Ashis Parida May 20, 2019Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has issued tariff order for sustainable power sources in the state for 2019-20. While tax for wind vitality has been diminished, that of the solar power has bounced up. This is very strange as solar powered rates in the nation have gone down sharply.
The tax for solar power is at Rs3.29 per unit. This duty will be relevant for undertakings where the expense of land and transmission framework has been incorporated into the capital expense and not given free by the discom, mainly Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL). The state discom had signed power purchasing agreements (PPAs) with private engineers for solar power at only over Rs2.70 per unit. Till date, MERC levy is higher than the market rates. MSEDCL had requested the commission to consider the PPA rates, yet the controller dismissed its proposal.
The commission has settled the tariff for a rooftop solar project at Rs3.79 per unit. It is 50 paise per unit more than that in 2018-19. If no safeguard tax is paid by a solar project developer despite import from China or Malaysia, at that point Rs0.18 per unit will be deducted from the levy. This rate isn’t relevant for housetop solar undertakings under net metering mode.
MERC has fixed the tariff of solar thermal projects at Rs11.15 per unit.
The tax for wind energy projects has been fixed at Rs2.52 per unit, based on the auction conducted by MSEDCL. This is 35 paise per unit less than the tax of Rs2.87 per unit in 2018-19. The decrease is because of the general fall in wind vitality rates in the nation.
MERC has considered the useful life existence of small hydro ventures including micro-hydro projects to be 35 years. It has fixed the duty for biomass ventures at Rs7.83 per unit. It has a fixed component at Rs2.28 per unit while the variable charge is Rs5.55 per unit.
