Power Ministry notifies the Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) Amendment Rules, 2023 with immediate effect

The Ministry of Power through a notification has amended the Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2022. The amended rules are called the Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access) Amendment Rules, 2023 and is effective immediately,

The following are the key highlights :

1. Now, any consumer can elect to purchase green energy either up to a certain percentage of the consumption or its entire consumption and they may place a requisition for this with their distribution licensee, which will be procured such quantity of green energy and supply it and the consumer will have the flexibility to give separate requisition for solar and non-solar.
2. The credit for banked energy will not be permitted to be carried forward to subsequent banking cycles and will be adjusted during the same banking cycle.
3. The charges to be levied on Green Energy Open Access consumers is as follows, namely :
   1. transmission charges.
   2. wheeling charges.
   3. cross subsidy Surcharge.
   4. standby charges wherever applicable.
   5. banking Charge; and
   6. other fees and charges such as Load Despatch Centre fees and scheduling charges, deviation settlement charges as per the relevant regulations of the Commission.”
4. Cross subsidy surcharge and additional surcharge will not be applicable in case power produced from a non-fossil fuel-based Waste-to-Energy plant is supplied to the Open Access Consumer.
5. The standby charges, wherever applicable, will be specified by the State Commission and such charges will not be applicable, if the Green Energy Open Access Consumers have given notice, in advance at least a day in advance before closure time of the Day Ahead Market on “D – [minus] 1‟ day, ‘D’ being the day of delivery of power for standby arrangement to the distribution licensee.

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Source : Ministry of Power