Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) will in two months announce the wheeling and banking, open access and cross subsidy charges to be levied on solar power.
Speaking at a conference here on Wednesday, Commission Member S.Nagalsamy said work was under way in this regard and an announcement from TNERC could be expected in a couple of months. These tariffs, he explained, would pave the way for wheeling of solar power to the grid.
He was participating in a session at a conference on solar power generation organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
Helping producers
The charges – or no charges as is the case in neighbouring Karnataka – would be crucial in terms of helping solar power producers give shape to their strategies besides determining the cost of power for consumers.
The solar policy of the State government, unveiled last year, Mr. Nagalsamy said, laid a great thrust on tapping the potential.
The emphasis stemmed from the change in the power scenario in Tamil Nadu – from surplus in early last decade to a deficit State.
The situation last year, he added, was the worst with some areas experiencing power cuts in excess of 12 hours a day, he added.
A theme paper, prepared for the CII by PwC said the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy 2012 envisages a solar capacity addition of 3,000 MW through utility scale, solar roof top projects and the REC (renewable energy certificate) mechanism in 2015. Investments within the sector were likely to gain momentum once the regulator announces the open access charges, the paper said.
Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman M.R. Sreenivasa Murthy said every State was in a position to emulate what Gujarat had done in the field of solar power production.
The land acquisition process, for the utility scale solar power projects, however, was a constraint and needed to be addressed.
Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency chairman and managing director Sudeep Jain said the organisation had floated a tender for supply, installation and commissioning of grid tied solar rooftop power plants under the Chief Minister’s solar rooftop capital intensive scheme for 10,000 domestic consumers. The bids would be opened on January 3.
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