Public hearing on Draft Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Rooftop Solar PV Grid Interactive System) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2022
The hearing is scheduled to be held on 22.08.2022 at 3.00 PM onwards in the Commission office.
Uttar Pradesh Solar Energy Draft Policy -2022.
State Government will facilitate installation of Solar PV Rooftop systems across the State .It will facilitate Net metering in Residential, Government/Govt owned Public Sector Institutions and all Educational institutions across the State. It proposes to establish “Solar Cities” across the State with emphasis on Solar Rooftops and other allied off-grid solar installations.
The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
The Bill empowers the central government to specify a carbon credit trading scheme. Carbon credit implies a tradeable permit to produce a specified amount of carbon emissions. The central government or any authorised agency may issue carbon credit certificates to entities registered under and compliant with the scheme. The entities will be entitled to purchase or sell the certificate. Any other person may also purchase a carbon credit certificate on a voluntary basis.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Levy of Fee and Other Charges) Amendment Regulations 2022
Regulations provides the procedure for application for renunciation and transfer of authorization and the amount of fee charged for application. The amended regulations will come into effect immediately.
MNRE extends the implementation date of Quality Control Order, 2017 for SPV inverters to 31st December 2022.
The Government earlier issued the solar PV system, Devices and Components Goods (Requirements for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2017, for the requirement of compulsory registration with six products included in the schedule on 5th September 2017. Since then, the deadline has been extended several times.
MNRE launches “Renewable Energy Research and Technology Development Programme” to enable indigenous technology development and manufacture for wide spread applications of new and renewable energy.
This scheme covers research and development in the area of solar module manufacturing. Under the scheme, upto 100% financial support to Government / non-profit research organizations and upto 50-70% to Industry, Start-ups, Private Institutes, Entrepreneurs and Manufacturing units, is provided.
The “Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Harnessing of Captive Power Generation) Draft Regulations, 2022”.
A person may construct, maintain or operate a captive generating plant and dedicated transmission lines. The supply of electricity from the captive generating plant through the grid shall be regulated in the same manner as the generating station of a generating company.
Clarifications regarding the renewable purchase obligations
It is clarified that long term growth trajectory of Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) will be specified by the ministry of power in consultation with MNRE.
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Connectivity and General Network Access to the inter-State Transmission System) Regulations, 2022.
Applications for grant of Connectivity or grant of General Network Access (GNA), as the case may be, shall be made online to the Nodal Agency and shall be digitally signed by the Applicant. Each application for grant of Connectivity shall be accompanied by an application fee of Rs.5 lakh along with applicable taxes.
Revised Guidelines for long term Procurement of Electricity from Thermal Power Stations set up on Design, Build, Finance, Own and Operate (DBFOO) basis
Fuel Charge under Model Power Supply Agreement DBFOO is the amount payable by the Utility to the Supplier for the fuel utilized in generation of electricity. Since the risk of variation in fuel price cannot normally be managed by the Supplier, it must be passed on to the Utility, which, in turn, will have to reflect it in the distribution tariff. As per the amended guidelines escalation rates shall be determined by Central Electricity Regulatory Commission.
