COMPENDIUM OF REGULATIONS & TARIFF ORDERS ISSUED BY REGULATORY COMMISSIONS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES IN INDIA

Glossary & Abbreviations  

Executive Summary 

Combined summary of CERC & SERCs Regulations / Tariff Orders  

         Solar Power Projects  

          Wind Power Projects  

          Small Hydro Projects     

          Biomass/Biogas /Co-generation Power Projects   

           Net Metering   

Summary of each CERC & SERCs Regulations/ Tariff Orders and a copy of each original order issued by Regulatory Commissions for Renewable Energy Sources in India  

CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION

• CERC (Terms and Conditions for recognition and issuance of Renewable Energy Certificate for Renewable Energy Generation) Regulations 2010 Dated 14th January 2010 with Amendments Dated 29.9.2010, 10.7.2013, 30.12.2014, 27.1.2015 and 26.6.2015    

• CERC (Terms and Conditions for Tariff determination from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulation 2012 Notification dated 6-2-2012 with Amendments dated 18.3.2014, 5.1.2015, Third Amendment Regulation 2015 dated 10.7.2015 and Fourth Amendment Regulations, 2015 dated 7.10.2015    

ANDHRA PRADESH

• APERC (Tariff for Biomass also applicable for Industrial Waste), Bagasse based co-generation and Mini Hydel Power Plants, which were existing as on 31.3-2004 and those commissioned between 01.4.2004 to 31.3.2009 except for the projects covered by negotiated PPAs - Amendment to Draft Regulations 2009 – “Order O.P.No. 5/2009 dated 1.3.2009)  - Order dated 22nd June, 2013 

• APERC (RPPO )Regulations-2012 with Amendment dated 17.4.2012, dated 29.6.2013 and First Amendment Regulation, 2014      

• APERC (Interim Balancing and Settlement Code for Open Access Transactions) Regulation No. 2 of 2006 with with1st Amendment  Regulation 2012 (DRAFT) and 1st Amendment Regulation 2013 dt. 22.4.2013 and second Amendment Regulation 2 of 2014 dated 1.4.2014      

• APERC (Order for Determination of Tariff of Biomass based power projects who have completed 10 years of  Operation)  dated 19.7.2014  

• APERC (Order for Determination of Tariff of Bagasse based power projects who have completed 10 years of  Operation)  dated 5.8.2014  

• APERC (Determination of Tariff of Mini-Hydel Power Projects) to take Effect   on Completion of 10 years of Operation from the date of Commissioning of the Projects dated 23.8.2014  

• APERC (Terms and Conditions for Tariff determination for Wind Power Projects) Regulations,  2015 Dated 31.7.2015  

ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

• APSERC (Terms and Conditions for Tariff Determination from Renewable   Energy Sources) Regulation – 2012 dated 9th April 2012 

• APSERC (Renewable Power Purchase Obligation and its Compliance) Regulation, 2012, dated 11.4.2012  

ASSAM

• AERC (Tariff Determination from RE Sources) - Regulations, 2012 dated 10th September, 2012  

• AERC (RPO and its Compliance) Regulations, 2010 date 2.11.2010 and (Amendment), 2015 dated 21.2.2015 

• AERC (Co-generation and Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy) Regulations, 2015 dated 2.5.2015 

• AERC (Grid Interactive Solar PV Systems) - Regulations, 2015”– Notification  dated 2.5. 2015  

BIHAR

• BERC (Tariff determination from Solar Energy Sources) Regulation 2010 Notification dated 02.8.2010, 7.9.2012, 28.3.2014 and 1.7.2014 

• BERC (Benchmarks for Tariff Determination for Biomass Based Power Plants and Bagasse Based Co-generation to be commissioned in FY 2014-15) Dated 22.9.2014  

• BERC (Rooftop Solar Grid Interactive Systems Based on Net-Metering) Regulations, 2015. Dated 6thJuly 2015  

• BERC (RPO, its Compliance and REC Implementation) Regulations, 2010- Notification dated 18.11.2010 and Amendments  7.9.2012 and 24.9.2015      

CHHATTISGARH

• CSERC (Determination of Tariff for Generation from RE Sources) Regulations, 2012. dated 27h July 2012 with First Amendment Regulations 2013 dated 14th March, 2013   

• CSERC (RPO and REC framework Implementation) Regulations, 2013 dated 18.9.2013 

• CSERC (Determination of Tariff for procurement of power from Rooftop PV Solar Power Projects by distribution licensees of State) Regulations, 2013 dated 7.10.2013     

DELHI

• DERC(RPO and REC Implementation) Regulations, 2012 Notification dated:  1st October, 2012 

• DERC (Determination of Tariff for Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaic Project) Regulations, 2013 Notification dated: 8th January, 2013 

• DERC(Net Metering for Renewable Energy) Regulations, 2014 Notification dated:  2nd September, 2014 

GUJARAT

• GERC (Determination of Tariff for procurement of power by the distribution licensees and others from Wind power project) Order No. 2 of 2012 dated 8.8.2012    

• GERC (Determination of Tariff for procurement of power by distribution licensees and others  from Biomass based Power Projects and  Bagasse based Co-generation Projects) Order No.4 of 2013 dated1st August,2013 and Corrigendum order dated 8.8.2013  

• Procurement from RE Sources Regulations 2010 Notification No. 3 of 2010, CORAM Order on RPO dated 17.4.2010 Notification No. 4 of 2010 dated 16.7.2010, First Amendment Regulations 2014 vide Notification No. 2 of 2014    and Notification No. 2 of 2015              

• Determination of Tariff for Procurement of power by the Distribution Licensees and others   from Solar Energy Projects for the State of Gujarat. -      Order No. 3 of 2015  

HARYANA

• Determination of levellised generic tariff for Renewable energy projects to be commissioned during FY 2013-14 under Regulation 7 of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Tariff Determination from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations, 2010 HERC/PRO -15 of 2013 (Suo - Motu) Date of Order: 20.11.2013    

• HERC (Terms and Conditions for determination of Tariff from Renewable Energy Sources, Renewable Purchase Obligation and Renewable Energy Certificate) Regulations, 2010.with Amendments dated 05.9.2011, 25.11.2011and 15.7. 2014  

• HERC (Rooftop Solar Grid Interactive System based on Net Metering) Regulations, 2014 and (1st Amendment), 2015 dated 9.6.2015     

HIMACHAL PRADESH

• HPERC (Renewable Power Purchase Obligation and its Compliance) Regulations, 2010. Dated:    26th May, 2010 and (First Amendment) Regulations 2011 dated 3rd October 2011   

• HPERC -Determination of Generic Levelised Tariffs for Small Hydroelectric Projects  under Regulation 13 of HPERC (Promotion of Generation from Renewable  Energy Sources Terms and Conditions for Tariff Determination) Regulations 2012 Dated: 20.5.2013   

• HPERC (Promotion of Generation from Renewable Energy Sources and Terms and Conditions for Tariff Determination) Regulations 2012 dated 17th December 2012 with First Amendment Regulations, 2015 dated 11th February 2015  

• Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Rooftop Solar PV Grid Interactive Systems based on Net Metering) Regulations, 2015. Dated 31st July 2015  

JAMMU & KASHMIR

• JKSERC (Draft Notification for Determination of Generic Tariff for procurement of Power from Wind Generators in the state of Jammu and Kashmir) Petition No.: 24 of 2010 dated 20.8.2010 

• JKSERC (Terms & Conditions for Determining Tariff for Hydro Generation Stations up to 25 MW) Dated: 20th April, 2011 

• JKSERC (Terms and Conditions for Tariff determination from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations, 2013 dated: 17.5.2013. No. : JKSERC/28 of 2013  

• JKSERC(Renewable Power Purchase Obligation, its Compliance and REC frame work implementation) Regulations - 2011. (Notification No. JKSERC/10 dated 11th March 2011), Notification, No. JKSERC/27 dated  5-03-2013 and Notification No.:44/JKSERC of 2015 Dated: 5.08.2015.      

• JKSERC (Grid Interactive Rooftop Solar Photo Voltaic Systems based on Net Metering) Regulations- 2015 Dated 15.10.2015.

JHARKHAND

• JSERC (Terms and Conditions for Tariff Determination for Biomass and Non fossil fuel based Co-generation projects) Regulations, 2010. Dated 27.1.2010

• JSERC (Determination of Tariff for procurement of power from Wind electric generators) Regulations, 2010. Notification dated 23.6.2010 

• JSERC (Renewable Purchase Obligation and Its Compliance) Regulations 2010 Published in State Gazette Dated 31st July 2010, 1st  Amendment, 29th November 2012   

• JSERC (Rooftop Solar PV Grid Interactive Systems and Net/Gross Metering) Regulations, 2015 Dated 6th July, 2015  

• JSERC (Determination of Tariff for Procurement of Power from Solar PV Power Project and Solar Thermal Power Project) Regulations, 2015 Draft 

KARNATAKA

• KERC (Determination of Wheeling and Banking Charges in respect of RE Sources) Order dated 4th July 2014 

• KERC (Tariff Applicable to Bio-mass Projects using Air Cooled Condenser) Order dated 10th July 2014  OP No.18/2013 

• KERC (Determination of Tariff for Grid Interactive Solar Power including Roof Top and Small Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants) Order No.S/03/1 dated 10th October 2013, Amendment dated 18th August 2014 & Amendment dated 16th September 2014       

• KERC(Determination of Tariff for Mini-Hydel,  Bagasse based Co-generation and Rankine cycle based Bio-mass Renewable Energy Projects) - FY 2014-18 Order Dated 1st January, 2015  

• KERC (Determination of Tariff for Wind Power Projects) - FY 2014-18 Order Dated 24th February 2015 

KERALA

• KSERC (Grid Interactive Distributed Solar Energy Systems) Regulations 2014 Notification dated 10.6.2014 

• KSERC (Generation Based Incentive  (GBI) for off Grid Captive Solar Power Plants) dated 30th September 2014 

• KSERC (Renewable Energy) Regulations, 2015 Dated 11th November, 2015  

MADHYA PRADESH

• MPSERC (Tariff order for procurement of Power from Wind electric generators) order reference SMP-12/2013, March, 2013. 

• MPSERC (Tariff Order for Procurement of power from Bagasse Based Co-Generation Plants)  in Madhya Pradesh, Tariff Order April 2013 

• MPSERC (Tariff Order for Procurement of power From Small Hydro Power Projects in Madhya Pradesh)Order dated May 2013 

• MPERC Tariff Order for procurement of Power from Municipal Solid Waste Based Power Generating Plants in M.P. reference SMP – 36/2013, 1st October 2013 

• MPSERC (Tariff order for Solar Energy based Generation in Madhya Pradesh), order August 2012 and Amendment  dated 25.3.2014  

• MPSERC (Tariff Order for procurement of power from Biogas based Power Projects) in Madhya Pradesh. Tariff Order 5th Feb 2015  

• MPSERC (Cogeneration and Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy) Regulations, 2010 (Revision-I) Notification Dated 19th November 2010 with Amendments Dated 30-6.2011, 9.4.2012, 25.11.2014, 30.1.2015 and 28.9.2015       

• MPERC (Grid connected Net Metering Regulations, 2015 (G - 39 of 2015). Dated 23rd October, 2015            

MAHARASHTRA

• MERC (Renewable Purchase Obligation, its Compliance and REC Framework Implementation) Regulations 2010 

• MERC (Net Metering for Roof-top Solar Photo Voltaic Systems) Regulations - 2015 Dated 10th September 2015.  

• MERC (Terms and Conditions for determination of RE tariff) Regulations 2015-Draft  

MANIPUR & MIZORAM (JERC)

• JERC for the States of Manipur & Mizoram (Renewable Purchase Obligation and its Compliance) Regulations, 2010 Dated 5th May 2010 and Amendments 15.11.2013 and 5.3.2014     

• JERC for the States of Manipur & Mizoram (Terms and Conditions for Tariff Determination from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulation 2010 dated 31.5.2010 with First Amendment Regulations, 2014  dated 5.8.2014 Order dated 5.1.2015  

MEGHALAYA

• MSERC (Terms and Conditions for determination of Tariff for Generation from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations, 2014 Notification dated : 11th November 2014 

• MSERC (Rooftop Solar Grid Interactive systems based on Net metering) Regulations, 2015  Dated 25.2.2015 

• MSERC (Renewable Energy Purchase Obligation & its Compliance) Regulations 2015 Dated 12.3.2015  

NAGALAND

• NERC (Renewable Purchase Obligation and its Compliance) Regulations 2011  Dated 29.8.2011 

• NERC (Terms and conditions for determination of generation tariff for Renewable Energy)   Regulations, 2011   dated 30th, August, 2011  

ODISHA

• OERC (Net-metering / Bi-directional metering & their Connectivity with   Rooftop Solar PV Projects on the Rooftop of Government/PSU owned Buildings) Dated 26.11.2014 

• OERC (Procurement of Energy from Renewable Sources and its Compliance) Regulations, 2015 Dated 1st August, 2015 

• OERC (Sou-motu proceeding for finalization of Generic tariff of Renewable Energy Sources including Cogeneration for the second control period from 2013-14 to 2017-18)  

PUNJAB

• PSERC ( Commission (Renewable Purchase Obligation and its Compliance) Regulation 2011, Notification 3rd June 2011 and Amendment-1 Regulations  2015  vide Notification 6th May, 2015   

• Renewable Purchase Obligation and its Compliance Notification dated 3rd June 201PSERC (Grid Interactive Rooftop Solar Photo Voltaic Systems based on Net Metering) Regulations-2015 Dated 7.5.2015 

• Petition No. 35 of 2012 (Suo-Motu), Date of Order: 19-07-2012 Petition No. 37 of 2013 (Suo Moto), Date of Order : 25-06-2013 Petition No. 42 of 2014 (Suo-Motu)  Date of Order: 05.09.2014 Petition No. 43 of 2015 (Suo-Motu) Date of Order: 24.07.2015 Determination of generic levellised generation tariff for Renewable Energy Power Projects for FY 2015-16.        

RAJASTHAN

• RERC-(Determination of Generic tariff for sale of electricity from Wind Power Plants in the State to Distribution Licensee, getting commissioned during FY 2014-15) Order dated 16.7.2014 

• RERC (Benchmark Capital Cost for Solar PV and Solar Thermal Power Projects) applicable during 2014-15 and Resultant Generic Levellised Tariff)-  Order dated 21.8.2014 

• RERC Connectivity and Net Metering for Rooftop and Small Solar Grid Interactive Systems) Regulations, 2015  Dated 26.2.2015 

• RERC (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff for Renewable Energy Sources-Wind and Solar Energy) Regulations 2014. Order dated 24th February 2014 with   First Amendment Regulations 2014 Dated:  November, 2014 and (First Amendment) Regulations, 2015 dated 18.3.2015     

• RERC (Renewable Energy Certificate and Renewable Purchase Obligation Compliance Framework) Regulations, 2010-Notification dated 23.12.2010 with Amendments dated 24.5.2011, 30.05.2014 and 18.3.2015       

• RERC (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff for Renewable Energy Sources – Biomass, Biogas and Biomass Gasifier Energy) Regulations, 2015 dated 7th May, 2015 

TAMIL NADU

• TNERC (Comprehensive Tariff order on Wind Energy) order No 6 of 2012 dated 31-07-2012 and order No 6 of 2014 dated 25-07-2014   

• TNERC (Power Procurement by Distribution Licensee from Bagasse Based Co-generation Power Plants and Allied Issues relating to Captive Use and Third Party Sale. Order No 7 of 2012 dated 31-07-2012 and No.4 of 2014  dated 28-07-2014   

• TNERC (Power Procurement by Distribution Licensee from Biomass based Power Plants and Allied Issues relating to Captive Use and Third Party Sale). Order No 8 of 2012 dated 31.7.2012 and No. 5 dated 28.7.2014   

• TNERC(Comprehensive Tariff order for Solar Power) Order No. 4 of 2014 Dated 12.9.2014 and Order No.4 of 2015 Dated 1.4/2015 (Extension of Control Period of Tariff Order dt.12.9.2014)   

• TNERC (Renewable Energy Purchase Obligation) Regulations 2010 Notification   No. TNERC/RPO/19/1 dated 07-12-2010 with Amendments and Draft Amendment : TNERC/RPO/19/  dated 24.4.2015 .  

TRIPURA

• TERC (Terms and Conditions for determination of Tariff from Renewable Energy Sources) Regulations, 2015. Draft   

UTTAR PRADESH

• UPERC (Promotion of Green Energy through Renewable Purchase Obligation Regulations) - 2010 dated 17.8.2010 

• UPERC (Captive and Renewable Energy Generating Plants) Regulations – 2014. Draft  

• UPERC (Rooftop Solar PV Grid Interactive Systems Gross/Net Metering) - REGULATIONS – 2015 Dated  20.3.2015.  RSPV Regulations 2015  

UTTARAKHAND

• UERC (Compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligation) Regulations, 2010 Notification dated: 3.11.2010 with Amendment dated 20.12.2013   

• UERC (Tariff and other Terms for Supply of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources and non-Fossil Fuel based Co-Generating Stations) Regulations 2013  dated 15-04-2013 with Amendments dated 15.10.2013,, 5.7.2014 (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2015 dated 21.7.2015 and (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2015 dated 9.9.2015    

WEST BENGAL

•  WBERC (Cogeneration and Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy) Regulations, 2013 Dated 22nd March, 2013 

• WBERC (Procedure for Accreditation of a Renewable Generation Project for REC Mechanism) Regulations, 2013. dated 2nd April 2013 

GOA AND UNION TERRITORIES (ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, CHANDIGARH, DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI, DAMAN & DIU, LAKSHADWEEP AND PUDUCHERRY)

• Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission   for State   of   Goa   &   Union   Territories   (Grid Connected Solar Power Regulations)   2015 dated 8th May 2015 

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