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Sep 2026

8Two record-demand events produced radically different power-price outcomes in the United States: PJM’s real-time price approached $2,000/MWh during its July peak, while the Electric Reliability Council of Texas cleared its own record hour at $29.11/MWh.
8The comparison puts a measurable consumer consequence against the two markets’ very different renewable and battery build-outs. Details
8European companies are recasting renewable power-purchase agreements as protection against electricity-price shocks, with current PPA prices around €60–85/MWh against stress-period spot prices of €120–150/MWh.
8Yet the apparent bargain has not accelerated every deal: some developers prefer the spot-price upside and lenders want commitments longer than buyers will sign. Details
8Telangana’s monitored reservoirs entered September with 2,037.8 MU of equivalent hydro energy, almost double the 1,015.4 MU available a year earlier.
8The aggregate masks an even larger recovery at Nagarjuna Sagar, where live storage was nearly three and a half times last year’s level. Details
8Tata Power has asked for a 25-year licence to compete with Chhattisgarh’s incumbent distributor across Raipur and three adjoining tehsils, backing the bid with a five-year network plan that grows from two customers to nearly 14,000.
8The ambition is substantial, but the initial consumer base and proposed reliance on the incumbent’s wires expose the execution gap between a parallel licence and a functioning rival utility. Details
8Bharat Petroleum’s proposed 9 MMTPA refinery and petrochemical complex in Andhra Pradesh has been held back after the appraisal committee found that its stated electricity requirement, the figure presented at the meeting and the grid approval did not agree.
8The discrepancy sits inside a Rs 1,03,408 crore project, turning what might look like a documentation error into a material clearance risk. Details
8The northern grid absorbed 9,290 MW more average demand in July 2026 than a year earlier while renewable generation rose 37%, or about 73 MU a day.
8The paired movement is more useful than either number alone: demand growth was large, but the fastest supply change came from weather-dependent resources that also increased the region’s scheduling and evacuation burden. Details
8Southern utilities repeatedly classified relay operations as correct when the regional load despatch centre called them failures or unwanted trips.
8The disagreement appears across a 31-event July table and matters beyond terminology: an incorrect label can hide the setting, communication or breaker problem that allowed an avoidable outage to spread. Details
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