Reforms and Regulations

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 […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved the Detailed Procedure on Methodology of Payment of Certificate Retainer-ship March 15, 2022. The objective of this procedure is to lay down roles, responsibilities, eligibility criteria and […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has released the CERC (Payment of Fees) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2022. As per the amendment, the transmission licensee including the deemed transmission licensee will furnishthe audited statement of annual […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified the Green Hydrogen Policy, to facilitate the transition from fossil fuel / fossil fuel based feed stocks to green hydrogen/green ammonia. A key measure that the policy provides […]

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

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has notifiedthe CERC (Ancillary Services) Regulations, 2022, which aim to provide mechanisms for procurement, through administered as well as market-based mechanisms, deployment and payment of ancillary services at the […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a simplified procedure for the residential consumers to get rooftop solar plants installed by themselves or through any vendor of their choice under the rooftop […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has clarified that energy storage systems (ESS) can be used either on standalone basis or in complimentary with generation, transmission and distribution. … ESS shall be accorded status based on […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has notified the draft guidelines for registration and filing application for establishing and operating over the counter (OTC) platform. … The CERChas notified these guidelines as per the Power […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has released the revised consolidated guidelines andstandards for charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EV) on January 14,2022. … The objective of the guidelines is to enable a faster adoption of […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission has notified draft Connectivity and General Network Access to the Interstate Transmission System Regulations, 2021. The rules specify the application for grant of connectivity and GNA, eligibility for connectivity to […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has clarified that it has not authorised any vendor for installation of rooftop solar and also advised the consumers to pay only the rates decided by discoms.   The […]

Thermal power plants (TPPs) have been advised to supply fly ash to end users for all new commitments as per guidelines stated by the Ministry of Power (MoP) on September 22, 2021. … The MoP […]

The Ministry of Power has issued a notification for automatic pass through of fuel and power procurement cost in tariff. … This would result in less working capital requirements by the discoms leading to less […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) have proposed amendments to the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 to promote clean energy consumption. … The Government of India has identified some new areas to achieve higher levels of renewable […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has revised the terms of reference of National Committee on Transmission (NCT) to fast-track planning and approval of inter-state transmission system (ISTS) projects. Presently, all ISTS projects are approved by […]