MNRE amends the land allotment clause in the solar park projects guidelines
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) recently announced amendments in two guidelines for setting up a grid-connected solar PV power projects for 2000 MW and 5000 MW along with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) for Batch III & Batch IV,
CERC announces regulations for implementation of Interstate Transmission System in the country
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) recently announced a regulation called the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Planning, Coordination and Development of Economic and Efficient Inter-State Transmission System by Central Transmission Utility and other related matters) Regulations, 2018 which came into
Industry reacts to the 25% duty as the Supreme Court allows to impose the safeguard duty on imports.
It has been a roller-coaster ride for the Indian Solar Industry and developers when it comes to the safeguard duty implementation. Recently the Supreme Court of India in the matter of the safeguard duty to be levied on imported solar
Parliamentary panel worries about the power sector post RBI's revised framework on NPA's
Reserve bank of India recently issued a revised framework for the resolution of stressed/non-performing assets. A Lok-Sabha committee was called to discuss the consequences of the framework on the electricity sector. The committee was of the opinion that the electricity
SECI favours lowest bid in recent solar auctions, cancels rest
The nodal agency for National Solar Mission, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has canceled mostly all but the lowest bid project in its mega solar auctions held in July. The decision to cancel 2400 MW solar capacity out of
Maharashtra joins the list of states with final Forecasting and Scheduling regulations
Recently Maharashtra became the latest state to publish final Forecasting and Scheduling (F&S) regulations. These regulations were published in the State Gazette on July 20, 2018. With this, all supposedly "RE rich" states except Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have finalized
MoP reveals proposed amendments related to captive power plants in Electricity Rules 2005
Ministry of Power recently announced proposed amendments in the electricity rules 2005 related to provisions regarding captive generating plants. The captive power producers body ICPPA expressed their woes against the proposed amendments. According to ICPPA, these amendments are aimed at