TNERC announces the Pooled Cost of Power Purchase for FY 2018-19

TNERC recently announced an order for the pooled cost of power purchase payable by Tangedco for FY 18-19 under TNERC (Renewable Energy Purchase Obligation) Regulations, 2010). The order has mentioned the criteria, mandatory for a renewable energy generating company for  obtaining accreditation from the state agency which are:
“(a) It does not have any power purchase agreement for the capacity related to such generation to sell electricity at a preferential tariff determined by the Commission; and
(b) It sells the electricity generated either (i) to the distribution licensee in the State of Tamil Nadu at a price not exceeding the pooled cost of power purchase, or (ii) to any other licensee or to an open access consumer at a mutually agreed price, or through power exchange at a market-determined price.”
With these specifications, the commission declared the Pooled Cost of Power Purchase payable by the TANGEDCO for the year 2018-19 as Rs.3.97 per unit subject to the maximum of 75% of the preferential tariff fixed by the Commission to that category / subcategory of NCES generators i.e. Rs.3.97 per unit or 75% of the preferential tariff fixed by the Commission to that category / subcategory of NCES generators, whichever is less. The Order came into effect from 1st April 2018.
The trend of the pooled cost of power purchase in Tamil Nadu in the past years is as given below.