{"id":4072,"date":"2017-04-25T10:46:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T05:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/blog\/?p=4072"},"modified":"2017-04-25T10:46:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T05:16:51","slug":"himachal-pradesh-electricity-regulatory-commission-renewable-power-purchase-obligation-and-its-compliance-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/himachal-pradesh-electricity-regulatory-commission-renewable-power-purchase-obligation-and-its-compliance-regulation\/","title":{"rendered":"HIMACHAL PRADESH ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION (RENEWABLE POWER PURCHASE OBLIGATION AND ITS COMPLIANCE) REGULATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">HPERC has notified Renewable Purchase Obligation and its compliance, 3rd amendment 2017 on 24th March 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Quantum of Renewable Power Purchase Obligation (RPPO)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/44.224.164.21\/new__w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-113.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4073\" title=\"Screenshot (113)\" src=\"http:\/\/44.224.164.21\/new__w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-113.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-113.png 631w, https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-113-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since Himachal Pradesh mostly thrives on the energy produced through Hydropower, the state will be a beneficiary since RPO is excluded from RPO obligation as per the regulation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The graph below shows the total and type of energy consumption by the state of Himachal Pradesh. The data has been derived from CEA Report.<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/44.224.164.21\/new__w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-111.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4074\" title=\"Screenshot (111)\" src=\"http:\/\/44.224.164.21\/new__w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-111.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-111.png 470w, https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-111-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Almost 3\/4th energy of the total consumption comes from the Hydro Power. Its an added advantage for the state that RPO is exempted from the power consumed through Hydro sources, thus this in turn will reduce the cost of power from the state.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The graph below gives a comparison between the\u00a0MoP recent RPO Trajectory and HPERC\u2019s earlier RPO Trajectory:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/44.224.164.21\/new__w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-114.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4075\" title=\"Screenshot (114)\" src=\"http:\/\/44.224.164.21\/new__w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-114.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-114.png 392w, https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Screenshot-114-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>HPERC for computing Renewable purchase obligation for a year of obligated has included \u00a0the transmission and distribution losses within the state in the following manner:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In case the electricity is purchased by such obligated entity from sources outside state , the electricity at state periphery shall be considered as the consumption of obligated entity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In case the electricity is purchased or generated from generating sources located within the state the electricity injected at the generating bus bar shall be considered as its consumption<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The above given clauses are against the law of Electricity Act 2003 as for computing renewable purchase obligation total consumption has to taken under consideration excluding the transmission and distribution losses.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Supreme Court order on RPO dated 13th May 2015 has taken into consideration the word \u201c Total Consumption\u201d which also has been used in Electricity Act 2003. One can find below the reference from the act Section 86 (e):<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em><strong>promote cogeneration and generation of electricity from renewable sources of energy by providing suitable measures for connectivity with the grid and sale of electricity to any person, and also specify, for purchase of electricity from such sources, a percentage of the total consumption of electricity in the area of a distribution licence;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The regulation can be accessed <a href=\"http:\/\/hperc.org\/File1\/rpo3final.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HPERC has notified Renewable Purchase Obligation and its compliance, 3rd amendment 2017 on 24th March 2017. &nbsp; Quantum of Renewable Power Purchase Obligation (RPPO) \u00a0 Since Himachal Pradesh mostly thrives on the energy produced through Hydropower, the state will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,148],"tags":[143,356,368,79,723,256],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}