Significant Changes are Proposed in the REC Mechanism
NLDC and Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) organized a day-long workshop on the REC mechanism in Delhi in June. Shri Pramode Deo, Chairman CERC was the key note speaker at the event. In his speech, he gave a preview
Review of REC Trading-June 2011
Compared to REC Trading for last month, this month saw a larger level of participation from buyers in REC market. For example, in this trade session, IEX witnessed 72,002 RECs* from buy side whereas, PXIL saw demand of 10,000 RECs.
Order on APPC of HPSEB Ltd for FY 2011-12
The revised Pooled Cost of Power Purchase has been worked out as Rs. 2.24 per unit for the FY 2011-12. The order on APPC of HPSEB Ltd for FY 2011-12 is available here.
States Need to do More to Provide Open Access
Planning Commission deputy chairman, Montek Singh Ahluvalia has said "states need to make all-out efforts to expedite reforms in power distribution and do more to provide open access". His comments were were made meeting with Western region states which was part
Pramod Deo, Chairman, CERC Talks About Open Access and the State of Electricity Markets
The Business Standard published a very interesting interview of Pramod Deo, Chairman, CERC today. The highlights of what he said are: There are several difficulties in implementing Open Access at the intra-state level Discoms have been very slow to give open access due
PSERC notifies final regulation on RPO
Honorable Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) notified final regulation on Renewable Purchase Obligation and its compliance. PSERC specified the RPO percentage of 2.37% (Non Solar – 2.34 % and Solar – 0.03 %) for current financial year 2011-2012. The
CERC to determine Floor & Forbearance Price of RECs post 2012
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has come out with a suo-motu order on determining new Floor and Forbearance price for REC (Solar & Non-Solar) for the period post 2012. The draft copy of the order and a notice for the
KERC Proposes Amendments to RPO Regulations
KERC has notified First Amendment to KERC (Procurement of Energy from Renewable Resources) Regulations on May 30th 2011. The draft of the proposed amendment is available in www.kerc.org. The highlights of the amendment are: RPO obligation is on captive plant or
TNERC Proposes Amendment to RPO Regulation
The TNERC notified the draft amendment to the Renewable Purchase Obligation Regulation on 19th May, 2011. The draft resembles the CERC regulations except for few minor changes. The key highlights of the draft regulations are, Captive & Open Access Consumers have
RPO Compliance May be Required More Frequently
After the low trading volumes in April, we strongly advocated quarterly compliance in order to make the REC market functional. Now it has been reported that the CERC has been actively considering such a proposal (See Business Standard article here). An