Favorable Banking Policies Driving Growth of Open Access Solar in Many States
Energy banking is an essential aspect of any open access project. The states with favorable energy banking policies are leading the way in open access installations. Banking of energy or ...
Chhattisgarh Clarifies Energy Banking For Distributed Renewable Energy Systems
The Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (CSERC) recently issued an order to clarify the wheeling and banking regulations for independent distributed renewable energy systems (IDRES). The Commission had decided to ...
No Transmission and Wheeling Charges for Distributed Solar Projects in Chhattisgarh
The Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (CSERC) has issued amendments to its CSERC (Grid Interactive Distributed Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations, 2019, for distributed solar power projects. The regulations will come ...
Gujarat: No Cross-Subsidy and Additional Surcharge for Captive Solar Projects
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC), in a recent order, approved the amendments sought by the Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) to the earlier order passed by the Commission ...
Determining Commercial Operation Date Essential for Wheeling Agreement for Renewables
The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has ordered Amplus Green Power Limited to submit generation data to the state load despatch center (SLDC) to determine the date of commercial ...
KIOCL Issues Tender for Non-Captive Solar Power for its Manufacturing Unit in Mangalore
The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL), a flagship company under the Ministry of Steel, Government of India (GoI), has floated a tender to supply solar power through wheeling for ...
Gujarat Commission Provides Relief to Developer for Wheeling Charges on its Wind Project
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has provided relief to Aarvee Denims and Exports Limited in the matter of wheeling of power from its wind project. The petition was filed against ...
Karnataka Court Quashes KERC Order Increasing Wheeling Charges for Open Access Power
The Karnataka High Court has quashed an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) relating to an increase in wheeling charges for open access power consumers in the ...
Haryana’s Amended Solar Policy Provides Exemption of Wheeling and Cross Subsidy Charges
The Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA) has amended its guidelines for megawatt-scale ground-mounted and rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) projects meant for captive consumption or third party sale. These guidelines fall ...
Contractual Agreement Mandatory for Banking of Energy by Project Developer: APTEL
Provisional interconnection approval by a state load dispatch center is not sufficient for banking of energy by any developer and it will not be responsible for pumping power without any ...
Railways’ Request for Energy Credit from Captive Wind Project Rejected
The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has declined the plea made by the Railway Energy Management Company Limited (REMCL) seeking credit of energy generated from a captive wind power project ...
Tamil Nadu Issues Draft Solar Policy; Targets 8.9 GW of Solar Installations by 2022
The Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) has issued the Draft Solar Energy Policy for the year 2018. The policy aims to establish an ecosystem that translates the country’s solar ...
Karnataka Budget 2018-19: What’s in it for Renewables, Solar
The Chief Minister of Karnataka, H.D. Kumaraswamy, presented the state budget for financial year (FY) 2018-19. The budget seems to have paid little heed to the expansion of renewable energy ...
Karnataka Imposes Wheeling Charges on Renewable Projects
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has issued an order fixing the wheeling, transmission charges to be levied on renewable energy projects in the state. The order has been in ...