CEA Releases New Norms For Forecasting Power Demand Updated On Thu, Jul 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has released its latest medium- and long-term power demand forecast guidelines. It said that the central agency had been carrying out the demand forecast of the country for medium-term and long-term periods through Electric Power Surveys (EPS) periodically to bring out National Electricity Plan (NEP). The new guidelines of the […] Read more
India Gets Ready To Roll Out Its Domestic Carbon Credit Market Scheme Updated On Fri, Jun 30th, 2023 by Saurenergy Around a year after the Indian Parliament passed the Energy Conservation Bill 2022, the final draft of a scheme meant to govern the Indian domestic carbon credit market is close to completion. This legislation mandated the government to come out with rules to create a local carbon credit market. According to officials in the concerned ministries, […] Read more
CEA Issues O&M Norms For New Transmission Service Providers Updated On Tue, Jun 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has now come up with fresh guidelines for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of electricity transmission networks. The authority crafted these norms to clarify the role of the new transmission service provider (TSP) towards the O&M works of its assets. The order said that the Request for Proposal (RfP) documents for projects […] Read more
Gujarat Issues Draft Tariff Determination Norms For Solar-Wind Hybrid Projects Updated On Wed, Jun 21st, 2023 by Saurenergy The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has now come up with a discussion paper to develop a tariff framework for the procurement of power from wind-solar hybrid projects. It is applicable for wind-solar hybrid projects and such projects with storage too. It has asked the stakeholders and public to comment on the draft proposals by the end […] Read more
Errant EV Players Might Face More Trouble For Flouting FAME-II Updated On Tue, Jun 20th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Heavy Industries is now mulling stringent actions against alleged errant two-wheeler Electric Vehicle (EV) players in India for falsely claiming subsidies under the Faster Adoption of Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME)-II. The ministry is the nodal agency for disbursing FAME-II funds to EV players. As per reports, the ministry has planned to […] Read more
Govt Releases Norms for Tariff-Based Bidding Process for RE Power with Storage Updated On Tue, Jun 13th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power recently released a set of guidelines for a tariff-based competitive bidding process for procuring firm and dispatchable power from grid-connected renewable energy power projects with energy storage systems. The document defined renewable power as solar generating systems, wind energy generating systems, or a combination of both, with Energy Storage Systems (ESS). It also […] Read more
MNRE Revises Norms For Dispute Resolution Mechanism Updated On Thu, Jun 8th, 2023 by Saurenergy In its latest order, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has revised the guidelines for setting up a Dispute Resolution Mechanism (DSM). The Ministry earlier had issued the norms for the first time in 2018 and later made several amendments. The ministry, in the latest order, said that the new norms would supersede all previous […] Read more
Ministry of Power Modifies Rules for Purchasing RTC Renewable Energy Updated On Fri, Sep 9th, 2022 by Saurenergy The parameters for the tariff-based competitive bidding process to purchase round-the-clock (RTC) power from grid-connected renewable energy projects have been amended, according to the Ministry of Power (MoP). Under Section 63 of the Electricity Act of 2003, these regulations were first released in July 2020. The current amendment permits producers of renewable energy to combine […] Read more
MoP issues guidelines for procurement & utilisation of BESS Updated On Mon, Mar 14th, 2022 by Saurenergy The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified a new resolution of the Guidelines for the procurement and utilisation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) as part of generation, transmission and distribution assets, along with ancillary services. Specific Objectives of the Guidelines: To facilitate procurement of BESS, as part of individual RE power projects or separately, […] Read more
