Regulatory

Framework &
Reforms to enhance
RE transition
RP Singh
Chairman, UPERC
Total Installed Capacity

 Thermal 233171 MW (61%)

 Coal 201085 MW (53%)
 Gas 24957 MW(6.6%)
 Hydro 46209 MW (12.2%)
 Nuclear 6780 MW (1.8%)
 Renewables 92970 MW(24.5%)

 Total 379130 MW
Total Generation including RE
Total generation Growth %
Year
(BU) (YoY)
2009-10 808.498 7.56
2010-11 850.387 5.59
2011-12 928.113 9.14
2012-13 969.506 4.46
2013-14 1,020.200 5.23
2014-15 1,110.392 8.84
2015-16 1,173.603 5.69
2016-17 1,241.689 5.80
2017-18 1,308.146 5.35
2018-19 1,376.095 5.19
2019-20 1,389.102 0.95
2020-21 * 1,249.827 -2.49
Renewable capacity (MW)

 Wind 38789 MW (41.72%)

 Solar 39083 MW (42.04%)
 Hydro 4784 MW (5.14%)
 Others 10314 MW (11.09%)
 Total 92970 MW
 Year-wise RE generation (MU)
Source 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-2020

Large Hydro 1,29,244 1,21,377 1,22,313 1,26,134 1,35,040 1,55,970

Small Hydro 8,060 8,355 7,673 5,056 8,703 9,366

Solar 4,600 7,450 12,086 25,871 39,268 50,103

Wind 28,214 28,604 46,011 52,666 62,036 64,639

Bio mass 14,944 16,681 14,159 15,252 16,325 13,843

Other 414 269 213 358 425 366

Total 1,91,025 1,87,158 2,04,182 2,27,973 2,61,797 294,288

Total utility
11,05,446 11,68,359 12,36,392 13,02,904 13,71,517 13,85,114
power
%
Renewable
17.28% 16.02% 16.52% 17.50% 19.10% 21.25%
Energy
(2.6%) (3%) (4.7%) (6%) (7.38%) (8.2%)
(Solar-
wind)
Regulatory & Technical
Challenges in RE integration
 Balancing Cost of grid integration
 While cost of RE generation is less than thermal, the
associated balancing costs in form of higher
associated transmission charges & fast response
ancillary services requirement etc. (estimated at
Rs.1.10 per Kwh), make it comparable to
conventional power
 Stranded Capacity Charges
 Since the demand has not picked up, discoms have
to pay for the stranded capacity caused due to
backing down of thermal PPs which are now
operating at lower PLF of around 55%.
 UP Hourly Load
Curve (July
20)
Hourly Load Curve for month of July 2020
25000
24000
23000 Max: 21263
22000
21000
20000
Demand in MW

19000
18000
17000
16000
15000
14000
13000
12000 Min: 13551
11000
10000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Time in Hrs

Average Demand Hrs wise of month

 UP Hourly Load
Curve (Nov.20)
Hourly Load Curve of November 2020
16000

15000 Max: 14159

14000

13000

12000
Demand in MW

11000

10000

9000

8000
Min: 8527
7000

6000

5000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Time in Hrs

Average Demand Hrs wise of month

mand/ Month Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21
ximum 14880 16733 20104 21263 20824 22091 17796 14159 16034 16762 16424 17272
nimum 7555 9999 13027 13551 12738 13909 9879 8527 8910 9001 8569 9579
Regulatory & Technical Challenges
in RE integration

 Inadequate Load & Generation forecasting of DERs

 sufficient information is required to support forecasting of
DER generation separately from load, as well as to
consider future DER deployment scenarios in the planning
of both the distribution systems and the load/generation
forecasting systems.
 High Ramping & Variability
 Certain types of DER create significant ramps, such as
morning and evening solar ramps that are different than
historically experienced by the distribution system .
Coordination for planning, installation, and operation of
DER resources is a continuing need as the generation
resource mix evolves on both transmission and distribution
systems
Regulatory & Technical
Challenges in RE integration
 Absence of long term green products on energy
exchanges. (RTM, GTAM etc. are short duration
products)
 Absence of ancillary market
 Inadequate evacuation infrastructure for RE
 Reactive Power & Harmonics
 Currently, DERs are not required to provide reactive
support to help control local voltage levels .The reliability
of both the transmission and distribution systems will
depend upon such support
Regulatory & Technical
Challenges in RE integration
 Visibility & Control
 DERs are mostly passive and do not follow to the dispatch
signals and are generally not visible to the system operator
also.
 Lack of trained manpower for providing support to the
DERs/ behind the meter smart assets
Current measures for
enhancing RE grid integration
 Renewable Purchase Obligations
 Waiver of ISTS Transmission charges & losses
 Development of Solar parks
 Green energy corridor /(Transmission) for evacuation of RE
 Promotion of Rooftop Solar through net metering
 Demand Aggregation of RTS (in some states)
 Financial incentives for off grid & decentralized RES ( PM-KUSUM
Scheme for Agriculture Pumps etc.)
 Bundling of RE with other sources as RTC power
 Trading of RE certificates
 PM-KUSUM SCHEME

 Component-A: Under this component, renewable energy-based

power plants (REPP) of capacity 500 kW to 2 MW will be setup
by individual farmers/ group of farmers/ cooperatives/ Farmer
Producer Organizations (FPO) preferably on barren/fallow land.
The renewable energy power project are to be installed within 5
km radius of the sub-stations in order to avoid high cost of sub-
transmission lines and to reduce transmission losses. The power
generated will be purchased by local DISCOM at pre-fixed tariff
 Component-B: Under this Component, individual farmers will
be supported to install standalone solar Agriculture pumps of
capacity up to 7.5 HP for replacement of existing diesel
agriculture pumps / irrigation systems in off-grid areas, where
grid supply is not available.
 PM-KUSUM SCHEME

 Component-C: Under this Component, one million individual

farmers having grid connected agriculture pump will be
supported to solarize pumps. The farmer will be able to use the
generated solar power to meet the irrigation needs and the
excess solar power will be sold to DISCOMs at pre-fixed tariff.
Policy Measures Required to
boost RE integration
 Facilitation of Smart Energy Management Systems , Smart grid projects,
IoT, block chain based peer to peer RE trade
 Introduction of Medium & Long term RE products in Energy exchanges
 Standards setting for energy storage systems
 Provide incentives for rapid transition to EV , RE based EV charging
Infrastructure
 Tax/financial incentives for Green Energy Driven/ESG companies
 Design of Incentives framework for RE+ Storage projects for replacement
of old TPPs and using them as Base load plant
 Enhanced incentives for Solar Cold Storage
 Promote smart devices
 Incentivize Solar powered Agri. Tools & equipment (Solar Dryer, Solar
Green House etc.)
 Human Resource Development to support DER assets in rural areas