Government of India proposes ADITYA – A Discom reform Initiative as UDAY prepares to retire
In a decent development, the Government of India proposes a grant of INR 1.1 Lakh Crore for state discoms under a new scheme - Atal Distribution System Improvement Yojana (ADITYA). The scheme is supposed to be announced in the upcoming
UPERC asks DISCOM to deposit funds in RPO Regulatory Fund over non-compliance
Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) recently published an order asking UPPCL to deposit INR 737.11 crore by creating an RPO Regulatory Fund. UPPCL apparently has a backlog in their Renewable Purchase Obligation for FY 2010-11 to 2014-15 and FY
RULING FROM COMPETITION COMMISSION MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN ELECTRICITY SECTOR
In a recent Judgement, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) considered the case of an electricity consumer that was repeatedly denied open access permission. In this case, the consumer approached the CCI alleging “abuse of dominant position” on part of
Gujarat's first amendment to RPO regulations
Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) on 4th March 2014 amended its principal RPO regulations of 2010. In these regulations, Gujarat set its RPO targets post FY13. The RPO set are from FY14 to FY17. Gujarat announced 10% of energy procurement to
Kerala drafts regulation for net-metering of small solar projects
Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) recently unveiled its draft copy of "KSERC - Grid Interactive Distributed Solar Energy Systems, Regulations, 2014" (refer). With this Kerala joins the league of states namely; Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab and Uttarakhand,
Andhra Pradesh declares APPC for FY 2013-14
An order dated 28th December 2013, for determination of APPC of FY 2012-13 (for FY 2013-14), considered 6,88,79.12 MUs of power bought at 22,594.78 crore INR by discoms of the state. Accordingly the APPC for FY 2013-14 is finalized to be
Pass RE cost to Industries says MSEDCL
Maharashtra state electricity distribution company limited (MSEDCL) has requested the Hon'ble MERC to consider passing on the cost due to renewable energy purchase to Industries of the state. As per MSEDCL, Industries in the state are responsible for pollution and
RERC to finalize APPC of FY 2011-12
Jodhpur vidyut vitran nigam Limited has submitted to RERC the proposition to finalize the APPC for FY 2011-12 as the audited for financial year ending by March 2011, are now available. RERC in an order dated 2nd Nov, 2011 had determined
APERC order on APPPC FY13
The state of Andhra Pradesh has finally got its awaited “average pooled power purchase cost” in an order dated 29.06.2013 released by Hon’ble APERC. as Rs. 2.69 per unit. Although, the same is for FY 2012-13. Before determining the final
Discoms – the weakest link in the power chain
An article in the Business Standard provides a birds eye view of the power sector as it stands now. It reiterates the obvious - the problem is at the discom end, and is not easy to solve. Whats interesting is that