Regulations

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has waived the transmission charges and losses for using the interstate transmission system (ISTS) network. The waiver is applicable to solar projects awarded through competitive bidding and having commercial […]

Acme Cleantech Solutions has filed a petition with the Madras High Court against the import duty charges levied on solar panels and modules at Chennai port. As per the petition, since September 12, 2017, Acme […]

The Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC) has decided to retain the must-run status for wind, solar, small-hydro and municipal solid waste-based power plants. The decision comes in the wake of the resistance faced by […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued an order discontinuing the empanelment of channel partners under the grid-connected rooftop and small solar power plant programme. Further, it has notified implementing agencies to […]

The Indian government has proposed amendments to the Electricity Act to allow consumers to select and change their power suppliers. The amendments would allow the distribution network business to be separated from the electricity supply […]

The Karnataka government has annulled a Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) order mandating the commission to sign wind PPAs in the state. The state government invoked Section 108 of the Electricity Act, 2003, which allows […]

The Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (RERC) has fixed a generic levellised tariff of Rs 3.93 per kWh and Rs 3.66 per kWh for solar power projects with and without accelerated depreciation respectively. The tariffs will […]

The Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission (AERC) has released regulations for generation and supply of renewable energy from mini-grids (10 kW to 500 kW of installed capacity) and microgrids (up to 10 kW of installed capacity) […]

The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission has amended its net metering regulations for grid-connected rooftop solar projects in the state. The new regulations, which came into effect from October 6, 2017, will be applicable to all […]

The Gujarat High Court has ruled in favour of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam to conduct a 500 MW wind auction. The decision came after the court dismissed a petition filed by the Indian Wind Energy […]

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has directed the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Haryana Power Purchase Centre to allow electricity injection from Balarch Renewable Energy’s 1 MW solar power project into the state […]

The proposed electricity amendment bill will include penalty provisions, stricter enforcement of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and renewable purchase obligations (RPOs). The move comes in the wake of renewable energy producers facing offtake issues on […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has released the Grant of Connectivity and General Network Access [GNA] to the Inter-State Transmission System and Other Related Matters Regulations, 2017. Under this, a 100 MW project will […]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has issued the Solar Photovoltaics, Systems, Devices and Components Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2017 for the quality control of solar equipment. According to the order, […]

The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has passed an order to reduce feed-in tariff for wind power from Rs 4.50 to Rs 3.74 per kWh. Under the order, all new wind power projects without KERC-approved […]

The CERC has rejected the Indian Energy Exchange’s (IEX) proposal to introduce spot trading of renewable energy on its platform. According to the commission, the current market scenario is not feasible to introduce a green […]

The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has fixed a generic tariff of Rs 3.74 per kWh for wind projects in the state, which will be applicable from March 31, 2018. KERC has proposed a debt-equity […]

The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has notified its forecasting, scheduling and deviation settlement regulations for solar and wind power projects with effect from August 21, 2017. The state load despatch centre (SLDC) has to […]

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has set the national average power purchase cost (APPC) for open access at Rs 3.48 per kWh for 2017-18. The new APPC is Rs 0.08 higher than the previous […]

The Haryana government has waived intra-state wheeling charges on the electricity generated from solar power plants in the state. In addition, cross-subsidy charges, as well as transmission and distribution charges will also be waived. The […]