Solar Power Generator’s Plea Regarding Payment of Wheeling Charges Rejected
The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC), in a recent order, dismissed the petition filed by a solar power generator and ruled that the amount raised by the Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran ...
DISCOM Ordered to Refund Wheeling Charges for a Waste-to-Energy Project in Delhi
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC), in a recent order, has directed the distribution company BSES Rajdhani Power (BRPL) to meet the demand put forward by Timarpur-Okhla Waste Management company ...
Tamil Nadu’s New Guidelines for Procurement of Wind Power
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has issued an order with detailed guidelines for wind power procurement. The order provides details on mode of power procurement, energy banking, transmission, ...
Odisha: Consumers Sourcing Renewable Power Through Open Access Exempt From Surcharge
The Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) has announced the revised cross-subsidy surcharge, wheeling, and transmission charges applicable for consumers availing conventional power through open access. The charges are for the ...
Chhattisgarh Commission Clarifies Energy Banking Terms for Renewables
The Chhattisgarh Electricity Regulatory Commission (CSERC) has proposed modalities for renewable energy banking, accounting, and wheeling of power to provide more clarity on the distributed renewable energy (DRE) regulations 2019 ...
Karnataka: Stakeholder Comments Invited on Removal of Banking Facility for Renewables
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has issued a discussion paper on wheeling charges and banking facilities for renewable projects. The Commission noted that there was a need to revise ...
Rajasthan Commission Asks Wind Generator to Pay ₹14 Million in Transmission Charges
The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has asked a textile company to pay the transmission charges, and the state load despatch center (SLDC) charges amounting to ~₹14 million (~$187,357) to ...
Himachal Pradesh Issues Order on RPO Targets and Open Access Charges
The Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (HPERC) has issued an order for distribution companies (DISCOMs) in the state regarding their renewable purchase obligation (RPO) backlogs up to the financial year ...
Karnataka Mulls Removal of Banking Facility for Grid-Connected Renewable Projects
The Government of Karnataka has held a meeting to discuss the banking and wheeling charges for grid-connected renewable projects in the state. In the meeting, the government decided that for ...
Maharashtra Open Access Consumers to Pay Additional Surcharge of ₹1.31/kWh for FY 2021
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has announced various charges payable by open access consumers for the financial year 2020-21 to 2024-25. Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has ...
Madhya Pradesh: No Banking Facility for DISCOM Registered Captive Renewable Projects
Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC) has amended regulations for co-generation and generation of electricity from renewable energy sources. This is its eighth amendment to the regulations issued in 2010 ...
Long-Term Open Access Customers Get Highest Priority in Uttar Pradesh
The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has come up with open access regulations, termed as the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (terms and conditions for open access) Regulations, 2019 ...
Uttar Pradesh Releases Blueprint for Open Access Power Regulations
As the share of renewable energy in the generation mix is increasing in the Indian states, an increasing number of state regulatory commissions are now either coming up with new open access regulations ...
Relaxing Day-Ahead Scheduling for Co-Located Captive Power Projects Untenable: BERC
The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has upheld the provisions of its regulations on the banking of power from fossil fuel and renewable energy-based captive generating projects. The BERC heard ...
Rajasthan Rules Against Wheeling Charges for Solar and Wind at 100% CUF for Captive Users
A group of six independent power producers (IPPs) had filed separate petitions before the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) for the settlement of disputes regarding the methodology adopted by DISCOMS ...
No Additional Surcharge for Captive Power Projects, Rules APTEL in Maharashtra
The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has ruled that no additional surcharge can be levied on captive users, a ruling that sets aside another order passed by Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory ...
Karnataka High Court Stays KERC Order to Increase Wheeling Charges for Open Access
A vacation bench of the Karnataka High Court has imposed an indefinite stay on the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (KERC) recent order that levied 25 percent of the normal transmission ...
Wheeling Charges in Karnataka Increase Five-Fold
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) recently levied 25 percent of the normal transmission charges as wheeling charges for open access consumers in the state. The current wheeling charges being ...
KERC Plans to Raise Wheeling Charges for Solar and Wind in Karnataka
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has released a discussion paper that calls for increasing the wheeling and banking charges for solar, wind and other renewable energy projects developed under ...
