Australia Suspends Power Trading In Spot Markets Updated On Thu, Jun 16th, 2022 by Saurenergy In a move meant to cool down ever higher energy prices and ‘hoarding’ so to say the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has suspended the wholesale electricity spot market across all five participating NEM states in the country. AEMO’s notice states that even as it is shutting the market wef June 15, it has been […] Read more
South India’s Second Big Renewable Push Starts Now Updated On Mon, May 30th, 2022 by Saurenergy Introduction Back in 2014-15, when the new government of Prime Minister Modi first took stock, and hiked India’s renewable energy target 5 fold to 175 GW by 2022, a number of assumptions were made. From the share of solar (100 GW), to the share of rooftop solar within that (40 GW), Wind energy (60 GW) […] Read more
CERC Issues New Rules For Allocation Of Transmission Corridors For Power Trading Updated On Wed, May 11th, 2022 by Saurenergy Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) ordered on May 9 that the allocation of transmission corridor among the Power Exchanges shall be governed by a new set of principles from June 1. A bench of four judges under the chairmanship of IS Jha ruled that the old order of 04.04.2016 extending priority allocation of 10% in […] Read more
Senior Consultant/ Manager – Power & Renewable Energy Updated On Wed, Mar 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy We seek a highly motivated and experienced Senior Consultant/ Manager – Power in our New Delhi, India office to lead our work in energy markets. We seek candidates who will help us grow ICF’s energy market business, building on our established team and leveraging ICF’s broad energy sector capabilities in power and fuels markets. The […] Read more
UPERC Faults Generator For Not Utilising Banked Power On Time, Allows It To Lapse Updated On Thu, Mar 3rd, 2022 by Saurenergy In a recent judgement, Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has sought to clarify the issue of banking of power by generators in the state. Amrit Bottlers Private Limited set up a 10 MW solar plant in Uttar Pradesh, which was commissioned in October 2020. Out of the total 10 MW capacity, 6 MW was […] Read more
CERC nod for hydropower contracts in GTAM for HPO Compliance Updated On Mon, Feb 28th, 2022 by Saurenergy In a recent ruling, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has granted approval to the Indian Energy Exchange Limited (IEX) to introduce hydropower contracts in Green Term-Ahead Market (GTAM) on its platform to facilitate the compliance of Hydropower Purchase Obligation (HPO) by obligated entities. The Ministry of Power (MoP) has set a target of 30000 […] Read more
India’s Solar Path-The Firms, Individuals and Organisations That Will Matter Updated On Wed, Dec 1st, 2021 by Saurenergy 2021 has marked a return to bump up in capacity addition in solar, after the last peak in 2017-18 when the country added close to 9.5 GW taking solar to the top among all energy options for capacity added. With this year likely to see over 11 GW of fresh capacity addition, it says something […] Read more
Renewable Energy Certificates. Trading Resumes, But Much Needs To Be Done Updated On Thu, Nov 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy Highlights: The market share of REC market had already shrunk to 9.2 lakh Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) in 2020-21, while 60.58 lakh RECs piled up till March end. As per CEEW-CEF analysis, as many as 5.1 million RECs have remained unsold due to poor RPO compliance across India, a demand shortfall of 7%. The Appellate […] Read more
Key APTEL Order Overturns CERC On REC Pricing Updated On Thu, Nov 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy In an order that will have a major impact on the return of REC trading and pricing, the Appellate Tribunal For Electricity (APTEL) has set aside the order of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) with regards to pricing of REC’s. The root of the issue was the decision by CERC to set the floor […] Read more