For the fiscal year 2023–2024, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has approved Rs 1.40 per kWh as an additional surcharge for consumers using green energy open access (GEOA) power. Additionally, for all open access users purchasing renewable power, the commission has reduced the additional surcharge from Rs 1.48 per kWh to Re 0.7 per kWh.
Moreover, the commission highlighted that captive consumption is not subject to additional surcharge. The previously paid additional surcharge by open access consumers will be reconciled, and any difference will be settled with the power distribution companies.
In July 2023, Gadag II-A Transmission announced that it got approval from the Ministry of Power (MoP) to develop overhead transmission lines for solar projects totalling 1,500 MW in Gadag, Karnataka.
In June 2023, ReNew Energy Global Plc announced the commissioning of two clean energy projects in Karnataka’s Vijaynagara district for Toyota Kirloskar Motor and Sandur Manganese and Iron Ores.
