Reforms and Regulations

The MoP has issued detailed guidelines for budgetary support for flood moderation and for budgetary support for enabling infrastructure (roads and bridges) with regard to hydropower projects, with an aim to reduce tariff levels of […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has approved the formulation of dispute avoidance mechanism for construction contracts of central public sector enterprises executing hydro power projects. The dispute avoidance mechanism mandates the appointment of independent engineers, […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has approved the amendments in the existing renewable energy certificate (REC)  mechanism. Accordingly, floor and forbearance price limits will be removed and REC prices will be determined by market conditions. […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued an advisory to coal/lignite based power plants to auction fly ash through a transparent bidding process. If after bidding auction some quantity of fly ash still remains unutilsed, […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has circulated the draft Electricity (Late Payment Surcharge) Amendment Rules, 2021 to reduce the burden of the distribution licensee. According to the draft amendment rules, the power generation companies will […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notifiedthe Draft Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021. … These rules are proposed for purchase and consumption of green energy and coversubjectssuch as renewable […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has advised all central ministries and departments to switch to prepaid smart electricity meters. This comes after the Ministry of Finance issued a clarification allowing all central ministries and central […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched a loan interest subvention scheme in association with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for innovative waste to energy (WtE) bio-methanation projects. … The industrial […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued detailed guidelines for theRevamped Distribution Sector Scheme which will be implemented over the next five years. … An outlay of Rs 3.03 trillion has been set for the […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Authority has allowed discoms BSES Yamuna Power and BSES Rajdhani Power to exit power purchase agreements (PPAs) with NTPC Dadri-I power plant. … The CERC issued the order on July 1, […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Resources (MNRE) has issued a memorandum to allow the time extension of two-and-a-half months for renewable energy projects with commissioning dates between April 1, 2021 and June 15, 2021. […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued an official notification on Electricity (Right of Consumers) Amendment, Rules 2021. As per the notification the arrangements for net-metering, gross-metering, net billing or net feed-in will be in […]

The Union Cabinet has approved a Reforms-based and Results-linked, Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme with an aim to improve the operational efficiencies and financial sustainability of discoms. The scheme will have an outlay of Rs 3,037.58 […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has announced an extension for waiver on inter-state transmission charges for renewable energy (RE) generation projects. … Now, the waiver on solar and wind generation projects will be available till […]

The central government has increased the subsidy for electric two wheelers under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India Phase II (FAME India Phase II) by 50 per cent. The demand incentive […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued specifications and testing procedures for various solar off-grid applications covered under its schemes. MNRE has proposed to update specifications for solar street lights, solar photovoltaic […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has planned to reform the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) mechanism to align it with emerging changes in the power sector and to promote new renewable technologies. … The ministry has […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has allowed state governments and union territories (UTs) flexibility in utilisation of domestic coal in power generating stations to reduce the cost of power generation. … States are permitted to utilise […]

The Ministry of Power has notified a discussion paper on Market-based Economic Despatch. MBED envisages a centralised system to route electricity consumption in all states through power exchanges to discover a national uniform price and […]

The Central Electricity Regulator Commission (CERC) has proposed a mechanism to allow load dispatch centers to buy a power to be used for ancillary services from the spot market through electricity exchanges. … In its […]