Taking serious cognisance of some states curtailing power generation from solar projects, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said his ministry is looking into how mandatory electricity production from renewable sources can be enforced.”I have come across this issue wherein certain states are resorting to curtailing generation from solar projects and instead buying cheaper power from the exchanges.
“We are finding a solution whereby anybody who does not fulfil the must run status, what can be done to either enforce that or penalise them (states),” Goyal told reporters on the sidelines of an IEEMA event.Some states including Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan have issued directives to curtail power generation from solar projects. Both the states backed down their commitment towards green power sources, claiming that they have already made provisions for it.
Power producers body Independent Power Producers Association of India (IPPAI) had raised concerns that such decisions were affecting the generators.The government has set an ambitious target of 175 GW of power from renewable energy sources, with 100 GW from solar alone.
Source:PTI
