India Requires 13L Charging Stations By 2030: CII Report Updated On Tue, Jul 25th, 2023 by Saurenergy A new report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on ‘Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles’ claims that India would require around 13 lakh charging stations to cater to the growing electric mobility needs by 2030. It makes a case for the country to install around 4 lakh chargers for EV annually. The industry association […] Read more
Transmission Firm Gets No Relief From CERC For Projects In Himalayan Region Updated On Wed, Jul 19th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), in its latest order, denied any relief to a transmission network service provider over a plea to revise its Operations and Maintenance (O&M) norms. The petitioner-Teestavalley Power Transmission Limited (TPTL), in its plea before the CERC, asked the Commission to relax the norms under its “power to relax” powers. TPTL […] Read more
RERC Declines To Allow Lower Tariffs for Private Hospitals In Rajasthan Updated On Tue, Jul 18th, 2023 by Saurenergy In its latest order, the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) declined to give any relief to the Indian Medical Association (IMA). The Rajasthan IMA branch had filed a review petition before the RERC to review its earlier order passed on March 31, 2023. The earlier order had also rejected the demand of a special tariff […] Read more
Two Solar Firms To Get Compensations Due to Increased GST Rates Updated On Mon, Jul 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy In its order, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) granted compensation to two renewable energy companies. The central authority granted these compensations on account of ‘Change of Law’ events. Such events included the rise of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) costs of their projects due to the escalation of GST rates and the imposition of increased safeguard duty […] Read more
Fourth Partner Energy Commissions 70 MW Wind-Solar Hybrid Project in Gujarat Updated On Mon, Jul 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy Renewable energy solutions platform, Fourth Partner Energy today announced the commissioning of its wind-solar hybrid project in Gondal, Gujarat. This 70 MW project marks 4PEL’s foray into hybrid renewable energy solutions and will supply clean energy to companies like Filatex, Linde, Nexus Malls (a Blackstone Group Co.), Deccan Chemicals and other marquee clients. Executed in […] Read more
APERC Lowers Ceiling For Netmetering, Enhances Gross Metering Limits Updated On Fri, Jul 7th, 2023 by Saurenergy In its latest draft report, the Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) has proposed reducing the upper ceiling limit for net-metering consumers going for rooftop solar. At the same time, the Commission proposed increasing the upper cap for gross meter consumers, hinting at a higher push for gross metered consumers. The latest draft regulation has been named […] Read more
Govt Proposes To Delicence Transmission Line Setup For Bulk Consumers Updated On Fri, Jun 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power has now proposed delicensing establishing, operating and maintaining transmission lines for certain segments of power consumers and electricity generators. It includes bulk power consumers, power generating firms, captive generators, or an energy storage system (ESS). The proposal has featured in the latest Draft Electricity (Amendment) Rules 2023. The ministry has put […] Read more
CEA Issues O&M Norms For New Transmission Service Providers Updated On Tue, Jun 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has now come up with fresh guidelines for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of electricity transmission networks. The authority crafted these norms to clarify the role of the new transmission service provider (TSP) towards the O&M works of its assets. The order said that the Request for Proposal (RfP) documents for projects […] Read more
COD Delay Hands Acme Solar A Bigger Transmission Bill, As CERC Rules In Favour of CTUIL Updated On Mon, Jun 26th, 2023 by Saurenergy In a recent order, the Central Electricity Regulatory Comission (CERC) has ruled in favour of CTUIL in a case brought by Acme Solar against the central utility. Acme Solar, in this case pertaining to a 250 MW project of the firm at Bhadla, Rajasthan, has contended that CTUIL (Central Transmission Utility of Indian Limited), was […] Read more
