In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Tulsi Dass Arora, CEO, Era Infra, said the previous quarter results were not very encouraging. However the order book now looks good at over Rs 7,000 crore and the company has been executing various projects.

SC verdict on coal blocks: Pros discuss impact on economy

The Supreme Court on Monday declared all captive coal blocks allocated since 1993 as illegal.

Hail CERC order on Tata Power & Adani Power: Nishith Desai

According to Jain, CERC's authority had already been upheld by APTEL and the Supreme Court.

Worst over for thermal power space post reforms: Feedback

According to Vinayak Chatterjee, thermal power has seen maximum number of policy reforms in the last 18 months and so, the worst seems to be behind for it.

TPDDL may reduce power surcharge if NTPC cuts costs ahead

Power surcharge in Delhi has now been hiked - the rates have gone up from 6 to 8 percent depending on which distribution companies delivers power. This will effectively take power tariffs higher.

'Deficit southern states to benefit from grid unification'

RV Shahi, Former Power Secretary says the total generation capacity at the moment is 240,000 MW, whereas the grid is drawing not more than 120,000-130,000 MW.

Draft norms 'fair' but open to change: CERC

Terming as "fair" the power draft regulations put out by it recently, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) Chairman Gireesh Pradhan said the rationale behind the draft was to tighten operational norms for power companies.

Expect changes in final power norms: NTPC

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Choudhury said the company would be able to meet investors‘ expectations and pointed out the regulations were still in the draft stage and that it would communicate its views to the regulator.

NTPC incentive unlikely under draft power rules: Quant

Abhineet Anand, Power Analyst, Quant Capital, spoke with CNBC-TV18 on the impact of the CERC draft regulations on NTPC and other power companies.

May import 16 MT coal in FY14: NTPC

NTPC chairman Arup Roy Choudhury told CNBC-TV18 that in the second half of FY14, availability of fuel will see substantial improvement.

Focusing on completion of existing projects: Tecpro Systems

Tecpro Systems has an order book that can last it for more than a year hence the company is concentrating on completion of these projects.

Reserves reported in 2010 meet global standards: Coal India

Coal India eyes a production target of 482 million tonne for FY14 and the coal off take target of 492 million tonne, which it is confident of achieving by the end of the year, says CMD S Narsing Rao.

Expect BHEL to get 6k MW orders in FY14: Anand Rathi

Despite coal shortage issue last year BHEL garnered around almost 8000-8500 megawatts of orders. This year too it should be able to garner around 6000 MW, largely lead by central and state government utilities, says Amol Rao of Anand Rathi.

NTPC pegs FY14 capex at Rs 20,200cr: CMD

According to NTPC's Arup Roy Choudhury, their coal imports are progressing on track. The company's FY14 capex plans stand at Rs 20,200 crore, he adds.

Brahmaputra Infra expects 10-15% margins from NTPC order

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Sanjeev Prithani, Joint MD, Brahmaputra Infrastructure said that the company hopes to get 10-15% margin from Rs 5300 crore-NTPC order.

Signing FSA with CIL possible as early as Friday: NTPC

NTPC will sign the fuel supply agreement with Coal India ending a long drawn battle on Friday after Coal India‘s board clears the agreement says NTPC chairman Arup Roy Chowdhury.

Which firms will get impacted by coal pool pricing move?

Salil Garg of India Ratings said, “Only on those power generators or those new Independent Power Producers (IPPs) who are not operating on the cost plus model and those who have either bid on a fixed price basis and they are unable to pass through the increased cost of the imported coal back to the consumers, will be impacted by this decision.”

Coal India unable to meet power demand: NTPC CMD

Speaking to CNBC-TV18 about its differences with Coal India, NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury said the company is not sure if the coal giant has the ability to meet the power sector's growing demand.

Coal India sure of NTPC signing FSA; warns of price hike

S Narsing Rao, CMD of Coal India, is optimistic that issues with NTPC on the quality of coal can be sorted out.

Have almost sorted out FSA issues with Coal India: NTPC

State run NTPC seems to have ironed out issues with Coal India (CIL) over clauses laid out in the new fuel supply agreement (FSA). Despite NTPC stating that it will finally sign agreement with CIL, there is still no clarity on whether changes have been incorporated in the agreement.

NTPC OFS a successful issue, says Tulsian

SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com, says that NTPC OFS has been a successful issue. However, it is interesting to note that till 3.15 pm OFS had received close to about 95 crore shares and inlast 15 minutes 40 crore odd shares were sold at an indicative price of Rs 146-146.50.

IIFL expects power sector to perform well over 6-12 months

"Power stocks are underperforming due to routine profit booking," says Harshavardhan Dole, analyst, IIFL in an interview to CNBC-TV18. Dole expects the power sector to perform well over the 6-12 months, as the sector heads into recovery.

Interest costs in Q3 higher due to CDR package: HCC

Praveen Sood, Group CFO, Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), says that the company has put special thrust on managing the working capital and this quarter has been good as far as working capital is concerned, as there is no further pressure on the working capital.

Offtake target bigger challenge than production: Coal India

Narsing Rao, chairman of Coal India said, in an interview with CNBC-TV18 that meeting the offtake targets for the year would be a bigger challenge than achieving production goals

NTPC will bounce back once issue completes: Antique

Dhirendra Tiwari, research head, Antique Institutional Equities, says that right now NTPC is seeing more of a technical climb down and the stock will perform once the issue is over. The growth story of the company still remains intact.