Reforms and Regulations

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 […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued the draft Ancillary Services Regulations, 2021 to provide for a regulatory mechanism for ancillary services in the interest of reliability, safety and security of the grid. … […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has decided to set up a “National Mission on Use of Biomass in Coal-based Thermal Power Plants” (TPPs) to help solve the problem of air pollution due to farm stubble […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved the registration of Pranurja Solution Limited (PSL) as the third power exchange in India after the Indian Energy Exchange Limited (IEX) and the Power Exchange India Limited (PXIL). … PSL […]

The Union Cabinet has approved production-linked incentives (PLI) for advanced chemistry cell or battery storage. At present, India reportedly imports battery storage equipment worth Rs 200 billion. The approval of PLI will reduce the import […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has notified a timeline extension in the scheduled commissioning date (SCoD) of renewable energy projects considering disruption due to the second wave of COVID-19. As per the […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has amended the guidelines for implementation of central public sector undertaking (CPSU) scheme phase-II for setting up 12,000 MW grid-connected solar projects with viability gap funding (VGF). […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has asked 18 states and union territories to issue distributiontariff orders for 2021-22in line with provisions under the Electricity Act, 2003 at the earliest. … The government had asked the […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has released guidelines for the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme namely ‘National Programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules’. According to the guidelines, the PLI scheme will be […]

The Ministry of Power has issued the draft National Electricity Policy (NEP) 2021. … The new policy focuses on improving the health of electricity distribution companies, implementing cost reflective tariff structures, and managing the rising […]

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued draft notifications for thermal power plants (TPPs) for disposal of fly ash and bottom ash. … The notification mentions that power plants should supply […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued the draft Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Manner and Intervals for Conduct of Energy Audit (Accounting) in Electricity Distribution Companies) Regulations, 2021. These regulations will be applicable to all […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued a suo-motu order on mechanism for compensation on account of change in law for compliance with revised emission standards notified by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate […]

The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued the draft Electricity (Rights of Consumers) (Amendment) Rules, 2021 which allows net metering for rooftop solar up to 500 kW or up to the sanctioned load, whichever is […]

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued the Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2021, under which it has extended the timelines for complying with the emission norms by coal-based thermal power plants […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has clarified that the extension provided in the date of commissioning for renewable energy (RE) projects should not be more than 6 months, including the five-month blanket […]