Government Amends Green Energy Open Access Rules to Align with Regulations
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued the Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) Amendment Rules, 2023, under which it has added provisions for the banking settlement ...
STT GDC India to Buy Renewable Energy From O2 Power Under Open Access
ST Telemedia Global Data Centers India (STT GDC India) said it will buy power through open access under the captive mode from O2 Power, a subsidiary of O2 Energy SG ...
Vedanta to Source 691 MW of Renewables Through Open Access
The Vedanta Group said it will source 600 MW of solar and 91 MW of hybrid renewable power through open access under the captive mode for its various operations across ...
Tata Power to Develop Group Captive Solar Project for Condominium in Mumbai
Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, signed an agreement with Vivarea Condominium in Mumbai to set up a 3.125 MW group captive solar project to power ...
Uttar Pradesh Open Access Market is Attracting New Interest
Uttar Pradesh has begun to witness an increased interest from solar open access developers and consumers due to the wide-ranging and attractive concessions proposed for the sector in the solar ...
Vibrant Energy Plans Green Hydrogen Foray as it Expands its C&I Footprint: Interview
In an exclusive interview with Mercom India, Srinivasan Viswanathan, CEO of Vibrant Energy, talks about the company’s contribution to the growing renewable energy transition in the nation’s Commercial and Industrial ...
Market Cautiously Optimistic About Andhra Pradesh’s Open Access Solar Prospects
A revival of interest from the industry in Andhra Pradesh to source solar energy through open access has seen installations surge by 450% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) to 75.3 MW in the ...
Karnataka Leads Solar Open Access Installations in Q3 2022
Karnataka was the top state for open access solar installations in the third quarter (Q3) of the calendar year (CY) 2022. The state was followed closely by Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, ...
India Adds Around 1.9 GW of Open Access Solar in 9M 2022, Installations Up by 96%
India installed around 1.9 GW of open access solar capacity in the first nine months (9M) of the calendar year (CY) 2022, an increase of 96% year-over-year (YoY), according to ...
Mercom’s Clean Energy Meet Expands Awareness on Cost Savings, Increasing Brand Value
Green energy adoption is indisputably good for businesses despite a less than conducive regulatory environment and the recent spike in the input cost for solar installation, industry experts said at ...
Mercom Brings C&I Consumers Together at the Ahmedabad Clean Energy Meet
Mercom India’s C&I Clean Energy Meet 2022 series provides a unique platform for the country’s commercial and industrial (C&I) consumers to interact with renewable energy experts and understand the viability ...
APTEL Asks Regulator to Revisit Cross-Subsidy Surcharge for Open Access Power Projects
The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) recently ruled that the state regulatory commission should revisit the subject of cross-subsidy surcharge on open access projects in Rajasthan as and when it ...
Karnataka Issues Draft Green Energy Open Access Regulations
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has issued the draft ‘Green Energy Open Access Regulations, 2022.’ The stakeholders can provide their suggestions within 30 days from the date of the ...
Additional Surcharge of ₹1.20/kWh Proposed for Open Access Projects in Uttarakhand
The Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) has invited comments on Uttarakhand Power Corporation’s (UPCL) proposal to levy an additional surcharge of ₹1.20 (~$0.016)/kWh on consumers sourcing power through open access ...
Syngene to Procure Power from Ampyr’s 50 MW Open Access Solar Project in Karnataka
Syngene International, an integrated research, development, and manufacturing services company has signed an agreement to acquire a 26% stake in Ampyr Renewable Energy Resources Eleven to procure power from the ...
Kerala’s State-run Dairies Opt for Solar to Save on Power Bills
Milma, the state government-run cooperative dairy plant in Ernakulam, Kerala, has installed a 2 MW captive solar project. The new installation has helped reduce the power bills from ₹4 million ...
Chhattisgarh Makes Rapid Strides Towards Expanding Solar Open Access Market
Karnataka was the top state for solar open access installations in the first quarter (Q1) of the calendar year (CY) 2022, followed closely by Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu ...
Tamil Nadu Issues Priority Order for Open Access Consumers to Procure Energy
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has issued an amendment to the 'Grid-Connectivity and Intrastate open Access Regulations, 2014.' The amendment seeks to prioritize energy adjustment from different sources ...
West Bengal Proposes New Regulations for Open Access Power Projects
The West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC) has issued the draft ‘Open Access Regulations, 2022.’ Stakeholders can submit their suggestions and comments before June 2, 2022. The regulations will apply ...
Open Access Power Consumers to Pay Additional Surcharge Regardless of Voltage Level
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC), in a recent order, ruled that open access consumers with drawal voltage over and above 66 kV cannot seek exclusion or exemption from ...
Telangana Sets Additional Surcharge for Open Access Power at ₹1.15/kWh
The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) has revised the additional surcharge to ₹1.15 (~$0.015)/kWh for consumers sourcing power through open access from April 1, 2022, to September 30, 2022 ...
Additional Surcharge for Open Access Reduced by 45% in Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) has revised the additional surcharge to ₹1.07 (~$0.014)/kWh for consumers sourcing power through open access from April 1, 2022, to September 30, 2022. This is ...
Delhi Increases Additional Surcharge for Open Access Power Consumers
The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has set the additional surcharge payable by open access power consumers under the jurisdiction of three distribution licensees. Based on the projections mentioned in ...
