Punjab notifies Draft for amendment in RPO regulation

Punjab state Electricity regulatory Commission (PSERC) has notified a draft along with a staff paper for amendment in RPO regulation. Through public notice the commission has invited comments and suggestions on or before 20th March 2015.
The new regulation proposes RPO obligation of 7.0% (4.5% Non-solar & 2.5% Solar) by 2019-20. The details of the proposed targets (in %) are mentioned in the graphs below:

 
Punjab is among those few states that have taken strict action on RPO compliance by imposing heavy penalties on obligated entities, albeit most other states have allowed Discoms to carry forward their RPO to next FY. As can be seen from the graphs above, the state has proposed ambitious targets for Solar, which will meet the National Tariff Policy (NTP) 2006 Solar target set for 2019-20, albeit proposed Non-Solar targets are much lower. The proposed total RPO targets are also significantly lower than the targets set by NAPCC.
Apart from this the commission has also proposed some changes in the amendment. The commission has proposed new definition for the “obligated entity” which can be read as:
“‘obligated entity’ means the ‘distribution licensee(s)’, ‘captive user(s)’ of the electricity generated in a Captive Generating Plant and ‘Open access customer(s)’ which are mandated under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of Section 86 of the Act to fulfill the renewable purchase obligation;”
Previous definition by the commission, did not include any consumer or licensee.
The draft can be accessed here.
The stern order given by PSERC on pending RPO of PSPCL can be read here.