Andhra Pradesh to Deploy 350 Electric Buses In Five Cities
The Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) has come up with a proposal to deploy 350 electric buses in five cities in the state. Overall, the project is likely ...
Jammu and Kashmir to Soon Add 30 Electric Buses in Srinagar’s Fleet
The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government has decided to deploy electric buses in the state’s summer capital Srinagar. Tata Motors has already supplied ten electric buses to the Jammu and ...
NITI Aayog Charts New Plan for Complete Transition to Electric Vehicles by 2030
The National Institute of Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has put out a bold proposal which states that after 2030, electric vehicles (EVs) have to be exclusively sold in the country ...
RK Singh Advises Generation Companies to Utilize Renewables to Meet Commitments
The Union Power Minister R.K. Singh held a meeting recently in the national capital to discuss the implementation issues regarding the mechanism issued by Ministry of Power for providing flexibility ...
Electric Vehicles Likely to Get Registration Fee Exemption
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) has put forward a proposal to relieve electric and battery-operated vehicles from registration charges. This move comes at a time when the ...
BESCOM Readies Blueprint to Set Up 678 EV Charging Stations in Karnataka
The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) has drawn a plan for setting up 678 electric vehicles (EV) charging stations across the state of Karnataka. The proposed plan has 100 charging ...
Uttar Pradesh Releases Blueprint for Open Access Power Regulations
As the share of renewable energy in the generation mix is increasing in the Indian states, an increasing number of state regulatory commissions are now either coming up with new open access regulations ...
Industry-Wide Consultation Necessary Before Launching a Plan for Transition to EVs: CII
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has called stakeholders from across the transportation and renewable energy sectors for a consultation on the future of intelligent mobility in the country. CII ...
Uttar Pradesh Floats Expression of Interest for EV Charging Stations
The Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has issued an expression of interest (EoI) to set up charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) in cities, highways, and expressways across ...
Madhya Pradesh Proposes EV Charging Tariff of ₹6 and ₹5.90 for LT and HT consumers
The Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company Limited (MPPMCL) has proposed the tariff for electric vehicle (EV) and electric rickshaw charging infrastructure in the state. This has been passed in a ...
Government Seeks Proposals from States for 5,000 Electric Buses
The Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) under the Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises has invited expressions of interest from state transport departments for the deployment of 5,000 electric ...
Tariff for EV Charging in Chandigarh Set at ₹4/kWh
In a bid to encourage the adoption of intelligent mobility among residents, the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission has set the tariff for electric vehicle (EV) charging in Chandigarh. The commission ...
Court Upholds Deviation Settlement Mechanism Order Passed by Rajasthan Commission
Recently, a petition filed by the Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA) had challenged the validity of the deviation settlement mechanism (DSM) regulations passed by the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) ...
Electric Scooter Manufacturer Ather Energy Raises $51 Million in Funding
Ather Energy, India’s intelligent electric scooter manufacturer, raised $51 million in its latest round of funding, led by Flipkart’s co-founder Sachin Bansal’s investment of $32 million. Ather Energy was one ...
CERC to Introduce Daily Base and Time Block Deviation Settlement Mechanism
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has finalized the fifth amendment to its deviation settlement mechanism regulations. These regulations will come into force with effect from June 03, 2019. The ...
UK’s Zouk Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Italy’s Electric Mobility Utility BE Power
Zouk Capital, an infrastructure and private equity fund manager, based out of the United Kingdom, has acquired a majority stake in BE Power. BE Power is a digital utility active ...
Panasonic Launches EV Charging Service in Delhi-NCR
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic has launched Nymbus, a smart EV charging service in Delhi-NCR region in partnership with electric mobility service providers Smart E and qQuick. In the first phase ...
Relaxing Day-Ahead Scheduling for Co-Located Captive Power Projects Untenable: BERC
The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has upheld the provisions of its regulations on the banking of power from fossil fuel and renewable energy-based captive generating projects. The BERC heard ...
Kerala Issues Tenders for 1,500 Electric Buses on Lease
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has issued a tender to lease 1,500 electric buses. It has issued three separate tenders for 500 (500*3) electric buses for a period of ...
Power Grid Corporation Helps Restore Power Supply in Cyclone-Ravaged Odisha
After the fury of cyclone Fani subsided, the power supply and infrastructure in Odisha were in total disarray. Reportedly the strongest cyclone to have hit any Indian state in the ...
CERC Proposes ₹3.60/kWh as National Average Power Purchase Cost for Open Access
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed setting up the national average power purchase cost (APPC) at ₹3.60 (~$0.051)/kWh for open access for FY 2019-20. The proposal is up ...
Ather Energy’s Electric Scooter Becomes FAME-II Compliant
Ather Energy, backed by Hero MotoCorp, has announced that their flagship intelligent scooter, Ather 450 is now FAME II compliant and will receive an increased subsidy of ₹27,000 ($386.9). Though the orders for ...
Government Announces List of EV Parts to be Indigenized Under FAME II
The Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has released a revised list of parts which are to be indigenized under the Phased Manufacturing Program (PMP) which falls under the ...
Ratan Tata Invests in Ola Electric Mobility’s Series A Funding
Ola Electric Mobility Pvt Ltd (Ola Electric) has announced that Ratan Tata, the chairman of Tata Sons, has invested an undisclosed amount in the company as part of its Series ...
GERC Not to Impose Additional Surcharge for Open Access Consumers in Gujarat
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has passed an order stating that no additional surcharge will apply to consumers of four of Gujarat’s DISCOMs for utilizing power through open access ...
