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Kerala State Electricity Board gets regulatory commission’s approval for four battery energy storage systems at substations

August 7, 2025August 7, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The four BESS systems together will have a capacity of 125 megawatt/500 megawatt hour (MW/MWh). | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) has given it approval for a Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) proposal to establish four grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) at its substations. The BESS units are […]

72-year-old farmer electrocuted in Kerala’s Palakkad

July 27, 2025July 27, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

A 72-year-old man was electrocuted from a snapped power line on his coconut farmland at Olassery in Kodumbu panchayat, near here, on Sunday morning (July 27). Mari Muthu, a farmer, lost his life when he accidentally stepped on a broken power line in his farmland. He had gone to collect fallen coconuts around 7 a.m. […]

KSEB to levy 5 paise and 7 paise per unit as surcharge on June monthly and bimonthly Bills

May 28, 2025May 28, 2025cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) will collect 5 paise per unit as fuel surcharge from consumers with monthly billing and 7 paise per unit from consumers with bi-monthly billing in June. The surcharge is meant to recover ₹12.39 crore additionally spent by the power utility on power purchases during April this year. Domestic consumers […]

State govt., KSEB mull joint venture with THDCIL for hydel projects

March 27, 2023March 28, 2023cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The State government and the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) are pressing ahead with a proposal to form a joint venture company (JVC) with THDC India Ltd. (THDCIL) for taking up new hydroelectric power projects, but the plan, reportedly, has also sparked concern and scepticism in KSEB circles. The JVC will conceptualise, implement, operate and […]

Blue alert issued to people living on banks of Karamanthodu river in Wayanad district

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The warning comes after the water level in the Banasura Sagar reservoir at Padinharethara neared its full capacity. The warning comes after the water level in the Banasura Sagar reservoir at Padinharethara neared its full capacity. A blue alert has been issued to the people living on the banks of the Karamanthodu river on Thursday, […]

Khobragade is new KSEB chairman

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

B. Ashok transferred as Secretary, Agriculture Department B. Ashok transferred as Secretary, Agriculture Department B. Ashok, chairman and managing director, Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), has been transferred as Secretary, Agriculture Department. Rajan N. Khobragade, who was recently appointed Principal Secretary (Water Resources), is the new CMD, KSEB, a government order issued on Thursday said. […]

Regulation for EV charging stations on the cards in Kerala

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

The Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission is planning to bring in a regulation governing the sale of electricity through electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. In determining the electricity tariffs for the 2022-23 fiscal, the Commission has fixed ₹ 8 per unit as the ‘ceiling rate’ that can be charged by EV charging stations/outlets. However, a […]

Top Kerala News developments today

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

1. Ivory case against actor Mohanlal A trial court in Kochi is likely to pronounce its judgement on a plea by the State government to withdraw prosecution proceedings against actor Mohanlal who was allegedly found in possession of illegal ivory artefacts by Income Tax investigators who raided his house in 2011. 2. Employees strike hits […]

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