Year: 2013

Source: The Hindu 11/3/13 TANGEDCO can now act against firms not meeting green power buy norms Chennai, March 11 – 13:   In a move that comes as a relief to solar power developers in Tamil Nadu, the State’s electricity regulator has empowered the State electricity distribution company, Tangedco, to administer the ‘solar purchase obligation’ mandated by the State Government’s solar policy. “The SPO will be administered by Tangedco,” Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC), said in its recent order. The implication of this is that the decks have been cleared…

The following report was published in The Hindu dated 11 March 2013. These meters will replace the existing ones The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) will have to install fresh meters for domestic consumers who opt for rooftop solar power units. Giving this direction, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC), in its order a few days ago, stated that these meters would replace the existing ones used by such consumers. Their cost would be recovered from the consumers. The Corporation had been directed to submit a detailed…