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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 82 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: electricity shortage power tariff hike
Close on the heels of a steep hike in petroleum prices, residents of Mumbai's suburbs will have to absorb a moderate hike in electricity tariff with effect from June 1.

State power regulator MERC on Thursday cleared an average tariff hike of 10.22% across categories for consumers of Reliance Energy Limited (REL), the supplier in suburbs.

While residential consumers will have to deal with read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 128 days ago (http://www.mumbaimirror.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: electricity shortage load shedding


This can be called an official admission of the state’s failure to curb loadshedding. Admitting that the problem of power cuts has grown out of proportion, the state government recently issued an order to offer finance to all aided schools and colleges to purchase inverters.

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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 139 days ago (http://www.mumbaimirror.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: best electricity shortage power
Residents of the island city, who use more than 300 units of electricity per month, will face the heat this summer thanks to BEST, which has decided to charge Rs 2.50 for every unit over and above 300 units consumed.

The existing rate is Rs 1.57 and the new tariff will be effective from May 1. The BEST, which distributes power in south Mumbai, caters to over 9 lakh consumers.

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Avatar Posted by meemumbaikar 244 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: General | Tags: electricity shortage project delays
In dire need of electricity, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday offered eight power companies a second chance to honour their commitment to set up thermal/gas plants in the state.

The companies have now been given six years instead of the earlier five to commission plants totalling 12,500 MW.

The companies had signed MoUs with the state in May 2004 but were disqualified from getting read more »
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Avatar Posted by meekon 250 days ago (http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: General | Tags: load shedding electricity shortage
उन्हाळा संपल्यानंतर, थंडीच्या दिवसांत तरी लोडशेडिंग कमी होईल, या आशेत असलेल्या राज्यातील नागरिकांमागचा अंधाराचा फेरा सुरूच असताना, लोडशेडिंगमध्ये येत्या काही दिवसांत वाढच होण्याची चिन्हे दिसू लागली आहेत.

दाभोळ प्रकल्पातील वीज निमिर्तीसाठी अत्यावश्यक असणारा गॅसपुरठ्यात झालेली १४ टक्क्यांची घट हे त्यामागचे कारण! read more »
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Avatar Posted by meemumbaikar 259 days ago (http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: load shedding electricity shortage
पश्चिम रेल्वेवर बहिष्काराचा 'गांधीगिरी'चा सोमवारचा प्रयोग अपेक्षेबाहेर यशस्वी झाल्याने मिरा रोड ते विरारपर्यंतच्या सामान्य नागरिकांमध्ये वेगळेच स्फुरण चढले आहे.

आता स्वत:च्या सार्मथ्याचे भान आलेली भाईंदरपलीकडची, लोडशेडिंगने त्रासलेली नागरिकशक्ती यापुढचा 'झटका' वीज कंपनीला देईल, अशी दाट शक्यता आहे.

वेगवेगळ्या पक्षांच्या झेंड्यांखाली विभागलेली नागरिकशक्ती मतभेद बाजूला ठेवून एखाद्या प्रश् read more »
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Avatar Posted by meemumbaikar 287 days ago (http://www.mumbaimirror.com)
Category: Society | Tags: electricity shortage load shedding
I don't think these citizens have heard of the 'Mumbai Unplug' program.. I don't think they have even heard about Global Warming but they sure do take top honors in my book for actually "doing" something about local problems faced by their fellow citizens.

30 families in a building in Parel switched off all lights and other electric appliances between 7 pm and 10 pm for four days during read more »
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