The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has approved a petition filed by the Haryana Power Purchase Centre (HPPC), Panchkula to procure power from green energy sources other than solar with to fulfil the renewable purchase […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued a series of guidelines for conducting tests on solar photovoltaic PV modules. These tests will be conducted by test labs for compulsory registration with the […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has issued draft regulations for deviation settlement mechanism and related matters for the year 2018. This will be the fourth amendment to the regulations which had been first issued […]
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) in its order has clarified that solar power generators cannot use both open access and net-metering facilities simultaneously for a project. The commission also ruled that the net-metering benefits […]
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued an order to extend the commissioning date (COD) of solar PV projects that had been affected by the imposition of Goods and Services tax (GST) […]
The Delhi High Court has disposed of a petition filed by ACME Solar against the levy of a 70 per cent provisional safeguard duty on solar cell imports from China and Malaysia. According to media […]
The MNRE has brought battery energy storage systems under the ambit of the Solar Photovoltaics, Systems, Devices, and Component Goods (Requirement for Compulsory Registration under BIS Act) Order, 2017. The order was issued by the […]
The Karnataka High Court has issued an interim stay on the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission’s order to revise wheeling and banking charges for renewable power projects. The stay order has been issued in response to […]
The MERC has passed a ruling stating that net metering for rooftop solar projects can be availed by installations of up to 1 MW only. The ruling came in response to a petition filed by […]
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has approved the tariffs proposed by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) for long-term procurement of 500 MW of wind power to fulfil its non-solar renewable purchase obligations […]
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has rejected Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation’s (TANGEDCO’s) plea to allot wind energy capacity of over 500 MW to NLC India Limited. In June 2017, TANGEDCO had […]
MNRE has amended the guidelines for the implementation of the viability gap funding (VGF) program for solar PV projects under National Solar Mission (NSM) Phase-II. The amendment will apply to projects worth 750 MW of […]
The MNRE has notified the new benchmark cost for off-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and rooftop solar projects for the financial year 2018-19. These new benchmark costs will be applicable for all implementing agencies involved […]
The Delhi High Court has disposed a petition filed by ACME Solar against the levy of 70 per cent Provisional Safeguard Duty on solar cell imports from China and Malaysia. However, the court has not […]
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) issued an order to revise the wheeling and banking charges for renewable power projects on May 14, 2018. The order has been in effect since April 1, 2018 and […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has released the revised procedure for the “grant of connectivity to projects based on renewable sources to inter-state transmission system”. The move comes in the wake of concerns flagged […]
A sudden change in customs policy in 2017 led to a logjam of solar module consignments at Indian ports. Modules worth more than $150 million were held up for more than three months at ports […]
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has approved the two petitions filed by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) requesting permission for releasing solar and wind power tenders for 1,500 MW capacity […]
The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has rejected a petition filed by Noida Power Company Limited (NPCL) for selecting an engineering procurement construction (EPC) contractor for development of a solar project.The proposed solar project […]
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed setting the national average power purchase cost (APPC) for the financial year 2018-19, at Rs 3.53 per kWh. The CERC has also proposed that the APPC will […]
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