Proposal for benchmark capital cost of Solar PV projects for FY13-14
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission(CERC) recently announced the new benchmark prices for the Solar Projects (PV & Thermal) for the year 2013-14. For Solar PV projects it will be Rs.8 crore/MW (-20% from 2012-13) and for Solar Thermal projects it will
REC Trading Report – September 2012
Non-solar RECs Prices remained at floor price this month as supply has remained far in excess of demand. The over-supply situation has persisted for the last few months – this month 7.11 lakh RECs were bid for sale (up 13% from
Wind industry in Tamil Nadu gets attractive after rise in APPC
The wind industry gets more attractive after the announcement of new Average Pooled Power Cost in Tamil Nadu.There has been 7.17 % hike over the previous APPC price of Rs 2.39 per unit. The new price from now onwards will
TNERC revises APPC for FY 2012-13
In a recent announcement by Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC), the average pooled power cost has been increased by 7.7% to Rs.2.54 per unit for FY 2012-13. The previous APPC was Rs.2.37 per unit. The hike in APPC price
Discoms – the weakest link in the power chain
An article in the Business Standard provides a birds eye view of the power sector as it stands now. It reiterates the obvious - the problem is at the discom end, and is not easy to solve. Whats interesting is that
REC Trading Report – August 2012
Prices crashed to Rs 1,500 on IEX and Rs 1,555 on PXIL; a fall of 25% and 29% respectively over last month. This price fall was driven by a significant over-supply situation – close to 6.27 lakh RECs (33% increase
REC Trading Report – July 2012
Demand fell off the cliff this month, mainly driven by enforcement concerns and expectations of price fall in the future (due to increasing supply). Aggregate demand reduced to 161,000 RECs from 350,000 last month (-54%). On the other hand, supply
Subsidy of 1 rupee per unit on consuming less power in Delhi
With the power prices going up in the capital regularly and a 26% tariff hike which made by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) last week, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced a subsidy of Re 1 per unit for
Maharashtra allows open access for CPPs
Open access is now open for Fossil fuel-based captive power plants (CPPs) with power demand of 1 MVA and above in Maharashtra.An article of The Business Standard mentioned about the new announcement by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MahaVitaran). The