Reporters Diary: Congress men in high ‘spirits’
Nanganeri constituency MLA Ruby Manoharan found himself in a spot in the State assembly after Speaker Appavoo questioned his principle over...
5 jumbo deaths in March: Tangedco may change cables in elephant paths
The official claimed that often people chase the wild elephants entering their villages leading to such electrocutions.
Despite new EV policy, TN not registering commercial e-vehicles
P Thirupathy Mahalincam, Head of Operations, Fast Track VVcabs, said conventional vehicles are getting more expensive, which is an incentive to...
TN to seek more time to defer scrapping of 1,500-odd govt buses
The Commissionerate of Transport and Road Safety, meanwhile, has sought an extension of time for implementing the vehicle scrapping policy, said...
Peak power demand crosses 18,000 MW mark in March itself this year
The power demand was met without any outages. The all-time high peak demand before this was 17,749 MW on March 15,” Electricity Minister V...
Don’t retire old units, CEA tells power firms
Under the CEA’s phased plan, Tangedco’s Tuticorin (1050 MW) and Mettur Thermal Stations (840 MW) should undergo R&M in the first phase by 2026 and...
Reporter’s diary: To merge or not to merge, which is it?
When the State government passed an order to compulsorily seed the Aadhaar with consumer’s number, it was speculated that the move was aimed at...
TN’s power demand touches all-time high
A senior official of Tangedco said the power demand has gone up early this year and is expected to cross 18,500 MW in April end.
