Analysis of Draft ESCerts Trading Regulations
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February 2016
Volume - 59
Wind Facilitator of the Year & REC Facilitator of the Year 2015
From Management‘s Desk
The main article reviews draft regulations published by CERC. Its an impor-
tant part of the Perform, Achieve, and Trade (PAT) mechanism for Energy
Efficiency is the ‘trading’ aspect. PAT Cycle I was completed last year and
the next logical step in the process is the trading of Energy Saving Certifi-
cates (ESCerts). The actual ‘trading’ may soon become a reality as CERC re-
cently came out with draft regulations that will govern such trading on
power exchanges. The draft regulation describes the guidelines and the re-
sponsibilities assigned to the regulatory bodies in the issuance and ESCerts.
Other notable regulatory updates during the month were UERC’s determi-
nation of Levelised tariff for Rooftop and Small Solar PV Power Plant,
Analysis of Draft Regulations on Forecasting and Scheduling of Wind and
Solar Generating Stations – Rajasthan and NLDC’s proposal for bi-monthly
REC Trading Session. We have also included a brief analysis if the key
budget provisions relating to the renewable energy industry. All these are
discussed in detail in this volume of the newsletter.
RECs demand has shown significant improvement over last month trading
session. Non Solar REC’s and Solar REC’s traded this month were 70%
higher and 57% higher respectively, compared to trading session of January
2016 . On a YTD basis (April to February) this year, as compared to last year,
trading volumes are up 1.45 times for Non-solar and 2 times for solar
(excluding the multiplier effect). All eyes will now be on the March trading
session. As the last trading session of the compliance year, significant trad-
ing volumes are expected.
We hope you will find this volume an insightful read, and as always, look
forward to your feedback.
-Team Reconnect
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CERC (Terms & Conditions
for ESCERTS) Regulations,
2016
Regulatory Updates
REC Trade Results
REC Project Stats
Green News
RPO Table
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38%
REC Market
Share
PAN
India
Presence
2.5 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Background
An important part of the Perform, Achieve, Trade
(PAT) mechanism for Energy Efficiency is the
‘trading’ aspect. PAT Cycle I was completed last year
and the next logical step in the process is the trad-
ing of Energy Saving Certificates (ESCerts). For a
detailed analysis of the PAT scheme, see our News-
letter Vol. 47 January 2015.
The actual ‘trading’ may soon become a reality as
CERC recently came out with draft regulations that
will govern such trading on power exchanges. A
brief analysis is below:
Draft Regulation:
The draft Regulations has proposed to assign the
responsibilities to BEE, CERC and POSOCO :
BEE: BEE shall discharge the role of Administrator of
ESCerts and shall provide assistance to the Com-
mission in the matters involving exchange of
ESCerts on Power Exchanges and shall coordinate
with the Power Exchanges and Registry for smooth
interface for Exchange of ESCerts
CERC : CERC would function as the Market Regulator.
In its role as Market Regulator, the draft Regulations
proposes to approve the procedure for interface activi-
ties between Power Exchanges and Registry, Adminis-
trator and Registry, and Registry and Designated Con-
sumer And monitor the operations and performance of
Power Exchanges with regard to exchange of ESCerts ;
POSOCO : During the introduction of Renewable En-
ergy Certificates ( RECs) , POSOCO was mandated to act
as the Registry. Ministry of Power has assigned the
function of Registry of ESCerts trading to POSOCO for
the exchange of ESCerts on the Power Exchanges . In
its capacity as the Registry for ESCerts, POSOCO is en-
visaged to discharge the following important functions :
:
Assistance in registration process of ESCerts includ-
ing crediting of ESCerts to DCs after approval from
MoP,
Guidance on dealing in the process of ESCerts trad-
ing/ exchange
Coordination and information dissemination with
DCs, Power Exchanges, BEE and Regulator (i.e. CERC)
¨
REC Trader
& Forecasting
Company of
the Year 2015
CERC (Terms and Conditions for Exchange of ESCerts) Regulations, 2016
Perform Achieve &
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REC Market
Share
PAN
India
Presence
2.5 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Issuance of ESCerts:
The DCs would be issued ESCerts in electronic
form in a cycle period for achieving specific en-
ergy consumption less than the energy con-
sumption norms and standards notified by the
Central Government for the cycle period, under
Energy Conservation Rules, and subsequent cy-
cles, who have held such certificates in Registry
accounts.
The DC’s whose specific energy consumption
shall be more than the prescribed energy con-
sumption norms and standards specified for a
cycle period and subsequent cycles and who
wish to comply with the prescribed energy con-
sumption norms and standards using ESCerts in
lieu of implementing energy conservation and
energy efficiency improvement measures shall
be entitled to purchase the ESCerts to meet
compliance with the norms and standards pre-
scribed under
The Certificate issued to eligible entities by the
Government on the recommendations of the
Bureau could be transacted on any of the Power Ex-
changes by the ESCerts holder.
Its important to note that BEE has proposed that
ESCerts have no floor or forbearance price. Pricing will
therefore be determined purely through demand and
supply of ESCerts.
Initial analysis suggests that there will be significant
oversupply of ESCerts, leading to low prices. However,
its important to note that companies have the choice to
‘bank’ ESCerts to the next cycle – this feature may have
the effect of a floor price as if the trading price is lower
than the cost of achieving energy savings, the company
will be better off banking the certificates rather than
trading them.
The regulation can be accessed here.
REC Trader
& Forecasting
Company of
the Year 2015
Regulatory Updates
Perform Achieve &
Trade Scheme RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
www.reconnectenergy.com Page 3
38%
REC Market
Share
PAN
India
Presence
2.5 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Analysis of Draft Regulations on Forecasting and
Scheduling of Wind and Solar Generating Sta-
tions – Rajasthan
CERC had notified forecasting and scheduling (F&S)
regulation for inter-state sale of power a few
months back. Subsequently, the Forum of Regula-
tors (FoR) had come up with model regulations for
forecasting and scheduling at the intra-state level.
Rajasthan has published the draft forecasting and
scheduling regulations
in line with the FoR model Regulations. Rajasthan is
the fourth state to do so in recent days – MP, Kar-
nataka and Tamil Nadu are the others.
Executive Summary:
The regulations will be applicable on all wind
and solar generators with individual or com-
bined capacity of 5MW and above that are con-
nected to the state grid
Deviation will be calculated on the basis of avail-
able capacity
Settlement with the buyer will be on the basis of
actual generation
Qualifying Coordinating Agency (QCA) will play
a key role in the total process. QCA will be
responsible for forecasting, telemetry, scheduling and
settlement of deviation.
The draft regulations are in-line in every aspect with the
model F&S regulations released by FoR earlier. How-
ever, the model FoR regulations had proposed a 10%
deviation band for new projects and 15% for existing
projects. Rajasthan has proposed a 15% band for all
projects.
Detailed Analysis:
Forum of Regulators have recently come up with model
regulation for forecasting and scheduling and deviation
settlement mechanism. The primary objective is two
fold :
a) facilitate large-scale grid integration of solar and
wind generating stations, and b) maintaining grid sta-
bility and security.
Highlights of the regulation are below: -
All solar and wind generators connected to State
grid have to provide day-ahead and week-ahead
schedule - Revisions can be made on a one-and-half
hourly basis.
Payment for generation shall be as per actual gen-
eration (this is different from the inter-state
REC Trader
& Forecasting
Company of
the Year 2015
Regulatory Updates
Perform Achieve &
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www.reconnectenergy.com Page 4
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REC Market
Share
PAN
India
Presence
2.5 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
regulation, where payment is on the basis of sched-
uled generation).
The deviation slab has been kept as (+/-)15% for
all generators at Intra-state level.
Penalty is calculated at fixed amounts per unit
(whereas, for Intra-state it is calculated as a per-
centage to PPA rate) -
RPO accounting can continue as per existing ar-
rangement, and needs no change.
The SLDC will also conduct a forecast of its own
with the primary purposed of ‘secure grid op-
erations by planning for the requisite balancing
resources.
Applicability of Regulations
All wind and solar generators connected to the
State grid are covered:
Having capacity of 5MW and above individually
or in aggregate.
Regardless of date of commissioning,
Including those connected via pooling stations
Selling power within or outside the state. De-
tailed Mechanism defined for Deviation
Settlement calculation or Intra-state sale of power is as
follows:
Detailed Mechanism defined for Deviation Settle-
ment
Deviation calculation or Intra-state sale of power is as
follows:
*Available Capacity would ideally be the Installed Capacity, unless any of
the turbines are on outage. Similarly for solar panels.
In case of Intra-State transmission, Penalty Mechanism
for existing generators :
The Draft Order can be accessed here.
REC Trader
& Forecasting
Company of
the Year 2015
New Regulation 2015
Error (%) = 100 X (Scheduled Generation – Actual Generation)
Available Capacity*
Regulatory Updates
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NLDC Invites Comments for bi-monthly REC Trad-
ing Session
NLDC has invited comments and suggestions, on the
REC Procedure considering bi-monthly REC trading
sessions. The following modification has been pro-
posed for the “Procedure for Redemption of REC’s”:
All valid RECs excluding the RECs applied for Self-
retention shall be traded on the second and last
Wednesday of every month.
The eligible entity shall exclude the RECs applied
for self-retention in the particular month, if appli-
cable, for dealing on Power Exchange.
It’s a much needed step by NLDC as it enhances the
platform for a better market price discovery. This
change would be beneficial for the generators and to
the obligated entities, since if the RECs are not traded
in the current month, they would not have to wait for
an entire month.
Also it would promote the developers to meet their
RPO as we have seen many regulatory actions coming
up in the form of compliance orders and proceedings
in several states like Orissa, Kerala, MP and Maharash-
tra recently. We also feel that it could be intensified if
quarterly or at least half yearly compliance of RPO is
made compulsory . This would push the obligated en-
tities more to gear up and fulfill their obligation and
thus benefit the REC market.
The article can be accessed here.
Key provision for Renewable Energy industry in
the Union Budget 2016
The Union Budget 2016 was a mixed bag for the RE
industry. The key provisions that will impact the in-
dustry are:
Reduction in accelerated depreciation (AD) on RE
investment – the rate of AD will be reduced from
80% to 40% from April 1, 2017. AD has been his-
torically an important driver of investment in the
RE sector. However, off-late IPPs (who generally
do not use AD benefits) have become the key
driver of investment in the sector. Nevertheless,
this change will reduce demand for RE invest-
ment. FY 2016-17 is likely to see a spurt in invest-
ment under AD as investors rush to complete
projects before the lower rate becomes effective.
Increase in coal cess – Coal cess has been dou-
bled from Rs 200/ ton to Rs 400/ ton. The pro-
ceeds from this cess fund the National Clean En-
ergy Fund (NCEF). NCEF is used for a variety of
reasons like Ganga Rejuvenation, proposed pay-
ments to states for deviation resulting from wind
and solar, and is often not used at all (absorbed
by the government to meet fiscal deficit targets).
Allocation of funds to MNRE has increased from
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REC Market
Share
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India
Presence
2.5 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Rs 262 crore in FY 15-16 to over 5,000 crore in FY
16-17. These will potentially kick-start large pro-
jects.
* 1Article titled “Govt uses green energy fund for fiscal
balancing”, dated April 21, 2015, Mint newspaper .
The article can be accessed here.
UERC determines Levelised tariff for Rooftop
and Small Solar PV Power Plant
Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development
Agency, had filed a petition seeking determination
of Levelised tariff for Rooftop and Small Solar PV
Power Plant as per the revised subsidy scheme noti-
fied by MNRE. While fixing the tariff for FY 2015-16
in respect of Rooftop and Small Solar PV Power
Plants, the Commission had considered applicable
level of subsidy of 30% in accordance with the RE
Regulations, 2013. Later MNRE vide its notification
dated 03.08.2015 reduced the subsidy level for such
plants to 15% suspending the earlier notification.
Finally MNRE revised the level of subsidy for these
plants based on category of project developers as
given in the table below.
Developers getting 60% subsidy from GoU over and above 30% subsidy
from MNRE
Considering the benchmark capital cost for FY 2015-16
the Commission has determined the applicable tariffs
corresponding to level of subsidy for Grid-Connected
Rooftop and Small Solar PV Power Plants given in the
graph :
The order can be accessed here.
REC Trader
& Forecasting
Company of
the Year 2015
Sr. No. Category of de-
veloper
Earlier
Subsidy
Revised Sub-
sidy
1 Private Sector No Subsidy No Subsidy
2 Public Sector 70% 70%
3 Developers 30% 90%*
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Telangana Sell: 25 MW
Buy: 32.6 MW
Price: Rs. 5.85/Unit*
Sell: 62.6 MW
Buy: 135.81 MW
Price: Rs. 6.5/Unit*
Sell: 92.91MW
Buy: 293.19 MW
Price: Rs. 5.5/Unit*
Sell: 8 MW
Buy: 3.994 MW
Price: Rs. 6/Unit*
Sell: 198.2 MW
Buy: 207.773 MW
Price: Rs. 6/Unit*
* Lowest Price as on 02.10.2015
AP Sell: 17 MW
Buy: 28.95 MW
Price: Rs. 6/Unit*
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India’s largest REC Trading Company
Non Solar RECs
Clearing ratio in exchange stood
at 3.89% and 4.75% in IEX and PXIL respectively for Non Solar REC’s. A total of 586,501 were traded as
compared to 344,519 RECs traded in January, but much lower than the volume cleared in December trad-
ing session.
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8.31%
2.16%
3.89%2.22%
3.12%
4.75%
0.00%
1.00%
2.00%
3.00%
4.00%
5.00%
6.00%
7.00%
8.00%
9.00%
Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16
IEX
PXIL
Non Solar Clearing %
1382922613699278 13869254
392095 551202 392095898439344519 586501
0
2000000
4000000
6000000
8000000
10000000
12000000
14000000
16000000
Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16
Available
Issued
Redeemed
Non Solar RECs
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Solar RECs
Clearing ratio stood good at 2.14% and 3.58% in
IEX and PXIL respectively, with total clearing volume of 90,236, as compared to 57,420 last month. The in-
crease is significant, with much better performance expected next month.
Trading volumes are expected to increase signifi-
cantly during March trading session, as most obli-
gated entities will want to fulfill their obligation for
the FY. This trading session results are encouraging,
considering last month performances, riding on
higher demand on both exchanges. However, com-
pared to the trading session of February 2015, where
Non-Solar and Solar clearing volume stood at
747,487 & 44,869 respectively, the performance of
Non-Solar RECs was below par whereas Solar RECs
demand more than doubled.
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2864021 29900863160474
190530 227808 190530
13851 57420 616020
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
3000000
3500000
Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16
Available
Issued
Redeemed
Solar RECs
2.62%
1.65%
2.14%
0.38%
2.34%
3.58%
0.00%
0.50%
1.00%
1.50%
2.00%
2.50%
3.00%
3.50%
4.00%
Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16
IEX
PXIL
Solar Clearing %
0
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
3000000
3500000
FY 14-15(April to February)
FY 15-16(April to February)
NS REC TRADED
S REC TRADED
42.30%
424.91%
Includes impacts of
vintage multiplier
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Registered Capacity
4719 MW
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Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
I
Biomass
700
Solar PV
588
Wind
2213 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
920
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Small Hydro
291
Projects Registered State wise (MW)
2 26
11743 73
370
738
84 83
350
203
1,035
155
18
137
23
1,165
33 35 24 50
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Reg. Capacity (MW)
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Gamesa secures first orders for the G114-2.0 MW in India: it will install 184 MW at two wind farms
According to UNEP's 9th "Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2015", the past year brought a rebound
of green energy investments worldwide with a surge of a solid 17% to $270 Billion. Brushing aside the challenge of
sharply lower crude oil prices this sudden increase reversed the investment dip of the past two years and was mainly
driven by investments in solar and wind energy.
Source : GLOBAL RENEWABLE NEWS
Government to unveil policy to promote manufacturing in solar energy
Four major railway stations in Southern Railway, including Chennai Central and Egmore, are set to glow with green
power by the end of 2016. This initiative is part of the Indian Railways Solar Mission to reduce dependence on fossil
fuels. Out of the target of 50 MW, 4 MW has been allotted to Southern Railway. Tenders will soon be awarded for
the installation of rooftop solar power plants at Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Moore Market Complex, Tiruchi
and Salem railway stations and buildings at an estimated cost of Rs. 32 crores.
Source : THE HINDU
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States
2015-16 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2015-16 RPO Obli-
gation ( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 4.75 % 0.25 %
Assam 6.75 % 0.25 %
Arunachal Pradesh 6.80 % 0.20 %
Bihar 3.25 % 1.25 %
Chhattisgarh 6.25 % 1.0 %
Delhi 7.30 % 0.30 %
Gujarat 7.5 % 1.5 %
Haryana 3.12 % 0.38%
Himachal Pradesh 11.00 % 0.25 %
J&K 6.0 % 1.50 % Jharkhand 3.00 % 1.00 %
Karnataka 10.00 % * 0.25 % *
Kerala 4.58% 0.25%
Madhya Pradesh 6.00 % 1.00 %
Maharashtra 8.50 % 0.50 %
Meghalaya 1.09 % 0.41 %
Odisha 6.70 % 0.30 %
Punjab 3.9% 1.0%
Rajasthan 8.20 % 2.0 %
Tamil Nadu 10.00 % 1.0%
Tripura 9.90 % 1.10%
Uttarakhand 8.00 % 0.10 %
Uttar Pradesh 5.00 % 1.00 %
West Bengal 4.80 % 0.20 %
Goa & UTs 2.70 % 0.85 %
Manipur 4.75 % 0.25 %
Mizoram 14.75 % 0.25 %
Nagaland 7.75 % 0.25 %
* BESCOM,MESCOM, CESC - 10 % + 0.25%,
HESCOM, GESCOM, Hukkeri Society - 7 % + 0.25%.
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Haryana and Telangana, Tripura & TN
( Draft Amendments of targets )
RPO on OA Users? - Yes for all states except West
Bengal.
Karnataka (5.00% RPO) - Yes (> 5MW).
RPO on CPP? - Yes for all states except West Ben-
gal.
Gujarat, Odisha, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand, Tripura,
Karnataka (5.00% RPO) - Yes (> 5MW).
RPO Penalty? - Yes (RECmax) for all the states.
West Bengal - Not Specified.
India’s RPO Table
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REConnect Energy is India’s leading renewable energy trading company. We provide end-to-end services
for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism – from contract structuring, advisory to mone-
tization of RECs. We also work with power consumers to manage Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
liabilities, and develop and execute their energy sourcing strategy. We are a knowledge focused company
that prides itself in providing premium services to our clients backed by in-depth research and analysis.
Our other prime area of focus is, facilitating Private PPAs (OTC) by bringing RE Generators and HT Con-
sumers onto a single platform called Clickpower.in, which we have developed specifically for this pur-
pose. It is India’s First Green Energy Marketplace.
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team. The team consists of members with relevant
experience of working at IEX, L&T, JP Morgan, Arthur Andersen and Gensol. Key members of the team are
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Micro (Haware) Infotech Park,
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Navi Mumbai- 400705,
Maharashtra, India.
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