The guidelines for implementation of solar PV based agriculture pumps, under the PM-KUSUM scheme, aims to promote deployment of RE resources across the rural grid, and implementation of grid-connected as well as off-grid irrigation pumps. The provisions related to land acquisition should not...

Post Electricity Act, 2003, the Indian Power Sector entered into a phase of market reforms, targeted largely at bringing competition in wholesale procurement of power. The benefits of power market developed thus far have been limited to distribution licensees and Open Access consumers, who have...

It gives me immense pleasure to present the first issue of Regulatory Insights, the quarterly newsletter of Centre for Energy Regulation (CER). Each issue aims to bring insights into key regulatory and policy developments in the power sector, accompanied with analysis based on CER's Regulatory...

COVID-19 pandemic has immediate as well as long-term concerns for the regulators and the policy makers. Its impact on power system is reflected in general decline of energy sales and, a change in composition of energy sales and demand profile. Given the higher proportion of fixed cost component...

Renewable energy sources (RES) have been promoted through a number of policies including subsidies and fiscal incentives, as well as regulatory provisions. Attractive fiscal policies like higher depreciation and the Renewable Portfolio Obligation (RPO) with Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) have provided...

This study analyzes the interrelationships between regulation and technology adoption using the new institutional economics perspective. It examines the role of independent electricity regulatory commissions in promoting adoption of loss reduction technologies (LRTs) in the Indian electricity...