Regulation

Given the growth forecast in renewable energy capacity, utility-scale energy storage systems (ESS) are expected to play a crucial role in helping grid operators maintain system stability, while facilitating the efficient integration of renewables into […]

To meet the country’s growing power demand, adequate capacity additions have been made in the generation and transmission segments over the past few years. However, the distribution segment has continued to wrestle with an array […]

The strong financial health of distribution companies, low aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, and improvement in renewable purchase obligation (RPO) compliance are some of the key achievements of the Gujarat power sector. Recently, the […]

Communication has always played a critical role in the power sector and has become even more important in the context of smart grid infrastructure. The communication network in a power system has the important task […]

Despite the many challenges that the Bihar power sector faces, especially issues pertaining to metering, billing and payment realisation, the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) is doing a fairly good job. For the last four […]

The quality of coal has been a constant matter of discord among coal miners and power generation and distribution companies, since the price of coal in India is determined on the basis of its gross […]

In a landmark order, the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has struck down the compensatory tariff allowed by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) in February 2014 to Adani Power Limited (APL) and Coastal Gujarat […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has taken a number of initiatives to ensure secure grid operations, in light of the government’s ambitious target of increasing the renewable energy capacity to 175 GW by 2022. […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) recently issued draft regulations defining the structure for the exchange of energy saving certificates (ESCerts) on the power exchanges. The CERC (Terms and Conditions for Exchange of Energy Savings […]

The installed capacity of rooftop solar systems in India increased from an almost negligible amount in 2012 to 525 MW by October 2015. Driven by the decline in solar panel costs and the operational success […]