The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) on June 05, 2023, published the Draft First Amendment to APERC Renewable Power Purchase Obligation (Compliance by the purchase of Renewable Energy/ Renewable Energy Certificates) Regulations.
This Regulation shall come into force with effect from the date of its publication in the official Gazette.
The following has been stated namely: -
• This Regulation shall apply to the whole State of Andhra Pradesh
• Regulation 3 that states “Renewable Power Purchase Obligation (RPPO)” after the first proviso of sub-clause 3.2 the following proviso shall be inserted namely: -
“Provided that the purchase of Renewable Energy by the Open Access Consumer from the Distribution Licensee as per the procedure stipulated in clause 3.4 of this regulation shall also be counted towards the fulfillment of RPPO by such an Open Access Consumer”.
• In sub-clause 3.3 of Regulation 3 the following proviso shall be inserted namely: -
“Provided that the purchase of Renewable Energy by the captive consumer from the Distribution Licensee as per the procedure stipulated in clause 3.4 of this regulation shall also be counted towards the fulfillment of RPPO by such a captive Consumer”
• After the sub-Clause 3.3 the following sub-clause shall be inserted namely: -
“3.4 Renewable Energy procurement from Distribution Licensee by obligated entities/non-obligated entities at Green Tariff without need to change of category. The obligated/non-obligated entities may purchase Renewable Energy from the Distribution Licensee in the following manner:
(i) Any entity may elect to purchase Renewable Energy either up to a certain percentage of the consumption or its entire consumption and accordingly, they shall place a requisition for this with their distribution licensee, three months before the date of the commencement of the financial year during which the entities intended to procure from FY 2024-25. For the balance period of FY 2023-24, the entities may place a requisition with their distribution licensee within one month from the date of this regulation coming into force. Then, the distribution licensee shall procure such quantity of Renewable Energy and supply it to the entities concerned
(ii) The obligated entities may purchase on a voluntary basis, more renewable energy than their obligation and up to a hundred percent. The percentage of renewable energy requisite by obligated/non-obligated entities from the distribution licensees shall not be less than RPO specified by the Government of India/APERC for the obligated entities whichever is higher for that financial year.
(iii) The Green Tariff for the Renewable Energy supplied by the distribution licensee for FY 2023-24 shall be 75 paise over and above the normally applicable tariff for respective entities as per the RST Order for FY 2023-24 issued by the Commission. This tariff for future years will be as per RST Orders to be issued by the Commission. The energy consumed at 75 paise over and above the normally applicable tariff out of the total energy consumed by the entities from the distribution licensees shall be treated as the Renewable Energy supplied by the distribution licensee during that billing month. The Distribution Licensee shall issue the monthly digital certificate ( physical certificate on specific request ) to such consumers certifying the quantity of Renewable Energy out of the total consumption.”
[Notification No. Regulation 6 of 2023]
