tender for construction of cooling bank foundation and misc civil works for 160 MVA Tr At 220 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for const of cooling bank CTR foundation and other misc civil works Details
 8Tender for construction of cooling bank foundation and misc civil works required for commisssioning of 220 kV GSS Details
 8Tender for modification work for height raising of 220 kV DC line Details
 8Tender for annual work contract for routine, breakdown and annual capital maintenance and operation of 11kV, 6.6 kV HT switchgears Details
 8Tender for annual contract for the work of assistance in operation and maintenance of hydrogen plant Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract of various PLCs of CNI installed Details
 8Tender for supply of electro mechanical linear actuators installed Details
 8Tender for supply of conveyor belt scrapper (primary cleaner) for various conveyor belts Details
 8Tender for supply of seals for coal pulverizer Details
 8Tender for R and M of sewerage system Details
 8Tender for work of non comprehensive annual maintenance contract for Omnivise T3000 (formerly SPPA T-3000) DCS for SG-TG system installed Details
 8Tender for annual work contract for routine, breakdown and annual maintenance of turbine, generator and various pumps in turbine Details
 8Tender for requirement of spares for hydraulic system (boiler and turbine area) installed Details
 8Tender for supply of spare for Hp bypass valves Details
 8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for restoration of various 66 kV class transmission lines Details
 8Tender for Bi-annual rate contract for erection of 66 kV line feeder bay / transformer bay for various Details
 8Tender for supply, installation, testing and commissioning with 5-year CMC of grid connected solar photovoltaic systems of various Details
 8Tender for change of feeding sources of various 33 kV substations Details
 8Tender for installation of damaged roof sheets of ESP Details
 8Tender for procurement of materials for routine/breakdown maintenance of transmission lines Details
 8Tender for restoration/rectification of OPGW cable Details
 8Tender for repair and renovation of existing open shed for high rise materials with unloading platform along with electrical items Details
 8Tender for supply and erection of chemical earthing for towers situated Details
 8Tender for survey, supply an installation of 11 kV, 3 pin type, 200 Amps 400 Amps, A B switch Details
 8Tender for rate contract for maintenance of 132/33/11kV grid station Details
 8Tender for erection/ construction of tin shed for the DG set and storage of spare transformers lying Details
 8Tender for repair of damage drains to safeguard machinery including damaged brest walls Details
 8Tender for rate contract for execution of various planned and emergency works during natural calamities for stabilization of HT/LT network including Details
 8Tender for restoration of unit I including procurement of material consumables required Details
 8Tender for repair offencing of chanderkote grid and drains to safeguard machinery including damaged Details
 8Tender for construction of new switch house Details
 8Tender for construction of new switch house at 66 kV s/stn Details
 8Tender for construction of new switch house Details
 8Tender for procurement of portable secondary injection type CT/ PT test equipment Details
 8Tender for complete overhauling of ESP and ash handling system of TPP boilers Details
 8Tender for complete rewinding / revamping of boiler feed water pump motors Details
 8Tender for supply of long travel bogie wheel assembly Details
 8Tender for construction of 2 nos of multistoried tower Details
 8Tender for painting of external surfaces of main plant Details
 8Tender for supply & application of high insulation floor coating at switchgear Details
 8Tender for renovation of electrical installation Details
 8Design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a fully automatic-cum-manual clean agent fluoro-ketone gas- based fire suppression system Details
 8Tender for operation and maintenance of the reverse osmosis RO installed Details
 8Tender for safe demolition / dismantling / deconstruction of the damaged roof structure over the turbine Details
 8Tender for biennial rate contract for schedule maintenance of the newly installed fire detection Details
 8Tender for short shut down maintenance work Details
 8Tender for supply of LT three phase channel cross arm Details
 8Tender for supply of safty equipment for prevention of electrical Details
 8Tender for construction of 11 kV line Details
 8Tender for shifting of lines Details
 8Tender for supply and fixing of LT fuse set box Details
 8Tender for day to day maintenance for civil assets in sub- stations Details
 8Tender for providing AMC for weed control treatment to switch yard 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 work of chemical washing of disc insulator strings of various 132kV & 220 kV lines Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing 11 kV HT line and LT line network Details
 8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of wire rope hoists Details
 8Tender for supply of lighting arrester for 220kV & 400kV switchyard Details
 8Tender for supply, erection & commissioning of 11 kV lines with MVCC conductor & dismantling of existing Details
 8Tender for supply of various instruments for CHP & BOP Details
 8Tender for supply of wall soot blower and oil gun spares for boiler 500 MW Details
 8Tender for work of servicing of TG bearing/RTDs, seal liners TE/EE, servicing/overhauling of HP/IP CV, ESV, IV and misc. AOH related activities Details
 8Tender for supply of switchgear spares Details
 8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of new street light poles with cable laying Details
 8Tender for work of dye penetrant test (DPT), magnetic particle inspection Details
 8Tender for work of as and when required item rate contract for cleaning of suction screens (Jalis) of C.W. pump Details
 8Tender for ARC work of work of erection of 66kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard Details
 8Tender for work of erection, testing & commissioning of 132 & 66 kV equipment, structure, control wiring, earthing etc. Details
 8Design, supply, installation, testing & commissioning and comprehensive maintenance for 5 years of distributed grid-connected solar PV plants Details
 8Tender for supply of energy efficient celling fan Details
 8Tender for replacement of earth wire of single circuit 220kV line Details
 8Tender for work of height rising of various 220kV class EHV line Details
 8Tender for erection of 66 kV S/C line Details
 8Tender for ARC work of erection of 66kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard lighting etc Details
 8Tender for erection work of 66kV line Details
 8Tender for work of complete replacement of FBHE roof structure at boiler Details
 8Design, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 400/220kV equipments & materials Details
 
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following newsclips:
 
8How transmission bottlenecks are threatening India’s renewable energy projects Details
 
8Methane Mitigation Key As India Can Cut 87% of Coking Coal Emissions At Low Cost: IEEFA Report Details
 
8India’s Coal Exchange Reform: How the 2026 Rules Work Details
 
8What's Next For India's Green Energy Policy Sumant Sinha Shares His Vision Details
 
8Avaada Group reaches $1.3 billion financing closure for 2.15 GW renewable energy portfolio Details
 
8Domestic Capital Steps Up For Renewables As FDI Flows Slow Down Details
 
8India’s green energy transition runs into grid constraints Details
 
8BTInfrastructureSummit: Can India Sustain Its Renewable Energy Boom And Power The Future Details
 
8India's Avaada Group clinches USD-1.3bn renewables funding deal Details
 
8Tata Power Renewables breaks ground on 800 MW renewable energy project in Andhra Pradesh Details
 
8Sterling Green Power Solutions Chalks Out Multi-Location Capacity Expansion Plans Details
 
8Cabinet Approves Rs 5,070 Crore PM Surya Sarovar Yojana to Develop 5,000 MW Floating Solar Projects with Energy Storage Details
 
8Himachal to procure 100 hydrogen buses, 1,000 electric buses to boost green mobility Details
 
8Mecpower to set up 5 GWh BESS facility in Gujarat Details
 
8Solar generation rises 37% year-on-year in Q1 FY 2026–27 Details
 
8Vikran Engineering Secures Rs 120.69 Crore POWERGRID Order for 400 kV GIS Substation Extension Package SS-147 Details
 
8Stalin slams TVK govt over power tariff anomalies, seeks bill payment extension Details
 
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Jul 31:  For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
 8Tender for restoration of the retaining structures and supporting the areas affected by slips/landslides at various Details
 8Tender for providing pedestal for water tanks and replacement of CGI sheet roofing Details
 8Design, engineering, manufacturing, inspection, testing supply, erection & commissioning of latest soft-starter–based governor motor control (GMC) cubicles for OPU pumps Details
 8Tender for complete inspection NDT metallurgical investigation condition assessment and assessment of damaged platen superheater headers and selected boiler pressure parts Details
 8Tender for procurement of sodium hypo chloride Details
 8Tender for services for transmission line works Details
 8Tender for construction of balancing tank, pump room Details
 8Tender for comprehensive maintenance contract for real time data transmission solution Details
 8Tender for balance civil and architectural works of main plant FGD civil works Details
 8Tender for upgradation of CEMS and EQMS connectivity Details
 8Tender for erection, testing and commissioning of C and I package Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for civil works including construction of minor foundations, plumbing, roof leakage Details
 8Tender for supply, erection, testing, and commissioning of 132kV & 66kV equipment and materials Details
 8Design, engineering, manufacturing, supply, erection, testing & commissioning of 220/132kV 150MVA transformer Details
 8Tender for procurement of IT equipment Details
 8Design, manufacture, fabrication, insection, testing at factory site delivery of GI transmission line towers Details
 8Design, engineering, manufacture, factory testing, supply, transportation, supervision of installation and commissioning of 42 of 595.23kVAr capacitor units, suitable Details
 8Tender for fabrication of lattice structures Details
 8Tender for upgradation of 66kV substation Details
 8Tender for capital work of 220 kV substation Details
 8Tender for AMC/RMC of hydro mechanical equipment installed Details
 8Tender for procurement of sulphuric acid Details
 8Tender for procurement of HT fasteners Details
 8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning with RMS total 100 KW grid connected solar PV power plant Details
 8Design, fabrication, supply, installation, testing, commissioning with RMS of 46 KWp grid connected solar PV power plant Details
 8Tender for work of erection of 66kV equipment, structures, control wiring, yard lighting Details
 8Tender for supply of tubes, end plates & baffles and work of in situ re-tubing Details
 8Tender for supply of mill discharge first piece after MPO for coal mill Details
 8Tender for biennial rate contract for ash handling plant related Details
 8Tender for work of erection and dismantling of 400kV busbar deteriorated conductor Details
 8Tender for erection work of 66kV LILO line to 66kV sub-station Details
 8Tender for erection of structures, equipments, earthing, control wiring, yard lighting Details
 8Tender for erection of structures, equipments, earthing, control wiring, yard Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for transformers and equipment of 132 kV switchyard Details
 8Tender for day to day operation of pumps, valves installed Details
 8Tender for construction of new demarcation for old plant Details
 8Tender for rate contract of industrial and electrical safety shoe for all work Details
 8Tender for supply of mineral wool based ceramic fire barrier system Details
 8Tender for construction of gate and fencing around Details
 8Tender for protection and strengthening of tower no 179 of 132 kV line Details
 8Tender for bush cutting and fixing RCC pillars Details
 8Tender for turnkey construction of 132/33kV, 50MVA transformer bay Details
 8Tender for procurement of 800 kms.of ACSR ZEBRA conductor Details
 8Tender for erection work of proposed 66kV D/C line Details
 8Tender for empanelment of contractors to award a contract for 33kV and 11kV line Details
 8Tender for estimate for the feeder for new proposed 33/11kV substation Details
 8Tender for estimate for the feeder 33/11 kV substation Details
 8Tender for procurement of hard facing welding electrode for SS adjustable coal nozzle tips Details
 8Tender for procurement of hydrogen seal rings of TG set, booster pump and MOP bearings Details
 8Tender for supply of transformer oil filtration machine and oil storage tank Details
 8Tender for construction of complaint centre at 33kV S/Stn. Details
 8Tender for construction of complaint centre along with store room Details
 8Tender for construction of complaint centre along with store room at 33kV S/Stn Details
 8Tender for annual maintenance contract for operation and preventive/routine/breakdown maintenance of electrical distribution system Details
 8Tender for augmentation of 66kV line from 220kV SStn Details
 8Tender for procurement of 132/33kV, 80 MVA power transformers Details
 8Tender for service contract for overhauling of boiler non pressure parts air pre heater during Details
 8Tender for procurement of 70KL liquid ammonia Details
 8Tender for service contract for renovation of ventilation duct Details
 8Tender for procurement of SS drop pipe Details
 8Tender for maintenance of railway track Details
 8Tender for work of assistance in carrying out miscellaneous routine maintenance works of 132 kV substation Details
 8Tender for annual operation and maintenance of 3x12.5 MVA, 33/11 kV substation Details
 88Tender for replacement of consumer existing PVC cable by armored cable Details
 8Tender for releasing new LT and HT conn under 33/11 kV substation Details
 8Tender for replacement of existing 11 kV ACSR conductor with 11 kV AAAC AL-59 99 sq.mm covered conductor Details
 8Tender for work for construction of HT/LT lines & S/S for releasing of new service connections Details
 8Tender for work for construction of HT/LT lines Details
 8Tender for work for construction of HT/LT lines & S/S Details
 8Tender for works contract to heighten the pillar boxes in the low lying Details
 8Tender for running works contract for the erection works of LT overhead feeder Details
 8Tender for running works contract for the erection works of LT overhead feeder, HT overhead feeder Details
 8Tender for supply, erection and commissioning of new street light poles with cable laying Details
 8Tender for supply & commissioning of various suspension magnet with its control panel Details
 8Tender for running works contract for the erection works of LT overhead feeder, HT overhead feeder, structure erection works, dismantling works Details
 8Tender for procurement of M.S bolt & nut Details
 8Tender for works contract to heighten the pillar boxes Details
 8Tender for running works contract for the erection works of LT overhead feeder, HT overhead feeder, structure erection works Details
 8Tender for provision of annual maintenance contract for control centre, DR centre, RTU and FRTU of SCADA system Details
 8Tender for carryout the renewal of wornout and damaged expansion bellow in hot air ducts Details
 8Tender for replacement of failed and burnt transformer, CTPT replacement new TC installation & transformer Details
 8Tender for replacement of failed and burnt transformer Details
 8Tender for replacement of failed and burnt transformer, CTPT Details
 8Tender for various maintenance works of wagon tippler Details
 8Tender for work of carry out corrosive test of various MS structure of coal handling plant Details
 8Tender for dismantling of conventional lighting system at boiler, ESP, ash plant Details
 8Tender for general cleaning work in power house Details
 8Tender for work of supply, installation, testing and commissioning (SITC) of intelligent addressable hot redundancy based continuously available Details
 8Tender for enhancement of transformation capacity of substations by addition/replacement of T/Fs at 03 Nos. of EHV substations Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing electrical line network Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing electrical line network in to underground cable Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing electrical line network Details
 8Tender for turnkey based contract for conversion of existing electrical line network in to underground cable Details
 8Tender for misc. civil work Details
 8Tender for work of complete servicing/ overhauling/ defect attending of various hoists and cranes of various Details
 8Tender for work of comprehensive base flow study Details
 8Tender for work of preventive maintenance, shutdown & emergency maintenance of IAC/SAC compressor, air washery Fan/pump motor, ACW/FCW motor Details
 8Tender for work of dismantling replacement / repairing of PF pipe, orifice & PF bend of coal mills Details
 8Tender for work of replacement and retrofitting of existing numerical distance protection relay with line differential inbuilt distance protection relay of 220 kV D/C mixed lines Details
 8Tender for work of RTV coating application on equipments in DC yard Details
 8Tender for AMC for CTR make nitrogen injection fire protection system (NIFPS) for ICTs & transformer Details
 8Tender for chemical washing of disc/PLRI strings of various 400 kV Tr.lines Details
 
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8The Coal Exchange Rules, 2026 Details
 
87 states account for 85% of India's installed solar capacity Details
 
8Brookfield Launches Lumara in India with $600 Million Investment, 6 GW Renewable Energy Portfolio Details
 
8Rooftop Solar Academy Opens in India's Gujarat as First Batch Begins Training Details
 
8POWERGRID Invites Bids For 250 MW/1000 MWh Battery Energy Storage System Across India Details
 
8Deye To Launch Off-Grid Solar Inverters In India Soon: Bharat Singh Details
 
8Ratul Puri on Renewable Energy Growth: Why India Must Focus on Effective Power Delivery Beyond Capacity Addition Details
 
8Domestic Capital Steps Up For Renewables As FDI Flows Slow Down Details
 
8In West Bengal, BJP Govt Pushes Solar Projects As It Reverses TMC Approach Details
 
8Emerge Renewables makes history with light-up ceremony of solar glass manufacturing facility in North India Details
 
8How transmission bottlenecks are threatening India’s renewable energy projects Details
 
8How AI Is powering India’s next generation of smart electricity grids Details
 
8India commissions 2,260 MW thermal capacity in Q1 FY27: CEA Details
 
87 states account for 85% of India's installed solar capacity Details
 
8Inside Ghana's Nationwide Blackout And The Race To Restore Power Details
 
8NLC India Renewables secures 900 MW solar project from GUVNL Details
 
8In power sector, regulatory priorities need sorting out Details
 
8India Targets 6.48 Lakh cKm Transmission Network By 2032 Under National Grid Expansion Plan Details
 
8Schneider Electric India Posts Double-Digit Q2 Growth In Energy And Automation Details
 
8Paresh Ranpara Assumes Charge as NHPC Director (Personnel) Details
 
8TakeMe2Space’s PowerBank-50 becomes India’s first flight-proven battery Details
 
8NTPC Reports 13% Rise in Consolidated Q1 FY27 Profit on Operational Gains Details
 
8Vedanta Power share price falls 4% after Rs 423 crore loss in maiden Q1 results; key details Details
 
8REC, PFC Sign Rs 26,850 Crore Loan Pact with MUNPL for 2,400 MW Meja Thermal Power Project Stage-II Details
 
8Leadership Continuity: SJVN Extends Bhupender Gupta’s Additional CMD Charge for Three Months Details
 
8Tata Power Starts Nuclear Plant Site Surveys in Odisha, Gujarat and MP Details
 
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GRID OPERATIONS

Jul 30: 8BHEL says viral 1,200 kV transformer "breakthrough" is recycled news from 2011
8POWERGRID buys the Bhadla-Ramgarh SPV for Rs 12.86 crore to add bays at three substations
8KEC's transmission business reaches a Rs 23,000 crore backlog after Rs 17,700 crore of FY26 orders
8ERPC corrects NVVN-Bhutan's reactive-energy bills after an erroneous calculation
8Bihar and Jharkhand collect the largest shares of Eastern Region's Rs 36.51 lakh reactive-energy pool Details

GERC rejects Jubilant Infrastructure's Rs 9.27 crore tariff gap after finding a Rs 21.66 crore surplus

Jul 30: 8The Gujarat regulator has frozen FY2026 tariffs after independently reversing the licensee's projected revenue gap into a sizeable surplus. Details

Adani Power plans more than Rs 2 lakh crore of expansion while keeping net debt below three times EBITDA

Jul 30: 8Adani Power said its expansion programme exceeds Rs 2 lakh crore and will require an interim debt-market contribution of about Rs 60,000 crore after projected fund flow from operations of more than Rs 1.4 lakh crore over the programme period. Management expects expansion capex of about Rs 25,000 crore in FY27, Rs 33,000 crore in FY28 and more than Rs 35,000 crore thereafter, while seeking to keep net debt-to-EBITDA between two and three times. Details

IEA warns that China's battery export controls could put more than USD 300 billion of downstream production at risk

Jul 30: 8The critical-minerals outlook says restrictions on battery materials, equipment and technology threaten grid storage, electric vehicles, data centres and defence supply chains together. Details

Adani Green's 2,700 MW Nivakane storage project clears the EAC despite a tiger-reserve buffer just 150 metres away

Jul 30: 8The EAC has recommended environmental clearance for the Rs 14,952 crore Nivakane integrated pumped-storage project in Satara, subject to specific safeguards, even as newly proposed components sit about 0.15 km from the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve buffer. Details

Uttarakhand's Gori Ganga and Dhauliganga basin studies fail the EAC's test on carrying capacity and climate hazards

Jul 30: 8The EAC has sent the two basin studies back for new data and basin-specific analysis after finding that they did not properly assess carrying capacity in river systems exposed to landslides, flash floods and GLOFs. Details

Adani Power studies Bina for nuclear generation but says a first project still depends on government rules

Jul 30: 8Adani Power is studying whether its Bina site can meet nuclear-project requirements and is evaluating domestic and overseas technologies, but it said no project has been planned and decisions depend on rules that the government has not yet issued. Management referred to a 10 GW nuclear ambition by 2035 and estimated at least five years for execution once conditions are clear. Details

Malshej Ghat storage plan depends on pumping Kalu River water from a bed found largely dry during inspection

Jul 30: 8THDC proposes to use the Kalu River for initial filling and evaporation losses at its 1,200 MW Malshej Ghat PSP, but the EAC team found the inspected reach dry except for one 40-metre pool. Details

Uttarakhand Ombudsman makes utility staff bear 22 defective-meter billing cycles after a four-and-a-half-year IDF breach

Jul 30: 8The Ombudsman set aside the consumer forum order and directed recovery from the responsible UPCL staff after finding that IDF billing continued for 24 cycles when only the first two could lawfully be charged to the consumer. Details

A Mahabaleshwar eco-zone clearance revives THDC's 1,500 MW Humbarli Birmani project, but forest and wildlife gates remain

Jul 30: 8The EAC has recommended specific ToRs for THDC's Rs 8,470.89 crore Humbarli Birmani pumped-storage project after an eco-sensitive-zone NOC removed the obstacle that caused its April deferral. Details

Adani Power targets 45 GW as Korba and Mahan add 2,920 MW over the next five quarters

Jul 30: 8Adani Power raised its capacity ambition from 42 GW to 45 GW on the same timeline and gave a near-term commissioning sequence: the 1,320 MW Korba Phase II project is expected before December 2026, followed by the first 800 MW Mahan Phase II unit in Q1 FY28 and the second unit normally six months later, although the company is trying to advance it to Q2. Details

Day-ahead and real-time power prices hit Rs 10 per kWh as evening sell bids collapse against demand

Jul 30: 8Both principal exchange products reached the ceiling for hours, while daily averages of Rs 4.81 and Rs 4.35 per kWh concealed the late-evening scarcity. Details

BGR Energy seeks up to Rs 179 crore from promoters as auditors flag material going-concern uncertainty

Jul 30: 8BGR Energy approved up to Rs 29 crore of unsecured loans from its managing director and up to Rs 150 crore of secured or unsecured promoter-group loans, with a conversion option subject to approvals. The company reported a standalone Q1 loss of Rs 226.07 crore on operating revenue of Rs 15.30 crore, while finance costs reached Rs 203.79 crore and auditors said unresolved NARCL assignment terms create material uncertainty over going concern. Details

POWER MARKETS

Jul 30: 8One day of inter-regional deviation produces a Rs 34.96 crore Western Region receipt and Rs 31.48 crore Southern Region charge
8Western Region's inter-regional deviation account swings to a Rs 71.80 crore net receipt in the week ended 19 July
8Eastern Region's weekly deviation pool retains Rs 51.17 crore after Rs 359.69 crore of payables
8Madhya Pradesh receives Rs 27.67 crore from Western Region's deviation pool while Chhattisgarh owes Rs 29.09 crore
8China's mineral export controls push European gallium and heavy-rare-earth prices to five times domestic levels Details
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