The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission is set to announce guidelines under which the city's power distribution companies will have to buy a certain percentage of power from renewable energy sources, particularly solar power.
New Delhi: The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC), in the coming days, is set to announce guidelines under which the city's power distribution companies, or discoms, will have to buy a certain percentage of power from renewable energy sources, particularly solar power.
Gradually, the proportion of power from renewable sources to be purchased by the discoms will be scaled up under the guidelines called the Renewal Energy Purchase Obligation (REPO).
At present, it is optional for the companies to purchase renewable power, which is more costly. A unit of power generated through such sources costs roughly twice the price of power produced by traditional methods.
DERC chairperson P.D. Sudhakar hoped that once the REPO rules come into force, plants producing power from renewable sources in the city will become viable.
To start with, the companies are likely to be asked to purchase 2 to 3 per cent of their overall power requirement from such sources. In Delhi's case, this would mean that the companies will purchase around 100MW of renewable power.
Gradually, the proportion of power from renewable sources to be purchased by the discoms will be scaled up under the guidelines called the Renewal Energy Purchase Obligation (REPO).
At present, it is optional for the companies to purchase renewable power, which is more costly. A unit of power generated through such sources costs roughly twice the price of power produced by traditional methods.
DERC chairperson P.D. Sudhakar hoped that once the REPO rules come into force, plants producing power from renewable sources in the city will become viable.
To start with, the companies are likely to be asked to purchase 2 to 3 per cent of their overall power requirement from such sources. In Delhi's case, this would mean that the companies will purchase around 100MW of renewable power.
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