Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has issued draft regulations for the amendment of Power procurement from renewable sources Regulations - 2010 and invited comments from all the stake holders till December 8, 2013.
The major changes proposed by GERC and enlisted below:
As the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO - Minimum Quantum of purchase from renewable energy sources) specified by the existing regulations have come to an end during the year 2012-13, the GERC in the draft amendments has proposed draft RPOs for the years 2013-14 to 2016-17.
Following table enlists the RPO percentages specified by GERC beyond the year 2012-13.
| Year | Total | Wind | Solar | Others (Biomass, Bagasse, MSW) |
| 2013-14 | 7% | 5.50% | 1% | 0.50% |
| 2014-15 | 9% | 7% | 1.50% | 0.50% |
| 2015-16 | 10% | 7.75% | 1.75% | 0.50% |
| 2016-17 | 10% | 7.75% | 1.75% | 0.50% |
Also, GERC has proposed certain amendments with respect to the Average Power Purchase Cost (APPC) & treatment of the same for the projects being constructed under Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Scheme issued by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC).
Some of the major amendments are enlisted below:
- Definition of Average Power Purchase Cost (APPC) has been added as "the weighted average pooled price at which the distribution licensee has purchased the electricity including cost of self generation, if any, in the previous year from all the energy suppliers long-term and short-term, but excluding those based on renewable energy sources, as the case may be."
- The Commission shall determine the ‘Average Power Purchase Cost’ of the distribution licensee concerned on annual basis.
- Distribution Licensee shall pay the APPC when it purchases the electrical component of the renewable energy projects registered under the REC scheme notified by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission.
- Further, the Distribution Licensee shall pay APPC for the surplus energy available post setting off energy after consumption of electricity at the captive consumer or open access consumer under third party sale under the REC scheme.
The draft regulations as well as the public notice can be downloaded from the below links.
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