Articles by Rahul Tongia
India needs its own Green New Deal
The biggest impediment to this is milquetoast ambitions and the inability to go beyond incremental changes, not a lack of money
Updated on Oct 23, 2024 08:31 PM IST
Benchmarking green hydrogen in India’s energy transition
This paper is authored by Rahul Tongia, senior fellow and Utkarsh Patel, visiting associate fellow, CSEP. New Delhi.
Published on Oct 14, 2024 09:01 AM IST
Green electricity tariffs: Pricing and other challenges
This paper is authored Nikhil Tyagi, former research associate, Sharath Rao, fellow and Rahul Tongia, senior fellow, CSEP, New Delhi.
Published on Oct 13, 2024 09:01 AM IST
Nikhil TyagiSharath RaoRahul Tongia
Lessons from the legacy of a scientific stalwart
India's renowned technologist, VS Arunachalam leaves behind a legacy of scientific accomplishments and institution-building efforts
Published on Aug 19, 2023 10:22 PM IST
Power sector needs a regulatory overhaul
Insufficient regulated tariffs are the dominant reasons for discom cash shortfalls. Fixing this is necessary and urgent
Published on Jun 19, 2023 01:09 AM IST
Discom losses need urgent systemic fixes
Non-performance by discoms only explains a minority fraction of cumulative losses of over ₹10L-crore — the real issues are more deep-rooted
Published on Jun 12, 2023 09:53 AM IST
Why electricity subsidies need an urgent rethink
With several assembly elections scheduled this year, political parties are promising free power. But, we are oversubsidising in most states, and doing it inefficiently. A dialogue of effective and efficient subsidy provision is urgent, and the first step on this road is transparency
Updated on Feb 10, 2023 08:05 PM IST
Nikhil Tyagi and Rahul Tongia
For energy, it’s not RE vs coal - adopt a portfolio approach
India is undergoing an energy transition, but it must not write off coal. The most cost-effective way to balance the grid in 2030 will be to keep both thermal power and renewables in the basket of options
Published on Aug 29, 2022 07:58 PM IST
Give coal the attention and effort that it needs
The fundamental issue remains woefully short stockpiles. With a recent increase in the domestic demand, and high global prices, the key is to address crucial issues of planning, feedback (or lack thereof), and risk
Published on May 03, 2022 07:53 PM IST
The inside story of India’s coal and power crises
Simple arithmetic will show that power plants consumed more coal than they received, but given that generation wasn’t exceptionally high, does this mean the problem was supply?
Updated on Oct 20, 2021 01:38 PM IST
Rahul Tongia
In the climate battle, focus on the high-emitters
There is immense pressure on countries to go big in their climate ambitions. The problem is that we are using similar framings across countries. Instead, we need universal but different action
Updated on Apr 21, 2021 05:49 PM IST
Rahul Tongia
Enhancing competition in India’s power sector
Fixing discoms is a pressing need, but it’s worth investing time in figuring out the details, including expected winners and losers, and possibilities for gaming
Published on Feb 16, 2021 08:16 PM IST
Rahul Tongia
Coal power plants need an integrated approach
The three issues — retirement, pollution control, and making plants flexible — are inter-related. They need to be addressed in an integrated fashion by distribution companies based on long-term system-level considerations of demand, supply and availability of new technologies.
Updated on Dec 04, 2020 05:50 PM IST
Daljit Singh and Rahul Tongia
Can smart meters solve India’s electricity problem? | Opinion
They are a valuable tool for improved discoms. But they can’t solve what are fundamentally governance failures
Updated on Mar 10, 2020 10:19 PM IST
Rahul Tongia