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Indiarsquos Largest REC Trading Company
April 2014
Volume - 41
From Managementlsquos Desk
With the start of a fresh compliance year FY 2014-15 the RPO
enforcement seems to be gaining momentum This month
there were some strong directives given by Andhra Pradesh
and Uttarakhand ApTel also gave its judgement pertaining to
RPO in a case between Indian Wind Energy Association and
GERC On the flip side Delhi discoms have requested DERC to
waive FY13 RPO targets Evidently these updates form the main
coverage this month
In the regulatory updates section we have covered APPC de-
clared by Karnataka for FY14 and FY15 Jharkhand ERCrsquos order
on declaration of CPP of Bokaro Steel plant as co-gen and a
few other updates
Demand crashed on both exchanges for both solar and non-
solar RECs This was as expected due to April being first month
of compliance year Our REC trade related analysis is available
in the relevant section
As always we hope this volume to be an insightful read and
look forward to your feedback
- Team REConnect
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REC Project Stats
Green News
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Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Strong RPO enforcement is the need of the hour for re-
viving the current REC markets Towards that things
have started on the right footing in this financial year In
April 2014 we have seen some important orders from
ApTel Uttarakhand ERC and steps taken on RPO com-
pliance from Andhra Pradesh
These and other developments are discussed in detail
below
ApTelrsquos judgement in case of IWEA vs GERC -
The ApTel recently pronounced its judgement (dated -
25th April 2014) in an appeal filed by INWEA - (INWEA
is an association of wind energy generators across vari-
ous states in India) against an order (dated 17th August
2012) given by Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commis-
sion (GERC) In the original order (refer) GERC had re-
vised the RPO targets of FY11 and carried forward the
shortfall of FY12 to FY13 In the same order excess solar
energy procured within Gujarat in FY13 was made to
partially fulfil the shortfall in non-solar RPO
The implications of the order were that the REC market
was going to suffer from lower demand for RECs
In the current judgement (refer) decision on the follow-
ing main issues pertaining to RPO were made
1 GERCrsquos failure in involving RE generators through pu-
bic hearing before releasing the order
2 GERCrsquos decision to revise the RPO targets of FY11
with respect to actual RE power procured
3 GERCrsquos decision to allow discoms to carry forward
their shortfall
4 GERC allowed discoms to off-set their non-solar
RPO by way of procuring excess solar generation in
the state
With regards to point 1 ApTel decided to forgive
the absence of public consultation process before
releasing the order as it was the very first suo motu
review of RPO compliance by the commission and
that there was no regulation on such matter therein
Nevertheless ApTel made clear that all future orders
of this nature will have to be necessarily accompa-
nied by a public hearing process as RPO not only
concerns the Discoms but also the interests of the
general public The order states
ldquoKeeping in view the environmental concerns of the
public it would be prudent to seek suggestions and
objections of the public in the proceedings where
the State Commission reviews the RPO of the distri-
bution licensees and passes orders on relaxation or
carry forward of RPOs and default of distribution
licensees in meeting the specified RPO targetsrdquo
With regards to point 2 ApTel in support of the
submissions by state commission held that there
was no infirmity in revising the RPO targets of FY11
ApTel agreed that the RPO targets for FY11 were
abruptly more than doubled which made difficult
for discoms to plan and tie-up enough capacity in a
short notice Also REC started trading only in Octo-
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Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
ber 2010 and therefore REC availability was limited
ApTel held this view on the grounds that the situation
was beyond the control of discoms
With respect to carry forward issue ApTel did not inter-
fere with the decision of GERC However it took serious
note of mishandling of the issue of RPO compliance by
state commission ApTel noted that the contentions
made by GERC are contradictory On one hand GUVNL
did not make efforts to purchase RECs while on the oth-
er hand GERC held that adequate RECs were not availa-
ble In connection with this ApTel gave guidelines for
future course of action However despite recognising
that the carry forward was improper and Discoms were
at fault the ApTel refrained from imposing penalties
Instead it only gave general guidelines The order
states
ldquocarry forward of the shortfall in RPO to the next year
should be allowed if the distribution licensee despite
making efforts to procure renewable energy and pur-
chase REC could not meet the RPO targetrdquo amp
ldquoAdmittedly some of the distribution licensees did not
make any efforts to purchase RECrdquo
The principal RPO regulations of Gujarat do not have a
mention for off-setting shortfall in non-solar RPO by
way of procuring additional solar power However since
GUVNL had already tied-up excess solar capacity and
buying additional non-solar RECs was adversely going
to affect the consumers GERC came out with such or-
der which was acknowledged by ApTel also
Updates from Andhra Pradesh -
Andhra Pradesh has also recently taken steps for
monitoring the compliance of RPO targets in the
state by its obligated entities As per information
from trusted sources Andhra Pradesh State Power
Table 1 Allocated cost (by select state ERCs) for RPO
compliance in FY 2014-15
DISCOMState
Total amount (in
crore INR) allocated
for RPO compliance
in FY 2014-15
(Source - ARRTariff
Petitions)
Remarks
BRPL -Delhi 119
Non Solar -
INR 907 cr
Solar - INR
283 cr
BYPL - Delhi 716
Non Solar -
INR 562 cr
Solar - INR
154 cr
TDPPL - Delhi 9225
Non Solar -
INR 7471 cr
Solar - INR
1754 cr
JSPL - Chhattis-
garh 1609
Total alloca-
tion for RPO
NBPDCL - Bihar 738 Only for Solar
RPO
SBPDCL - Bihar 137 Only for Solar
RPO
JERC - UTs amp
Goa 5188
Non Solar
RPO - Rs
3006 cr Solar
RPO - 2182 cr
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Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Distribution Company Limited (APSDCL) has written let-
ters to obligated entities to submit hard copies of RECs
purchased towards RPO for the financial years 2012-13
amp 2013-14 to SLDC Not only this if any company fails
to furnish the details within 15 days the necessary
amounts towards RECs will be reflected in their next
months bill
Such directives go a long way in ensuring strict compli-
ance
Updates from Uttarakhand -
Uttarakhand the only state to have imposed penalty for
non-compliance also maintained its tough stand on a
review petition filed by MD of UPCL for reconsideration
More on this development can be read in Article 1 of
ldquoRegulatory Updatesrdquo section
UERC through a different order stated that all co-
generation based CPPs will not have RPOs applicable
from the date (28th Dec 2013) an amendment was in-
troduced to principal RPO regulations But RPOs for
FY12 FY13 and FY14 (till 27th Dec 2013) will have to be
met by all CPPs The order is covered in detail in Article
2 of ldquoRegulatory Sectionrdquo
Updates from Delhi | a negative move -
Delhi discoms have requested to DERC to waive RPO
targets of FY13 This request was put forward by dis-
coms in their respective ARR petitions for FY15 The dis-
coms contend that RPO regulations were introduced in
Delhi only in October 2012 and as such there was little
time in that year to meet the targets
While it is left on DERC to decide on this matter any
decision in favour of the request would further dent
the ongoing positive enforcement efforts in other
states
The ARR petitions are available on DERCrsquos website
The year ahead -
There are several regulatory milestones in the year
ahead which may further the cause of RPO enforce-
ment The most interesting will be the ApTelrsquos stand
on GERCs order for RPO exemption for the year 2012
-13 In the most recent order ApTel has allowed the
carry forward but has said that in the future such a
carry forward cannot be allowed without factoring in
availability of RECs However in 2012-13 GERC had
waived off RPO The larger effect of this order was
that in the years 10-11 and 11-12 RPO was rolled-
forward and later waived off
The Aptel is also hearing a petition on overall en-
forcement of RPO In this all the state ERCs are re-
spondents
Further hearings on RPO compliance are on-going in
several states and Union Terretories (for example in
Chattisgarh and at JERC ndash UTs) We may also hear the
Gujarat High Courtrsquos stand on the issue on a petition
with them and also from the Supreme Court on the
order by Rajasthan HC earlier
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Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
A few state discoms have already allocated funds for
purchase of RECs in respective tariff petitionsARR for FY
2014-15 We have compiled the data that is available in
public domain on websites of various ERCs (Refer Table
1 on Page 2)
The Forum of Regulators (FOR) in their 40th meeting
held on 2nd April 2014 at New Delhi also discussed the
issue of RPO enforcement in detail A presentation was
made by Mr Alok Shrivastava Joint Secretary MNRE in
which RPO enforcement status of all states was high-
lighted In the meeting MNRE also requested all SERCs
to demonstrate their commitment on RPO enforcement
so as to give assurance to the investors about regulatory
certainty in RE sector
Following are the consensus evolved in the meeting -
NAPCC target should be adopted for determination
of RPO trajectory on a Pan India basis A fresh study
by FOR to suggest state-wise RPO trajectory with
larger objective of attainment of NAPCC target was
emphasized
Grid integration for renewable energy was recog-
nized as a major challenge POSOCO and select
SLDCs will be invited in the next meeting to under-
stand the implications
Need for incentive for RE rich and poor resource
states was also discussed In this regard a request
has been made to MNRE and MoP to initiate suita-
ble action
The minutes of 40th FOR meeting can be read here
Conclusion -
RPO enforcement and penalty imposition by Ut-
tarkhand and steps taken by other states are encour-
aging At the same time ApTelrsquos guidelines on dis-
allowing roll-forward of RPO in the future when RECs
are available in the market are encouraging and will
help in improving the overall enforcement level
However by no means can these order be considered
as the norm going forward By failing to impose pen-
alty despite recognizing that the roll-forward in 11-12
was inappropriate ApTel has come out with a weak
order and perhaps left scope for SERCs to avoid en-
forcement in the future also
- end of article -
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UERC maintains its tough stand for non-compliance
of RPO
Uttarakhand ndash the only state in the nation to have im-
posed penalty for non-compliance of RPO has once again
stood by its tough stand in the order dated ndash 22nd Jan
2014 In the order (refer) -
UERC has considered UPCLrsquos non-compliance as wilful
contravention of the direction of the Commission and has
imposed penalty of INR 20000- on the Managing Direc-
tor of UPCL The Commission has also directed UPCL to
comply its pending RPO by March 2014 failure to which
will attract additional penalty of Rs2000Day thereafter
In continuation to this UPCLrsquos MD had filed a review ap-
plication for reconsideration of commissionrsquos directives
After a motion-hearing UERC has held that review appli-
cation does not qualify as UPCL failed to substantiate any
ground for review or highlight any errors therein
However UERC taking note of this has given UPCL anoth-
er opportunity for paying the amount of INR 20000 with-
in one week ie by 30th April 2014
UPCL in the hearing has clarified that it plans to meet the
RPO of FY12 and FY13 in four monthly instalments The
penalty of INR 2000 per day applicable for non-payment
will continue to be in force post 30th April 2014
The order is available here
UERC order on RPO compliance for co-gen based
CPPs
Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) on
April 10th 2014 released a joint order in case of 9 captive
power producers having co-generation units The peti-
tioners (CPPs with co-gen plants) in reply to show-case
notice issued by commission (UERC) on 12th March 2013
had prayed to relax the RPO regulations since they had
co-gen units and in support referred to ApTelrsquos judge-
ment (2010) in case of Century Rayon vs MERC where it
was pronounced that co-generation unit cannot be fas-
tened with RPOs
UERC had recently (28th Dec 2013) made amendment to
prevalent RPO regulations of 2010 In this amendment
the definition of obligated entity was modified from -
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user and open access consumer in the State which is
mandated to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under
these regulationsrdquo (2010)
to
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user (excluding co-generation based captive power
plants) and open access consumer in the State mandat-
ed to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under these
regulationsrdquo (2013)
UERC is of the view that all CPPs having co-gen units will
necessarily have to comply with RPO targets of FY12
FY13 and FY14 (upto 27th Dec 2013) ie till the time the
amendment was introduced However from 28th Dec
2013 onwards there will be no obligation on CPPs with
co-gen units All such CPP with co-gens are asked to
meet with RPOs by 31st May 2014 and submit compli-
ance report by 10th June 2014
UERC also clarified that all other captive users will con-
tinue to be regarded as ldquoobligated entityrdquo and such CPPs
have to fulfil shortfalls by 30th April 2014 and submit
compliance report by 10th May 2014
The petitionerrsquos prayer to quash such show-cause notice
letters was also dismissed
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
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The order can be read in detail by clicking here
Our previous blog-post on UERCrsquos landmark order on pe-
nalization on UPCLrsquos MD can be accessed here
Karnataka APPC for FY 2014-15
Karnataka electricity regulatory commission (KERC) has
finalized the average pooled purchase cost (APPC) for FY
2013-14 The finalized APPC of FY14 is Rs 314 per unit
on the basis of audited accounts data furnished by ES-
COMs which is up by 7 paise Our previous blog-post on
APPC of FY14 can be read here
In the interim since ESCOMs will take some time in final-
izing power purchase quantum and cost of FY15 the
commission has set up Rs 314 per unit as an interim
APPC rate to be effective from 1st April 2014 to 30th June
2014 It is expected that by end of June a new and final
APPC rate for FY15 will be declared
Karnataka therefore becomes the first state in current FY
to declare APPC for FY15 The APPC rates in Karnataka
have had an increasing trend which is good specifically
for RE generators wanting to explore REC markets in the
state
A gazetted copy can be accessed here
KERC had also invited comments and suggestions for fi-
nalization of APR Fy13 and ARR of FY15 filed by discoms
and KPTCL The public hearing was scheduled to be con-
ducted during end of April 2014 as per notice
MNRE favours REC markets for Solar Power
Indiarsquos ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is
favouring REC markets for development of solar power
Eminent members of the ministry are of the view that so-
lar REC markets will revive soon as they expect buyers
jumping in This optimism is when physical solar power
comes at a lower cost as compared to buying solar RECs
(floor price ndash Rs 93 per REC) That means obligated en-
tities have less motivation paying for higher solar REC
cost than physically procuring it
Also solar floor and ceiling prices have been fixed upto
FY2017 The steep declining trend in cost of solar power
makes it more difficult for solar REC markets and de-
mands quick revision of these prices
Recently Shri Upendra Tripathy who has assumed charge
as Secretary of MNRE spoke at a gathering that process
is ongoing for a policy review with the FOR (forum of
regulators) and CERC (Central electricity regulatory com-
mission) Mr Tarun Kapoor Joint secretary MNRE has
also asked all states to strictly meet the stipulated tar-
gets It is being anticipated that a new policy for solar
REC markets will be put in place as soon as a new gov-
ernment is formed at the centre
FOR has also called for engagement of consultants to
review the REC mechanism completely
Media article can be read here
Delhi discoms likely to comply with RPO by pur-
chase of RECs
Delhi discoms ndash BRPL BYPL and TPDDL have all filed a
petition to Delhi electricity regulatory commission
(DERC) for approval of annual revenue requirement
(ARR) of FY 2014-15
In terms of renewable energy resource capacity Delhi is
indeed poor as compared to other states Therefore to
comply with RPO targets obligated entities in the state
have lesser options than to buying RECs from the mar-
kets
Following are the cost estimates for purchase of RECs
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
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submitted by discoms (for FY2014-15)-
BRPL ndash Rs 283 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 907 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
BYPL ndash Rs 154 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 562 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
TPDDL ndash Rs 1754 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 7471 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
The petitions can be downloaded from DERCrsquos website
Captive power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant is co-gen
Jharkhand ERC
In an order dated 24th March 2014 state electricity regu-
lator of Jharkhand (JSERC) is of the view that the captive
power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant (a unit of Steel Authori-
ty of India) can be regarded as a co-generation plant This
means that power consumption from CPP of BSL will
qualify towards fulfilment of RPO set under relevant regu-
lations of JSERC
BSL had prayed JSERC to
1 Declare its CPP of 302 MW as co-generation power
plant
2 Exempt BSL from applicability of RPO and
3 Waive the RPO applicable on consumption of power
from its CPP during FY11 FY12 and FY13
CPP of BSL fulfils the definition of CPP as BSL has 50 eq-
uity in the plant and consumes 100 of power generat-
ed
JSERC also considered APTELrsquos judgement in the case of
MERC vs Century Rayon where in it was declared that fas-
tening of RPO on would defeat the objective of section
86 (1) (e) of the Indian Electricity Act
JSERC has RPO targets defined till FY16 It has a total of
4 RPO (1 solar amp 3 non-solar) for all three years
FY14 FY15 amp FY16
BSL also is a distribution licensee in Jharkhand As per
data furnished in the order total RPO applicable on BSL
for consumption of captive power comes around ndash 648
MW of non-solar and 17 MW of solar RPO
The order can be accessed here
- end of article -
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
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Non Solar RECs
April 2014 was the first month of compliance year FY 2014-15 As expected the volumes in non-solar and solar
REC markets nosedived as compared to last months trading session The REC inventoryrsquos closing balance stood at a
mammoth 66 million RECs The total RECs redeemed in April 14 were 80343 RECs only The RECs issued this
month was again a 7digit number ndash about 11 million RECs Cumulatively Marchrsquo14 and Aprilrsquo14 alone added over
3 million RECs which is 23 of the total RECs issued till date This escalation in supply side and almost no demand
side participation sums the state of current Indian REC market place
Demand dropped by 88 and supply was up by 32 wrt Marchrsquo 14 Price of non-solar RECs remained at floor
price ndash INR 1500 per REC Total non-solar redeemed were 79354 (as per REC registry)
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Trade Report - April 2014
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Regulatory
Updates
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Solar RECs
Price of solar REC continued to trade at floor (INR 9300 per REC) for a consecutive 11th month Demand fell to less
than 1000 and supply rose by 22
Clearing ratios at both exchanges were close to half percent (05) only As per registry solar RECs redeemed in
April14 was 989
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
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Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
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Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
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BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
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REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
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From Managementlsquos Desk
With the start of a fresh compliance year FY 2014-15 the RPO
enforcement seems to be gaining momentum This month
there were some strong directives given by Andhra Pradesh
and Uttarakhand ApTel also gave its judgement pertaining to
RPO in a case between Indian Wind Energy Association and
GERC On the flip side Delhi discoms have requested DERC to
waive FY13 RPO targets Evidently these updates form the main
coverage this month
In the regulatory updates section we have covered APPC de-
clared by Karnataka for FY14 and FY15 Jharkhand ERCrsquos order
on declaration of CPP of Bokaro Steel plant as co-gen and a
few other updates
Demand crashed on both exchanges for both solar and non-
solar RECs This was as expected due to April being first month
of compliance year Our REC trade related analysis is available
in the relevant section
As always we hope this volume to be an insightful read and
look forward to your feedback
- Team REConnect
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45
Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Strong RPO enforcement is the need of the hour for re-
viving the current REC markets Towards that things
have started on the right footing in this financial year In
April 2014 we have seen some important orders from
ApTel Uttarakhand ERC and steps taken on RPO com-
pliance from Andhra Pradesh
These and other developments are discussed in detail
below
ApTelrsquos judgement in case of IWEA vs GERC -
The ApTel recently pronounced its judgement (dated -
25th April 2014) in an appeal filed by INWEA - (INWEA
is an association of wind energy generators across vari-
ous states in India) against an order (dated 17th August
2012) given by Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commis-
sion (GERC) In the original order (refer) GERC had re-
vised the RPO targets of FY11 and carried forward the
shortfall of FY12 to FY13 In the same order excess solar
energy procured within Gujarat in FY13 was made to
partially fulfil the shortfall in non-solar RPO
The implications of the order were that the REC market
was going to suffer from lower demand for RECs
In the current judgement (refer) decision on the follow-
ing main issues pertaining to RPO were made
1 GERCrsquos failure in involving RE generators through pu-
bic hearing before releasing the order
2 GERCrsquos decision to revise the RPO targets of FY11
with respect to actual RE power procured
3 GERCrsquos decision to allow discoms to carry forward
their shortfall
4 GERC allowed discoms to off-set their non-solar
RPO by way of procuring excess solar generation in
the state
With regards to point 1 ApTel decided to forgive
the absence of public consultation process before
releasing the order as it was the very first suo motu
review of RPO compliance by the commission and
that there was no regulation on such matter therein
Nevertheless ApTel made clear that all future orders
of this nature will have to be necessarily accompa-
nied by a public hearing process as RPO not only
concerns the Discoms but also the interests of the
general public The order states
ldquoKeeping in view the environmental concerns of the
public it would be prudent to seek suggestions and
objections of the public in the proceedings where
the State Commission reviews the RPO of the distri-
bution licensees and passes orders on relaxation or
carry forward of RPOs and default of distribution
licensees in meeting the specified RPO targetsrdquo
With regards to point 2 ApTel in support of the
submissions by state commission held that there
was no infirmity in revising the RPO targets of FY11
ApTel agreed that the RPO targets for FY11 were
abruptly more than doubled which made difficult
for discoms to plan and tie-up enough capacity in a
short notice Also REC started trading only in Octo-
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Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
ber 2010 and therefore REC availability was limited
ApTel held this view on the grounds that the situation
was beyond the control of discoms
With respect to carry forward issue ApTel did not inter-
fere with the decision of GERC However it took serious
note of mishandling of the issue of RPO compliance by
state commission ApTel noted that the contentions
made by GERC are contradictory On one hand GUVNL
did not make efforts to purchase RECs while on the oth-
er hand GERC held that adequate RECs were not availa-
ble In connection with this ApTel gave guidelines for
future course of action However despite recognising
that the carry forward was improper and Discoms were
at fault the ApTel refrained from imposing penalties
Instead it only gave general guidelines The order
states
ldquocarry forward of the shortfall in RPO to the next year
should be allowed if the distribution licensee despite
making efforts to procure renewable energy and pur-
chase REC could not meet the RPO targetrdquo amp
ldquoAdmittedly some of the distribution licensees did not
make any efforts to purchase RECrdquo
The principal RPO regulations of Gujarat do not have a
mention for off-setting shortfall in non-solar RPO by
way of procuring additional solar power However since
GUVNL had already tied-up excess solar capacity and
buying additional non-solar RECs was adversely going
to affect the consumers GERC came out with such or-
der which was acknowledged by ApTel also
Updates from Andhra Pradesh -
Andhra Pradesh has also recently taken steps for
monitoring the compliance of RPO targets in the
state by its obligated entities As per information
from trusted sources Andhra Pradesh State Power
Table 1 Allocated cost (by select state ERCs) for RPO
compliance in FY 2014-15
DISCOMState
Total amount (in
crore INR) allocated
for RPO compliance
in FY 2014-15
(Source - ARRTariff
Petitions)
Remarks
BRPL -Delhi 119
Non Solar -
INR 907 cr
Solar - INR
283 cr
BYPL - Delhi 716
Non Solar -
INR 562 cr
Solar - INR
154 cr
TDPPL - Delhi 9225
Non Solar -
INR 7471 cr
Solar - INR
1754 cr
JSPL - Chhattis-
garh 1609
Total alloca-
tion for RPO
NBPDCL - Bihar 738 Only for Solar
RPO
SBPDCL - Bihar 137 Only for Solar
RPO
JERC - UTs amp
Goa 5188
Non Solar
RPO - Rs
3006 cr Solar
RPO - 2182 cr
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45
Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Distribution Company Limited (APSDCL) has written let-
ters to obligated entities to submit hard copies of RECs
purchased towards RPO for the financial years 2012-13
amp 2013-14 to SLDC Not only this if any company fails
to furnish the details within 15 days the necessary
amounts towards RECs will be reflected in their next
months bill
Such directives go a long way in ensuring strict compli-
ance
Updates from Uttarakhand -
Uttarakhand the only state to have imposed penalty for
non-compliance also maintained its tough stand on a
review petition filed by MD of UPCL for reconsideration
More on this development can be read in Article 1 of
ldquoRegulatory Updatesrdquo section
UERC through a different order stated that all co-
generation based CPPs will not have RPOs applicable
from the date (28th Dec 2013) an amendment was in-
troduced to principal RPO regulations But RPOs for
FY12 FY13 and FY14 (till 27th Dec 2013) will have to be
met by all CPPs The order is covered in detail in Article
2 of ldquoRegulatory Sectionrdquo
Updates from Delhi | a negative move -
Delhi discoms have requested to DERC to waive RPO
targets of FY13 This request was put forward by dis-
coms in their respective ARR petitions for FY15 The dis-
coms contend that RPO regulations were introduced in
Delhi only in October 2012 and as such there was little
time in that year to meet the targets
While it is left on DERC to decide on this matter any
decision in favour of the request would further dent
the ongoing positive enforcement efforts in other
states
The ARR petitions are available on DERCrsquos website
The year ahead -
There are several regulatory milestones in the year
ahead which may further the cause of RPO enforce-
ment The most interesting will be the ApTelrsquos stand
on GERCs order for RPO exemption for the year 2012
-13 In the most recent order ApTel has allowed the
carry forward but has said that in the future such a
carry forward cannot be allowed without factoring in
availability of RECs However in 2012-13 GERC had
waived off RPO The larger effect of this order was
that in the years 10-11 and 11-12 RPO was rolled-
forward and later waived off
The Aptel is also hearing a petition on overall en-
forcement of RPO In this all the state ERCs are re-
spondents
Further hearings on RPO compliance are on-going in
several states and Union Terretories (for example in
Chattisgarh and at JERC ndash UTs) We may also hear the
Gujarat High Courtrsquos stand on the issue on a petition
with them and also from the Supreme Court on the
order by Rajasthan HC earlier
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Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
A few state discoms have already allocated funds for
purchase of RECs in respective tariff petitionsARR for FY
2014-15 We have compiled the data that is available in
public domain on websites of various ERCs (Refer Table
1 on Page 2)
The Forum of Regulators (FOR) in their 40th meeting
held on 2nd April 2014 at New Delhi also discussed the
issue of RPO enforcement in detail A presentation was
made by Mr Alok Shrivastava Joint Secretary MNRE in
which RPO enforcement status of all states was high-
lighted In the meeting MNRE also requested all SERCs
to demonstrate their commitment on RPO enforcement
so as to give assurance to the investors about regulatory
certainty in RE sector
Following are the consensus evolved in the meeting -
NAPCC target should be adopted for determination
of RPO trajectory on a Pan India basis A fresh study
by FOR to suggest state-wise RPO trajectory with
larger objective of attainment of NAPCC target was
emphasized
Grid integration for renewable energy was recog-
nized as a major challenge POSOCO and select
SLDCs will be invited in the next meeting to under-
stand the implications
Need for incentive for RE rich and poor resource
states was also discussed In this regard a request
has been made to MNRE and MoP to initiate suita-
ble action
The minutes of 40th FOR meeting can be read here
Conclusion -
RPO enforcement and penalty imposition by Ut-
tarkhand and steps taken by other states are encour-
aging At the same time ApTelrsquos guidelines on dis-
allowing roll-forward of RPO in the future when RECs
are available in the market are encouraging and will
help in improving the overall enforcement level
However by no means can these order be considered
as the norm going forward By failing to impose pen-
alty despite recognizing that the roll-forward in 11-12
was inappropriate ApTel has come out with a weak
order and perhaps left scope for SERCs to avoid en-
forcement in the future also
- end of article -
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UERC maintains its tough stand for non-compliance
of RPO
Uttarakhand ndash the only state in the nation to have im-
posed penalty for non-compliance of RPO has once again
stood by its tough stand in the order dated ndash 22nd Jan
2014 In the order (refer) -
UERC has considered UPCLrsquos non-compliance as wilful
contravention of the direction of the Commission and has
imposed penalty of INR 20000- on the Managing Direc-
tor of UPCL The Commission has also directed UPCL to
comply its pending RPO by March 2014 failure to which
will attract additional penalty of Rs2000Day thereafter
In continuation to this UPCLrsquos MD had filed a review ap-
plication for reconsideration of commissionrsquos directives
After a motion-hearing UERC has held that review appli-
cation does not qualify as UPCL failed to substantiate any
ground for review or highlight any errors therein
However UERC taking note of this has given UPCL anoth-
er opportunity for paying the amount of INR 20000 with-
in one week ie by 30th April 2014
UPCL in the hearing has clarified that it plans to meet the
RPO of FY12 and FY13 in four monthly instalments The
penalty of INR 2000 per day applicable for non-payment
will continue to be in force post 30th April 2014
The order is available here
UERC order on RPO compliance for co-gen based
CPPs
Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) on
April 10th 2014 released a joint order in case of 9 captive
power producers having co-generation units The peti-
tioners (CPPs with co-gen plants) in reply to show-case
notice issued by commission (UERC) on 12th March 2013
had prayed to relax the RPO regulations since they had
co-gen units and in support referred to ApTelrsquos judge-
ment (2010) in case of Century Rayon vs MERC where it
was pronounced that co-generation unit cannot be fas-
tened with RPOs
UERC had recently (28th Dec 2013) made amendment to
prevalent RPO regulations of 2010 In this amendment
the definition of obligated entity was modified from -
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user and open access consumer in the State which is
mandated to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under
these regulationsrdquo (2010)
to
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user (excluding co-generation based captive power
plants) and open access consumer in the State mandat-
ed to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under these
regulationsrdquo (2013)
UERC is of the view that all CPPs having co-gen units will
necessarily have to comply with RPO targets of FY12
FY13 and FY14 (upto 27th Dec 2013) ie till the time the
amendment was introduced However from 28th Dec
2013 onwards there will be no obligation on CPPs with
co-gen units All such CPP with co-gens are asked to
meet with RPOs by 31st May 2014 and submit compli-
ance report by 10th June 2014
UERC also clarified that all other captive users will con-
tinue to be regarded as ldquoobligated entityrdquo and such CPPs
have to fulfil shortfalls by 30th April 2014 and submit
compliance report by 10th May 2014
The petitionerrsquos prayer to quash such show-cause notice
letters was also dismissed
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The order can be read in detail by clicking here
Our previous blog-post on UERCrsquos landmark order on pe-
nalization on UPCLrsquos MD can be accessed here
Karnataka APPC for FY 2014-15
Karnataka electricity regulatory commission (KERC) has
finalized the average pooled purchase cost (APPC) for FY
2013-14 The finalized APPC of FY14 is Rs 314 per unit
on the basis of audited accounts data furnished by ES-
COMs which is up by 7 paise Our previous blog-post on
APPC of FY14 can be read here
In the interim since ESCOMs will take some time in final-
izing power purchase quantum and cost of FY15 the
commission has set up Rs 314 per unit as an interim
APPC rate to be effective from 1st April 2014 to 30th June
2014 It is expected that by end of June a new and final
APPC rate for FY15 will be declared
Karnataka therefore becomes the first state in current FY
to declare APPC for FY15 The APPC rates in Karnataka
have had an increasing trend which is good specifically
for RE generators wanting to explore REC markets in the
state
A gazetted copy can be accessed here
KERC had also invited comments and suggestions for fi-
nalization of APR Fy13 and ARR of FY15 filed by discoms
and KPTCL The public hearing was scheduled to be con-
ducted during end of April 2014 as per notice
MNRE favours REC markets for Solar Power
Indiarsquos ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is
favouring REC markets for development of solar power
Eminent members of the ministry are of the view that so-
lar REC markets will revive soon as they expect buyers
jumping in This optimism is when physical solar power
comes at a lower cost as compared to buying solar RECs
(floor price ndash Rs 93 per REC) That means obligated en-
tities have less motivation paying for higher solar REC
cost than physically procuring it
Also solar floor and ceiling prices have been fixed upto
FY2017 The steep declining trend in cost of solar power
makes it more difficult for solar REC markets and de-
mands quick revision of these prices
Recently Shri Upendra Tripathy who has assumed charge
as Secretary of MNRE spoke at a gathering that process
is ongoing for a policy review with the FOR (forum of
regulators) and CERC (Central electricity regulatory com-
mission) Mr Tarun Kapoor Joint secretary MNRE has
also asked all states to strictly meet the stipulated tar-
gets It is being anticipated that a new policy for solar
REC markets will be put in place as soon as a new gov-
ernment is formed at the centre
FOR has also called for engagement of consultants to
review the REC mechanism completely
Media article can be read here
Delhi discoms likely to comply with RPO by pur-
chase of RECs
Delhi discoms ndash BRPL BYPL and TPDDL have all filed a
petition to Delhi electricity regulatory commission
(DERC) for approval of annual revenue requirement
(ARR) of FY 2014-15
In terms of renewable energy resource capacity Delhi is
indeed poor as compared to other states Therefore to
comply with RPO targets obligated entities in the state
have lesser options than to buying RECs from the mar-
kets
Following are the cost estimates for purchase of RECs
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submitted by discoms (for FY2014-15)-
BRPL ndash Rs 283 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 907 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
BYPL ndash Rs 154 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 562 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
TPDDL ndash Rs 1754 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 7471 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
The petitions can be downloaded from DERCrsquos website
Captive power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant is co-gen
Jharkhand ERC
In an order dated 24th March 2014 state electricity regu-
lator of Jharkhand (JSERC) is of the view that the captive
power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant (a unit of Steel Authori-
ty of India) can be regarded as a co-generation plant This
means that power consumption from CPP of BSL will
qualify towards fulfilment of RPO set under relevant regu-
lations of JSERC
BSL had prayed JSERC to
1 Declare its CPP of 302 MW as co-generation power
plant
2 Exempt BSL from applicability of RPO and
3 Waive the RPO applicable on consumption of power
from its CPP during FY11 FY12 and FY13
CPP of BSL fulfils the definition of CPP as BSL has 50 eq-
uity in the plant and consumes 100 of power generat-
ed
JSERC also considered APTELrsquos judgement in the case of
MERC vs Century Rayon where in it was declared that fas-
tening of RPO on would defeat the objective of section
86 (1) (e) of the Indian Electricity Act
JSERC has RPO targets defined till FY16 It has a total of
4 RPO (1 solar amp 3 non-solar) for all three years
FY14 FY15 amp FY16
BSL also is a distribution licensee in Jharkhand As per
data furnished in the order total RPO applicable on BSL
for consumption of captive power comes around ndash 648
MW of non-solar and 17 MW of solar RPO
The order can be accessed here
- end of article -
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Non Solar RECs
April 2014 was the first month of compliance year FY 2014-15 As expected the volumes in non-solar and solar
REC markets nosedived as compared to last months trading session The REC inventoryrsquos closing balance stood at a
mammoth 66 million RECs The total RECs redeemed in April 14 were 80343 RECs only The RECs issued this
month was again a 7digit number ndash about 11 million RECs Cumulatively Marchrsquo14 and Aprilrsquo14 alone added over
3 million RECs which is 23 of the total RECs issued till date This escalation in supply side and almost no demand
side participation sums the state of current Indian REC market place
Demand dropped by 88 and supply was up by 32 wrt Marchrsquo 14 Price of non-solar RECs remained at floor
price ndash INR 1500 per REC Total non-solar redeemed were 79354 (as per REC registry)
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
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For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Trade Report - April 2014
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Updates
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Solar RECs
Price of solar REC continued to trade at floor (INR 9300 per REC) for a consecutive 11th month Demand fell to less
than 1000 and supply rose by 22
Clearing ratios at both exchanges were close to half percent (05) only As per registry solar RECs redeemed in
April14 was 989
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
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REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
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Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
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Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
Green News - National
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Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
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BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
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REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
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Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
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181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
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45
Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Strong RPO enforcement is the need of the hour for re-
viving the current REC markets Towards that things
have started on the right footing in this financial year In
April 2014 we have seen some important orders from
ApTel Uttarakhand ERC and steps taken on RPO com-
pliance from Andhra Pradesh
These and other developments are discussed in detail
below
ApTelrsquos judgement in case of IWEA vs GERC -
The ApTel recently pronounced its judgement (dated -
25th April 2014) in an appeal filed by INWEA - (INWEA
is an association of wind energy generators across vari-
ous states in India) against an order (dated 17th August
2012) given by Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commis-
sion (GERC) In the original order (refer) GERC had re-
vised the RPO targets of FY11 and carried forward the
shortfall of FY12 to FY13 In the same order excess solar
energy procured within Gujarat in FY13 was made to
partially fulfil the shortfall in non-solar RPO
The implications of the order were that the REC market
was going to suffer from lower demand for RECs
In the current judgement (refer) decision on the follow-
ing main issues pertaining to RPO were made
1 GERCrsquos failure in involving RE generators through pu-
bic hearing before releasing the order
2 GERCrsquos decision to revise the RPO targets of FY11
with respect to actual RE power procured
3 GERCrsquos decision to allow discoms to carry forward
their shortfall
4 GERC allowed discoms to off-set their non-solar
RPO by way of procuring excess solar generation in
the state
With regards to point 1 ApTel decided to forgive
the absence of public consultation process before
releasing the order as it was the very first suo motu
review of RPO compliance by the commission and
that there was no regulation on such matter therein
Nevertheless ApTel made clear that all future orders
of this nature will have to be necessarily accompa-
nied by a public hearing process as RPO not only
concerns the Discoms but also the interests of the
general public The order states
ldquoKeeping in view the environmental concerns of the
public it would be prudent to seek suggestions and
objections of the public in the proceedings where
the State Commission reviews the RPO of the distri-
bution licensees and passes orders on relaxation or
carry forward of RPOs and default of distribution
licensees in meeting the specified RPO targetsrdquo
With regards to point 2 ApTel in support of the
submissions by state commission held that there
was no infirmity in revising the RPO targets of FY11
ApTel agreed that the RPO targets for FY11 were
abruptly more than doubled which made difficult
for discoms to plan and tie-up enough capacity in a
short notice Also REC started trading only in Octo-
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Market Share
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PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
ber 2010 and therefore REC availability was limited
ApTel held this view on the grounds that the situation
was beyond the control of discoms
With respect to carry forward issue ApTel did not inter-
fere with the decision of GERC However it took serious
note of mishandling of the issue of RPO compliance by
state commission ApTel noted that the contentions
made by GERC are contradictory On one hand GUVNL
did not make efforts to purchase RECs while on the oth-
er hand GERC held that adequate RECs were not availa-
ble In connection with this ApTel gave guidelines for
future course of action However despite recognising
that the carry forward was improper and Discoms were
at fault the ApTel refrained from imposing penalties
Instead it only gave general guidelines The order
states
ldquocarry forward of the shortfall in RPO to the next year
should be allowed if the distribution licensee despite
making efforts to procure renewable energy and pur-
chase REC could not meet the RPO targetrdquo amp
ldquoAdmittedly some of the distribution licensees did not
make any efforts to purchase RECrdquo
The principal RPO regulations of Gujarat do not have a
mention for off-setting shortfall in non-solar RPO by
way of procuring additional solar power However since
GUVNL had already tied-up excess solar capacity and
buying additional non-solar RECs was adversely going
to affect the consumers GERC came out with such or-
der which was acknowledged by ApTel also
Updates from Andhra Pradesh -
Andhra Pradesh has also recently taken steps for
monitoring the compliance of RPO targets in the
state by its obligated entities As per information
from trusted sources Andhra Pradesh State Power
Table 1 Allocated cost (by select state ERCs) for RPO
compliance in FY 2014-15
DISCOMState
Total amount (in
crore INR) allocated
for RPO compliance
in FY 2014-15
(Source - ARRTariff
Petitions)
Remarks
BRPL -Delhi 119
Non Solar -
INR 907 cr
Solar - INR
283 cr
BYPL - Delhi 716
Non Solar -
INR 562 cr
Solar - INR
154 cr
TDPPL - Delhi 9225
Non Solar -
INR 7471 cr
Solar - INR
1754 cr
JSPL - Chhattis-
garh 1609
Total alloca-
tion for RPO
NBPDCL - Bihar 738 Only for Solar
RPO
SBPDCL - Bihar 137 Only for Solar
RPO
JERC - UTs amp
Goa 5188
Non Solar
RPO - Rs
3006 cr Solar
RPO - 2182 cr
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45
Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Distribution Company Limited (APSDCL) has written let-
ters to obligated entities to submit hard copies of RECs
purchased towards RPO for the financial years 2012-13
amp 2013-14 to SLDC Not only this if any company fails
to furnish the details within 15 days the necessary
amounts towards RECs will be reflected in their next
months bill
Such directives go a long way in ensuring strict compli-
ance
Updates from Uttarakhand -
Uttarakhand the only state to have imposed penalty for
non-compliance also maintained its tough stand on a
review petition filed by MD of UPCL for reconsideration
More on this development can be read in Article 1 of
ldquoRegulatory Updatesrdquo section
UERC through a different order stated that all co-
generation based CPPs will not have RPOs applicable
from the date (28th Dec 2013) an amendment was in-
troduced to principal RPO regulations But RPOs for
FY12 FY13 and FY14 (till 27th Dec 2013) will have to be
met by all CPPs The order is covered in detail in Article
2 of ldquoRegulatory Sectionrdquo
Updates from Delhi | a negative move -
Delhi discoms have requested to DERC to waive RPO
targets of FY13 This request was put forward by dis-
coms in their respective ARR petitions for FY15 The dis-
coms contend that RPO regulations were introduced in
Delhi only in October 2012 and as such there was little
time in that year to meet the targets
While it is left on DERC to decide on this matter any
decision in favour of the request would further dent
the ongoing positive enforcement efforts in other
states
The ARR petitions are available on DERCrsquos website
The year ahead -
There are several regulatory milestones in the year
ahead which may further the cause of RPO enforce-
ment The most interesting will be the ApTelrsquos stand
on GERCs order for RPO exemption for the year 2012
-13 In the most recent order ApTel has allowed the
carry forward but has said that in the future such a
carry forward cannot be allowed without factoring in
availability of RECs However in 2012-13 GERC had
waived off RPO The larger effect of this order was
that in the years 10-11 and 11-12 RPO was rolled-
forward and later waived off
The Aptel is also hearing a petition on overall en-
forcement of RPO In this all the state ERCs are re-
spondents
Further hearings on RPO compliance are on-going in
several states and Union Terretories (for example in
Chattisgarh and at JERC ndash UTs) We may also hear the
Gujarat High Courtrsquos stand on the issue on a petition
with them and also from the Supreme Court on the
order by Rajasthan HC earlier
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Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
A few state discoms have already allocated funds for
purchase of RECs in respective tariff petitionsARR for FY
2014-15 We have compiled the data that is available in
public domain on websites of various ERCs (Refer Table
1 on Page 2)
The Forum of Regulators (FOR) in their 40th meeting
held on 2nd April 2014 at New Delhi also discussed the
issue of RPO enforcement in detail A presentation was
made by Mr Alok Shrivastava Joint Secretary MNRE in
which RPO enforcement status of all states was high-
lighted In the meeting MNRE also requested all SERCs
to demonstrate their commitment on RPO enforcement
so as to give assurance to the investors about regulatory
certainty in RE sector
Following are the consensus evolved in the meeting -
NAPCC target should be adopted for determination
of RPO trajectory on a Pan India basis A fresh study
by FOR to suggest state-wise RPO trajectory with
larger objective of attainment of NAPCC target was
emphasized
Grid integration for renewable energy was recog-
nized as a major challenge POSOCO and select
SLDCs will be invited in the next meeting to under-
stand the implications
Need for incentive for RE rich and poor resource
states was also discussed In this regard a request
has been made to MNRE and MoP to initiate suita-
ble action
The minutes of 40th FOR meeting can be read here
Conclusion -
RPO enforcement and penalty imposition by Ut-
tarkhand and steps taken by other states are encour-
aging At the same time ApTelrsquos guidelines on dis-
allowing roll-forward of RPO in the future when RECs
are available in the market are encouraging and will
help in improving the overall enforcement level
However by no means can these order be considered
as the norm going forward By failing to impose pen-
alty despite recognizing that the roll-forward in 11-12
was inappropriate ApTel has come out with a weak
order and perhaps left scope for SERCs to avoid en-
forcement in the future also
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UERC maintains its tough stand for non-compliance
of RPO
Uttarakhand ndash the only state in the nation to have im-
posed penalty for non-compliance of RPO has once again
stood by its tough stand in the order dated ndash 22nd Jan
2014 In the order (refer) -
UERC has considered UPCLrsquos non-compliance as wilful
contravention of the direction of the Commission and has
imposed penalty of INR 20000- on the Managing Direc-
tor of UPCL The Commission has also directed UPCL to
comply its pending RPO by March 2014 failure to which
will attract additional penalty of Rs2000Day thereafter
In continuation to this UPCLrsquos MD had filed a review ap-
plication for reconsideration of commissionrsquos directives
After a motion-hearing UERC has held that review appli-
cation does not qualify as UPCL failed to substantiate any
ground for review or highlight any errors therein
However UERC taking note of this has given UPCL anoth-
er opportunity for paying the amount of INR 20000 with-
in one week ie by 30th April 2014
UPCL in the hearing has clarified that it plans to meet the
RPO of FY12 and FY13 in four monthly instalments The
penalty of INR 2000 per day applicable for non-payment
will continue to be in force post 30th April 2014
The order is available here
UERC order on RPO compliance for co-gen based
CPPs
Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) on
April 10th 2014 released a joint order in case of 9 captive
power producers having co-generation units The peti-
tioners (CPPs with co-gen plants) in reply to show-case
notice issued by commission (UERC) on 12th March 2013
had prayed to relax the RPO regulations since they had
co-gen units and in support referred to ApTelrsquos judge-
ment (2010) in case of Century Rayon vs MERC where it
was pronounced that co-generation unit cannot be fas-
tened with RPOs
UERC had recently (28th Dec 2013) made amendment to
prevalent RPO regulations of 2010 In this amendment
the definition of obligated entity was modified from -
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user and open access consumer in the State which is
mandated to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under
these regulationsrdquo (2010)
to
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user (excluding co-generation based captive power
plants) and open access consumer in the State mandat-
ed to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under these
regulationsrdquo (2013)
UERC is of the view that all CPPs having co-gen units will
necessarily have to comply with RPO targets of FY12
FY13 and FY14 (upto 27th Dec 2013) ie till the time the
amendment was introduced However from 28th Dec
2013 onwards there will be no obligation on CPPs with
co-gen units All such CPP with co-gens are asked to
meet with RPOs by 31st May 2014 and submit compli-
ance report by 10th June 2014
UERC also clarified that all other captive users will con-
tinue to be regarded as ldquoobligated entityrdquo and such CPPs
have to fulfil shortfalls by 30th April 2014 and submit
compliance report by 10th May 2014
The petitionerrsquos prayer to quash such show-cause notice
letters was also dismissed
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The order can be read in detail by clicking here
Our previous blog-post on UERCrsquos landmark order on pe-
nalization on UPCLrsquos MD can be accessed here
Karnataka APPC for FY 2014-15
Karnataka electricity regulatory commission (KERC) has
finalized the average pooled purchase cost (APPC) for FY
2013-14 The finalized APPC of FY14 is Rs 314 per unit
on the basis of audited accounts data furnished by ES-
COMs which is up by 7 paise Our previous blog-post on
APPC of FY14 can be read here
In the interim since ESCOMs will take some time in final-
izing power purchase quantum and cost of FY15 the
commission has set up Rs 314 per unit as an interim
APPC rate to be effective from 1st April 2014 to 30th June
2014 It is expected that by end of June a new and final
APPC rate for FY15 will be declared
Karnataka therefore becomes the first state in current FY
to declare APPC for FY15 The APPC rates in Karnataka
have had an increasing trend which is good specifically
for RE generators wanting to explore REC markets in the
state
A gazetted copy can be accessed here
KERC had also invited comments and suggestions for fi-
nalization of APR Fy13 and ARR of FY15 filed by discoms
and KPTCL The public hearing was scheduled to be con-
ducted during end of April 2014 as per notice
MNRE favours REC markets for Solar Power
Indiarsquos ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is
favouring REC markets for development of solar power
Eminent members of the ministry are of the view that so-
lar REC markets will revive soon as they expect buyers
jumping in This optimism is when physical solar power
comes at a lower cost as compared to buying solar RECs
(floor price ndash Rs 93 per REC) That means obligated en-
tities have less motivation paying for higher solar REC
cost than physically procuring it
Also solar floor and ceiling prices have been fixed upto
FY2017 The steep declining trend in cost of solar power
makes it more difficult for solar REC markets and de-
mands quick revision of these prices
Recently Shri Upendra Tripathy who has assumed charge
as Secretary of MNRE spoke at a gathering that process
is ongoing for a policy review with the FOR (forum of
regulators) and CERC (Central electricity regulatory com-
mission) Mr Tarun Kapoor Joint secretary MNRE has
also asked all states to strictly meet the stipulated tar-
gets It is being anticipated that a new policy for solar
REC markets will be put in place as soon as a new gov-
ernment is formed at the centre
FOR has also called for engagement of consultants to
review the REC mechanism completely
Media article can be read here
Delhi discoms likely to comply with RPO by pur-
chase of RECs
Delhi discoms ndash BRPL BYPL and TPDDL have all filed a
petition to Delhi electricity regulatory commission
(DERC) for approval of annual revenue requirement
(ARR) of FY 2014-15
In terms of renewable energy resource capacity Delhi is
indeed poor as compared to other states Therefore to
comply with RPO targets obligated entities in the state
have lesser options than to buying RECs from the mar-
kets
Following are the cost estimates for purchase of RECs
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submitted by discoms (for FY2014-15)-
BRPL ndash Rs 283 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 907 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
BYPL ndash Rs 154 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 562 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
TPDDL ndash Rs 1754 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 7471 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
The petitions can be downloaded from DERCrsquos website
Captive power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant is co-gen
Jharkhand ERC
In an order dated 24th March 2014 state electricity regu-
lator of Jharkhand (JSERC) is of the view that the captive
power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant (a unit of Steel Authori-
ty of India) can be regarded as a co-generation plant This
means that power consumption from CPP of BSL will
qualify towards fulfilment of RPO set under relevant regu-
lations of JSERC
BSL had prayed JSERC to
1 Declare its CPP of 302 MW as co-generation power
plant
2 Exempt BSL from applicability of RPO and
3 Waive the RPO applicable on consumption of power
from its CPP during FY11 FY12 and FY13
CPP of BSL fulfils the definition of CPP as BSL has 50 eq-
uity in the plant and consumes 100 of power generat-
ed
JSERC also considered APTELrsquos judgement in the case of
MERC vs Century Rayon where in it was declared that fas-
tening of RPO on would defeat the objective of section
86 (1) (e) of the Indian Electricity Act
JSERC has RPO targets defined till FY16 It has a total of
4 RPO (1 solar amp 3 non-solar) for all three years
FY14 FY15 amp FY16
BSL also is a distribution licensee in Jharkhand As per
data furnished in the order total RPO applicable on BSL
for consumption of captive power comes around ndash 648
MW of non-solar and 17 MW of solar RPO
The order can be accessed here
- end of article -
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Non Solar RECs
April 2014 was the first month of compliance year FY 2014-15 As expected the volumes in non-solar and solar
REC markets nosedived as compared to last months trading session The REC inventoryrsquos closing balance stood at a
mammoth 66 million RECs The total RECs redeemed in April 14 were 80343 RECs only The RECs issued this
month was again a 7digit number ndash about 11 million RECs Cumulatively Marchrsquo14 and Aprilrsquo14 alone added over
3 million RECs which is 23 of the total RECs issued till date This escalation in supply side and almost no demand
side participation sums the state of current Indian REC market place
Demand dropped by 88 and supply was up by 32 wrt Marchrsquo 14 Price of non-solar RECs remained at floor
price ndash INR 1500 per REC Total non-solar redeemed were 79354 (as per REC registry)
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Trade Report - April 2014
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Updates
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Solar RECs
Price of solar REC continued to trade at floor (INR 9300 per REC) for a consecutive 11th month Demand fell to less
than 1000 and supply rose by 22
Clearing ratios at both exchanges were close to half percent (05) only As per registry solar RECs redeemed in
April14 was 989
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
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REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
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Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
Green News - National
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Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
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BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
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to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
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Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
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181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
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Bhanu Tejja
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BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
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Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
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Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
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45
Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
ber 2010 and therefore REC availability was limited
ApTel held this view on the grounds that the situation
was beyond the control of discoms
With respect to carry forward issue ApTel did not inter-
fere with the decision of GERC However it took serious
note of mishandling of the issue of RPO compliance by
state commission ApTel noted that the contentions
made by GERC are contradictory On one hand GUVNL
did not make efforts to purchase RECs while on the oth-
er hand GERC held that adequate RECs were not availa-
ble In connection with this ApTel gave guidelines for
future course of action However despite recognising
that the carry forward was improper and Discoms were
at fault the ApTel refrained from imposing penalties
Instead it only gave general guidelines The order
states
ldquocarry forward of the shortfall in RPO to the next year
should be allowed if the distribution licensee despite
making efforts to procure renewable energy and pur-
chase REC could not meet the RPO targetrdquo amp
ldquoAdmittedly some of the distribution licensees did not
make any efforts to purchase RECrdquo
The principal RPO regulations of Gujarat do not have a
mention for off-setting shortfall in non-solar RPO by
way of procuring additional solar power However since
GUVNL had already tied-up excess solar capacity and
buying additional non-solar RECs was adversely going
to affect the consumers GERC came out with such or-
der which was acknowledged by ApTel also
Updates from Andhra Pradesh -
Andhra Pradesh has also recently taken steps for
monitoring the compliance of RPO targets in the
state by its obligated entities As per information
from trusted sources Andhra Pradesh State Power
Table 1 Allocated cost (by select state ERCs) for RPO
compliance in FY 2014-15
DISCOMState
Total amount (in
crore INR) allocated
for RPO compliance
in FY 2014-15
(Source - ARRTariff
Petitions)
Remarks
BRPL -Delhi 119
Non Solar -
INR 907 cr
Solar - INR
283 cr
BYPL - Delhi 716
Non Solar -
INR 562 cr
Solar - INR
154 cr
TDPPL - Delhi 9225
Non Solar -
INR 7471 cr
Solar - INR
1754 cr
JSPL - Chhattis-
garh 1609
Total alloca-
tion for RPO
NBPDCL - Bihar 738 Only for Solar
RPO
SBPDCL - Bihar 137 Only for Solar
RPO
JERC - UTs amp
Goa 5188
Non Solar
RPO - Rs
3006 cr Solar
RPO - 2182 cr
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45
Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Distribution Company Limited (APSDCL) has written let-
ters to obligated entities to submit hard copies of RECs
purchased towards RPO for the financial years 2012-13
amp 2013-14 to SLDC Not only this if any company fails
to furnish the details within 15 days the necessary
amounts towards RECs will be reflected in their next
months bill
Such directives go a long way in ensuring strict compli-
ance
Updates from Uttarakhand -
Uttarakhand the only state to have imposed penalty for
non-compliance also maintained its tough stand on a
review petition filed by MD of UPCL for reconsideration
More on this development can be read in Article 1 of
ldquoRegulatory Updatesrdquo section
UERC through a different order stated that all co-
generation based CPPs will not have RPOs applicable
from the date (28th Dec 2013) an amendment was in-
troduced to principal RPO regulations But RPOs for
FY12 FY13 and FY14 (till 27th Dec 2013) will have to be
met by all CPPs The order is covered in detail in Article
2 of ldquoRegulatory Sectionrdquo
Updates from Delhi | a negative move -
Delhi discoms have requested to DERC to waive RPO
targets of FY13 This request was put forward by dis-
coms in their respective ARR petitions for FY15 The dis-
coms contend that RPO regulations were introduced in
Delhi only in October 2012 and as such there was little
time in that year to meet the targets
While it is left on DERC to decide on this matter any
decision in favour of the request would further dent
the ongoing positive enforcement efforts in other
states
The ARR petitions are available on DERCrsquos website
The year ahead -
There are several regulatory milestones in the year
ahead which may further the cause of RPO enforce-
ment The most interesting will be the ApTelrsquos stand
on GERCs order for RPO exemption for the year 2012
-13 In the most recent order ApTel has allowed the
carry forward but has said that in the future such a
carry forward cannot be allowed without factoring in
availability of RECs However in 2012-13 GERC had
waived off RPO The larger effect of this order was
that in the years 10-11 and 11-12 RPO was rolled-
forward and later waived off
The Aptel is also hearing a petition on overall en-
forcement of RPO In this all the state ERCs are re-
spondents
Further hearings on RPO compliance are on-going in
several states and Union Terretories (for example in
Chattisgarh and at JERC ndash UTs) We may also hear the
Gujarat High Courtrsquos stand on the issue on a petition
with them and also from the Supreme Court on the
order by Rajasthan HC earlier
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45
Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
A few state discoms have already allocated funds for
purchase of RECs in respective tariff petitionsARR for FY
2014-15 We have compiled the data that is available in
public domain on websites of various ERCs (Refer Table
1 on Page 2)
The Forum of Regulators (FOR) in their 40th meeting
held on 2nd April 2014 at New Delhi also discussed the
issue of RPO enforcement in detail A presentation was
made by Mr Alok Shrivastava Joint Secretary MNRE in
which RPO enforcement status of all states was high-
lighted In the meeting MNRE also requested all SERCs
to demonstrate their commitment on RPO enforcement
so as to give assurance to the investors about regulatory
certainty in RE sector
Following are the consensus evolved in the meeting -
NAPCC target should be adopted for determination
of RPO trajectory on a Pan India basis A fresh study
by FOR to suggest state-wise RPO trajectory with
larger objective of attainment of NAPCC target was
emphasized
Grid integration for renewable energy was recog-
nized as a major challenge POSOCO and select
SLDCs will be invited in the next meeting to under-
stand the implications
Need for incentive for RE rich and poor resource
states was also discussed In this regard a request
has been made to MNRE and MoP to initiate suita-
ble action
The minutes of 40th FOR meeting can be read here
Conclusion -
RPO enforcement and penalty imposition by Ut-
tarkhand and steps taken by other states are encour-
aging At the same time ApTelrsquos guidelines on dis-
allowing roll-forward of RPO in the future when RECs
are available in the market are encouraging and will
help in improving the overall enforcement level
However by no means can these order be considered
as the norm going forward By failing to impose pen-
alty despite recognizing that the roll-forward in 11-12
was inappropriate ApTel has come out with a weak
order and perhaps left scope for SERCs to avoid en-
forcement in the future also
- end of article -
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UERC maintains its tough stand for non-compliance
of RPO
Uttarakhand ndash the only state in the nation to have im-
posed penalty for non-compliance of RPO has once again
stood by its tough stand in the order dated ndash 22nd Jan
2014 In the order (refer) -
UERC has considered UPCLrsquos non-compliance as wilful
contravention of the direction of the Commission and has
imposed penalty of INR 20000- on the Managing Direc-
tor of UPCL The Commission has also directed UPCL to
comply its pending RPO by March 2014 failure to which
will attract additional penalty of Rs2000Day thereafter
In continuation to this UPCLrsquos MD had filed a review ap-
plication for reconsideration of commissionrsquos directives
After a motion-hearing UERC has held that review appli-
cation does not qualify as UPCL failed to substantiate any
ground for review or highlight any errors therein
However UERC taking note of this has given UPCL anoth-
er opportunity for paying the amount of INR 20000 with-
in one week ie by 30th April 2014
UPCL in the hearing has clarified that it plans to meet the
RPO of FY12 and FY13 in four monthly instalments The
penalty of INR 2000 per day applicable for non-payment
will continue to be in force post 30th April 2014
The order is available here
UERC order on RPO compliance for co-gen based
CPPs
Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) on
April 10th 2014 released a joint order in case of 9 captive
power producers having co-generation units The peti-
tioners (CPPs with co-gen plants) in reply to show-case
notice issued by commission (UERC) on 12th March 2013
had prayed to relax the RPO regulations since they had
co-gen units and in support referred to ApTelrsquos judge-
ment (2010) in case of Century Rayon vs MERC where it
was pronounced that co-generation unit cannot be fas-
tened with RPOs
UERC had recently (28th Dec 2013) made amendment to
prevalent RPO regulations of 2010 In this amendment
the definition of obligated entity was modified from -
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user and open access consumer in the State which is
mandated to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under
these regulationsrdquo (2010)
to
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user (excluding co-generation based captive power
plants) and open access consumer in the State mandat-
ed to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under these
regulationsrdquo (2013)
UERC is of the view that all CPPs having co-gen units will
necessarily have to comply with RPO targets of FY12
FY13 and FY14 (upto 27th Dec 2013) ie till the time the
amendment was introduced However from 28th Dec
2013 onwards there will be no obligation on CPPs with
co-gen units All such CPP with co-gens are asked to
meet with RPOs by 31st May 2014 and submit compli-
ance report by 10th June 2014
UERC also clarified that all other captive users will con-
tinue to be regarded as ldquoobligated entityrdquo and such CPPs
have to fulfil shortfalls by 30th April 2014 and submit
compliance report by 10th May 2014
The petitionerrsquos prayer to quash such show-cause notice
letters was also dismissed
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The order can be read in detail by clicking here
Our previous blog-post on UERCrsquos landmark order on pe-
nalization on UPCLrsquos MD can be accessed here
Karnataka APPC for FY 2014-15
Karnataka electricity regulatory commission (KERC) has
finalized the average pooled purchase cost (APPC) for FY
2013-14 The finalized APPC of FY14 is Rs 314 per unit
on the basis of audited accounts data furnished by ES-
COMs which is up by 7 paise Our previous blog-post on
APPC of FY14 can be read here
In the interim since ESCOMs will take some time in final-
izing power purchase quantum and cost of FY15 the
commission has set up Rs 314 per unit as an interim
APPC rate to be effective from 1st April 2014 to 30th June
2014 It is expected that by end of June a new and final
APPC rate for FY15 will be declared
Karnataka therefore becomes the first state in current FY
to declare APPC for FY15 The APPC rates in Karnataka
have had an increasing trend which is good specifically
for RE generators wanting to explore REC markets in the
state
A gazetted copy can be accessed here
KERC had also invited comments and suggestions for fi-
nalization of APR Fy13 and ARR of FY15 filed by discoms
and KPTCL The public hearing was scheduled to be con-
ducted during end of April 2014 as per notice
MNRE favours REC markets for Solar Power
Indiarsquos ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is
favouring REC markets for development of solar power
Eminent members of the ministry are of the view that so-
lar REC markets will revive soon as they expect buyers
jumping in This optimism is when physical solar power
comes at a lower cost as compared to buying solar RECs
(floor price ndash Rs 93 per REC) That means obligated en-
tities have less motivation paying for higher solar REC
cost than physically procuring it
Also solar floor and ceiling prices have been fixed upto
FY2017 The steep declining trend in cost of solar power
makes it more difficult for solar REC markets and de-
mands quick revision of these prices
Recently Shri Upendra Tripathy who has assumed charge
as Secretary of MNRE spoke at a gathering that process
is ongoing for a policy review with the FOR (forum of
regulators) and CERC (Central electricity regulatory com-
mission) Mr Tarun Kapoor Joint secretary MNRE has
also asked all states to strictly meet the stipulated tar-
gets It is being anticipated that a new policy for solar
REC markets will be put in place as soon as a new gov-
ernment is formed at the centre
FOR has also called for engagement of consultants to
review the REC mechanism completely
Media article can be read here
Delhi discoms likely to comply with RPO by pur-
chase of RECs
Delhi discoms ndash BRPL BYPL and TPDDL have all filed a
petition to Delhi electricity regulatory commission
(DERC) for approval of annual revenue requirement
(ARR) of FY 2014-15
In terms of renewable energy resource capacity Delhi is
indeed poor as compared to other states Therefore to
comply with RPO targets obligated entities in the state
have lesser options than to buying RECs from the mar-
kets
Following are the cost estimates for purchase of RECs
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submitted by discoms (for FY2014-15)-
BRPL ndash Rs 283 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 907 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
BYPL ndash Rs 154 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 562 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
TPDDL ndash Rs 1754 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 7471 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
The petitions can be downloaded from DERCrsquos website
Captive power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant is co-gen
Jharkhand ERC
In an order dated 24th March 2014 state electricity regu-
lator of Jharkhand (JSERC) is of the view that the captive
power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant (a unit of Steel Authori-
ty of India) can be regarded as a co-generation plant This
means that power consumption from CPP of BSL will
qualify towards fulfilment of RPO set under relevant regu-
lations of JSERC
BSL had prayed JSERC to
1 Declare its CPP of 302 MW as co-generation power
plant
2 Exempt BSL from applicability of RPO and
3 Waive the RPO applicable on consumption of power
from its CPP during FY11 FY12 and FY13
CPP of BSL fulfils the definition of CPP as BSL has 50 eq-
uity in the plant and consumes 100 of power generat-
ed
JSERC also considered APTELrsquos judgement in the case of
MERC vs Century Rayon where in it was declared that fas-
tening of RPO on would defeat the objective of section
86 (1) (e) of the Indian Electricity Act
JSERC has RPO targets defined till FY16 It has a total of
4 RPO (1 solar amp 3 non-solar) for all three years
FY14 FY15 amp FY16
BSL also is a distribution licensee in Jharkhand As per
data furnished in the order total RPO applicable on BSL
for consumption of captive power comes around ndash 648
MW of non-solar and 17 MW of solar RPO
The order can be accessed here
- end of article -
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
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Non Solar RECs
April 2014 was the first month of compliance year FY 2014-15 As expected the volumes in non-solar and solar
REC markets nosedived as compared to last months trading session The REC inventoryrsquos closing balance stood at a
mammoth 66 million RECs The total RECs redeemed in April 14 were 80343 RECs only The RECs issued this
month was again a 7digit number ndash about 11 million RECs Cumulatively Marchrsquo14 and Aprilrsquo14 alone added over
3 million RECs which is 23 of the total RECs issued till date This escalation in supply side and almost no demand
side participation sums the state of current Indian REC market place
Demand dropped by 88 and supply was up by 32 wrt Marchrsquo 14 Price of non-solar RECs remained at floor
price ndash INR 1500 per REC Total non-solar redeemed were 79354 (as per REC registry)
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Trade Report - April 2014
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Regulatory
Updates
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Solar RECs
Price of solar REC continued to trade at floor (INR 9300 per REC) for a consecutive 11th month Demand fell to less
than 1000 and supply rose by 22
Clearing ratios at both exchanges were close to half percent (05) only As per registry solar RECs redeemed in
April14 was 989
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
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Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
Green News - National
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Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
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BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
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REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
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Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
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Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
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45
Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
Distribution Company Limited (APSDCL) has written let-
ters to obligated entities to submit hard copies of RECs
purchased towards RPO for the financial years 2012-13
amp 2013-14 to SLDC Not only this if any company fails
to furnish the details within 15 days the necessary
amounts towards RECs will be reflected in their next
months bill
Such directives go a long way in ensuring strict compli-
ance
Updates from Uttarakhand -
Uttarakhand the only state to have imposed penalty for
non-compliance also maintained its tough stand on a
review petition filed by MD of UPCL for reconsideration
More on this development can be read in Article 1 of
ldquoRegulatory Updatesrdquo section
UERC through a different order stated that all co-
generation based CPPs will not have RPOs applicable
from the date (28th Dec 2013) an amendment was in-
troduced to principal RPO regulations But RPOs for
FY12 FY13 and FY14 (till 27th Dec 2013) will have to be
met by all CPPs The order is covered in detail in Article
2 of ldquoRegulatory Sectionrdquo
Updates from Delhi | a negative move -
Delhi discoms have requested to DERC to waive RPO
targets of FY13 This request was put forward by dis-
coms in their respective ARR petitions for FY15 The dis-
coms contend that RPO regulations were introduced in
Delhi only in October 2012 and as such there was little
time in that year to meet the targets
While it is left on DERC to decide on this matter any
decision in favour of the request would further dent
the ongoing positive enforcement efforts in other
states
The ARR petitions are available on DERCrsquos website
The year ahead -
There are several regulatory milestones in the year
ahead which may further the cause of RPO enforce-
ment The most interesting will be the ApTelrsquos stand
on GERCs order for RPO exemption for the year 2012
-13 In the most recent order ApTel has allowed the
carry forward but has said that in the future such a
carry forward cannot be allowed without factoring in
availability of RECs However in 2012-13 GERC had
waived off RPO The larger effect of this order was
that in the years 10-11 and 11-12 RPO was rolled-
forward and later waived off
The Aptel is also hearing a petition on overall en-
forcement of RPO In this all the state ERCs are re-
spondents
Further hearings on RPO compliance are on-going in
several states and Union Terretories (for example in
Chattisgarh and at JERC ndash UTs) We may also hear the
Gujarat High Courtrsquos stand on the issue on a petition
with them and also from the Supreme Court on the
order by Rajasthan HC earlier
Strong enforcement likely in FY15
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 4
45
Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
A few state discoms have already allocated funds for
purchase of RECs in respective tariff petitionsARR for FY
2014-15 We have compiled the data that is available in
public domain on websites of various ERCs (Refer Table
1 on Page 2)
The Forum of Regulators (FOR) in their 40th meeting
held on 2nd April 2014 at New Delhi also discussed the
issue of RPO enforcement in detail A presentation was
made by Mr Alok Shrivastava Joint Secretary MNRE in
which RPO enforcement status of all states was high-
lighted In the meeting MNRE also requested all SERCs
to demonstrate their commitment on RPO enforcement
so as to give assurance to the investors about regulatory
certainty in RE sector
Following are the consensus evolved in the meeting -
NAPCC target should be adopted for determination
of RPO trajectory on a Pan India basis A fresh study
by FOR to suggest state-wise RPO trajectory with
larger objective of attainment of NAPCC target was
emphasized
Grid integration for renewable energy was recog-
nized as a major challenge POSOCO and select
SLDCs will be invited in the next meeting to under-
stand the implications
Need for incentive for RE rich and poor resource
states was also discussed In this regard a request
has been made to MNRE and MoP to initiate suita-
ble action
The minutes of 40th FOR meeting can be read here
Conclusion -
RPO enforcement and penalty imposition by Ut-
tarkhand and steps taken by other states are encour-
aging At the same time ApTelrsquos guidelines on dis-
allowing roll-forward of RPO in the future when RECs
are available in the market are encouraging and will
help in improving the overall enforcement level
However by no means can these order be considered
as the norm going forward By failing to impose pen-
alty despite recognizing that the roll-forward in 11-12
was inappropriate ApTel has come out with a weak
order and perhaps left scope for SERCs to avoid en-
forcement in the future also
- end of article -
Regulatory Updates
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likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 5
UERC maintains its tough stand for non-compliance
of RPO
Uttarakhand ndash the only state in the nation to have im-
posed penalty for non-compliance of RPO has once again
stood by its tough stand in the order dated ndash 22nd Jan
2014 In the order (refer) -
UERC has considered UPCLrsquos non-compliance as wilful
contravention of the direction of the Commission and has
imposed penalty of INR 20000- on the Managing Direc-
tor of UPCL The Commission has also directed UPCL to
comply its pending RPO by March 2014 failure to which
will attract additional penalty of Rs2000Day thereafter
In continuation to this UPCLrsquos MD had filed a review ap-
plication for reconsideration of commissionrsquos directives
After a motion-hearing UERC has held that review appli-
cation does not qualify as UPCL failed to substantiate any
ground for review or highlight any errors therein
However UERC taking note of this has given UPCL anoth-
er opportunity for paying the amount of INR 20000 with-
in one week ie by 30th April 2014
UPCL in the hearing has clarified that it plans to meet the
RPO of FY12 and FY13 in four monthly instalments The
penalty of INR 2000 per day applicable for non-payment
will continue to be in force post 30th April 2014
The order is available here
UERC order on RPO compliance for co-gen based
CPPs
Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) on
April 10th 2014 released a joint order in case of 9 captive
power producers having co-generation units The peti-
tioners (CPPs with co-gen plants) in reply to show-case
notice issued by commission (UERC) on 12th March 2013
had prayed to relax the RPO regulations since they had
co-gen units and in support referred to ApTelrsquos judge-
ment (2010) in case of Century Rayon vs MERC where it
was pronounced that co-generation unit cannot be fas-
tened with RPOs
UERC had recently (28th Dec 2013) made amendment to
prevalent RPO regulations of 2010 In this amendment
the definition of obligated entity was modified from -
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user and open access consumer in the State which is
mandated to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under
these regulationsrdquo (2010)
to
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user (excluding co-generation based captive power
plants) and open access consumer in the State mandat-
ed to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under these
regulationsrdquo (2013)
UERC is of the view that all CPPs having co-gen units will
necessarily have to comply with RPO targets of FY12
FY13 and FY14 (upto 27th Dec 2013) ie till the time the
amendment was introduced However from 28th Dec
2013 onwards there will be no obligation on CPPs with
co-gen units All such CPP with co-gens are asked to
meet with RPOs by 31st May 2014 and submit compli-
ance report by 10th June 2014
UERC also clarified that all other captive users will con-
tinue to be regarded as ldquoobligated entityrdquo and such CPPs
have to fulfil shortfalls by 30th April 2014 and submit
compliance report by 10th May 2014
The petitionerrsquos prayer to quash such show-cause notice
letters was also dismissed
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Regulatory Updates
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likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 6
The order can be read in detail by clicking here
Our previous blog-post on UERCrsquos landmark order on pe-
nalization on UPCLrsquos MD can be accessed here
Karnataka APPC for FY 2014-15
Karnataka electricity regulatory commission (KERC) has
finalized the average pooled purchase cost (APPC) for FY
2013-14 The finalized APPC of FY14 is Rs 314 per unit
on the basis of audited accounts data furnished by ES-
COMs which is up by 7 paise Our previous blog-post on
APPC of FY14 can be read here
In the interim since ESCOMs will take some time in final-
izing power purchase quantum and cost of FY15 the
commission has set up Rs 314 per unit as an interim
APPC rate to be effective from 1st April 2014 to 30th June
2014 It is expected that by end of June a new and final
APPC rate for FY15 will be declared
Karnataka therefore becomes the first state in current FY
to declare APPC for FY15 The APPC rates in Karnataka
have had an increasing trend which is good specifically
for RE generators wanting to explore REC markets in the
state
A gazetted copy can be accessed here
KERC had also invited comments and suggestions for fi-
nalization of APR Fy13 and ARR of FY15 filed by discoms
and KPTCL The public hearing was scheduled to be con-
ducted during end of April 2014 as per notice
MNRE favours REC markets for Solar Power
Indiarsquos ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is
favouring REC markets for development of solar power
Eminent members of the ministry are of the view that so-
lar REC markets will revive soon as they expect buyers
jumping in This optimism is when physical solar power
comes at a lower cost as compared to buying solar RECs
(floor price ndash Rs 93 per REC) That means obligated en-
tities have less motivation paying for higher solar REC
cost than physically procuring it
Also solar floor and ceiling prices have been fixed upto
FY2017 The steep declining trend in cost of solar power
makes it more difficult for solar REC markets and de-
mands quick revision of these prices
Recently Shri Upendra Tripathy who has assumed charge
as Secretary of MNRE spoke at a gathering that process
is ongoing for a policy review with the FOR (forum of
regulators) and CERC (Central electricity regulatory com-
mission) Mr Tarun Kapoor Joint secretary MNRE has
also asked all states to strictly meet the stipulated tar-
gets It is being anticipated that a new policy for solar
REC markets will be put in place as soon as a new gov-
ernment is formed at the centre
FOR has also called for engagement of consultants to
review the REC mechanism completely
Media article can be read here
Delhi discoms likely to comply with RPO by pur-
chase of RECs
Delhi discoms ndash BRPL BYPL and TPDDL have all filed a
petition to Delhi electricity regulatory commission
(DERC) for approval of annual revenue requirement
(ARR) of FY 2014-15
In terms of renewable energy resource capacity Delhi is
indeed poor as compared to other states Therefore to
comply with RPO targets obligated entities in the state
have lesser options than to buying RECs from the mar-
kets
Following are the cost estimates for purchase of RECs
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Regulatory Updates
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 7
submitted by discoms (for FY2014-15)-
BRPL ndash Rs 283 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 907 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
BYPL ndash Rs 154 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 562 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
TPDDL ndash Rs 1754 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 7471 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
The petitions can be downloaded from DERCrsquos website
Captive power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant is co-gen
Jharkhand ERC
In an order dated 24th March 2014 state electricity regu-
lator of Jharkhand (JSERC) is of the view that the captive
power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant (a unit of Steel Authori-
ty of India) can be regarded as a co-generation plant This
means that power consumption from CPP of BSL will
qualify towards fulfilment of RPO set under relevant regu-
lations of JSERC
BSL had prayed JSERC to
1 Declare its CPP of 302 MW as co-generation power
plant
2 Exempt BSL from applicability of RPO and
3 Waive the RPO applicable on consumption of power
from its CPP during FY11 FY12 and FY13
CPP of BSL fulfils the definition of CPP as BSL has 50 eq-
uity in the plant and consumes 100 of power generat-
ed
JSERC also considered APTELrsquos judgement in the case of
MERC vs Century Rayon where in it was declared that fas-
tening of RPO on would defeat the objective of section
86 (1) (e) of the Indian Electricity Act
JSERC has RPO targets defined till FY16 It has a total of
4 RPO (1 solar amp 3 non-solar) for all three years
FY14 FY15 amp FY16
BSL also is a distribution licensee in Jharkhand As per
data furnished in the order total RPO applicable on BSL
for consumption of captive power comes around ndash 648
MW of non-solar and 17 MW of solar RPO
The order can be accessed here
- end of article -
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
REC Trade Report - April 2014
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likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 8
Non Solar RECs
April 2014 was the first month of compliance year FY 2014-15 As expected the volumes in non-solar and solar
REC markets nosedived as compared to last months trading session The REC inventoryrsquos closing balance stood at a
mammoth 66 million RECs The total RECs redeemed in April 14 were 80343 RECs only The RECs issued this
month was again a 7digit number ndash about 11 million RECs Cumulatively Marchrsquo14 and Aprilrsquo14 alone added over
3 million RECs which is 23 of the total RECs issued till date This escalation in supply side and almost no demand
side participation sums the state of current Indian REC market place
Demand dropped by 88 and supply was up by 32 wrt Marchrsquo 14 Price of non-solar RECs remained at floor
price ndash INR 1500 per REC Total non-solar redeemed were 79354 (as per REC registry)
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Trade Report - April 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report
Regulatory
Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 9
Solar RECs
Price of solar REC continued to trade at floor (INR 9300 per REC) for a consecutive 11th month Demand fell to less
than 1000 and supply rose by 22
Clearing ratios at both exchanges were close to half percent (05) only As per registry solar RECs redeemed in
April14 was 989
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
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wwwreconnectenergycom Page 10
Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
Green News - National
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 11
Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
Read More
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Indiarsquos RPO Map
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BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
About REConnect
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likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 13
REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
Contact Details
Bangalore
Vishal Pandya
VishalPandyareconnectenergycom
4123 6th Cross 19th Main
HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar
Bangalore 560008
O 080 - 6547 3383 84
F 080 - 30723571
New Delhi
Vibhav Nuwal
VibhavNuwalreconnectenergycom
216 Nirvana courtyard Nirvana
Country Sector 50
Gurgaon 122018
O 0124 - 4103216
F 080 - 30723571
Chennai
Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
RajeshVaidyulareconnectenergycom
181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
Strong enforcement likely in FY15
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 4
45
Market Share
in REC Trading
PAN
India
Presence
21 GW
Projects under
management
Managing REC
Projects in
16
States
A few state discoms have already allocated funds for
purchase of RECs in respective tariff petitionsARR for FY
2014-15 We have compiled the data that is available in
public domain on websites of various ERCs (Refer Table
1 on Page 2)
The Forum of Regulators (FOR) in their 40th meeting
held on 2nd April 2014 at New Delhi also discussed the
issue of RPO enforcement in detail A presentation was
made by Mr Alok Shrivastava Joint Secretary MNRE in
which RPO enforcement status of all states was high-
lighted In the meeting MNRE also requested all SERCs
to demonstrate their commitment on RPO enforcement
so as to give assurance to the investors about regulatory
certainty in RE sector
Following are the consensus evolved in the meeting -
NAPCC target should be adopted for determination
of RPO trajectory on a Pan India basis A fresh study
by FOR to suggest state-wise RPO trajectory with
larger objective of attainment of NAPCC target was
emphasized
Grid integration for renewable energy was recog-
nized as a major challenge POSOCO and select
SLDCs will be invited in the next meeting to under-
stand the implications
Need for incentive for RE rich and poor resource
states was also discussed In this regard a request
has been made to MNRE and MoP to initiate suita-
ble action
The minutes of 40th FOR meeting can be read here
Conclusion -
RPO enforcement and penalty imposition by Ut-
tarkhand and steps taken by other states are encour-
aging At the same time ApTelrsquos guidelines on dis-
allowing roll-forward of RPO in the future when RECs
are available in the market are encouraging and will
help in improving the overall enforcement level
However by no means can these order be considered
as the norm going forward By failing to impose pen-
alty despite recognizing that the roll-forward in 11-12
was inappropriate ApTel has come out with a weak
order and perhaps left scope for SERCs to avoid en-
forcement in the future also
- end of article -
Regulatory Updates
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 5
UERC maintains its tough stand for non-compliance
of RPO
Uttarakhand ndash the only state in the nation to have im-
posed penalty for non-compliance of RPO has once again
stood by its tough stand in the order dated ndash 22nd Jan
2014 In the order (refer) -
UERC has considered UPCLrsquos non-compliance as wilful
contravention of the direction of the Commission and has
imposed penalty of INR 20000- on the Managing Direc-
tor of UPCL The Commission has also directed UPCL to
comply its pending RPO by March 2014 failure to which
will attract additional penalty of Rs2000Day thereafter
In continuation to this UPCLrsquos MD had filed a review ap-
plication for reconsideration of commissionrsquos directives
After a motion-hearing UERC has held that review appli-
cation does not qualify as UPCL failed to substantiate any
ground for review or highlight any errors therein
However UERC taking note of this has given UPCL anoth-
er opportunity for paying the amount of INR 20000 with-
in one week ie by 30th April 2014
UPCL in the hearing has clarified that it plans to meet the
RPO of FY12 and FY13 in four monthly instalments The
penalty of INR 2000 per day applicable for non-payment
will continue to be in force post 30th April 2014
The order is available here
UERC order on RPO compliance for co-gen based
CPPs
Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) on
April 10th 2014 released a joint order in case of 9 captive
power producers having co-generation units The peti-
tioners (CPPs with co-gen plants) in reply to show-case
notice issued by commission (UERC) on 12th March 2013
had prayed to relax the RPO regulations since they had
co-gen units and in support referred to ApTelrsquos judge-
ment (2010) in case of Century Rayon vs MERC where it
was pronounced that co-generation unit cannot be fas-
tened with RPOs
UERC had recently (28th Dec 2013) made amendment to
prevalent RPO regulations of 2010 In this amendment
the definition of obligated entity was modified from -
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user and open access consumer in the State which is
mandated to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under
these regulationsrdquo (2010)
to
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user (excluding co-generation based captive power
plants) and open access consumer in the State mandat-
ed to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under these
regulationsrdquo (2013)
UERC is of the view that all CPPs having co-gen units will
necessarily have to comply with RPO targets of FY12
FY13 and FY14 (upto 27th Dec 2013) ie till the time the
amendment was introduced However from 28th Dec
2013 onwards there will be no obligation on CPPs with
co-gen units All such CPP with co-gens are asked to
meet with RPOs by 31st May 2014 and submit compli-
ance report by 10th June 2014
UERC also clarified that all other captive users will con-
tinue to be regarded as ldquoobligated entityrdquo and such CPPs
have to fulfil shortfalls by 30th April 2014 and submit
compliance report by 10th May 2014
The petitionerrsquos prayer to quash such show-cause notice
letters was also dismissed
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Regulatory Updates
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 6
The order can be read in detail by clicking here
Our previous blog-post on UERCrsquos landmark order on pe-
nalization on UPCLrsquos MD can be accessed here
Karnataka APPC for FY 2014-15
Karnataka electricity regulatory commission (KERC) has
finalized the average pooled purchase cost (APPC) for FY
2013-14 The finalized APPC of FY14 is Rs 314 per unit
on the basis of audited accounts data furnished by ES-
COMs which is up by 7 paise Our previous blog-post on
APPC of FY14 can be read here
In the interim since ESCOMs will take some time in final-
izing power purchase quantum and cost of FY15 the
commission has set up Rs 314 per unit as an interim
APPC rate to be effective from 1st April 2014 to 30th June
2014 It is expected that by end of June a new and final
APPC rate for FY15 will be declared
Karnataka therefore becomes the first state in current FY
to declare APPC for FY15 The APPC rates in Karnataka
have had an increasing trend which is good specifically
for RE generators wanting to explore REC markets in the
state
A gazetted copy can be accessed here
KERC had also invited comments and suggestions for fi-
nalization of APR Fy13 and ARR of FY15 filed by discoms
and KPTCL The public hearing was scheduled to be con-
ducted during end of April 2014 as per notice
MNRE favours REC markets for Solar Power
Indiarsquos ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is
favouring REC markets for development of solar power
Eminent members of the ministry are of the view that so-
lar REC markets will revive soon as they expect buyers
jumping in This optimism is when physical solar power
comes at a lower cost as compared to buying solar RECs
(floor price ndash Rs 93 per REC) That means obligated en-
tities have less motivation paying for higher solar REC
cost than physically procuring it
Also solar floor and ceiling prices have been fixed upto
FY2017 The steep declining trend in cost of solar power
makes it more difficult for solar REC markets and de-
mands quick revision of these prices
Recently Shri Upendra Tripathy who has assumed charge
as Secretary of MNRE spoke at a gathering that process
is ongoing for a policy review with the FOR (forum of
regulators) and CERC (Central electricity regulatory com-
mission) Mr Tarun Kapoor Joint secretary MNRE has
also asked all states to strictly meet the stipulated tar-
gets It is being anticipated that a new policy for solar
REC markets will be put in place as soon as a new gov-
ernment is formed at the centre
FOR has also called for engagement of consultants to
review the REC mechanism completely
Media article can be read here
Delhi discoms likely to comply with RPO by pur-
chase of RECs
Delhi discoms ndash BRPL BYPL and TPDDL have all filed a
petition to Delhi electricity regulatory commission
(DERC) for approval of annual revenue requirement
(ARR) of FY 2014-15
In terms of renewable energy resource capacity Delhi is
indeed poor as compared to other states Therefore to
comply with RPO targets obligated entities in the state
have lesser options than to buying RECs from the mar-
kets
Following are the cost estimates for purchase of RECs
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Regulatory Updates
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 7
submitted by discoms (for FY2014-15)-
BRPL ndash Rs 283 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 907 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
BYPL ndash Rs 154 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 562 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
TPDDL ndash Rs 1754 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 7471 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
The petitions can be downloaded from DERCrsquos website
Captive power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant is co-gen
Jharkhand ERC
In an order dated 24th March 2014 state electricity regu-
lator of Jharkhand (JSERC) is of the view that the captive
power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant (a unit of Steel Authori-
ty of India) can be regarded as a co-generation plant This
means that power consumption from CPP of BSL will
qualify towards fulfilment of RPO set under relevant regu-
lations of JSERC
BSL had prayed JSERC to
1 Declare its CPP of 302 MW as co-generation power
plant
2 Exempt BSL from applicability of RPO and
3 Waive the RPO applicable on consumption of power
from its CPP during FY11 FY12 and FY13
CPP of BSL fulfils the definition of CPP as BSL has 50 eq-
uity in the plant and consumes 100 of power generat-
ed
JSERC also considered APTELrsquos judgement in the case of
MERC vs Century Rayon where in it was declared that fas-
tening of RPO on would defeat the objective of section
86 (1) (e) of the Indian Electricity Act
JSERC has RPO targets defined till FY16 It has a total of
4 RPO (1 solar amp 3 non-solar) for all three years
FY14 FY15 amp FY16
BSL also is a distribution licensee in Jharkhand As per
data furnished in the order total RPO applicable on BSL
for consumption of captive power comes around ndash 648
MW of non-solar and 17 MW of solar RPO
The order can be accessed here
- end of article -
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
REC Trade Report - April 2014
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likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
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Non Solar RECs
April 2014 was the first month of compliance year FY 2014-15 As expected the volumes in non-solar and solar
REC markets nosedived as compared to last months trading session The REC inventoryrsquos closing balance stood at a
mammoth 66 million RECs The total RECs redeemed in April 14 were 80343 RECs only The RECs issued this
month was again a 7digit number ndash about 11 million RECs Cumulatively Marchrsquo14 and Aprilrsquo14 alone added over
3 million RECs which is 23 of the total RECs issued till date This escalation in supply side and almost no demand
side participation sums the state of current Indian REC market place
Demand dropped by 88 and supply was up by 32 wrt Marchrsquo 14 Price of non-solar RECs remained at floor
price ndash INR 1500 per REC Total non-solar redeemed were 79354 (as per REC registry)
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Trade Report - April 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report
Regulatory
Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 9
Solar RECs
Price of solar REC continued to trade at floor (INR 9300 per REC) for a consecutive 11th month Demand fell to less
than 1000 and supply rose by 22
Clearing ratios at both exchanges were close to half percent (05) only As per registry solar RECs redeemed in
April14 was 989
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 10
Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
Green News - National
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 11
Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Indiarsquos RPO Map
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likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 12
BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
About REConnect
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 13
REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
Contact Details
Bangalore
Vishal Pandya
VishalPandyareconnectenergycom
4123 6th Cross 19th Main
HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar
Bangalore 560008
O 080 - 6547 3383 84
F 080 - 30723571
New Delhi
Vibhav Nuwal
VibhavNuwalreconnectenergycom
216 Nirvana courtyard Nirvana
Country Sector 50
Gurgaon 122018
O 0124 - 4103216
F 080 - 30723571
Chennai
Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
RajeshVaidyulareconnectenergycom
181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
Regulatory Updates
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likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 5
UERC maintains its tough stand for non-compliance
of RPO
Uttarakhand ndash the only state in the nation to have im-
posed penalty for non-compliance of RPO has once again
stood by its tough stand in the order dated ndash 22nd Jan
2014 In the order (refer) -
UERC has considered UPCLrsquos non-compliance as wilful
contravention of the direction of the Commission and has
imposed penalty of INR 20000- on the Managing Direc-
tor of UPCL The Commission has also directed UPCL to
comply its pending RPO by March 2014 failure to which
will attract additional penalty of Rs2000Day thereafter
In continuation to this UPCLrsquos MD had filed a review ap-
plication for reconsideration of commissionrsquos directives
After a motion-hearing UERC has held that review appli-
cation does not qualify as UPCL failed to substantiate any
ground for review or highlight any errors therein
However UERC taking note of this has given UPCL anoth-
er opportunity for paying the amount of INR 20000 with-
in one week ie by 30th April 2014
UPCL in the hearing has clarified that it plans to meet the
RPO of FY12 and FY13 in four monthly instalments The
penalty of INR 2000 per day applicable for non-payment
will continue to be in force post 30th April 2014
The order is available here
UERC order on RPO compliance for co-gen based
CPPs
Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) on
April 10th 2014 released a joint order in case of 9 captive
power producers having co-generation units The peti-
tioners (CPPs with co-gen plants) in reply to show-case
notice issued by commission (UERC) on 12th March 2013
had prayed to relax the RPO regulations since they had
co-gen units and in support referred to ApTelrsquos judge-
ment (2010) in case of Century Rayon vs MERC where it
was pronounced that co-generation unit cannot be fas-
tened with RPOs
UERC had recently (28th Dec 2013) made amendment to
prevalent RPO regulations of 2010 In this amendment
the definition of obligated entity was modified from -
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user and open access consumer in the State which is
mandated to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under
these regulationsrdquo (2010)
to
ldquoldquoObligated Entityrdquo means the distribution licensee cap-
tive user (excluding co-generation based captive power
plants) and open access consumer in the State mandat-
ed to fulfil renewable purchase obligation under these
regulationsrdquo (2013)
UERC is of the view that all CPPs having co-gen units will
necessarily have to comply with RPO targets of FY12
FY13 and FY14 (upto 27th Dec 2013) ie till the time the
amendment was introduced However from 28th Dec
2013 onwards there will be no obligation on CPPs with
co-gen units All such CPP with co-gens are asked to
meet with RPOs by 31st May 2014 and submit compli-
ance report by 10th June 2014
UERC also clarified that all other captive users will con-
tinue to be regarded as ldquoobligated entityrdquo and such CPPs
have to fulfil shortfalls by 30th April 2014 and submit
compliance report by 10th May 2014
The petitionerrsquos prayer to quash such show-cause notice
letters was also dismissed
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
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likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
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The order can be read in detail by clicking here
Our previous blog-post on UERCrsquos landmark order on pe-
nalization on UPCLrsquos MD can be accessed here
Karnataka APPC for FY 2014-15
Karnataka electricity regulatory commission (KERC) has
finalized the average pooled purchase cost (APPC) for FY
2013-14 The finalized APPC of FY14 is Rs 314 per unit
on the basis of audited accounts data furnished by ES-
COMs which is up by 7 paise Our previous blog-post on
APPC of FY14 can be read here
In the interim since ESCOMs will take some time in final-
izing power purchase quantum and cost of FY15 the
commission has set up Rs 314 per unit as an interim
APPC rate to be effective from 1st April 2014 to 30th June
2014 It is expected that by end of June a new and final
APPC rate for FY15 will be declared
Karnataka therefore becomes the first state in current FY
to declare APPC for FY15 The APPC rates in Karnataka
have had an increasing trend which is good specifically
for RE generators wanting to explore REC markets in the
state
A gazetted copy can be accessed here
KERC had also invited comments and suggestions for fi-
nalization of APR Fy13 and ARR of FY15 filed by discoms
and KPTCL The public hearing was scheduled to be con-
ducted during end of April 2014 as per notice
MNRE favours REC markets for Solar Power
Indiarsquos ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is
favouring REC markets for development of solar power
Eminent members of the ministry are of the view that so-
lar REC markets will revive soon as they expect buyers
jumping in This optimism is when physical solar power
comes at a lower cost as compared to buying solar RECs
(floor price ndash Rs 93 per REC) That means obligated en-
tities have less motivation paying for higher solar REC
cost than physically procuring it
Also solar floor and ceiling prices have been fixed upto
FY2017 The steep declining trend in cost of solar power
makes it more difficult for solar REC markets and de-
mands quick revision of these prices
Recently Shri Upendra Tripathy who has assumed charge
as Secretary of MNRE spoke at a gathering that process
is ongoing for a policy review with the FOR (forum of
regulators) and CERC (Central electricity regulatory com-
mission) Mr Tarun Kapoor Joint secretary MNRE has
also asked all states to strictly meet the stipulated tar-
gets It is being anticipated that a new policy for solar
REC markets will be put in place as soon as a new gov-
ernment is formed at the centre
FOR has also called for engagement of consultants to
review the REC mechanism completely
Media article can be read here
Delhi discoms likely to comply with RPO by pur-
chase of RECs
Delhi discoms ndash BRPL BYPL and TPDDL have all filed a
petition to Delhi electricity regulatory commission
(DERC) for approval of annual revenue requirement
(ARR) of FY 2014-15
In terms of renewable energy resource capacity Delhi is
indeed poor as compared to other states Therefore to
comply with RPO targets obligated entities in the state
have lesser options than to buying RECs from the mar-
kets
Following are the cost estimates for purchase of RECs
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
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submitted by discoms (for FY2014-15)-
BRPL ndash Rs 283 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 907 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
BYPL ndash Rs 154 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 562 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
TPDDL ndash Rs 1754 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 7471 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
The petitions can be downloaded from DERCrsquos website
Captive power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant is co-gen
Jharkhand ERC
In an order dated 24th March 2014 state electricity regu-
lator of Jharkhand (JSERC) is of the view that the captive
power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant (a unit of Steel Authori-
ty of India) can be regarded as a co-generation plant This
means that power consumption from CPP of BSL will
qualify towards fulfilment of RPO set under relevant regu-
lations of JSERC
BSL had prayed JSERC to
1 Declare its CPP of 302 MW as co-generation power
plant
2 Exempt BSL from applicability of RPO and
3 Waive the RPO applicable on consumption of power
from its CPP during FY11 FY12 and FY13
CPP of BSL fulfils the definition of CPP as BSL has 50 eq-
uity in the plant and consumes 100 of power generat-
ed
JSERC also considered APTELrsquos judgement in the case of
MERC vs Century Rayon where in it was declared that fas-
tening of RPO on would defeat the objective of section
86 (1) (e) of the Indian Electricity Act
JSERC has RPO targets defined till FY16 It has a total of
4 RPO (1 solar amp 3 non-solar) for all three years
FY14 FY15 amp FY16
BSL also is a distribution licensee in Jharkhand As per
data furnished in the order total RPO applicable on BSL
for consumption of captive power comes around ndash 648
MW of non-solar and 17 MW of solar RPO
The order can be accessed here
- end of article -
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
REC Trade Report - April 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 8
Non Solar RECs
April 2014 was the first month of compliance year FY 2014-15 As expected the volumes in non-solar and solar
REC markets nosedived as compared to last months trading session The REC inventoryrsquos closing balance stood at a
mammoth 66 million RECs The total RECs redeemed in April 14 were 80343 RECs only The RECs issued this
month was again a 7digit number ndash about 11 million RECs Cumulatively Marchrsquo14 and Aprilrsquo14 alone added over
3 million RECs which is 23 of the total RECs issued till date This escalation in supply side and almost no demand
side participation sums the state of current Indian REC market place
Demand dropped by 88 and supply was up by 32 wrt Marchrsquo 14 Price of non-solar RECs remained at floor
price ndash INR 1500 per REC Total non-solar redeemed were 79354 (as per REC registry)
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Trade Report - April 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report
Regulatory
Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 9
Solar RECs
Price of solar REC continued to trade at floor (INR 9300 per REC) for a consecutive 11th month Demand fell to less
than 1000 and supply rose by 22
Clearing ratios at both exchanges were close to half percent (05) only As per registry solar RECs redeemed in
April14 was 989
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 10
Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
Green News - National
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 11
Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Indiarsquos RPO Map
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 12
BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
About REConnect
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 13
REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
Contact Details
Bangalore
Vishal Pandya
VishalPandyareconnectenergycom
4123 6th Cross 19th Main
HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar
Bangalore 560008
O 080 - 6547 3383 84
F 080 - 30723571
New Delhi
Vibhav Nuwal
VibhavNuwalreconnectenergycom
216 Nirvana courtyard Nirvana
Country Sector 50
Gurgaon 122018
O 0124 - 4103216
F 080 - 30723571
Chennai
Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
RajeshVaidyulareconnectenergycom
181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
Regulatory Updates
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 6
The order can be read in detail by clicking here
Our previous blog-post on UERCrsquos landmark order on pe-
nalization on UPCLrsquos MD can be accessed here
Karnataka APPC for FY 2014-15
Karnataka electricity regulatory commission (KERC) has
finalized the average pooled purchase cost (APPC) for FY
2013-14 The finalized APPC of FY14 is Rs 314 per unit
on the basis of audited accounts data furnished by ES-
COMs which is up by 7 paise Our previous blog-post on
APPC of FY14 can be read here
In the interim since ESCOMs will take some time in final-
izing power purchase quantum and cost of FY15 the
commission has set up Rs 314 per unit as an interim
APPC rate to be effective from 1st April 2014 to 30th June
2014 It is expected that by end of June a new and final
APPC rate for FY15 will be declared
Karnataka therefore becomes the first state in current FY
to declare APPC for FY15 The APPC rates in Karnataka
have had an increasing trend which is good specifically
for RE generators wanting to explore REC markets in the
state
A gazetted copy can be accessed here
KERC had also invited comments and suggestions for fi-
nalization of APR Fy13 and ARR of FY15 filed by discoms
and KPTCL The public hearing was scheduled to be con-
ducted during end of April 2014 as per notice
MNRE favours REC markets for Solar Power
Indiarsquos ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is
favouring REC markets for development of solar power
Eminent members of the ministry are of the view that so-
lar REC markets will revive soon as they expect buyers
jumping in This optimism is when physical solar power
comes at a lower cost as compared to buying solar RECs
(floor price ndash Rs 93 per REC) That means obligated en-
tities have less motivation paying for higher solar REC
cost than physically procuring it
Also solar floor and ceiling prices have been fixed upto
FY2017 The steep declining trend in cost of solar power
makes it more difficult for solar REC markets and de-
mands quick revision of these prices
Recently Shri Upendra Tripathy who has assumed charge
as Secretary of MNRE spoke at a gathering that process
is ongoing for a policy review with the FOR (forum of
regulators) and CERC (Central electricity regulatory com-
mission) Mr Tarun Kapoor Joint secretary MNRE has
also asked all states to strictly meet the stipulated tar-
gets It is being anticipated that a new policy for solar
REC markets will be put in place as soon as a new gov-
ernment is formed at the centre
FOR has also called for engagement of consultants to
review the REC mechanism completely
Media article can be read here
Delhi discoms likely to comply with RPO by pur-
chase of RECs
Delhi discoms ndash BRPL BYPL and TPDDL have all filed a
petition to Delhi electricity regulatory commission
(DERC) for approval of annual revenue requirement
(ARR) of FY 2014-15
In terms of renewable energy resource capacity Delhi is
indeed poor as compared to other states Therefore to
comply with RPO targets obligated entities in the state
have lesser options than to buying RECs from the mar-
kets
Following are the cost estimates for purchase of RECs
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Regulatory Updates
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 7
submitted by discoms (for FY2014-15)-
BRPL ndash Rs 283 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 907 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
BYPL ndash Rs 154 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 562 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
TPDDL ndash Rs 1754 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 7471 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
The petitions can be downloaded from DERCrsquos website
Captive power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant is co-gen
Jharkhand ERC
In an order dated 24th March 2014 state electricity regu-
lator of Jharkhand (JSERC) is of the view that the captive
power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant (a unit of Steel Authori-
ty of India) can be regarded as a co-generation plant This
means that power consumption from CPP of BSL will
qualify towards fulfilment of RPO set under relevant regu-
lations of JSERC
BSL had prayed JSERC to
1 Declare its CPP of 302 MW as co-generation power
plant
2 Exempt BSL from applicability of RPO and
3 Waive the RPO applicable on consumption of power
from its CPP during FY11 FY12 and FY13
CPP of BSL fulfils the definition of CPP as BSL has 50 eq-
uity in the plant and consumes 100 of power generat-
ed
JSERC also considered APTELrsquos judgement in the case of
MERC vs Century Rayon where in it was declared that fas-
tening of RPO on would defeat the objective of section
86 (1) (e) of the Indian Electricity Act
JSERC has RPO targets defined till FY16 It has a total of
4 RPO (1 solar amp 3 non-solar) for all three years
FY14 FY15 amp FY16
BSL also is a distribution licensee in Jharkhand As per
data furnished in the order total RPO applicable on BSL
for consumption of captive power comes around ndash 648
MW of non-solar and 17 MW of solar RPO
The order can be accessed here
- end of article -
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
REC Trade Report - April 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 8
Non Solar RECs
April 2014 was the first month of compliance year FY 2014-15 As expected the volumes in non-solar and solar
REC markets nosedived as compared to last months trading session The REC inventoryrsquos closing balance stood at a
mammoth 66 million RECs The total RECs redeemed in April 14 were 80343 RECs only The RECs issued this
month was again a 7digit number ndash about 11 million RECs Cumulatively Marchrsquo14 and Aprilrsquo14 alone added over
3 million RECs which is 23 of the total RECs issued till date This escalation in supply side and almost no demand
side participation sums the state of current Indian REC market place
Demand dropped by 88 and supply was up by 32 wrt Marchrsquo 14 Price of non-solar RECs remained at floor
price ndash INR 1500 per REC Total non-solar redeemed were 79354 (as per REC registry)
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Trade Report - April 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report
Regulatory
Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 9
Solar RECs
Price of solar REC continued to trade at floor (INR 9300 per REC) for a consecutive 11th month Demand fell to less
than 1000 and supply rose by 22
Clearing ratios at both exchanges were close to half percent (05) only As per registry solar RECs redeemed in
April14 was 989
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 10
Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
Green News - National
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 11
Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Indiarsquos RPO Map
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 12
BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
About REConnect
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 13
REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
Contact Details
Bangalore
Vishal Pandya
VishalPandyareconnectenergycom
4123 6th Cross 19th Main
HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar
Bangalore 560008
O 080 - 6547 3383 84
F 080 - 30723571
New Delhi
Vibhav Nuwal
VibhavNuwalreconnectenergycom
216 Nirvana courtyard Nirvana
Country Sector 50
Gurgaon 122018
O 0124 - 4103216
F 080 - 30723571
Chennai
Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
RajeshVaidyulareconnectenergycom
181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
Regulatory Updates
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 7
submitted by discoms (for FY2014-15)-
BRPL ndash Rs 283 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 907 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
BYPL ndash Rs 154 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 562 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
TPDDL ndash Rs 1754 cr (Solar RPO) amp Rs 7471 cr (Non-Solar
RPO)
The petitions can be downloaded from DERCrsquos website
Captive power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant is co-gen
Jharkhand ERC
In an order dated 24th March 2014 state electricity regu-
lator of Jharkhand (JSERC) is of the view that the captive
power plant of Bokaro Steel Plant (a unit of Steel Authori-
ty of India) can be regarded as a co-generation plant This
means that power consumption from CPP of BSL will
qualify towards fulfilment of RPO set under relevant regu-
lations of JSERC
BSL had prayed JSERC to
1 Declare its CPP of 302 MW as co-generation power
plant
2 Exempt BSL from applicability of RPO and
3 Waive the RPO applicable on consumption of power
from its CPP during FY11 FY12 and FY13
CPP of BSL fulfils the definition of CPP as BSL has 50 eq-
uity in the plant and consumes 100 of power generat-
ed
JSERC also considered APTELrsquos judgement in the case of
MERC vs Century Rayon where in it was declared that fas-
tening of RPO on would defeat the objective of section
86 (1) (e) of the Indian Electricity Act
JSERC has RPO targets defined till FY16 It has a total of
4 RPO (1 solar amp 3 non-solar) for all three years
FY14 FY15 amp FY16
BSL also is a distribution licensee in Jharkhand As per
data furnished in the order total RPO applicable on BSL
for consumption of captive power comes around ndash 648
MW of non-solar and 17 MW of solar RPO
The order can be accessed here
- end of article -
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
REC Trade Report - April 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 8
Non Solar RECs
April 2014 was the first month of compliance year FY 2014-15 As expected the volumes in non-solar and solar
REC markets nosedived as compared to last months trading session The REC inventoryrsquos closing balance stood at a
mammoth 66 million RECs The total RECs redeemed in April 14 were 80343 RECs only The RECs issued this
month was again a 7digit number ndash about 11 million RECs Cumulatively Marchrsquo14 and Aprilrsquo14 alone added over
3 million RECs which is 23 of the total RECs issued till date This escalation in supply side and almost no demand
side participation sums the state of current Indian REC market place
Demand dropped by 88 and supply was up by 32 wrt Marchrsquo 14 Price of non-solar RECs remained at floor
price ndash INR 1500 per REC Total non-solar redeemed were 79354 (as per REC registry)
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Trade Report - April 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report
Regulatory
Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 9
Solar RECs
Price of solar REC continued to trade at floor (INR 9300 per REC) for a consecutive 11th month Demand fell to less
than 1000 and supply rose by 22
Clearing ratios at both exchanges were close to half percent (05) only As per registry solar RECs redeemed in
April14 was 989
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 10
Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
Green News - National
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 11
Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Indiarsquos RPO Map
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 12
BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
About REConnect
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 13
REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
Contact Details
Bangalore
Vishal Pandya
VishalPandyareconnectenergycom
4123 6th Cross 19th Main
HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar
Bangalore 560008
O 080 - 6547 3383 84
F 080 - 30723571
New Delhi
Vibhav Nuwal
VibhavNuwalreconnectenergycom
216 Nirvana courtyard Nirvana
Country Sector 50
Gurgaon 122018
O 0124 - 4103216
F 080 - 30723571
Chennai
Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
RajeshVaidyulareconnectenergycom
181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
REC Trade Report - April 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 8
Non Solar RECs
April 2014 was the first month of compliance year FY 2014-15 As expected the volumes in non-solar and solar
REC markets nosedived as compared to last months trading session The REC inventoryrsquos closing balance stood at a
mammoth 66 million RECs The total RECs redeemed in April 14 were 80343 RECs only The RECs issued this
month was again a 7digit number ndash about 11 million RECs Cumulatively Marchrsquo14 and Aprilrsquo14 alone added over
3 million RECs which is 23 of the total RECs issued till date This escalation in supply side and almost no demand
side participation sums the state of current Indian REC market place
Demand dropped by 88 and supply was up by 32 wrt Marchrsquo 14 Price of non-solar RECs remained at floor
price ndash INR 1500 per REC Total non-solar redeemed were 79354 (as per REC registry)
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Trade Report - April 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report
Regulatory
Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 9
Solar RECs
Price of solar REC continued to trade at floor (INR 9300 per REC) for a consecutive 11th month Demand fell to less
than 1000 and supply rose by 22
Clearing ratios at both exchanges were close to half percent (05) only As per registry solar RECs redeemed in
April14 was 989
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 10
Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
Green News - National
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 11
Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Indiarsquos RPO Map
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 12
BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
About REConnect
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 13
REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
Contact Details
Bangalore
Vishal Pandya
VishalPandyareconnectenergycom
4123 6th Cross 19th Main
HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar
Bangalore 560008
O 080 - 6547 3383 84
F 080 - 30723571
New Delhi
Vibhav Nuwal
VibhavNuwalreconnectenergycom
216 Nirvana courtyard Nirvana
Country Sector 50
Gurgaon 122018
O 0124 - 4103216
F 080 - 30723571
Chennai
Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
RajeshVaidyulareconnectenergycom
181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
REC Trade Report - April 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report
Regulatory
Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 9
Solar RECs
Price of solar REC continued to trade at floor (INR 9300 per REC) for a consecutive 11th month Demand fell to less
than 1000 and supply rose by 22
Clearing ratios at both exchanges were close to half percent (05) only As per registry solar RECs redeemed in
April14 was 989
More details can be read on our blog-post on REC Trade Report ndash April 2014
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
For past trading history - CLICK HERE
REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 10
Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
Green News - National
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 11
Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Indiarsquos RPO Map
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 12
BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
About REConnect
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 13
REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
Contact Details
Bangalore
Vishal Pandya
VishalPandyareconnectenergycom
4123 6th Cross 19th Main
HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar
Bangalore 560008
O 080 - 6547 3383 84
F 080 - 30723571
New Delhi
Vibhav Nuwal
VibhavNuwalreconnectenergycom
216 Nirvana courtyard Nirvana
Country Sector 50
Gurgaon 122018
O 0124 - 4103216
F 080 - 30723571
Chennai
Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
RajeshVaidyulareconnectenergycom
181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
REC Project Status - As on April 5th 2014
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 10
Registered Capacity
4213301 MW
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Projects Registered
State wise
Projects Registered
Source wise
All figures
in MW
All figures in
MW
Biomass
651455
Small Hydro
25551
Solar PV
42352
Wind
214508 Bio-fuel
Cogeneration
738068
Green News - National
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 11
Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Indiarsquos RPO Map
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 12
BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
About REConnect
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 13
REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
Contact Details
Bangalore
Vishal Pandya
VishalPandyareconnectenergycom
4123 6th Cross 19th Main
HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar
Bangalore 560008
O 080 - 6547 3383 84
F 080 - 30723571
New Delhi
Vibhav Nuwal
VibhavNuwalreconnectenergycom
216 Nirvana courtyard Nirvana
Country Sector 50
Gurgaon 122018
O 0124 - 4103216
F 080 - 30723571
Chennai
Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
RajeshVaidyulareconnectenergycom
181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
Green News - National
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 About REConnect Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 11
Solar projects India says no to US on dispute settlement panel
India has rejected USrsquos request for a dispute settlement panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over manda-
tory domestic sourcing norms in solar projects on the ground that more discussions were required If the US makes
a second request to the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO for a panel as is likely New Delhi will not be able to
reject it again as per existing rules Source The Hindu Businessline
Wind Energy generation picks up in TN
Wind energy generation has picked up in the past three days and is expected to gain momentum in the coming
weeks Sources in the wind energy sector say winds picked up from April 10 to 17 and dropped for a few days It
had been going up again during the last three days About three million to 10 million units is consumed a day in
the State This year too winds have set in April and will pick up in the next few days The State has 7300 MW of in-
stalled wind energy capacity Of this nearly 90 MW was added in the last year The total capacity consists of 11900
wind turbines and 110 pooling stations Consumption of wind energy in 2013-2014 was just 9000 million units as
against more than 11000 million units the previous year Source The Hindu
Future bright for a shining industry
If you look closely at Indiarsquos solar sector you are bound to conclude that the future is bright For sure little hap-
pened all through 2013 but 2014 promises a lot Why One can broadly divide the solar power industry (keeping
aside for the time being the manufacturing side) into three broad categories First the large MW-scale plants
These produce electricity that is relatively more expensive but costs are coming down The primary role of these
large plants is to develop the industry create the eco-system provide the scale for costs to come down
Source The Hindu Businessline
Loss for big power projects is gain for renewables
Policy hurdles for big power projects are proving to be blessing in disguise for small renewable energy projects
Domestic lenders are turning to these green ventures to grow their books as many big projects in the non-
renewable sector continue to face operational bottlenecks Banks have funded several projects in the renewable
energy space especially special purpose vehicles formed by private equity firms over the past few months
Source Financial Chronicle
BESCOM implementing net-metering system for solar rooftop panels
The Bangalore authorities have already started work on net metering to enable individual households to put solar
panels on their rooftops and sell extra solar electricity to the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Lim-
ited (BESCOM) The company will soon provide its consumers with rooftop solar units to contribute to power sup-
ply and also gain from it In this regard BESCOM has invited bids from manufacturing firms who are in the field of
manufacturing bidirectional (DLMS protocol) (single phase three phase CT operated) meters Source KNN Bureau
Time to tap Solar power on a priority basis
India is slowly building upon its installed solar power capacity thanks to the comprehensive and ambitious Ja-
waharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) state solar policies and relatively increased enforcement of the Re-
newable Purchase Obligation The country added almost 950 megawatts (MW) of solar power capacity between
April 2013 and March 2014 However there are clear indicators that the solar energy sector is beset with several
problems that need to be sorted out to allow it to expand to its potential Source Indian Express
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Read More
Indiarsquos RPO Map
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 12
BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
About REConnect
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 13
REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
Contact Details
Bangalore
Vishal Pandya
VishalPandyareconnectenergycom
4123 6th Cross 19th Main
HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar
Bangalore 560008
O 080 - 6547 3383 84
F 080 - 30723571
New Delhi
Vibhav Nuwal
VibhavNuwalreconnectenergycom
216 Nirvana courtyard Nirvana
Country Sector 50
Gurgaon 122018
O 0124 - 4103216
F 080 - 30723571
Chennai
Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
RajeshVaidyulareconnectenergycom
181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos RPO Map
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 12
BESCOMMESCOM CESC - 10 + 025 HESCOM GESCOM Hukkeri Society - 7 + 025
Status of Regulation - Final for all states except -
Draft for Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Haryana Tripura Goa amp UT
Final (till FY14) - Manipur amp Mizoram
Final (till FY13) - Uttar Pradesh Meghalaya Nagaland
RPO on OA Users - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO on CPP - Yes for all states except Tamil Nadu amp West Bengal
Gujarat Odisha Haryana Bihar Jharkhand Tripura Karnataka(500 RPO) - Yes (gt 5MW)
RPO Penalty - Yes (RECmax) for all the states
States
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
(Non Solar)
2014-15 RPO
Obligation
( Solar)
Andhra Pradesh 475 025 Assam 675 025
Arunachal Pradesh 680 020 Bihar 425 075
Chhattisgarh 600 075 Delhi 595 025 Gujarat 675 125
Haryana 300 025 Himachal Pradesh 1000 025 JampK 525 075 Jharkhand 300 100 Karnataka 1000 025 Kerala 439 025 Madhya Pradesh 600 100 Maharashtra 850 050 Meghalaya 060 040 Odisha 625 025 Punjab 381 019 Rajasthan 750 150 Tamil Nadu 1100 200 Tripura 265 035 Uttarakhand 700 0075 Uttar Pradesh 500 100
West Bengal 435 015 Goa amp UTs 270 060 Manipur 475 025 Mizoram 1475 025
Nagaland 775 025
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
About REConnect
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 13
REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
Contact Details
Bangalore
Vishal Pandya
VishalPandyareconnectenergycom
4123 6th Cross 19th Main
HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar
Bangalore 560008
O 080 - 6547 3383 84
F 080 - 30723571
New Delhi
Vibhav Nuwal
VibhavNuwalreconnectenergycom
216 Nirvana courtyard Nirvana
Country Sector 50
Gurgaon 122018
O 0124 - 4103216
F 080 - 30723571
Chennai
Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
RajeshVaidyulareconnectenergycom
181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom
About REConnect
Strong enforcement
likely in FY15 RPO Map Green News REC Project Stats REC Trade Report Regulatory Updates
wwwreconnectenergycom Page 13
REConnect Energy is Indiarsquos leading renewable energy trading company We provide end-
to-end services for projects in the Renewable Energy Certificate mechanism ndash from con-
tract structuring advisory to monetization 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
REConnect is run by an experienced and professional team The team consists of members
with relevant experience of working at IEX LampT JP Morgan Arthur Andersen and Gensol
Key members of the team are alumnus of IIT Bombay Columbia University (an Ivy League
university) and IIT Kharagpur
For more details of services provided and profile of the management team please visit our
website
Contact Details
Bangalore
Vishal Pandya
VishalPandyareconnectenergycom
4123 6th Cross 19th Main
HAL 2nd Stage Indiranagar
Bangalore 560008
O 080 - 6547 3383 84
F 080 - 30723571
New Delhi
Vibhav Nuwal
VibhavNuwalreconnectenergycom
216 Nirvana courtyard Nirvana
Country Sector 50
Gurgaon 122018
O 0124 - 4103216
F 080 - 30723571
Chennai
Rajesh Vaidyula ( +91 9940478306 )
RajeshVaidyulareconnectenergycom
181 (88) 2nd Floor Aarya Gowda
Road West Mambalam
Chennai - 600 033
Hyderabad
Bhanu Tejja
( +91 7799874036 )
BhanuTejjareconnectenergycom
Solar Market
Anurag Dhyani
( +91 7760300499 )
AnuragDhyanireconnectenergycom
Indiarsquos largest REC Trading Company
Mumbai
Ram Kumar ( +919930359992 )
Ramkumarreconnectenergycom
Haware Fanatasia
Business Park
F 159 Plot no 47
Sector 30-A Vashi
Navi Mumbai 400703
Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
Chetan Singh Adhikari ( +91 9910772666)
ChetanAdhikarireconnectenergycom
Renewable Regulatory Fund (RRF)
Vineet Shastry (+91 9972290511)
VineetShastryreconnectenergycom