Delhi Power Distribution Companies

Delhi's winter peak power demand this year may break all previous records, crossing the 5,700-MW mark, officials of power distribution companies said today.

As a part of a pre-monsoon safety drive, the DISCOM is conducting inspections and maintenance of electrical equipment and lines installed in public areas to minimise the risk of electricity-related incidents here, an official statement said.

Discoms in Delhi have sought a cost-reflective tariff for the current financial year through aggregate revenue requirement and true-up petitions to power regulator DERC, sources in the distribution companies said.

In a first-of-its-kind move in Delhi, the BSES power distribution companies on Wednesday launched a facility to deliver electricity bills to their visually challenged consumers in Braille script.

ETO Motors has been empanelled by Delhi's Distribution Companies, namely BSES Rajdhani, BSES Yamuna and Tata Power DDL for the installation of subsidised EV charging stations.

Power distribution companies on Saturday had a tough time dealing with cases of power failure due to the festive kite flying across the city on Independence Day.

In India, nothing works like a good discount and so goes for the adoption of cleaner technologies, which are often more expensive. With this in mind, Delhi's power distribution companies have started an exchange scheme, wherein all its consumers can replace their old fans and ACs and get new energy-saving ones for a substantial discount, a BSES spo...

BSES power firms BRPL and BYPL have stopped distribution of electricity bills and meter reading in view of the coronavirus outbreak, a company spokesperson said.

A recent intensified crackdown against impostors masquerading as discom officials has resulted in the arrest of 10 impostors, Delhi power distribution company BSES said on Wednesday.

Two persons were injured when a team of a Delhi-based power distribution company (discom) making a routine check of power theft was allegedly attacked by a mob in the Kamruddin Nagar area of the capital, the company said on Wednesday.

Moving to cap the public resentment over a spike in the frequency of power cuts, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party government in the national capital is trying to revive a rule that requires power distribution companies to compensate customers for power cuts that last longer than two hours. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will head to Lt Gover...

The Delhi government today told power distribution companies or discoms to raise the number of call centre attendants and inform people of unscheduled power cuts via SMS.

Switching off lights and electrical appliances during the Earth Hour initiative this year, Delhi saved around 290 MW of power, the capital's distribution companies (discoms) announced on Sunday.

Highlighting the harassment faced by electricity distribution companies (discoms) from consumers, Delhi discom BSES on Wednesday said its officials were violently attacked by a married couple recently, leaving one with serious injury that required "six stitches".

The mounting dues of Delhi's power distribution companies could trigger an electricity crisis in the city this month.

Delhi's winter peak power demand this year may break all previous records, crossing the 5,700-MW mark, officials of power distribution companies said today.

As a part of a pre-monsoon safety drive, the DISCOM is conducting inspections and maintenance of electrical equipment and lines installed in public areas to minimise the risk of electricity-related incidents here, an official statement said.

Discoms in Delhi have sought a cost-reflective tariff for the current financial year through aggregate revenue requirement and true-up petitions to power regulator DERC, sources in the distribution companies said.

In a first-of-its-kind move in Delhi, the BSES power distribution companies on Wednesday launched a facility to deliver electricity bills to their visually challenged consumers in Braille script.

ETO Motors has been empanelled by Delhi's Distribution Companies, namely BSES Rajdhani, BSES Yamuna and Tata Power DDL for the installation of subsidised EV charging stations.

Power distribution companies on Saturday had a tough time dealing with cases of power failure due to the festive kite flying across the city on Independence Day.

In India, nothing works like a good discount and so goes for the adoption of cleaner technologies, which are often more expensive. With this in mind, Delhi's power distribution companies have started an exchange scheme, wherein all its consumers can replace their old fans and ACs and get new energy-saving ones for a substantial discount, a BSES spo...

BSES power firms BRPL and BYPL have stopped distribution of electricity bills and meter reading in view of the coronavirus outbreak, a company spokesperson said.

A recent intensified crackdown against impostors masquerading as discom officials has resulted in the arrest of 10 impostors, Delhi power distribution company BSES said on Wednesday.

Two persons were injured when a team of a Delhi-based power distribution company (discom) making a routine check of power theft was allegedly attacked by a mob in the Kamruddin Nagar area of the capital, the company said on Wednesday.

Moving to cap the public resentment over a spike in the frequency of power cuts, Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party government in the national capital is trying to revive a rule that requires power distribution companies to compensate customers for power cuts that last longer than two hours. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will head to Lt Gover...

The Delhi government today told power distribution companies or discoms to raise the number of call centre attendants and inform people of unscheduled power cuts via SMS.

Switching off lights and electrical appliances during the Earth Hour initiative this year, Delhi saved around 290 MW of power, the capital's distribution companies (discoms) announced on Sunday.

Highlighting the harassment faced by electricity distribution companies (discoms) from consumers, Delhi discom BSES on Wednesday said its officials were violently attacked by a married couple recently, leaving one with serious injury that required "six stitches".

The mounting dues of Delhi's power distribution companies could trigger an electricity crisis in the city this month.