Reforms and Regulations

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued a suo-moto order pertaining to blending of imported coal with domestic coal to mitigate the domestic coal shortage. In order to facilitate availability of adequate quantum of […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued renewable purchase obligation (RPO) and energy storage obligation trajectory till 2029-30. According to this order, the total prescribed RPO will progressively increase from 24.61 per cent in 2022-23 […]

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has notified the draft Central Electricity Authority (Flexible operation of thermal power plants) Regulations, 2022. The regulations will apply to all coal and lignite based thermal power plants (TPPs) and […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued directions to the power exchanges registered under the Power Market Regulations, 2021 to extend the price ceiling of Rs 12 per unit in all market exchanges of […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued the draft CERC (Sharing of Inter-State Transmission Charges and Losses) (First Amendment)  Regulations, 2022. As per draft amendment, bills for transmission charges will be raised on the […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued the draft CERC (Indian Electricity Grid Code) Regulations, 2022. These regulations will apply to all users, state load despatch centres, regional load despatch centres, national load despatch […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued the Connectivity and General Network Access (GNA) to the Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) Regulations, 2022. The rules specify the application for grant of connectivity and GNA, eligibility […]

The central government has notified the Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2022. These rules have been notified for promoting generation, purchase, and consumption of green energy including the energy from […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued a staff paper on blending of imported coal with domestic coal to mitigate the domestic coal shortage. The Ministry of Power (MoP) had issued direction to CERC […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued the Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge and Related Matters) Rules, 2022. As per these rules, total dues owed by distribution companies (discoms) to generation and transmission companies can be […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued  the Draft Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Conduct of Business) Regulations, 2022. The regulationwill extend to whole of India and will come into effect from April 1, 2022.All […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has released draft guidelines for implementing the second phase (Tranche II) of the production-linked incentive (PLI) programme under the ‘National Program on High-Efficiency Solar Modules,’ with the […]

The Union Cabinet has approved the amendments to the National Policy on Biofuels-2018;a major amendment being advancing the blending target of 20 per cent blending of ethanol in petrol to 2025-26 from 2030 earlier. Other […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has floated a staff paper on the methodology for computing deterrent charges for maintaining lower coal stock by coal based thermal generating stations. The proposal is based on a […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued guidelines for registration and filing application for establishing and operating over the counter (OTC) platform, 2022. These guidelines will apply to the OTC platform, the OTC platform […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) hasissued a suo-moto order on transmission corridor allocation among power exchanges for collective transactions in dayahead market (DAM). The Commission notes thatthe priority allocation of 10 per cent in […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has floated a staff paper on methodology for computingthe escalation rate for imported coal for payment on a monthly basis, which will be used by discoms to make payments […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission vide its order dated May 6, 2022 has capped the prices on power exchanges across all the market segments – DAM, RTM, Intra-day, Day Ahead Contingency and Term-Ahead contracts at […]

The power demand has gone up by almost 20 per cent in energy terms. While the supply of domestic coal has increased, the increase in the supply is not sufficient to meet the increased power […]

The Karnataka State Government’s Cabinet has approved the Karnataka Renewable Energy Policy for the years 2022-2027. According to the policy, Karnataka will have a renewable power generation capacity of 10 GW in the next five […]