MP provides must-run status to renewable energy but imposes extra charges

Renewable power producers asked to pay all wheeling, transmission, cross-subsidy charges

Providing relief to the renewable energy developers, Madhya Pradesh, the state regulator has exempted renewable sources from merit order despatch, thereby reinstating must-run status for power generated from renewable energy sources.

In a latest order issued by the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC), it was said: “The generation from co-generation and renewable sources of energy to be subject to scheduling. The generation from wind, solar, small hydro, and municipal waste shall not be subjected to merit order despatch principles.”

Renewable power enjoys must-run status across the country so as to ensure its integration in the grid and better returns