When captive power plants get drafted: Inside India’s September supply squeeze
India’s all-India peak demand touched 269 GW on 10 September 2026, just short of the all-time high of 270.8 GW...
05 October 2026
Power
India’s monsoon calm hides a discom reckoning and a busier regional grid
India’s power system has stepped back from the extraordinary highs of early summer, when national peak demand touched a record...
31 August 2026
India’s power grid has stopped being a pipe. It is becoming a queue
India solved its power shortage problem. It has not solved its power-sharing problem. For three decades, the country’s electricity story...
23 August 2026
Delhi's electricity transition: Why the answer lies in imports, not generation
Delhi does not have the option that most of India's power-hungry states have. It cannot simply build its way out...
10 August 2026
Atomic aspirations: How nuclear energy can anchor India’s next power system
India’s nuclear story could have taken a very different path, and it almost did. What began as a casual phone...
By
Prasad Nair
06 July 2026
Building 100 GW: How India's nuclear push could create a new industrial ecosystem
India's nuclear ambitions are gathering momentum, but the biggest challenge may not be financing, technology or regulation. The real test...
06 June 2026
India's solar success is creating an unexpected problem: Too much electricity
For decades, India's electricity challenge was simple to describe but difficult to solve: there was never enough power. Policymakers worried...
By
Abhijit Nair
01 June 2026
Why India’s electricity prices are becoming wildly unpredictable
India’s electricity market is entering a phase few policymakers had fully anticipated. In different parts of the country, power prices...
30 May 2026
The heat beneath our feet: Coal fires, summer peaks, and India’s nuclear question
What began as an unassuming exchange with a colleague soon unfolded into something far more evocative. Drawing on the image...
By
Prasad Nair
03 May 2026
Energy transition shifts gears: Execution challenges begin to shape outcomes and test progress in India
India’s power sector is no longer defined by a single narrative. For much of the past decade, the story was...
01 May 2026
Powering the Future: India’s uneven path to electricity transition
Driven by rapid industrialisation, urbanisation, and population growth, India is witnessing a surge in electricity demand at an annual growth...
By
Prasad Nair
16 November 2024
India’s power sector needs to tune itself to meet the post-pandemic demand
India’s power sector continued to stand tall despite the relentless coronavirus induced lockdowns imposed by the centre and state governments...
By
Prasad Nair
07 October 2020