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
Gujarat Issues Draft Tariff Determination Norms For Solar-Wind Hybrid Projects Updated On Wed, Jun 21st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has now come up with a discussion paper to develop a tariff framework for the procurement of power from wind-solar hybrid projects. It is applicable for wind-solar hybrid projects and such projects with storage too. It has asked the stakeholders and public to comment on the draft proposals by the end […] Read more
CERC Extends Deadline for ISTS Waivers for RE Projects Updated On Tue, Jun 13th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), in its latest suo motu order, allowed an extension of the waiver of Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) for renewable projects. It implies those wind and solar projects whose generation capacity was declared under commercial operation earlier between February 13, 2018, to December 31, 2022. These projects were given ISTS waivers […] Read more
RERC Asks Railways To Install ABT Meters To Avail Wind Energy From Rajasthan Updated On Tue, May 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy In its latest order, the Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) asked the Indian Railways to install ABT (Availability Based Tariff) Meters for hassle-free consumption of green energy from Rajasthan. ABT Meters are frequency-based price mechanisms mainly used when unscheduled electricity-related transactions occur. The RERC order came to the fore after the discoms in Rajasthan moved a […] Read more
MERC Notifies Generic Tariff for Rooftop Solar at Rs 3.05/unit Updated On Thu, May 25th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), in its suo motu order, has notified the generic tariff for the net-meter consumers of Maharashtra at Rs 3.05/unit for 2023-24. The Commission said that the solar rooftop prosumers using net meters can now sell their surplus solar energy to the local discoms at the latest tariff. The latest tariff […] Read more
Power Ministry Notifies New Amendments To Green Energy Open Access Rules Updated On Wed, May 24th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power has notified the second amendment to the Green Energy Open Access Rules 2022. The new notified rules envisage to amend three provisions of the original rules, published by the ministry in June, last year. The new notified rules have been named Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) (Second […] Read more
CERC Allows Powergrid To Venture Into Telecom Biz But With Conditions Updated On Wed, May 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy In its latest judgment, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has allowed power transmission company– Powergrid to venture into the telecom business. However, it has imposed some conditions too. As per the CERC (Sharing of Revenue Derived from other businesses) Regulations, 2020, power transmission companies must inform the Commission and seek its approval if they want to […] Read more
Ministry Of Power Asks All SERCs To Notify Green Tariffs Under Open Access Updated On Tue, May 16th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power, in its latest order, has asked all the State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) to notify green tariffs under the Green Energy Open Access Regulations. It comes after the Ministry notified the Green Energy Open Access rules in June last year. The Ministry also pointed out that some of the state commissions have […] Read more
Amritsar To Be ‘Solar City’ As Punjab Launches Action Plan Updated On Thu, May 11th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Punjab government has announced that the cultural city of Amritsar will be now developed as a ‘Solar City’ of the north-western state as state’s Renewable Energy Minister Aman Arora launched the Punjab State Energy Action Plan. The action plan is being implemented to ensure promotion of energy efficiency in buildings, industries, municipalities, agriculture, transport […] Read more
