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Covid-19 crisis: ACME cancels pact to supply power at record low tariff

Files petition with CERC to prevent SECI and Power Grid Corp from encashing bank guarantee and letter of comfort submitted for project

Covid-19: CERC pares late payment surcharge by 0.5% on power discoms

Power ministry last week asked CERC to provide relief to discoms as they are unable to collect payments from consumers because of the 21-day lockdown

Govt to introduce real-time power market from April 1, says CERC chairman

The main purpose of introducing real-time power market is to deal with the renewables interference and better portfolio management by discoms, gencos and other consumers.

CERC's tariff regulations: In tandem with electricity sector's trends

The CERC announced the regulations for the 2019-2014 this week

NTPC, Power Grid Corporation get relief from tariff, returns overhang

CERC draft keeps regulated returns for power utilities unchanged, maintains tariff structure

CERC may allow amendments to PPAs of power firms by Dec-end in Gujarat

With the Supreme Court asking the CERC to look into power purchase agreements signed by various states with private firms, floodgates for tariff revisions may open up

Tata-Adani power projects get Supreme Court window; CERC to look at PPAs

The CERC will take views of all the stakeholders to revise tariff of imported coal-based power projects in Gujarat

CERC proposes payment based on supply to gencos

Coal quality slippage to be paid by coal supplier or railways

CERC mulls three-part tariff structure as plant load factor falls to 60%

PLF in 2017-18 was 59.68 down from 77.5 % in 2009-10, while the government forecasts the same to go lower to 56.50 by FY22

Supreme Court stays trading of renewable energy certificates

New REC prices also on hold, trading to resume post clarity on unsold RECs

CERC admits IEX plea seeking launch of renewable energy contracts

IEX plans to introduce green day-ahead market based on collective transactions

Spot power may get costly as CERC proposes hiked transmission charges

Lately, the central government has also been promoting the spot market

CERC for change in power transmission bid rules

To expedite development of the power transmission network and avoid delay

CERC panel suggests overhaul in transmission planning

Moots hand-holding of states by Central Electricity Authority and central transmission utility for accurate demand forecasting

SC refuses to stall CERC proceedings on compensatory tariff

CERC is hearing the pleas by Tata Power and Adani Power to determine compensation under the force majeure clause of power purchase agreement

CERC to appoint in house consultants in areas of economic & evolving power market

The consultants are expected to do economic analysis and research related to tariffs, markets, fuel availability and open access

CERC observes market violations by power exchanges

In order to review the performance of the two power exchanges, the Commission engaged Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India and KPMG Advisory Services for IEX and PXIL respectively.

Power regulator to clear case backlog by October

CERC had backlog of 734 pending cases as on March last year; It cleared 300 cases - all of PGCIL - in the past four months

CERC issues regulations achieve clean energy target, sound grid operations

Advises Centre to ask states to execute energy accounting & implement availability based tariff