Bihar Proposes To Reduce Timelines For Rooftop Solar Installations Updated On Tue, Jun 4th, 2024 by Saurenergy The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has now come up with its latest draft regulation to pave the way for reduced timelines for rooftop solar projects. This comes after the Union government is pushing residential rooftop projects with increased subsidies and ambitious targets. The state commission has issued the draft paper and asked the stakeholders […] Read more
Bihar (BERC) Gives Green Signal to 600 MW Solar Purchases From SECI Updated On Mon, Jan 2nd, 2023 by Saurenergy The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has given nod to procurement of 600 MW of solar power from Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) in Tranche-VIII by the distribution companies (DISCOMS). BERC has allowed the procurement at a tariff of Rs 2.50/kWh. The trading margin has been kept by the regulator at Rs 0.07 for […] Read more
Electricity Market at IEX Records All-time High Volume of 8248.52 MU in March 2021 Updated On Wed, Apr 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy The electricity market at IEX achieved an all-time high volume of 8248.52 MU in the month of March 2021 Spurred by the increasing demand for electricity across the various States, the electricity market at Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) achieved an all-time high volume of 8248.52 MU in the month of March 2021 surpassing all the […] Read more
12 States and Union Territories Against Electricity Amendment Bill: AIPEF Updated On Fri, Jul 10th, 2020 by Saurenergy AIPEF has claimed that as many as 11 states and 1 union territory have opposed many provisions in the proposed draft of the Electricity Amendment Bill 2020. The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has claimed that as many as 11 states and one union territory have opposed many provisions in the proposed draft of […] Read more
AIPEF Appeals to the PM to put new Electricity Bill on Hold Updated On Tue, Jun 16th, 2020 by Saurenergy AIPEF has appealed to the PM to put the draft Electricity Bill on hold as it is against the federal structure of the country wherein electricity is a concurrent subject The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has appealed to the prime minister to put the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill on hold as it is against the federal structure […] Read more
SECI Gets CERC Approval to Sell 600 MW Solar Power to Haryana & Bihar at Rs 2.44/kWh Updated On Fri, Feb 28th, 2020 by Saurenergy CERC has approved the petition filed by SECI seeking approval for selling of 600 MW solar power to Discoms in Haryana and Bihar at a tariff rate of Rs 2.44/kWh The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has in its latest order approved the petition filed by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) seeking the […] Read more
Bihar Approves Tariff for 2 MW Power From Floating Solar Project Updated On Wed, Jan 22nd, 2020 by Saurenergy The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved a tariff of Rs 4.15/kWh for the procurement of 2 MW power from a floating solar PV plant in Darbhanga. The Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) has in its latest order approved a tariff of Rs 4.15 per kWh for procurement of 2 MW solar power from a […] Read more
SECI Signs PSA’s Worth 800 MW Solar and Wind Power with Bihar Discoms Updated On Fri, Jun 14th, 2019 by Saurenergy The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has signed three Power Supply Agreements (PSA) with Bihar DISCOMS worth 800 MW. The 3 PSAs aggregating 450 MW Solar and 350 MW Wind Power signed by SECI with the state distribution companies of Bihar. 3 PSA s aggregating 450 MW Solar and 350 MW Wind Power signed […] Read more
Finally, some Solar action from Bihar as BREDA tenders out 250 MW Updated On Tue, Jun 11th, 2019 by Saurenergy Bihar, a long term laggard in solar with barely a 100MW of operational solar installations in the state, is finally moving to change the status quo, it seems. The state’s nodal agency, Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency (BREDA) has invited bids for setting up 250 MW of grid-connected ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the state. […] Read more
