On 14 October 2020, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India (MNRE) issued Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding for Procurement of Power from Grid Connected Wind Solar Hybrid Projects (Guidelines) under Section 63 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (Electricity Act) which was notified on its website on 21.10.2020.
On 29 September 2017, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) in Power Grid Corporation of India Limited v. Green Infra Renewable Energy Limited and others, Petition No. 145/MP/2017, had issued directions and clarified the terms for grant of connectivity and whether connectivity approval granted to a company could be utilised by its wholly owned subsidiaries (Order).
Ministry of Power, Government of India, vide its order dated 5 August 2020 has waived inter-state transmission (ISTS) charges and losses on transmission of electricity generated from solar and wind projects, for sale to entities, till 30 June 2023. This waiver is applicable to power plants using solar and wind sources of energy, including solar-wind hybrid power plants.
On 22 July 2020, the Ministry of Power (MoP) rolled out Guidelines for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process for Procurement of Round-The Clock Power from Grid Connected Renewable Energy Power Projects, complemented with Power from Coal Based Thermal Power Projects (Guidelines).
The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) on 25 April 2020 introduced new measures to simplify the process and procedures associated with Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) of Pre-NELP and NELP oil and gas blocks.
