For launch of a revolutionary Solar Policy in Gujarat
Context :
Gujarat
announces additional benefits for solar power sector /
Business Line – 30 Dec
Extract :
Ø The Gujarat government on Monday launched a new solar policy
with additional benefits to residential, individual and commercial developers
for the next five years.
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POLICY > LEASE ROOF
or PREMISES
Ø The policy announced by the Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at
Gandhinagar removes capacity ceiling for setting up a solar project and allows the consumers to lease out their roofs or premises to third
party for generation and consumption of power in the same premises.
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POLICY > GROUP
OWNERSHIP
Ø The State government has also allowed group ownership of solar projects for self-consumption based on their ratio of ownership. Also,
the security deposit required to be given to Discoms for the Power Purchase
Agreement (PPA) by the developers has been reduced from ₹25 lakh to ₹5 lakh per megawatt (MW).
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POLICY > POWER
AT LOW COST
Ø “Currently, the industry gets power at an
average cost of ₹8 per unit. The new policy will help bring it down to ₹4.5
per unit,” Rupani said while launching the policy,
which will be operative for five years till December 31, 2025. The benefits
under the new policy can be availed for a period of 25 years.
Ø The savings
for residential units could be in
the range of ₹
1.77 to ₹ 3.70 per
unit, for industrial units it will be about ₹ 2.99
to ₹ 4.31 per unit and for the third party buyers it will be in the range of ₹0.91 to ₹ 2.30 per
unit.
Ø The Government aims to target individual
consumers, farmers, cooperative societies, households and small developers to
benefit from the new policy.
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POLICY
> SURPLUS ENERGY
Ø The State government will purchase surplus energy after setting it
off against their consumption. For residential
consumers and MSME (manufacturing) users for captive usage, Discoms will purchase surplus energy after set-off against their
consumption at ₹2.25 per unit for initial five years and thereafter 75 per cent of latest
tariff discovered and contracted by GUVNL through competitive bidding process
for non-park based solar projects in preceding six months which shall remain
fixed for the remaining life of the project, a statement said.
Ø The policy also states that for HT and LT
consumers banking charges will be ₹1.5 per unit for their solar consumption while for all other consumers
and MSMEs it will be ₹1.10 per
unit. Further, there will be no banking charges for residential consumers and
government buildings.
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POLICY > ANYONE CAN GENERATE / SELL , SOLAR POWER ( - to
ANYONE
? – at ANYTIME ? )
Ø Saurabh Patel, Gujarat Energy Minister, said, “This policy will enable any one,
be it residential consumers, farmers, commercial consumers, small and medium
industrial houses, religious and educational institutes, who want to generate electricity
and sell it after own consumption.”
Ø Patel added that the State has received bids
for 2,300 MW from residential, small industrial and institutional power
producers having a capacity of up to 4 MW at an average price of ₹2.83 per unit. The contracts will be awarded after January 3, depending
on the grid requirements.
Ø Gujarat has already achieved 11,000 MW of
production capacity and now has the target of producing 30,000 MW of green
energy by 2022 — largely through wind and solar. Gujarat has implemented solar
rooftop projects generating about 800 MW solar power.
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SYNOPSIS OF MY
PAST E-MAILS ON THIS SUBJECT :
[ A ]…………Gujarat Policy :
GROUP OWNERSHIP for Self-Consumption based on
ratio of
OWNERSHIP
My Suggestion :
# Introduce
“ Co-operative Farming of Solar Power / CFSP “ { call it a
kind of “ Contract Farming “ }
( incorporate this into just released FARM
LAWS to encourage setting-
up of “ Solar Power Farmers Cooperative Society “, along the lines of “
Dairy Farmers’ AMUL Milk Cooperative Society “)
# Solar Farm company can “ Sell “ ownership rights of solar panels to
individuals in modules of 1000 sq ft, (costing Rs 4- 6 lakh per
module )
These rights can be sold / transferred to any buyer, only with prior
permission of the Solar Farm Company Concerned
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[ B ]
………… Gujarat Policy
:
DISCOMs to purchase SURPLUS
ENERGY
My Suggestion :
(source : Congratulations , Shri R K Singhji / 19 Nov 2020 ]
# My nearest DISCOM
will supply me those 10 KW, free of cost (
ie:
deduct from my monthly usage ) . Any excess over my actual
consumption, to be credited to my account
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[ C ] …………….Gujarat Policy :
This policy will enable any one… who want to generate
electricity
and sell it after own consumption
My Suggestion :
And I
hope, it recommends amending Electricity Act whereby ,
Anyone can generate and
SELL electricity, anytime and
to anyone and at any
price
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[ D ] ……. Gujarat Policy :
LEASE OF ROOFTOP / PREMISES
My Suggestion :
# For reaching the target of 100 GW of
Solar power generation
by Nov 2022, we need to install 1.5 GW capacity EVERY MONTH for
the next 60 month ( remaining 85 GW after current installations
totaling 15 GW )
# That would require an investment of Rs
10,000 Crore per month,
every month for the next 60 months ! ( @ One Billion dollars per
GW )
# Part
of this investment will have to come from Roof Top
Solar projects,
to be set up by :
# An
Individual home-owner ( who may also want to sell surplus
power to a neighbour )
# A Coop Housing Society wanting
its huge unutilized terrace to
produce solar power, for
its members
# A Business which will install
these roof-tops at its own cost and is
allowed to sell power to the residents of a building
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[ E ] ….. ..Gujarat Policy :
POWER AT LOW COST
Currently, the industry gets power at an average cost of ₹8
per unit.
The new policy will help bring it down to ₹4.5 per unit,..savings for
residential units could be in the range of ₹ 1.77 to ₹ 3.70 per unit, for
industrial units it will be about ₹ 2.99 to ₹ 4.31 per unit and for the
third party buyers it will be in the range of ₹0.91 to ₹ 2.30 per unit.
My Suggestion :
In
India , we are planning to add Solar Power to the tune of 100 GW
by 2022
How can we make that happen? And,
can we make that happen at Re
1
per Kwh ? or less ?
We can, if CAPITAL COST
is ZERO ! No interest burden !
How ?
It can happen if NDA government musters enough
courage to
implement what I have been suggesting for past 2 years, viz :
* Government
declares units belonging to " Solar Power ( Panel Mfr /
Power Production
& Distribution / Ancillary Mfr ) " as a " SOS "
industry
*
Units will need to register as such with Department of Company
Affairs ( DIPP )
*
Units will be exempt from paying Corporate Income Tax for 10
years ,
on whatever income they earn ( only those starting operations latest
by 31 March 2018 )
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Related Readings :
State of Electricity
Access in India
Look Before You Leap
Is Sun setting on Solar ?
Roof Top Solar : Better Alternative
Transmission Capacity is
the Culprit !
This was
Expected !
Solar Power : Internal Rate of Return
“ Rent – a – Roof “
for Solar Power
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CEA }
secy-power@nic.in { Secretary,
Ministry of Power }
secy@cercind.gov.in { Secretary ,
CERC }
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With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RcruitGuru.com /
31 Dec 2020
