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Green Open Access Rules, 2022

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Polity & Governance
  • Published
    9th Jun, 2022

Context

Recently, the Ministry of Power has notified Green Open Access Rules, 2022 in order to further accelerate our ambitious renewable energy programmes in India.

Key-points

  • These rules are notified for promoting generation, purchase and consumption of green energy including the energy from Waste-to-Energy plants.
  • The notified Rules enable simplified procedure for the open access to green power. 
    • It will enable faster approval of Green OA, Uniform Banking, Voluntary purchase of RE power by commercial & industrial consumers, Applicability of OA charges etc.
  • Commercial and Industrial consumers are allowed to purchase green power on voluntarily basis.
  • Captive Consumers can take power under Green Open Access with no minimum limitation.

About Green Open Access Rules 

  • Green Energy Open Access is allowed to any consumer and the limit of Open Access Transaction has been reduced from 1 MW to 100 KW for green energy. 
    • This will enable small consumers to purchase renewable power through open access. 
  • Charges levied on Open Access green energy consumers include-
    • Transmission charges
    • Cross-subsidy surcharge
    • Wheeling charges
    • Standby charges 
  • There is a scope for incentivising the consumers to go green by addressing the issues that obstructed the open access to green energy in India. 
  • The approval to grant open access will take 15 days or else it will be deemed to have been approved subject to fulfilment of technical requirements. 
    • The approval will be provided through a national portal to ensure transparency. 
  • The tariff for green energy will be determined by the appropriate commission. 
  • These rules will streamline the approval process for granting open access to green energy and improve the predictability of cash flows for renewable power producers. 
  • Banking of surplus green energy with distribution licensees is mandated.
  • There shall be uniform renewable purchase obligations of all obligated entities in the area of distribution licensees. 
  • Green certificates will be given to the consumers.
  • Cross subsidy surcharge and additional surcharge shall not be applicable if green energy is utilised for the production of green hydrogen and green ammonia. 

Significance

  • The Green Energy Open Access rules will boost the ambitious renewable energy programmes and will facilitate India to step closer to its climate change targets set during COP 26. 
  • The rules are notified for promoting the generation, purchase and consumption of green energy including the energy from Waste-to-Energy plants. 
  • Under the Green Energy Open Access rules, every consumer becomes a stakeholder to contribute in achieving India’s commitment of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel by 2030.

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