INDUSTRIES WILL BE ABLE TO TRADE EMISSION PERMITS OF PM 2.5 VERY SOON
For a developed country, the one debate that always remains when considering emission control is the impact it will have on the economic development. To solve this problem in a country like India where industrial development is unavoidable, Niti Ayog
FINANCIAL LOSSES FOR DISCOMS FALLING UNDER UDAY SCHEME DECREASE
In a recent analysis in the Financial Express, those discoms which are a part of the Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY) scheme have seen a reduction in their financial losses by 21.5%. This amounts to a saving of Rs 40,295
DERC DETERMINES TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR DETERMINATION OF OPEN ACCESS POLICY:
DERC has released an order determining the terms and conditions for open access charges for FY 2017-18. Following are the salient features of the order: Eligibility: Short Term Open Access (STOA) is applicable to consumers having a contract demand of 1
REC TRADE RESULT JULY 2017
Supreme Court allowed conditional trading of Non-solar RECs on July 14, 2017 (our blog on the same can be accessed here). Demand was expected to be low for two reasons - 1) obligated entities are required to pay at old
THE NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY FUND GETS DIVERTED TO COMPENSATE FOR GST
The government of India assigns dedicated funds which is linked to specific cess. This kind of cess One such fund is the National Clean Energy and Environment Fund. In a recent move, there was a diversion of the funds collected
TSERC DETERMINES TRANSMISSION TARIFF FOR FY 2017-18:
The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) has determined the transmission tariff for the FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19 in its order dated 1/05/2017. The order states the transmission charge and loss as follow: As per previous years, the transmission charge
KARNATAKA'S DISCOMS CANCEL PPAS AFTER UP AND AP
After the UPERC cancelled PPAs with Bajaj Power owned units (as reported by TOI), BESCOM (Karnataka based DISCOM) cancelled its PPA signed before 31st March of a 75.6 MW wind power plant. The state's energy department had already issued a
COMPETITIVE BIDDING POSES A RISK ON THE FUTURE OF WIND ENERGY
The wind energy sector is in a distressed situation after the Union Government's 'tariff-based competitive bidding' mechanism. Earlier, the SERCs used to fix 'feed-in tariffs' based on which, the the wind energy companies would sign PPAs with the distribution companies.
SUPREME COURT ALLOWS CONDITIONAL TRADING FOR NON SOLAR RECs
The matter of CERC’s order on new RECs pricing and the stay granted by the SC on trading, another hearing was held in Supreme Court on 14th July 2017. Main highlights of the Order: An Intervention appeal was filed requesting obligated entities
MP PROPOSES AMENDMENTS TO RPO REGULATIONS
The MPERC has released the Sixth amendment to Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Cogeneration and Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy) (Revision-I) Regulations, 2010 [ARG-33(I)(vi) of 2017] on July 1st 2017. In these regulations, it has revised the