'Power shortage in TN caused by bureaucratic failure'

S Kabilan, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer, was chairman of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission from 2007 to 2012. An engineering graduate from IIT, Madras, Kabilan......

AERB Greenlights RAPP Unit 7

AERB's permission for RAPP-7 paves the way for the subsequent phases of reactor commissioning leading to its commercial electricity generation. IMAGE: The Rajasthan Atomic Power Project.......

Starting Kudankulam: When deception triumphs

India’s nuclear establishment is continuing its march of folly at the expense of safety in the false belief that atomic power is the energy of the future. It’s not. Nuclear power is in......

The good and bad news about India's nuclear programme

While nuclear engineers cheer the KNPP's first full operation, on nine other sites which house atomic reactors, scientists spend sleepless nights, reveals Pallava Bagla. At India's highly-guarded......

States pull the plug on draft power tariff policy

At least nine states, including Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, have written letters of dissent to the Centre against its draft power tariff policy, floated earlier this......

Of power, privatisation and politics

The push to privatise discoms has become a major bone of contention between the Centre and states. The irony is the states opposing the amendments on the ground of threat of privatisation already......

India's mega power projects grind to a slow halt

With their balance sheets under stress, private companies have lost interest in power projects. At Rs 1.19 a unit, power generated from the Sasan ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Madhya Pradesh......

Three states to kick-start power sector reforms

Goa, Uttarakhand and Meghalaya will initiate schemes to enable 24x7 power to consumers. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has started the process of setting the power sector right,......