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APTEL Upholds Wind Developer’s Deemed Generation Compensation Claim

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has set aside an order of the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) dismissing a petition by a wind energy...

October 7, 2025

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Staff

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Markets & Policy

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Wind
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CERC Admits Solar Developers’ Plea for Compensation Due to Power Curtailment

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has admitted petitions from solar developers seeking compensation for power generation losses and financial losses...

October 6, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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T&D
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Government Allows 4-Hour, 1-Cycle BESS Operation, Industry Welcomes Move

The Ministry of Power has allowed states to implement standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects under viability gap funding (VGF), supported by the Power...

October 3, 2025

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Energy Storage

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Market & Policy
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Indian Grid Authorities Call for Action to Prevent Spain-Type Power Blackout

Electricity grid authorities in India have called for a series of actions to prevent an Iberian Peninsula-type blackout disrupting power supply for hours on April 28,...

September 17, 2025

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Grid

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Market & Policy

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Renewable Energy

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Utilities
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Rajasthan Curtails 4 GW of Solar and Wind as Transmission Delays Mount

Nearly 4 GW of wind-solar energy has been curtailed in Rajasthan since March 2025 due to delays in transmission projects and lower power demand resulting from...

September 5, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Mercom Research Focus

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Solar

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T&D

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Wind
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Punjab Electricity Regulator Holds Solar Power Curtailment Unjustifiable

The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has held the curtailment of power generated by seven solar project developers in 2020 unjustifiable. It...

September 27, 2021

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Harsh Shukla

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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DISCOM and Load Despatch Center Must Compensate for Curtailment of Solar Power: APTEL

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL), in a recent order, ruled that the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) and the Tamil Nadu State...

August 5, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Andhra: APTEL Approves Curtailment of Wind Power in the State Citing Grid Stability

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) declined a wind power generator’s appeal against the Andhra Pradesh State Load Despatch Centre (APSLDC) and the...

September 15, 2020

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Nithin Thomas

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Wind
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Solar Curtailment Could Rise Globally as PV Penetration Increases

The trend of curtailment of renewable power has started taking shape globally. Power firms in China, Chile, several U.S. markets, including Arizona, California, Hawaii,...

September 14, 2020

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Debjoy Sengupta

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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Adoption of Solar Through Open Access: Roadblocks and the Road Ahead

In the Indian power sector, open access means a mechanism in which large consumers have access to the transmission and distribution network so that they are free to...

July 14, 2020

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Ankita Rajeshwari

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Mercom Research Focus

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Other
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Solar Federation Urges Telangana to Stop Arbitrary Solar Power Curtailment

The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has written to the Government of Telangana asking it to address the issue of the state load despatch center (SLDC)...

June 15, 2020

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Nithin Thomas

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Markets & Policy

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Solar
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DISCOMs’ Claim of Force Majeure For Curtailing & Not Paying for Renewables, Null and Void

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has reiterated that the “must-run” status of renewable energy projects remains unchanged during the COVID-19 lockdown...

April 7, 2020

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Anjana Parikh

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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Andhra High Court Asks DISCOMs to Clear Dues of Wind Developers in Two Weeks

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has asked the state’s distribution companies including, Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (APSPDCL) and Eastern Power...

February 24, 2020

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Anjana Parikh

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Wind
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Andhra SLDC Files Review Petition Against POSOCO in Renewable Curtailment Case

The Andhra Pradesh State Load Dispatch Center (APSLDC) has filed a review petition before the state’s high court against Power System Operation Corporation Limited’s...

February 6, 2020

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Anjana Parikh

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Other

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Renewable Energy
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NSEFI Urges RK Singh to Bail Out Solar Generators from Andhra’s Ongoing Renewable Feud

The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has requested the Union Power Minister R.K. Singh to bail out solar generators from the ongoing renewable energy...

October 16, 2019

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Anjana Parikh

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Markets & Policy

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Solar

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