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Jaiswal Approves Fuel Iinkages To Power Units In Bihar, UP 
In a move that will help improve power situation in states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has approved fuel linkages to 11 new thermal projects coming up in these power-deficit states.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
"Coal linkages for the 11 supercritical units of 660 MW each, which would come up in the XIIth Plan-Period (2012-17) have been sanctioned," a top coal ministry official said. These 11 units include nine units of NTPC's power plants at Nabinagar in Bihar (3x660 MW), Meja in Uttar Pradesh (2x660 MW), Solapur (2x660 MW) and Mouda (2x660 MW), both in Maharashtra, and two units of Damodar Valley Corporation's Raghunathpur plant in West Bengal. "Coal Minister actively pursued the matter and finally approved the coal supply linkages to these units to especially meet the power deficit of states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar," the official said. Source: PTI Jaiswal approves fuel linkages to power units in Bihar, UP Posted on Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 09:56:25 PM EST
11 Power Plant Proposals Okayed
State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) has cleared 11 investment proposals worth Rs 2,740 crore for producing electricity through non-conventional means in Bihar. The combined generation capacity of these 11 units would be 585 MW.
Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi told the Bihar legislative council about it on Monday while replying to a special debate on environment pollution. Modi said, the government hopes to get more such proposals as the state would soon have a policy for non-conventional energy. "The draft policy would soon be sent for cabinet approval," Modi added. Regarding outdated vehicles which the members cited as one of the major contributors to pollution, Modi said movement of commercial vehicles not meeting Bharat II emission norms would be prohibited on Patna's Bailey Road, to begin with. "Steps would be taken to phase out all such vehicles from the city," he said.
Source: Times Of India click On "Full Story" For More... (349 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section ElectricityPosted on Sun Feb 21, 2010 at 10:51:13 PM EST
Bihar, NTPC Sign Deal For 1900 MW Power
he Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) has signed a power purchase agreement with NTPC to buy 1900 MW additional power per day.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
The state would purchase 85 per cent power from the NTPC's 2×195 MW Kanti (Muzaffarpur) thermal plant, 75 per cent from the 3×660 MW Nabinagar (Aurangabad) power plant and another 100 MW from the 1000 MW joint venture project of NTPC and Railways at Nabinagar. The effective implementation of the agreement will commence in a phase-wise manner from 2012. The state currently Bihar receives 800-1,000 MW from the central pool despite the scheduled allocation of 1,553 MW per day. Source: Jai Bihar.com Bihar, NTPC sign deal for 1900 MW power Posted on Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 10:22:10 PM EST
Power-Starved Bihar To Purchase 1,500 MW From Open Market
Power-starved Bihar will purchase 1,500 MW of electricity from the open market before summer.
The Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) had last year invited a request for proposals (RFP) to purchase power from the open market. 'The response has been tremendous,' Bihar Power Minister Ramashray Prasad Singh told IANS. Added a board official: 'The BSEB has now extended the date (to receive bids) of the RFP in view of the response.' The official said BSEB was hopeful of sourcing power from companies in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Chhattishgarh or Orissa. Bihar receives 800-1,000 MW from the central pool despite the scheduled allocation of 1,553 MW per day. Its daily demand is 2,000-2,500 MW. Source: Sify.com Power-starved Bihar to purchase 1,500 MW from open market Click On "Full Story" For More... (325 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section ElectricityPosted on Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 01:44:03 AM EST
Thermal Power Plant Sanctioned In Bihar
The Bihar government today gave its nod to a proposal from a private firm to set up a thermal power plant at Kochar under Barun police station in Bihar's Aurangabad district.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
The decision was taken at the first ever meeting of the state cabinet on the Ratnagiri hills here, Cabinet Secretary Girish Shankar said. Source: PTI Thermal power plant sanctioned in Bihar Posted on Tue Dec 29, 2009 at 09:50:42 PM EST
Power Situation Unlikely To Improve In Another Five Years
Bihar has not made any substantial progress in the energy sector during the last four years. Out of the villages in Bihar, only 5,928 energized villages have been handed over so far.
Out of the 28 investment proposals to the tune of over Rs 83,551 crore for setting up new thermal power stations, none has led to investment in the power sector. Bihar is unlikely to improve in the power sector for another five years. According to official sources, as many as 11 major private players had shown keen interest in setting up coal-based thermal power stations in the state. All these private firms, including Essar, Tata and Reliance, had submitted their tenders yielding Rs 11 lakh to the Bihar State Electricity Board in 2008. But none of these proposals could materialize, said a retired BSEB chairman on the condition of anonymity. During the last four years, Haryana has even set up 5,000 MW thermal power station in which two plants have even started generating power. But to date Bihar has not made any headway on this front, said an official. Source: Times Of India Power situation unlikely to improve in another five years Click On "Full Story" For More... (464 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section ElectricityPosted on Tue Nov 24, 2009 at 02:09:49 AM EST
Bihar Villagers Now Get Green Electricity
A technology that converts rice husk into electricity is gaining ground in Bihar. Some 100,000 households in the state already use electricity produced from biomass and their number is steadily growing.
According to an estimate, 44 percent of India's population still live without electricity, making this biomass-based power generation technology indispensable in energy-starved states like Bihar. Though this technology has been in use for the past 50 years in India, Husk Power Systems (HPS), a rural electrification company, has modified it to create a cost-effective operational model. Today, HPS supplies power to 50 off-grid villages in the state. Each village has a population between 2,000 and 4,000. By 2012, HPS plans to cover 2,000 villages in the state. Rice husk is traditionally discarded in India. However, when it is heated, it releases a gas that HPS uses to run modified diesel engines to generate electricity. Source: www.topnews.in Bihar villagers now get green electricity Click On "Full Story" For More.. (462 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section ElectricityPosted on Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 12:54:30 AM EST
Power Crisis In State As 4 NTPC Units Shut
Bihar is facing acute power crisis following the shutdown of two units each of Farakka and Kahalgaon plants of National Thermal Power
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Corporation (NTPC). The crisis has worsened following the shutdown of two units of hydel power plant at Teesta. Bihar's share in Teesta hydel power plant is 108 MW. On Monday, Bihar was allocated a meagre 975 MW of power from the Central sector against its total requirement of 2,500 MW during the peak hours. Bihar's two power-generating plants at Kanti in Muzaffarpur district and Barauni in Begusarai district on Monday generated 137 MW of power. These two power plants have started generating power during the last couple of days. Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) spokesman Hare Ram Pandey said the NTPC's two units each at Farakka and Kahalgaon became non-operational due to acute crisis of coal. Out of the total availability of 1,112 MW, Patna was allotted 413 MW on Monday. At least 300 MW has been given to the essential services like railways and border areas and the remaining 400 MW to districts. Source: Times Of India Power Crisis In State As 4 NTPC Units Shut Posted on Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 10:26:25 PM EST
Power Crisis Deepens In Bihar
Non-generation of power by Kanti and Barauni thermal power units coupled with reduction in allocation of power from the Central pool has deepened power crisis in Bihar today.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Both Barauni and Kanti thermal power units stopped generation because of technical problem, a Bihar State Electricity Board spokesman Hareram Pandey said. To add to the crisis, the state received 780 MW of electricity from central poll, just half of the scheduled allocation of 1550 MW power per day, Pandey alleged. Pandey informed that the state was also not getting its share of electricity from 500 MW Talchar power generating plant because of technical fault there. Besides catering to the requirements of the state capital, the board needed additional 350 MW electricity for maintaining emergency services such as hospitals, railways and defence, he said and pointed out that the rest of the state would face load-shedding. Source: PTI Power crisis deepens in Bihar Posted on Mon Oct 26, 2009 at 09:48:19 PM EST
City To Get Uninterrupted Power Supply
The Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) has made arrangements to provide uninterrupted power supply during the Durga Puja.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
The Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU) has formed a Special Maintenance Group under MRT division to maintain constant power supply. Apart from this, every division office has emergency control rooms which will rectify any technical snag very quickly, said superintending engineer (SE) S K P Singh. BSEB spokesperson H R Pandey, while talking to TOI, said, "To maintain uninterrupted power supply across the city and even other parts of the state, the BSEB is drawing additional 150 MW of power from the NTPC." These special arrangements will continue till the day of Vijayadashmi, said Singh. Apart from this, shortage of power and frequent load-shedding which the entire Patna west circle had been facing has now been resolved following rectification of the technical snag in the 50 MVA transformer at Khagaul grid. It may be mentioned here that the power transformer had developed snag last month leading to a terrible power crisis in the city. The BSEB was then forced to resort to six to eight times load-shedding in many areas of western Patna. "The capacity of Khagaul grid went down by one-third forcing us to undertake prolong hours of shedding in many city areas. Though the load was distributed between Jakkanpur and Bihta grids yet it was difficult to maintain adequate power supply," said the SE. Board officials got the fault rectified in a record time after engineers were flown in from Kerala. The equipment, which developed snag and had gone out of order, was produced by Kerala-based company in a short period after orders were placed by the BSEB, said BSEB chairman Swapan Mukherjee. Now localities like Gardanibagh, Anisabad, Dak Bungalow, Kadamkuan, Jagdeo Path, Ashiana, Danapur urban areas, Pataliputra Colony, Boring Canal Road, Anandpuri, Nehru Nagar, Rajiv Nagar, Indrapuri, New Pataliputra Colony, Kurji etc will get relief from frequent load sheddings, added the chairman. Source: Times Of India City to get uninterrupted power supply Posted on Sat Sep 26, 2009 at 09:26:08 PM EST
Indian Railways To Set U 1000 MW Power Plant In Bihar
Indian Railways would set up a 1000 MW capacity power plant at Nabinagar in Bihar to meet its power requirements.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Mr E Ahamed minister of state for railways told the Rajya Sabha that the plant will be set up under a joint venture with NTPC. Railways have already formed Bharatiya Bijlee Company Limited for initiating power projects for it. In a written reply in the House, Mr Ahamed said that the upcoming plant will feed 164 traction sub-stations located in Eastern and Western region of the country. Railways consumed more than 14,096 million KWH in 2007-08 for operational (traction) and non operational (non traction) purposes. Source:steelguru.com Indian Railways to set up 1000 MW power plant in Bihar Posted on Sun Aug 02, 2009 at 09:41:45 PM EST
Bihar Demands More Power From Centre To Tide Over Crisis
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today demanded an additional allocation of at least 300 Mega Watt power for the state from the Centre to tide over the drought like situation in wake of poor monsoon.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
" Bihar has been facing a drought like situation because of failure of monsoon.I would request special consideration be made so that the state is able to tide over this crisis", Kumar said in a letter written to Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. " While our present allocation (of power) be allowed to be drawn in full, an additional allocation of at least 300 MW be made to the state immediately," Kumar said in the letter. He also alleged the state government did not receive any positive response from the Centre regarding its past requests for enhancing the allocation. " Availability of power in Bihar has been very less. The state is almost entirely dependent on Central sector allocation to meet its basic requirement. While the average requirement is 2500 MW, the total allocation from the Central sector remains at 1550 MW. Source: indopia.in Bihar demands more power from Centre to tide over crisis Posted on Thu Jul 23, 2009 at 10:25:31 PM EST
3 Companies Contend For Franchise Power Distribution In Patna
Projects Today reported that CESC, Reliance Infrastructure and Mumbai based Glodyne Technoserve are in fray to be franchise power distributor in Patna, Bihar.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Financial bids are expected to be opened on June 30th 2009. Bihar had invited bids for franchise power distributors in Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur circles. As per the bid regulation, the contenders for Patna were required to bid for at least 1 additional circle out of the residual 3. While R-Infra bid for all 4 circles, CESC bid for Patna and Muzaffarpur and Glodyne bid for Patna and Gaya. Apart from R-Infra and Glodyne, Enzen Global is the third contender for Gaya. Muzaffarpur received 2 bids and Reliance Infra is the sole bidder for Bhagalpur. Meanwhile, the contracts are expected to be awarded within the next 6 months. Bihar State Electricity Board has appointed IL&FS for bid evaluation. Source: steelguru.com 3 companies contend for franchise power distribution in Patna Posted on Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 12:34:08 AM EST
People Suffer Due To Frequent Power Cuts
Thousands of Patanaites witnessed unprecedented power crisis on Tuesday. During the last 24 hours, people suffered badly due to frequent
power cuts in the city localities forcing them remain awake throughout the night. It was a black Tuesday. The power cuts during evening for couple of hours is a normal phenomena. But frequent power cuts throughout the night forced the residents to wait endlessly for resumption of power supply which was finally restored at around 9 am on Wednesday that too for only a couple of hours. The lights first went off in the evening at around 8.10 pm on Tuesday, then at 10 pm, at 12 in the midnight, 1.30 am and it continued till 9 am on Wednesday. "We waited till 4 in the morning with a hope to get power. But it did not resume till 9 in the morning," said Swati of Yarpur locality. The story is more or less the same in other city localities. The humid temperature in the city on Tuesday made the residents restless. On Tuesday, hundreds of marriage pandals had to depend on generator sets. The unbearable polluting noise of gensets made the situation even worse. Power crisis also affected the water supply. Water boring pumps hardly worked due to frequent power cuts. "The invertors too stopped working. Mobiles were discharged, life going totally haywire," said Purushottam of Anisabad. Source: Times Of India People suffer due to frequent power cuts Click On "Full Story" For More... (459 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section ElectricityPosted on Fri Jun 05, 2009 at 03:39:35 AM EST
Reliance To Bid For Power Distribution In Bihar
Reliance Infrastructure Ltd may submit bids for retail power distribution in 11 cities in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
According to sources, the company feels that its experience in reducing power theft in parts of Delhi may come handy in reducing the aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses in these circles. Reliance Infra is currently distributing power to 6.5 million customers in Delhi and Mumbai. According to the company, Bihar government recently invited bids for franchise power distributors in Patna, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur and Gaya circles. The franchise operator will be responsible for customercare, metering, network maintenance billing, revenue collection and associate responsibilities including reduction of AT&C losses. The franchise will work under the direct monitoring and guidance of the state power distribution companies. The latter would also be responsible for sourcing the power for distribution through the franchise distributors. Source: Jaibihar.com Reliance to bid for power distribution in Bihar Posted on Fri May 01, 2009 at 12:50:20 AM EST
Power Crisis Not Likely To Improve In State
It seems that the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) has finally given up! There is little possibility of an immediate improvement in the power situation of Bihar, including Patna. It has already become the same repeat story of every summer season.
A major part of Bihar is reeling under complete darkness. The situation is not likely to improve in the near future. Bihar's two power generating plants -- Barauni and Muzaffarpur -- could not generate a single unit of power on Tuesday also. Both these plants are not likely to generate power in the next couple of days. On Tuesday, Bihar was allocated a meagre 850 MW of power from the Central sector of which 368 MW was given to Patna. Of the remaining 482 MW of power, 300 MW was given for the essential services like railways, Nepal and border areas. The leftover 182 MW of power was available to feed remaining parts of Bihar. "So one can imagine how many hours of power is available in districts. The main concern is to provide maximum power to Patna to keep the `bosses' happy and cool," said a BSEB official. "To minimize the gap, we are buying 50 MW additional power at a premium rate. We have to introduce two hours of load shedding in city localities to rationalise the power," said BSEB spokesman Hare Ram Pandey. Source: Times Of India Power crisis not likely to improve in state Click On "Full Story" For More... (538 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section ElectricityPosted on Wed Apr 29, 2009 at 03:56:32 AM EST
BSEB Purchases Additional Power For Smooth Conduct Of Polls
The Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) is forced to buy additional power at higher rates to feed the state. The BSEB on Thursday also purchased additional 50 MW of power to feed all the 13 parliamentary constituencies on polling day.
It is mandatory to provide additional five MW of power as against its normal allocation to each districts on the polling day. As usual, Bihar is still facing shortage of 300 MW of power to fill the gap during normal days. The situation is likely to worsen as the demand will increase during the peak summer season next month. The demand has increased manifold with the increase in the sale of air-coolers and ACs. "Now people hardly go for coolers. The price of branded ACs has come down and banks are offering loan on easy instalments," said a local trader, Pradip Kumar. The joint venture (JV) thermal power plant of BSEB and NTPC at Kanti in Muzaffarpur hardly generates power for 10 days in a month. For the last couple of days, this JV plant is not generating even a single unit of power. Source: Times Of India BSEB purchases additional power for smooth conduct of polls Click On "Full Story" For More.. (325 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section ElectricityPosted on Fri Apr 24, 2009 at 01:56:37 AM EST
Bihar Plunges Into Darkness Again After Two Units Of Talcher (STPP) Developed Snag
Power situation in Bihar worsened after two units of the Talcher Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) developed snag, plummeting supply to 600 MW against its scheduled average daily allocation of 1553 MW on Monday.
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) sources said two units of 500 MW each of the Talcher STPP developed snag on Sunday, drastically reducing power supply from the Central sectors to the State. Talcher, havingh an installed capacity of 1000 MW, supplies 37 per cent power out of its total generation to Bihar. With the plant generally working at around 95 per cent efficiency, the State, on an arverage, receives 300-330 MW electricity from Talcher. With both the units developing snag, Bihar's scheduled allocation of 370 MW from Talcher dropped to zero. With the Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station (MTPS) of the BSEB also developing problem, it did not help the State's cause. AS a result, the BSEB was forced to resort to power shedding throughout the State, including the Capital. The erratic power supply also had a cascading effect on water supply, as residents of Rajendra Nagar, Kankarbagh, Bahadurpur, Patliputra Colony, Boring Road, Nehru Nagar, Rajeev Nagar, Sri Krishna Puri, Patna City and many more, complained of water scarcity. On Sunday a 100 MVA transformer at Fatuha had gone bust, crippling power supply to localities of eastern Patna, fed by Gaighat and Mithapur grid. BSEB spokesman Hareram Pandey said : "The transformer at Fatuha was set right on Monday morning. However, low generation from Central sectors because of the snag in the Talcher STPP has forced us to resort to power shedding throughout the State, as were receiving just about 600 MW electricity." Against an average daily allocation of 368 MW, the Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU), which caters to the State Capital, was allocated 300 MW electricity on Monday. Source: jaibhira.com Bihar plunges into darkness again Posted on Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 02:30:00 AM EST
Bihar Facing A Deficit Of 400 to 500 MW Of Power
Bihar is facing a deficit of 400 to 500 MW of power and the situation is likely to worsen in coming days if adequate provisioning for
By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
additional power is not made. Augmenting its generation capacity is thus an overwhelming priority for the state to meet existing shortfall as well as demand growth in future. After the bifurcation of the state in 2000, the installed capacity of Bihar has declined to 584 MW. That apart, generation plants left with Bihar are old and inoperational with energy outputs less than one-tenth of the maximum possible from plants of equivalent installed capacity, said an official. As a result, the state meets most of its power requirements from its share in the Central sector's power generating stations. A couple of thermal power projects are coming up in the state in the Central sector. The Bihar government has initiated steps to renovate thermal units which remained in Bihar after the state's division. Simultaneous efforts have been initiated for creating additional capacities through the hydel sector. The Bihar Hydel power Corporation (BHPC) has been focusing on setting up small hydro power projects by utilizing heads available on falls of canal systems in the State. "As on date we have nine generating units with a total capacity of 51.1 MW," said BHPC MD L P Sinha. BHPC recently started generating three MW of power from Triveni hydel project near Valmikinagar in West Champaran district. Source: Times Of India State faces power crisis Posted on Thu Apr 02, 2009 at 04:22:47 AM EST
NTPC Proposes To Build Distribution Network For States
This is aimed at resolving conflicts India's largest electricity utility has had with state governments over land, water and environmental issues
State-owned NTPC Ltd plans to set up distribution networks near its power plants and later transfer them to state electricity boards (SEBs), a company official said. This is aimed at resolving conflicts India's largest electricity utility has had with state governments over land, water and environmental issues. "We have certain responsibilities towards the states where we have our projects. Once we develop the infrastructure, we will transfer it to state electricity boards. We will start this at our Kahalgaon project and then will replicate it elsewhere," the official said, requesting anonymity. Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district of Bihar was the site of citizen protests over seriously inadequate power supply that led to three people dying in police firing in January last year near the 1,840MW NTPC plant. "We have asked the government of India to allocate us a certain amount of power from the state's quota or even increase their share, which will then be distributed through this infrastructure. This will certainly strengthen our relationship with the states," the official added. Source: Live Mint NTPC proposes to build distribution network for states Click On "Full Story" For More.. (418 words in story) Full Story By ugesh sarkar, Section ElectricityPosted on Thu Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52:12 PM EST
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