India: The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), which determines tariffs for plants that sell power at ‘cost-plus’ systems, has proposed to introduce a ‘three-part tariff’ structure from the existing ‘two-part’ regime. The regulator has suggested the changes in the recently launched approach paper for the tariff period between FY19-24. The existing two-part tariff structure for […]

Net domestic production of electric power in Albania almost doubled y/y in the first quarter of 2018 to reach 3,213 GWh, up from just 1,588 GWh in the same period of 2017. Albania and other countries in the Western Balkans were hit by drought last year, resulting in a sharp fall in hydropower production; Montenegro’s […]

TOKYO— Kansai Electric Power Co. on Monday submitted to the industry ministry a plan to cut its electricity rates for households and institutional users by 5.36 percent on average on July 1. The price cut reflects a decrease in thermal power generation costs following the reactivation of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at […]

Kathmandu: Electricity generation in the country surged by 7.4 per cent in the first eight months of the current fiscal 2017-18 as compared to the corresponding period of the previous fiscal 2016-17. The ‘Economic Survey 2017-18’ released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) today reveals that 1044.6 megawatts of electricity was generated in the review […]

Electricity distributor Kenya Power has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with French renewable energy firm Voltalia for a 50-megawatt solar project located in Kopere, Nandi county. The 20-year power sale contract at an undisclosed price will see the French firm use the expertise of its teams based in Portugal for both construction and operation […]

ADDIS ABABA- Ethiopia has increased its electricity generation capacity 11-fold during the last 27 years, an Ethiopian official said on Friday. Azeb Asnake, CEO of Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), said Ethiopia has managed to increase its electricity generation from 380 Mega Watts (MW) in 1991 to around 4,300 MW currently, reported state affiliated media outlet […]

The Lesotho Electricity and Water Authority (LEWA) has informed the Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) stakeholders and the general public that the Lesotho Electricity Company (LEC) has filed a tariff application modification for a review of electricity services tariffs for the Financial Year 2018/19. According to LWEA, this application is in line with Section 24 of […]