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Current News: Volume X, Issue 9, September 2025

Highlights

  • Tamil Nadu Electricity Ombudsman - Grievance Analysis Report (2021–2025) - Part III
  • Tangedco plans to install 27,000-KW rooftop solar power units in Madurai district by 2027
  • PM Surya Ghar Installations to Touch 5 Million After Utility-led Model Launch
  • China makes landmark pledge to cut its climate emissions
  • Consumer Focus - Ombudsman Case

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Current News: Volume X, Issue 8, August 2025

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  • Powering India through Sustainable and Clean Energy – Challenges affecting its adoption
  • Power distribution network in Chennai, nearby districts set for an upgrade
  • Solar accounts for 77% of India’s $11.8 bn clean energy inflows in H1 2025: Report
  • USDA ends programs for solar, wind projects on farms
  • Consumer Focus - Ombudsman Case

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Current News: Volume X, Issue 6, June 2025

Highlights

  • Tamil Nadu Electricity Ombudsman - Grievance Analysis Report (2021–2025)
  • Electricity consumption by public EV charging stations in T.N. increased 20% in 2024-25
  • Nearly half of India's power generation capacity non-fossil: Govt data
  • Energy access has improved, but more funding is needed to address disparities: WHO
  • Consumer Focus - Ombudsman Case

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Current News: Volume X, Issue 5, May 2025

Highlights

  • How much power can your roof generate? Estimating rooftop solar potential using NREL’s PVWatts calculator
  • Tamil Nadu: Mobile teams to resolve power cut issues in rural areas
  • Energy and efficiency: On India and greater energy efficiency
    mandates
  • Global Solar Council marks 10 years of PV progress
  • Consumer Focus - Ombudsman Case

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Current News: Volume X, Issue 4, April 2025

Highlights

  • Choosing A Rooftop Solar PV System Wisely - Part 2: What Makes A Solar Module?
  • Your next WhatsApp message could be an alert from EB
  • Renewable energy accounts for 86% of new power capacity addition in FY25: Report
  • 40% of world’s electricity from non-fossil sources but power sector’s carbon emissions at all-time high
  • Consumer Focus - Ombudsman Case

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Current News: Volume X, Issue 2, February 2025

Highlights

  • Choosing Rooftop Solar PV system Wisely- Part 1 : Types of Solar Cells
  • Over 10K service connections merged by Tangedco in last 9 months in Madurai city
  • India may miss key climate goal of 500-GW RE capacity by 2030 due to high capital cost
  • Solar-Powered Reactor Turns Carbon into Renewable Energy
  • Consumer Focus - Ombudsman Case

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Current News: Volume X, Issue 1, January 2025

Highlights

  • Why Time of Day (ToD) may not be essential for LT Commercial and MSME consumers in Tamil Nadu?
  • TNPDCL signs power purchase agreements to meet summer demand
  • India’s Renewable Energy Surge: MNRE Reports Record 209.44 GW Capacity in 2024, Doubling Year-on-Year Growth
  • Weather and climate services inform transition to clean energy
  • Consumer Focus - Ombudsman Case

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Current News: Volume IX, Issue 12, December 2024

Highlights

  • Clean Energy Transition and Critical Minerals : The shift from a fuel intensive to a material intensive energy system
  • Trichy’s first solar power plant inaugurated
  • India adds RE capacity by 14.2% and pipeline projects by 28.5% in one year
  • Google announces $20B renewable energy project for powering data centres
  • Consumer Focus - Ombudsman Case

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Current News: Volume IX, Issue 11, November 2024

Highlights

  • Energy Labeling And Star Rating For Solar Energy Infrastructure And Solar- Operated Appliances
  • Factors Influencing Electricity Prices in Tamil Nadu - (Part 4)
  • Tamil Nadu to introduce Battery Energy Storage Systems to boost green energy infrastructure
  • India to spend over Rs 9 trn on power transmission infra by 2032: Govt
  • UK is developing Solar Energy and Wind Farms in the Philippines
  • Consumer Focus - Ombudsman Case

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