States have either completely withdrawn or reduced the concessions or incentives on open access charges. New Delhi: Regulatory constraints are posing headwinds for open access-based renewable energy (RE) projects, said ICRA on Thursday. Independent power producers (IPPs) in the renewable energy sector selling electricity in the open access route (third-party or group captive mode) are […]
Green Hydrogen Purchase to be Made Mandatory: R K Singh
Green hydrogen would be brought under renewable purchase obligation (RPO), Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh said on Tuesday. Under RPO, bulk purchasers like discoms, open access consumers and captive users are required to buy a certain proportion of renewable energy out of their total consumption of electricity. They can also […]
Delhi Govt Approves Single-Window Facility to Facilitate Expansion of EV Charging Infrastructure
“The Delhi govt has approved an innovative, single window process for quick and efficient installation of EV chargers. This is in response to requests we have been receiving especially from apartment societies, RWAs, mall owners among others,” Shah said. The Delhi government on Monday approved a single-window facility to facilitate the rapid expansion of charging […]
Discoms’ Outstanding Dues to Gencos Fall 11.2 Per Cent to Rs 81,628 Crore in April
Distribution companies (discoms) owed a total Rs 91,915 crore to power generation firms in April 2020, according to portal PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification And Analysis in Power procurement for bringing Transparency in Invoicing of generators). Total outstanding dues owed by electricity distribution utilities or discoms to power producers fell 11.2 per cent to Rs 81,628 crore […]
Webinar: Haryana Draft Solar Policy 2021 & Guidelines for Development of Solar Parks by Private Entrepreneurs
EQ organized a webinar on ‘Haryana Draft Solar Policy 2021 & Guidelines for Development of Solar Parks by Private Entrepreneurs’ on June 8, 2021. Rameshwar Birthal, Project Officer-Department of New & Renewable Energy, Haryana (HAREDA) and Dr AK Jain, Vice Chairman IDANZ, Director INA, were the keynote speakers. Dr AK Jain is the Former MD- […]
Gujarat Discoms Sign Pacts For 3,979 Solar Projects With 2,500 MW Capacity
Gujarat’s four public-owned electricity distribution companies have signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 3,979 small-scale distributed solar projects with aggregate capacity of 2,500 MW, the government said on Saturday. These small-scale distributed solar projects, to be commissioned within the next 18 months, will bring in an investment of over Rs 10,000 crore in the state […]
AIPEF Demands Scrapping of Bidding for Discoms in Union Territories
In the case of UTs, no guidelines are issued by Government of India for competitive bidding under Section 63 of the Electricity Act 2003 for a distribution company. All India Power Engineers’ Federation (AIPEF) on Wednesday demanded scrapping of ongoing bidding for discoms in Union Territories citing serious flaws. The Federation has particularly mentioned the […]
EQ’s Webinar: Draft National Electricity Policy 2021
EQ’s exclusive webinar on Draft National Electricity Policy 2021 was conducted on May 24, 2021 at IST 04:00 PM. The expert panellists shared their views on the Draft National Electricity Policy 2021 in detail and discussed on related topics. D. Ramanaiah Setty, Deputy Director (Tariff Engg.), Andhra Pradesh ERC was the Keynote Speaker in the […]
Discoms’ Outstanding Dues to Gencos Fall 3% to Rs 78,379 Cr in March
Total dues owed by electricity distribution companies to power producers fell 3.4 per cent to Rs 78,379 crore in March 2021 as compared to the year-ago period, showing a reversal of discoms’ growing outstandings. Outstanding dues of discoms towards electricity producers have been increasing year-on-year as well as month-on-month for years showing perennial stress in […]
Over Rs 9,000 Crore Worth of Renewable Energy Certificates Sold in India to Date: Report
The study said that as many as 99 per cent of all RECs sold have served to fulfill RPO requirements New Delhi: India’s renewable energy certificate (REC) market has recorded net sales worth Rs 9,266 crore during its decade of existence, according to a study released on Thursday by the CEEW-Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF). […]
