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Regulatory Regime in Punjab RE Projects & Net Metering of Solar Rooftop plants

This presentation discusses the regulatory regime in Punjab for renewable energy (RE) projects and the implementation of net metering for solar rooftop plants. It highlights Punjab's contributions in RE, including solar rooftop projects and waste-to-energy initiatives, and addresses the barriers and the way forward for the success of the RE sector. The presentation also emphasizes the importance of balancing conventional and renewable power sources in the power mix.

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Regulatory Regime in Punjab RE Projects & Net Metering of Solar Rooftop plants

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  1. Regulatory Regime in PunjabRE Projects & Net Metering of Solar Rooftop plants

  2. RE-The Success in Punjab – Barriers – Way Forward Dhanbir Singh Bains, IAS (Retd.) Chairman Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission Chandigarh The views expressed in this presentation are author’s own.

  3. RE Targets • Govt. of India under the dynamic leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister ShriNarendraModi has set a target of 175 GW renewable energy projects by 2022. • Category-wise break-up (grid connected, off-grid and captive):

  4. Punjab’s Contribution in RE

  5. Noteworthy Statistics • Land area of Punjab is 1.5% of the Country’s land area whereas • RE capacity in Punjab (1.46GW) is 2.5% of the RE capacity in the Country (58.78GW)

  6. Punjab’s Contribution in Solar

  7. Rooftop Solar PV Power Plant • Location: Dera Beas, Amritsar • Capacity 19.52 MW (7.52 MW+ 12 MW) • Date of Commissioning: April 2014 & Dec 2015 • (Worlds largest Rooftop Project)

  8. Net Metering Regulations • Net Metering Regulations for Solar (PV) Rooftop Projects notified by PSERC on 07.05.2015 • Salient Features

  9. Net Metering..... • Scope for Projects with capacity higher than 1 MWp under consideration. • Capacity installed under Net Metering: 12.5 MW • Premises under Net Metering : 379 (31.03.2017)

  10. Solar PV Power Plant Canal : Ghaggar Branch Canal Capacity: 2.5 MW

  11. Biomass Power Generation PlantLocation: Village KhokharKhurd, Distt. MansaCapacity: 10 MW Date of Commissioning: July 2013

  12. Mini-Hydro Project Location: Kanganwal Capacity: 1.3 MW

  13. Punjab’s leading role in Waste (cattle dung) to Energy - Set up in Sep’04 : 1 MWp - First of its kind project in Asia

  14. Renewable Potential in Punjab • Major thrust on Biomass & Solar. • Mini Hydro Potential almost fully harnessed. • No wind potential. • Lucrative generic tariff for Waste to Energy Projects announced in line with CERC Regulations, adopted by the State Commission. However, State facing public resistance.

  15. Barriers in Renewable Sector Technical Grid Imbalance • Continuous balance is required between electricity generation and consumption. • Power systems must react if a generation source fails. • Solar and wind energy power plants are dependent on sun shine/wind. • Power from such plants can not be firmly forecasted.

  16. Barriers ..... • Sudden removal of such power from grid leads to: • voltage imbalance • frequency variations • phase imbalance • generation of harmonics • Arrangement of power from other sources is reqd at short notice to meet demand. • Biomass and co-gen plants also not available throughout the year due to dependence on agri produce/fuel.

  17. Barriers ..... Non-availability during peak hours • Solar power available during day time only. • Available during off peak hours. • Not helpful in meeting the morning/evening peak demand.

  18. Barriers ..... Spinning reserve • Spinning reserve allows to cope up with unpredictable imbalances between demand and supply. • With larger contribution of renewable power in the grid, difficult to plan such spinning reserve capacity due to unpredictable availability of renewable power.

  19. Barriers ..... Energy storage • Solar and wind energy are variable by nature. • Dedicated energy storage is needed to support integration of larger solar and wind capacities.

  20. Barriers ..... Commercial Economy of scale • Relatively higher per MW plant & machinery cost for renewable plants than conventional plants. • Larger land area per MW required for solar, wind and even biomass. • Higher Tariffs.

  21. State Government ratings for ease of doing business as per survey conducted by ‘Bridge to India’ • Ease of doing business covers a wide category of issues including land acquisition and conversion, transparency and predictability of policy, approval process. Bridge to India is the leading consulting and knowledge service provider in the Indian cleantech market

  22. Way Forward • By way of ease of doing business, Punjab is one of the best States. • Ranks better than Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and is marginally behind Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. • Strives to be No.1 in ease of doing business. • Efforts being made to further simplify the tendering, allocation and providing Grid connectivity to RE including Solar Projects.

  23. State Regulatory Commission fully geared to harness the Renewable Potential which will contribute towards the national agenda of clean & green power. • Looking at the technical, commercial and other barriers, the role of conventional power cannot be wished away. • The fulcrum / core of the power sector would have to be the conventional power and for the present, renewable contribution in the power mix can be visualized as 20%.

  24. Thank you.

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