RERC Approves APPC for FY 14-15 and 15-16
Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) in its orders dated 1st April, 2016 has approved the Average Power Purchase Cost (APPC) for its DISCOM’s. Honorable commission approved APPC of FY 14-15 & 15-16 for Jodhpur, Jaipur & Ajmer Discoms. The Order came
KERC Tariff Revision 2017
Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission in its order dated 30th March 2016, approved the retail supply tariff for 2016-17. The tariff hike proposed by KERC for domestic category and industrial consumers and a comparison of the existing and new tariff approved
MERC Distribution Open Access 2016
MERC (Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission) has come up with the new distribution open access regulation 2016 on 30th March 2016 in the state of Maharashtra. The key changes in the regulation are: Allowing sourcing of power from multiple sources. Allowing sourcing of power
Maharashtra Published RPO Regulations for FY 2016-17 to FY 2019-20
Maharashtra published RPO regulations covering the period FY 2016-17 to FY 2019-20. The highlights of the regulation are: RPO % in FY 2016-17 is 11% in total (10% non-solar and 1% solar). This will increase to 15% by FY 2019-20 (11.5%
Analysis of CERC’s 4th Amendment to REC Regulations
CERC published the 4th Amendment to REC regulations in end-March. These regulations will have a significant impact on the RECs markets going forward, as a large portion of the existing capacity under the mechanism will become in-eligible for RECs. In summary,
Jharkhand Draft RPO Regulation
The Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC) in a recent notification has proposes its RPO (Renewable Purchase Obligation) and its compliance regulations 2016. The regulations will come into force from the date of its publication in the Jharkhand gazette and
Rajasthan publishes draft Forecasting and Scheduling regulations
RERC has released draft forecasting and scheduling (F&S) regulations. Rajasthan has become the 4th state to release draft F&S regulations in recent days (MP, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are the others). The key points of the regulations are: The regulations will be
Analysis of Model Regulations on Forecasting and Scheduling of Wind and Solar Generating Stations at State Level
As you may be aware, CERC had notified forecasting and scheduling (F&S) regulation for inter-state sale of power a few months back. Now, with the intent of having compatible regulations, the Forum Of Regulators (FOR) has come up with model
OERC (Procurement of Energy Renewable Sources and its Compliance) Regulations, 2015
Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission released the notification on Procurement of energy from Renewable Sources on 10th October, 2015. This regulation set the basic principle for promoting the sale of power from renewable sources to any person within the state of
Analysis of the 5th Amendment to REC Regulations
Background: Recently, CERC proposed the 5th amendment to REC regulations. The gist of proposed changes is: Captive generators and portion of power for self-consumption will no longer be eligible for RECs If an open access (OA) project avails concessional wheeling, banking or cross-subsidy