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Green energy to be made mandatory for powering cell towers
Source: The Hindu Business Line Thomas K Thomas New Delhi, Dec. 8: The Department of Telecom will make it mandatory for mobile companies to tap into renewable sources of energy for powering their towers. Under the new rules, at least 50 per cent of towers and 20 per cent of the urban towers are to be powered by hybrid energy sources (renewable +grid) by 2015. This will have to be scaled up to 75 per cent of rural towers and 33 per cent in urban areas by 2020. The move…
Read MorePower consumers may have to pay up to 110% more
Source: The HINDUR. SRIKANTHCHENNAI, November 19, 2011 No subsidy for those consuming more than 500 units The tariff revision proposed by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) envisages a hike ranging from 74 per cent to over 110 per cent for domestic consumers. In the tariff revision application filed with the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) on Thursday, the TANGEDCO has proposed a hike of 74 per cent for people consuming up to 200 units, 94 per cent for those consuming up to 500 units and 113 per…
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