Stricter penalties in Electricity (Amendment) Act: Piyush Goyal (Power Minister)
The Power Ministry will soon come up with the Amendment in the Electricity Act 2003, which will have strict penalties. The proposed amendment is likely to be presented in the parliament during ongoing winter session. “We’re looking at presenting amendments to
MoP at odds with proposal of Commerce Ministry on imposing solar duties
Power minister Mr. Piyush Goyal has reportedly given a statement which goes against the proposal of Ministry of Commerce to impose solar duties on imported equipments. An article in Bloomberg says that as per Mr. Goyal, solar duties will undermine
Govt mulling to introduce hydro tradable certificates
As per an article in Economic Times (refer), government is using an accelerated approach towards promotion of India's hydro power assets. A recent progress on this pertains to introduction of tradable hydro certificates (on the lines of RECs). Demand for
“Hydro Purchase Obligation” may be a reality
The power minister in a statement has given signs that hydro purchase obligation may be a reality as the minister said that the provision is being considered. The idea broke out first when the hydro sub-group had recommended the Power
Hydro Power – not renewable yet
Owing to sluggish capacity addition of hydro power projects in the country, the hydro sub group recently had recommended power ministry to declare all hydro power projects as renewable, which the later refuted. Currently only those projects, having an installed capacity