Red light to open access consumers of green power

Move to levy transmission charge to impact DMRC and discourage SAIL, CIL

A notification making green power more expensive for customers who are not power distribution companies (discoms) has dampened the move towards open access in renewable energy.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will be at the receiving end of this notification. Industry players also pointed out to the signals the notification has sent to other big consumers who want to move towards green options voluntarily.

A case in point is that of the Madhya Pradesh government, which has been in discussions with Coal India, Steel Authority of India, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam and the Railways for supplying power directly from solar