MOP DETERMINES GUIDELINES FOR FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR POWER PROCUREMENT FROM SOLAR PV PROJECTS
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has released the guidelines for procurement of power from grid connected solar PV power projects. The guidelines are applicable to solar PV projects of size 5 MW and above. The purpose of these guidelines is
APERC DETERMINES WIND AND SOLAR FORECASTING AND SCHEDULING REGULATION
Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has released its forecasting, scheduling and Deviation settlement of solar and wind generation on 21/08/2017. Executive Summary: ★ Applicability: ○ Regulation is effective from Aug 21st, 2017. ○ SLDC to issue detailed guidelines for QCA registration, scheduling procedures,
TAMIL NADU DETERMINES DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION TARIFF FOR FY 2017-18
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has determined the distribution and transmission tariff for FY 2017-18. The last time they had determined tariff was in 2014 which means that the tariff has changed after 3 years. The energy charges
CERC REJECTS IEX'S PROPOSAL FOR GDAM
The Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), so as to provide the obligated entities more number of ways to fulfill their RPO compliance, had proposed to the CERC to allow the existing renewable energy generators to trade RE on IEX. For the same,
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