Gujarat announces solar power policy, 2021
With the aim of becoming a primary contributor to the national target of 100 GW solar capacity by 2022, the State Government of Gujarat introduced the “Gujarat Solar Power Policy 2021” on 29th December, 2020. This policy will remain in
Transaction in electricity & clean energy certificates are exempted from TCS & TDS
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) issued new guidelines for the applicability of Tax deducted at Source (TDS) and Tax collected at source (TCS). Under the new guidelines, e-commerce operations which include transactions in electricity and trading of clean
Rajasthan announces concessions to the captive and third-party renewable energy power projects
Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission recently announced a sou-moto order related to the banking, transmission/wheeling charges of solar, wind and wind/solar hybrid plants within the state. According to the order, the state government has decided to provide various concessions and facilities
What's in store for the energy and power sector in Budget 2020
The first week of February 2020 was eventful as the union budget was announced spreading a mixed wave of emotions in the country. The budget apart from talking about changes in the tax brackets for the salaried, direct tax announcements
Andhra Pradesh issues combined amendments to its solar, wind and, solar-wind hybrid policy
In a recent development, the Andhra Pradesh Government has taken some steps and amended its Andhra Pradesh Solar Policy 2018, Andhra Pradesh Wind Policy 2018, and Andhra Pradesh Solar & Wind Hybrid Policy 2018. The development took place post the
MNRE announces an amendment to the National Hybrid Wind-Solar Policy
The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy recently announced an amendment to it’s previously published “National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy.” The change is announced in (ii) 5.2 of clause no.5 Implementation Agency. According to the amendment, the RPO contribution of Obligated Entities
DERC penalizes state DISCOMs over RPO non-compliance
In a recent development, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission has penalized the state discoms TYPDL, BRPDL, BYPDL for non-compliance of RPO obligations for consecutive three years i.e. FY 13-14, FY 14-15, FY 15-16. The combined order was published after petitions
Rajasthan announces new draft solar policy 2019
Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission along with Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation Limited announced the draft new solar policy 2019. The summary of the draft policy is as below: A target of 25 GW out of the total 100 GW capacity Grid
HAREDA announces amendments in Haryana Solar Power Policy, 2016
Recently Haryana Renewable Development Agency (HAREDA) announced amendments in the current guidelines for Solar Power Policy, 2016. The amendments made in clause 4.3 are as under: The wheeling & transmission charges are exempted for ten years from the date of
Tamil Nadu announces final solar energy policy 2019
Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency announced the final Tamil Nadu solar energy policy 2019. The policy intends to include solar energy in demand side management, energy conservation, energy efficiency, smart grids etc.the policy also talks about encouraging public-private partnerships, joint