Reforms and Regulations

The union power minister has launched the Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) Gram Ujala scheme that seeks to distribute LED bulbs at a cost of Rs 10 per bulb in the rural areas of Varanasi. […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified the division and demerger of the Central Transmission Utility and Power Grid Corporation of lndia Limited Transfer Scheme, 2021. … Further, MoP has notified that the Central Transmission […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued the Terms and Conditions of Tariff (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021. These regulations will be applicable for the five-year tariff period from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2024. … […]

The CERC has issued Regulation of Power Supply (First Amendment) Regulations, 2021 to further amend the Regulation of Power Supply, 2010. As per the amendment, these regulations will be applicable to generating station, inter-state transmission […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued the Power Market Regulations, 2021. … These regulations will be applicable to power exchanges, market participants other than power exchanges, and OTC market; on the contracts transacted […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued amendments to the guidelines for tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) process for procurement of round-the-clock (RTC) power from grid-connected renewable energy power projects, complemented with power from any other […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) in consultation with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has notified the price of per metric tonne of oil equivalent as Rs 18,402 only for the year 2018-19. … The […]

The Ministry of Power has notified rules for rights of electricity consumers which provide for penalties upto Rs 100,000 on distribution companies for gratuitous load shedding and delay in grant of new connection or addressing […]

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has notified draft MERC (Electricity Supply Code and Standards of Performance of Distribution Licensees including Power Quality) Regulations, 2020. … The proposed regulations would supersede the existing MERC (Electricity […]

The Union Cabinet has approved the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (CERC) proposal to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), USA to exchange information and experiences in the […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable (MNRE) has issued guidelines for implementation of feeder-level solarisation under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme after consultation with state governments.   In February 2019, […]

The Ministry of Power has amended the guidelines for tariff-based competitive bidding for power procurement from grid-connected renewable energy projects, allowing them bundling with any non-renewable source of energy rather than just coal-based thermal projects, […]

The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has proposed a framework for promoting application of distributed renewable energy (DRE) in rural areas. With this, the ministry plans to enable a market-oriented framework to attract […]

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has reportedly proposed that coal-fired power plants across the country should install emission control equipment in phases, with their immediate installation required only in areas with high levels of sulphur […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued draft electricity (late payment surcharge) rules 2020. According to the ministry, the rules have been drafted in view of the current low rates of interest prevailing so that […]

The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) in its recent amendments to the tariff-based competitive bidding guidelines for procurement of grid-connected solar power has stated that a letter of undertaking (LoU) from public sector […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued the Draft Electricity (Change in Law, Must-run status and Other matters) Rules 2020. The draft lays out rules to allow quick compensation to power plants for additional costs […]

The ministry of power has drafted a standard bidding document’ (SBD) for the privatisation of the state discoms. This is the first time the central government has drafted a guiding SBD for discoms’ privatisation. It […]

Under the draft rules providing for the Rights of Electricity Consumers, the power ministry has proposed to simplify the procedure for electricity connections. Accordingly, just two documents would be required for an electricity connection with […]

The power ministry has reportedly begun the process to set up a Rs 20 billion joint venture (JV) for providing a common backend infrastructure facility (CBIF) to discoms for faster roll-out of smart electricity meters […]