Mumbai
MERC proposes committee for monitoring Mumbai transmission projects
- Jun 1, 2021
Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), in a recent suo moto order, has proposed the creation of a committee for close monitoring of upcoming projects aimed at strengthening the Mumbai power transmission network. Following the Mumbai grid failure of October Read more
AEML to meet 50 per cent of its energy procurement through renewable sources
- May 10, 2021
Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML) has planned to meet 50 per cent of its electricity procurement through renewable energy sources, by FY25. In a recent investor presentation, AEML, the power distribution licensee in Mumbai serving 3 million customers, and Read more
AEML commissions India’s first synthetic ester oil-filled transformer
- Apr 20, 2021
Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML) recently commissioned India’s first synthetic ester oil-filled 220kV, 125MVA capacity power transformer in its Mumbai transmission network. Supplied by Siemens' Kalwa works, the green transformer was commissioned in a record time of 15 days. In Read more
Tata Power gives Mumbai country’s largest natural ester transformer
- Apr 12, 2021
Tata Power has announced the commissioning of India’s largest natural ester-filled 110/33/22kV, 125 MVA power transformer, in the Mumbai transmission network The transformer has been commissioned at the BKC (Bandra Kurla Complex) receiving station, and was built in active Read more
Mumbai outage of October 2020: No evidence of cyber attack, says Power Minister
- Mar 3, 2021
Union Power Minister R.K. Singh has said that the Mumbai power outage of October 2020 was caused by "human error" and there is no evidence to prove that it was trigged due to a cyber attack by China, Read more
‘Choice of transmission technology depends on system restoration philosophy’
- Dec 10, 2020
The Maharashtra government recently approved a plan to construct an 80-km underground HVDC link to augment power supply to Mumbai. This was done with a view to forestalling events like the major grid failure of October 12, 2020, Read more
Adani Electricity relaunches super-efficient ceiling fan program
- Dec 9, 2020
Following the success of of last year’s energy saving, ceiling fan program, Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd has relaunched the same for all its residential customers this year. This year's target is 50,000 fans as against 25,000 distributed in the Read more
Adani Electricity Mumbai plans smart meter rollout
- Nov 21, 2020
Adani Electricity Mumbai has planned to install smart meters in Mumbai, where serves over 3 million consumers. AEML is on the verge of rolling out of 7 lakh smart meters, enabling consumers to monitor their electricity consumption. It will Read more
Improved operational performance for Adani Transmission in Q2 of FY21
- Nov 6, 2020
Adani Transmission Ltd has reported improved operational performance during the second quarter (July to September) of FY21. The average availability of the transmission network stood at 99.90 per cent during Q2 of FY21, as against 99.78 per cent in Read more
AEML plans Rs.16,000 crore capex from FY20 to FY30
- Oct 22, 2020
Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd, part of the Adani Group, has planned to undertake capital expenditure of Rs.16,603 crore for the period FY20 to FY30, the integrated power utility said in a recent investor presentation. Of this total investment, around Read more