Ministry of Power has promulgated the Electricity (Transmission System Planning, Development and Recovery of Inter-State Transmission Charges) Rules 2021.
The rules underpin a system of transmission access which is termed as a General Network Access in the inter-state transmission system.
Ministry of Power Redesigns Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Mechanism.
The proposed changes will provide some flexibility to the players, additional avenues, rationalization and also addressing the RECs validity period uncertainty issues and these changes will be implemented by CERC through regulatory process.
Reforms to boost Industrial Safety in Petroleum and Explosives Sector
These reforms will help to transport Liquid Oxygen from surplus areas to deficit areas and promote multimodal transportation (by road, rail and waterways) of these gases and reduce the transportation cost as well as time.
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Third Party Conformity Assessment) Amendment Regulations, 2021
The amendment provides that periodicity for verification of IMS documents shall be as specified in respective regulations. However, the periodic third-party audit under Integrity Management Regulations for City or Local Natural Gas Distribution (CGD) Networks, natural gas pipelines (NGPL) and Petroleum and Petroleum Products Pipelines (PPPL) may be undertaken along with the third party audits under T4S Regulations with combined scope of both T4S and IMS regulations.
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021
As per the amendment, the principal regulations shall apply in all cases where a generating company has the arrangement for supply of coal or lignite from the integrated mine(s) allocated to it, for one or more of its specified end use generating stations, whose tariff is required to be determined by the Commission.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Integrity Management System for Petroleum and Petroleum Products Pipelines) Regulations, 2021.
The regulation outline the basic features and requirements for developing and implementing an effective and efficient Integrity Management Plan (IMP) for Petroleum and Petroleum Products Pipeline system.
New BIS standards for Quality Tolerances for Water for Storage Batteries
New BIS standards for Quality Tolerances for Water for Storage Batteries shall remain effective from 11 August 2021 till 10 February 2022.
Ministry of Power directs replacement of existing meters with smart meters with prepayment features for consumers other than agricultural consumers
All consumers (other than agricultural consumers) in areas with communication network, shall be supplied electricity with Smart Meters working in prepayment mode, conforming to relevant IS, as per Central Electricity Authority (Installation and Operation of Meters) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019.
Draft Electricity (promoting renewable energy through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021
The stakeholders can email the Comments within 30 days from the date of this letter i.e. by 15.09.2021.
Central Electricity Authority provides officials the option to deduce TDS under new or old Income Tax rates
The circular provides the new and old rates and the officials shall exercise their option in writing to choose between old and new rates for FY 2021-2022 (AY 2022-2023) for the purpose of monthly income tax deductions from pay and allowances.