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					</table><p>Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science &amp; Technology Promotion Society (<a href="https://solar.chd.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CREST</a>) has invited bids to set up 50 MW grid-connected rooftop solar power projects on various residential houses in the Union Territory under the renewable energy service company (RESCO) model.</p>
<p>The projects must be installed on a build-operate-transfer basis and within five months of receiving the work order.</p>
<p>The last date to submit the bids is March 13, 2024. Bids will be opened the following day.</p>
<p>The bidders must submit an earnest money deposit of ₹2.5 million (~$30,165). Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) are exempted from EMD; however, they have to sign a bid security declaration accepting a blacklisting of two years if they withdraw their bids during the validity period.</p>
<p>The project capacities can vary from 5 kWp to 10 kWp for each service connection.</p>
<p>The selected bidders must pay a performance guarantee of ₹1,000 (~$12.07) per kWp of the allotted capacity.</p>
<p>The bidder’s average annual turnover must be at least ₹45 million (~$542,994) in the last three financial years ending March 31, 2023.</p>
<p>The bidders must have installed and commissioned a ground-mounted, rooftop, or floating solar project with a cumulative capacity of 500 kWp or above in India through any government or state agencies.</p>
<p>Solar cell or module manufacturers with an annual manufacturing capacity of 25 MWp can also participate in this tender.</p>
<p>The bidders should have a service center in or around Chandigarh within a radius of 50 km with qualified staff or should commit to opening a service center within one month of receiving the work order.</p>
<p>The projects will be allocated at the L1 rates only, and all shortlisted bidders will have to match the L-1 bid.</p>
<p>The rooftop solar projects installed under the tender will be eligible for central financial assistance (CFA) under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, released to the RESCO company. The CFA will be released only to vendors using solar modules listed in the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers and are manufactured using domestically produced solar cells.</p>
<p>The selected vendors can use imported solar modules for the projects but will not be eligible for the CFA.</p>
<p>The rooftop solar consumers will be charged an Average Pooled Cost of Power Purchase of ₹3.29 (~$0.0397)/kWh for the build-own-transfer period agreed upon by the vendors. Out of this ₹0.07 (~$0.0008)/kWh will be kept by Discom/Chandigarh Electricity Department as facilitation charges, and the balance amount of ₹3.22 (~$0.0389)/kWh will be transferred to the RESCO Company on a monthly/bi-monthly basis.</p>
<p>Recently, Enerture Technologies, Independent Business Machines, Success Impex, and Sunlive Solar <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/four-companies-win-tender-rooftop-solar-chandigarh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won</a> CREST’s tender to build and operate grid-connected rooftop solar projects on government-owned residential buildings.</p>
<p>The Union Cabinet <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/cabinet-approves-new-rooftop-solar-subsidy-program" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> the Pradhan Mantri-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, aimed at installing rooftop solar systems on 10 million households, with a total outlay of ₹750.21 billion (~$9.05 billion) until the financial year 2025-26.</p>
<p>Subscribe to Mercom’s <a href="https://www.mercomindia.com/product/india-solar-tender-tracker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">India Solar Tender Tracker</a> for timely updates on all solar tenders issued by various agencies in India.</p>
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Chandigarh Invites Bids for 50 MW Rooftop Solar Projects

<p>The union territory of <a href="https://www.py.gov.in/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Puducherry</a> has opposed the central government’s proposal to privatize all distribution companies (DISCOMs) in the union territories (UTs) across the country.</p>
<p>According to a Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/VNarayanasami/status/1285897876304850945?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">post</a> by Puducherry’s Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy, a resolution was passed unanimously during an assembly session voting against the central government’s move to privatize electricity supply and distribution companies.</p>
<p>Narayanasamy, in a press meeting recording attached to the tweet, explained that the UT government currently provides free electricity to all farmers in the state and that privatizing the sector would impede its goals. He argued that these decisions must be left to the discretion of individual state and union territories.</p>
<p><strong>Background: </strong></p>
<p>In May 2020, the center <a href="https://mercomindia.com/discoms-union-territories-privatized-new-tariff-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">proposed</a> to privatize DISCOMs in the union territories. DISCOMs in the union territories come under the administration of the central government while the respective state governments govern those in the states. The UTs include Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, and Puducherry.</p>
<p>Distribution companies have been a significant <a href="https://mercomindia.com/bailing-out-power-discoms-every-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">strain</a> on the Indian power system. Their poor financial performance has been weighing down the entire sector with their inability to pay power generators on time, manage their losses, and iron out other inefficiencies.</p>
<p>Early June, Union Minister of Power R.K. Singh <a href="https://mercomindia.com/r-k-singh-revamp-power-sector-discoms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sought</a> the Finance Commission’s support to revamp the Indian power sector at the state level and asked for ₹3 trillion (~$40.05 billion) over the next five years to help achieve this goal. The funds will be used to focus on reduction of losses, separate feeders for agriculture, and smart prepaid meters, in light of the poor financial performance of DISCOMs.</p>
<p>In May, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman <a href="https://mercomindia.com/government-ailing-power-discoms-coronavirus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced</a> that power distribution companies would receive ₹900 billion (~$12.03 billion) as part of the Government of India’s stimulus package to help the Indian economy recover from the coronavirus crisis.</p>
<p>At the end of March 2020, DISCOMs <a href="https://mercomindia.com/discom-dues-renewable-energy-generators/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">owed</a> renewable energy generators ₹68.37 billion (~$914.5 million) in outstanding payments spread across 307 pending invoices, according to data from the Ministry of Power’s payment ratification and analysis portal.</p>
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