Support, Grow, Contribute

Renewable Energy

Find latest News, Industry Updates, Markets, Finance, Policies and Regulations, Tenders

Electricity

Policies & Regulations

Markets & Industry

Emissions

Trends

Chhattisgarh Renewable Power Purchase Obligation and its Compliance Regulations - 2016

HIGHLIGHTS

Control Period	April 1, 2016 – March 31, 2021
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)	Year	Minimum quantum of purchase (in %) from renewable energy sources
	Year	Solar	Non-solar	Total
	2016-17	1.5	6.5	8.0
	2017-18	2.0	7.0	9.0
	2018-19	3.5	7.5	11.0
	2019-20	5.0	8.0	13.0
	2020-21	6.5	8.5	15.0
	Power purchase agreements already entered into shall be continued till their present validity. Compliance (FY 2015-16)-70.20%
Obligated Entity	Distribution licensees, co-located captive users, non co-located captive users, co-located end users who do not qualify as captive users under Electricity Rules 2005, and open access consumers.
Ways to meet RPO	Own generation or procurement of power from RE developer, or power purchase from other licensee, or purchase of renewable energy certificates, or any combination of the above.
Certificates	Obligations to purchase solar and non-solar energy can be fulfilled only by purchase of solar and non-solar certificates, respectively. Photocopy of certificates purchased shall be deposited with the state agency within 15 days of purchase.

OTHER PROVISIONS

State Agency	Chhattisgarh State Renewable Energy Development Agency.
Effect of default	In case of non-fulfilment of RPO by obligated entities, the obligated entity may be asked by the Commission to deposit an amount into a separate fund maintained by the obligated entity. The amount of deposit shall be decided by the Commission on the basis of shortfall in RPO and the forbearance price. The fund shall be utilized as may be decided by the Commission.
Monitoring and implementation framework	Commission shall monitor the RPO compliance of the distribution licensees.
Links	http://cserc.gov.in/regulations.php?r_type=Notified
References	http://cserc.gov.in/admin/upload_regulation/032417_073052_.pdf http://cserc.gov.in/admin/upload_regulation/032417_073259_.pdf http://cserc.gov.in/admin/upload_regulation/032417_092501.pdf

About Portal

'All About Renewables' aims to bring about a change in the way we 'look and search' for data on renewables today, by providing access to the latest developments in the renewable energy sector (specifically renewable electricity), along with cross-linkages to the conventional energy sector, all on one single platform... Read More

About

Useful Links

Contact

Plot No.44, Hindustan Estates,
Kalyani Nagar, Pune 411 006, India

+91 20 26613855
+91 20 26613832

allaboutrenewables@gmail.com