In the matter of: Compliance of Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (For the state of Goa and Union Territories) (Procurement of Renewable Energy) Regulations, 2010 regarding Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) and as amended from time to time For more information please see below link:
Chhattisgarh amends the RPO regulation for Captive Generating Plants
Chhattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (CSERC), in a recent announcement, amends the RPO target for Captive generating plants(CGPs) under CSERC(Renewable Purchase Obligation and REC Framework Implementation) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2020. Key points of the regulation are as follows: For Captive users, consuming electricity from captive generating plants (CGP), commissioned before 1st April 2016, shall have RPO […]
Power Min proposes RPO for round the clock renewable energy
Speaking at the 6th Foundation Day of Association of Renewable Energy Agencies of States (AREAS) on Thursday, Singh said, “Renewable energy is economically viable today. The only rider is storage. Prices of storage will come down over time” New Delhi: Power Minister R K Singh has proposed renewable purchase obligation (RPO) mechanism for round the […]
AIPEF urges chief ministers to reject Electricity Amendment Bill
The federation shot off a letter to the chief ministers ahead of a meeting of ministers concerned with Union Power Minister R K Singh on Friday. New Delhi: The All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged all chief ministers to reject the Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 saying that the proposed amendments will weaken the […]
APP requests MNRE to include gas-based power in RTC scheme
In the letter, the body said gas is a superior choice as balancing power. It has many advantages when compared with coal. It has faster ramping rates, low technical minimum level of operation and high part load efficiencies New Delhi: A power producers body has requested the government to include electricity generated from gas-based plants […]
RPO fines of up to Rs 1 per unit will lead to ‘exponentially huge’ demand: R K Singh
He added that discoms would come to the market desperately looking for capacity in order to avoid these heavy fines, which would eventually help in achieving the ambitious target of 450 GW capacity by 2030 New Delhi: The increase in penalties for non-compliance of renewable energy purchase obligations (RPOs) to up to Rs 1 per […]
In the Matter of: Monitoring of Compliance of RPO by distribution licensees for the FY 2017-18 under the GERC (Procurement of Energy from Renewable Sources) Regulations, 2010
In the Matter of: Monitoring of Compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligation by distribution licensees for the FY 2017-18 under the GERC (Procurement of Energy from Renewable Sources) Regulations, 2010 and Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (Procurement of Energy from Renewable Sources) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2014 and Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (Procurement of Energy from Renewable Sources) […]
Green certificate sales down 55 per cent to 3.33 lakh in May
NEW DELHI: Sales of renewable energy certificates dropped over 55 per cent to 3.33 lakh units in May compared to 7.5 lakh in the same month a year ago, according to official data. Renewable energy certificate (REC) is a type of market-based instrument. One REC is created when one megawatt hour of electricity is generated […]
Petition seeking approval of the proposal to carry forward the balance REC shortfall in achievement of RPO
Petition seeking approval of the proposal to carry forward the balance REC shortfall in achievement of RPO of FY 2019-20 to the FY 2020-21 in accordance with the provisions of BERC’s Compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligation, its compliance and REC framework implementation (3rd amendment) Regulations, 2018 For more information please see below link:
CERC Announces New Forbearance & Floor Price for REC Framework, 2020
The Honorable CERC published the final order on revised price bands for RECs which will be valid from July 1, 2020 onwards and shall remain in force till June 30, 2021 or until further orders of the Commission. The new floor and forbearance prices are given below: This represents a drastic reduction of 100% for […]