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'Imposing solar power obligation is an indirect tariff hike'

By : Sustainability ..., May 19, 2013

Enforcement of solar power obligation was “equivalent to tariff increase’’ without seeking consumers’ views and should be enforced only after a public hearing, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Consumers’ Association (TECA) has contended.

It has also argued that in the...

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South to get the lion’s share of solar plants

By : Sustainability ..., May 13, 2013

Southern districts will take the lion’s share of new solar power plants to be set up under the State’s Solar Energy Policy.

Of the plants approved for 209 megawatt (MW), the south will have 155 MW, of which Ramanathapuram district alone accounts for 97 MW,...

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New meters for consumers opting for rooftop solar power units

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 11, 2013

The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) will have to install fresh meters for domestic consumers who opt for rooftop solar power units.

Giving this direction, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC), in its order a few...

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Tangedco chooses 29 firms to set up solar power plants

By : Sustainability ..., Mar 9, 2013

As many as 29 firms have been chosen by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) for putting up solar power plants of an aggregate capacity of 226 megawatt (MW).

The price at which the Corporation will solar power from the proposed...

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