APTEL Declines Relief To AMP Energy On Account Of Delay Updated On Tue, Apr 29th, 2025 by Saurenergy The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL), in its latest judgment, has declined to offer relief to AMP Energy Green Seventeen Private Limited due to the company’s delayed approach to the tribunal. This decision follows a delay of 374 days by the applicant in challenging an order issued by the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC). […] Read more
AC/DC Ratio And Impact on CUF- APTEL Directs HERC To Do The Numbers Updated On Mon, Apr 28th, 2025 by Saurenergy In an interesting case originating in Haryana, the Appellate Tribunal For Electricity (APTEL) bench has sent the parties involved back to the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC). The intent was to enable the state commission get a chance to actually do the prudent thing and calculate the impact of considering the AC/DC ration as 1:1 […] Read more
Solar Developer Gets Relief At APTEL On SCOD Extension Updated On Tue, Feb 11th, 2025 by Saurenergy Read more
Solar Developer Gets Relief At APTEL On SCOD Extension Updated On Tue, Feb 11th, 2025 by Saurenergy Solaire Urja Private Limited, a Pune based solar developer appears to have got some much needed relief at APTEL, after the Appellate Tribunal chose to go with the developer’s contention on a case that was gone the other way at CERC. Case Overview: Solaire Surya Urja had gone to APTEL to challenge the order by […] Read more
APTEL Withholds KERC Order On Incremental Solar Tariff Updated On Mon, Feb 10th, 2025 by Saurenergy The Appellate Tribunal For Electricity (APTEL) in a recent judgment dismissed a petition by a Karnataka discom to not allow incremental tariff to compensate a solar energy generator on account of ‘change of law’ events. The petitioner Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited (HESCOM) had earlier moved APTEL seeing its intervention against an impuged order of […] Read more
APTEL’s Relief To ACME Over COVID-Linked ‘Force Majeure’ Updated On Thu, Feb 6th, 2025 by Saurenergy The Appellate Tribunal For Electricity (APTEL) has now ordered in favour of ACME Heergarh Powertech Private Limited in a case related to force majeure, triggered by the COVID pandemic. The judgment was passed after the petitioner (ACME) approached the apex body by challenging an impugned order, earlier passed by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). […] Read more
APTEL Backs Sanctity of PPA For Wind Developer In Andhra Updated On Tue, Dec 24th, 2024 by Saurenergy In an order that should serve as a marker of PPA sanctity, the Appellate Tribunal For Electricity (APTEL) has ruled against any tinkering with the tariffs committed to in PPAs between generators and discoms. In doing so, APTEL set aside an order of the APERC that allowed the same for Andhra discoms. Green Infra Wind […] Read more
MP Solar Developer Directed to Pay Up To CTUIL By APTEL Updated On Mon, Dec 23rd, 2024 by Saurenergy In an appeal taken all the way to APTEL by SEI Sunshine Power Pvt. Ltd. and its group companies against the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the apex regulator went with the latter in directing the firm to pay up as directed by CERC earlier. The amount involved is Rs 18.25 crores approx. Issue: The […] Read more
APTEL Accepts Solar Thermal Generators Plea, Allows PPA Cancellations Updated On Thu, Dec 19th, 2024 by Saurenergy Direct Natural Irradiance (DNI) proved to be a bugbear for three solar thermal generators who set out to build projects based on figures provided by MNRE in 2010. The three generators, namely M/s. Aurum Renewable Energy Private Limited (in short “AREPL”), M/s. Diwakar Solar Projects Limited (in short “DSPL”) and M/s. KVK Energy Venture Private […] Read more