Indian power: Adani wins compensation over higher coal costs
India’s power companies will breathe a sigh of relief.
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the regulator, has decided to give Adani Power a “compensatory tariff”, acknowledging the fact that the rising cost of coal is making it financially unviable for the company to provide power at pre-agreed prices. Good news for power companies – but someone has to pay. Continue reading »
India and diesel: a partial relationship
Don't take my subsidy away
Struggling to bring down its fiscal deficit, India wants to stop allowing commercial ventures like movie theatres, swish office complexes, and hotels from using highly-subsidised diesel fuel to run-back up generators when the power goes out. It is also trying to wean factories, mobile phone towers, and state-run bus companies from highly subsidised fuel.
But New Delhi has discovered that a partial-phase out of subsidies – particularly targeting affluent and resourceful entrepreneurs – is more difficult than it looks. Continue reading »
India’s coal pool pricing: the importance of getting it right
This week, India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval “in principle” for coal price pooling. State governments have spoken out, stocks have rallied and companies have had their say.
So, what’s all the fuss about? Continue reading »
Chinese funding: should India worry?
Indian power company Lanco’s deal to secure up to $2bn in funding from China Development Bank is obviously good news for the heavily indebted group. But are other struggling Indian conglomerates likely to be able to tap similar Chinese funding, and should India worry if they do? Continue reading »
Reliance Industries: doubts over shale
A research note released Thursday by a leading Indian broker warned Reliance Industries may be forced to write-down a portion of its $3.5bn in US shale assets because of low natural gas and natural gas liquids prices and increased production costs.
Any such write down would likely be temporary in nature – it would, essentially, be the company saying: “prices are too low to make extracting these reserves worth it, so we’re going to wait a few years for prices to climb and bring them back on the books then.” Continue reading »
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