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Are Fires In Delhi Increasing? What Has Caused This And What Can Be Done?
Fires in Delhi- National Capital Region (NCR) are on a rise, owing to heatwave and increased electricity consumption. Amidst record peak power consumption in Delhi, is the capital ready for this staggering demand?
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Electricity Bills Set To Rise In Delhi. AAP Blames Centre
Power consumers in Delhi with monthly usage of over 200 units will have to pay more after an 8 per cent hike in the power purchase adjustment cost (PPAC)
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Power Subsidy Opted By Delhi Residents To Continue Till March 31 Next Year
The Delhi government provides 100 per cent subsidy on monthly consumption upto 200 units. Those consuming 201-400 units per month get 50 per cent subsidy capped at Rs 850.
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Power Consumption Falls Amid Fears Of Outages
Electricity consumption fell by around 2 per cent (3,828 million units) on October 9, 2021, compared to 3,900 million units consumed on October 8
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Monsoon May Arrive In Delhi Ahead Of Time On June 25: Weather Agency
The southwest monsoon is likely to arrive in Delhi ahead of schedule on June 25, the Indian weather monitoring agency said today as heatwave-like conditions kept day temperature above normal in the National Capital Region.
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Free Electricity Scheme An Example Of Smart Governance: Arvind Kejriwal
The Delhi government's free-electricity scheme will be an example of "smart governance" as it is encouraging Delhiites to reduce their power consumption, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.
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Delhi Hikes 'Fixed Charge' For High Electricity Users
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) today hiked a fixed-charge component of power tariff for users whose consumption is high, while maintaining usage charges will remain the same
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Delhi's Power Demand Reaches All Time High At 6260 MW
Extreme heat and humidity levels pushed up Delhi's peak power demand to an all-time high of 6,260 MW today, that is double the demand of Mumbai and three times more than the demand of Chennai and Kolkata respectively, authorities said.
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Delhi Power Minister Says Electricity Made Expensive Deliberately
Delhi Power Minister Satyendra Jain today said electricity has been kept expensive deliberately and there was a need to reduce tariffs to raise consumption and fully utilise the nation's generation capacity of 280 GW.
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Tata Power welcomes move to provide power subsidy
Delivering on yet another poll promise, the Aam Aadmi government yesterday announced a 50 per cent subsidy on power consumption upto 400 units in Delhi, which will benefit around 28 lakh of the total 35 lakh consumers in the city.
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Cut down power use if you can't afford high bills: Sheila Dikshit
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday urged people to reduce their electricity consumption if they cannot afford high power bills.
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Did overdrawing by states cause northern power grid failure?
Power outages are a common phenomenon in countries where energy consumption is very high. They are often sourced to a power ‘grid failure’. This occurs when some areas draw excessive power. This leads to automatic tripping of power and it has a cascading impact on the entire grid that supplies power to the region. Here are pointers that explain...
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Delhi power demand reaches new all-time high
The searing heat in Delhi once again pushed the ever-rising power demand to a new high on Monday. According to power officials it touched 5,454 megawatts (MW) and the consumption will cross the projected demand of 5,500 MW.
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Reliance Infra, Tata Power shares jump on tariff hike
Tariff for domestic consumption has been hiked by 24%, while commercial power tariff will be higher by 19.5%.
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Delhi at 43 degrees, but weekend should bring rain
Delhi continued to reel under the scorching heat with the maximum temperature recorded at 43 degrees Celsius - five notches above average - and the city's power demand reached a new high of 5,330 MW Friday. Respite is in sight with rains forecast early on Saturday. This is the fourth time in June that power consumption has broken all previous recor...
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Are Fires In Delhi Increasing? What Has Caused This And What Can Be Done?
Fires in Delhi- National Capital Region (NCR) are on a rise, owing to heatwave and increased electricity consumption. Amidst record peak power consumption in Delhi, is the capital ready for this staggering demand?
-
Electricity Bills Set To Rise In Delhi. AAP Blames Centre
Power consumers in Delhi with monthly usage of over 200 units will have to pay more after an 8 per cent hike in the power purchase adjustment cost (PPAC)
-
Power Subsidy Opted By Delhi Residents To Continue Till March 31 Next Year
The Delhi government provides 100 per cent subsidy on monthly consumption upto 200 units. Those consuming 201-400 units per month get 50 per cent subsidy capped at Rs 850.
-
Power Consumption Falls Amid Fears Of Outages
Electricity consumption fell by around 2 per cent (3,828 million units) on October 9, 2021, compared to 3,900 million units consumed on October 8
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Monsoon May Arrive In Delhi Ahead Of Time On June 25: Weather Agency
The southwest monsoon is likely to arrive in Delhi ahead of schedule on June 25, the Indian weather monitoring agency said today as heatwave-like conditions kept day temperature above normal in the National Capital Region.
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Free Electricity Scheme An Example Of Smart Governance: Arvind Kejriwal
The Delhi government's free-electricity scheme will be an example of "smart governance" as it is encouraging Delhiites to reduce their power consumption, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday.
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Delhi Hikes 'Fixed Charge' For High Electricity Users
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) today hiked a fixed-charge component of power tariff for users whose consumption is high, while maintaining usage charges will remain the same
-
Delhi's Power Demand Reaches All Time High At 6260 MW
Extreme heat and humidity levels pushed up Delhi's peak power demand to an all-time high of 6,260 MW today, that is double the demand of Mumbai and three times more than the demand of Chennai and Kolkata respectively, authorities said.
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Delhi Power Minister Says Electricity Made Expensive Deliberately
Delhi Power Minister Satyendra Jain today said electricity has been kept expensive deliberately and there was a need to reduce tariffs to raise consumption and fully utilise the nation's generation capacity of 280 GW.
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Tata Power welcomes move to provide power subsidy
Delivering on yet another poll promise, the Aam Aadmi government yesterday announced a 50 per cent subsidy on power consumption upto 400 units in Delhi, which will benefit around 28 lakh of the total 35 lakh consumers in the city.
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Cut down power use if you can't afford high bills: Sheila Dikshit
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday urged people to reduce their electricity consumption if they cannot afford high power bills.
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Did overdrawing by states cause northern power grid failure?
Power outages are a common phenomenon in countries where energy consumption is very high. They are often sourced to a power ‘grid failure’. This occurs when some areas draw excessive power. This leads to automatic tripping of power and it has a cascading impact on the entire grid that supplies power to the region. Here are pointers that explain...
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Delhi power demand reaches new all-time high
The searing heat in Delhi once again pushed the ever-rising power demand to a new high on Monday. According to power officials it touched 5,454 megawatts (MW) and the consumption will cross the projected demand of 5,500 MW.
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Reliance Infra, Tata Power shares jump on tariff hike
Tariff for domestic consumption has been hiked by 24%, while commercial power tariff will be higher by 19.5%.
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Delhi at 43 degrees, but weekend should bring rain
Delhi continued to reel under the scorching heat with the maximum temperature recorded at 43 degrees Celsius - five notches above average - and the city's power demand reached a new high of 5,330 MW Friday. Respite is in sight with rains forecast early on Saturday. This is the fourth time in June that power consumption has broken all previous recor...
