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For effective demand side management and to conserve power, KSEB plans to distribute ten lakh CF Lamps for replacement of incandescent lamps as the state headed for severe power crisis due to drop in water level in hydel reservoirs, State Electricity Minister A K Balan said on 23-12-2008 at Thiruvananthapuram. He said nearly 10-lakh CF lamps would be distributed to people in panchayat level- where CFL penetration is low- in the first phase as part of a massive energy conservation programme being launched by the government, Balan said.CFL bulbs would be given at free of cost to people in BPL category/ ST families and for half price to Above Poverty line people, he said. It was planned to supply 1000 CFL bulbs to each panchayat, he said. The Board expect to conserve 50MW through this, he said adding an amount of Rs.10 crores have been set apart for purchasing CF Lamps.
Kallooppara assembly constituency in Pathanamthitta district became the sixth of the state's 140 constituencies to be fully electrified on 22-12-2008. Kerala Electricity Minister A.K. Balan formally declared Kallooppara as fully electrified at a function in Mallapally, where MLA Joseph M Puthusserry...
The Kerala High Court declined to quash the final report filed by the state vigilance department against former power minister and Congress leader C V Padmarajan for irregularities in the Brahmapuram diesel power project case. The case is that the ten accused including the minister and the officials...
The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will end the year with a deficit of Rs.1,140 crore despite fall in the price of naphtha and consequent fall in the purchase price of thermal power. Hence, there is no question of the KSEB rolling back the additional power tariff or the thermal surcharge, Ke...
Kerala could be heading towards a deeper power crisis owing to a weak monsoon coupled with insufficient local hydel generation and further cuts in Central supply.With the Central power supply to Kerala slashed by more than 600 MW in recent days, the KSEB is spending an additional Rs 4 crore a day in...
The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) issued an order on 25-11-2008 permitting the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to continue the thermal surcharge and supply restrictions on power consumption now in force in the State. The KSERC said the power situation in the State was ...
Exnora International - a wide spread environmental movement based in Chennai - has launched 99999 lights out campaign in Kerala, where people have been asked to switch off their lights and computers for 9 minutes on September 9, 2009 at 9 pm. Artin Dynamics will be supporting this initiative in Kera...
The LDF Government want to convert the KSEB into a successful public sector unit with generation, transmission and distribution under one umbrella, without unbundling them , Kerala Electricity Minister Sri. AK Balan said at Kozhikode on 17-11-2008 while addressing a special meeting of KSEB northern ...
Electricity Minister Sri.A K Balan said on 13-11-2008 that measures were taken to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply at Sabarimala, Pampa and Nilackal during the coming pilgrim season. Presiding over the meeting to review the preparations for the Sabarimala season at Pampa Devaswom Annadanamand...
Kerala State Electricity Board signed new power purchase agreement with Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited on 10-11-2008 for the purchase of 70MW (14 per cent) of the energy generated at the latter’s 500-MW new plant coming up at Neyveli in Tamil Nadu. KSEB special officer Rajiv Sadanandan and Ch...
