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Tamil Nadu Solar faces setback – TNERC declines to approve purchase of 708 MW of power

4 Comments / Solar, Solar PV, Tamil Nadu /

“The bidding process conducted by TANGDCO for the purchase of 708 MW of solar power from 52 developers has no legal sanctity”. This is the gist of a landmark order passed by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission(TNERC) on 15 September 2014, according to “The Hindu”. The report by The Hindu says that TNERC ruled […]

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Tamil Nadu – Solar PV Tariff set at Rs. 7.01/kWh

2 Comments / Solar, Solar PV, Tamil Nadu /

Some good news for Tamil Nadu Solar at last. The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission(TNERC) has finally released the tariff order on solar power. The tariff order comes more than a year after the TNERC released a consultative paper proposing a tariff of Rs.5.78/kWh. The tariff, applicable for a control period of one year, will be Rs

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TNERC proposes solar RPO of 2% in a bid to put TN solar policy back on track

Discoms, Regulation, Renewable Purchase Obligation, Solar, Tamil Nadu /

The Tamil Nadu Electrcity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) in a notice issued yesterday has proposed to amend the solar component of the RPO under the Renewable Purchase Obligations 2010 to state that the solar component of the state’s RPO would be increased to 2% from 0.05% earlier. TNERC has specified that the total RPO enforced in

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TNERC proposes amendment to quorum requirements; Prospects for signing Solar PPAs brighten

Solar, Tamil Nadu /

One of the reasons often cited for the delay in signing of the PPAs under the Tamil Nadu Solar policy is that Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commision (TNERC) has not approved the tariff proposed by Tangedco. And one of the reasons TNERC has not approved the tariff is because it does not have a Chairman

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TNERC Consultative Tariff – No need for panic

1 Comment / Regulation, Tamil Nadu /

Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission(TNERC)’s recently released Consultative Paper on “Comprehensive Tariff Order on Solar Power” has created some panic in the market owing to the proposed tariff of Rs. 5.78/kWh. (Read our initial analysis of the same here). Several project developers and EPCs with projects in Tamil Nadu were very much concerned after reading

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TNERC proposes Rs. 5.78 per kWh for solar PV projects

1 Comment / Regulation, Rooftop PV, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Tamil Nadu /

TNERC recently released a consultative paper which proposes to set the tariff for solar projects in Tamil Nadu. The consultative paper details the methodology involved in arriving at the tariff as well as the various assumptions that were made for the different variables in terms of cost for solar projects such as CAPEX, OPEX etc.

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TNERC invites comments/suggestions on the Tamil Nadu Solar Policy 2012

Policy, Regulation, Rooftop PV, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Tamil Nadu /

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission(TNERC) has released a consultative paper on “Order on Issues related to Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy 2012”. In this paper, the following issues are highlighted for discussions and comments/suggestions are invited on the following topics. The last date for submission of comments is 28th December 2012. a. Solar Purchase

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