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Ministry of Power has notified rules for procurement of renewable power from DISCOMs and through open access.
| Applicability | Consumers with sanctioned load of over 100 kW |
| Procurement sources | Consumers may set up captive projects with no size limit, they may procure power at green tariffs from DISCOMs or procure green hydrogen. |
| Open access approval | All applications must be approved within 15 days. |
| Consumers would submit applications to POSOCO (NLDC) which would transfer it to respective state nodal agency. | |
| Power procurement must remain constant for a minimum number of time blocks to be notified by state regulators. | |
| Renewable power open access applications would be given preference over non-renewable open access applications. | |
| Banking | Allowed until end of month; banking charges to be determined by state regulators. |
| Banked energy would be at least 30% of monthly power consumed from DISCOMs. | |
| Other charges | CSS may be increased only up to 50% over 12 years after commissioning of project. |
| 100% AS exemption if demand charges are paid for 100% of contacted load | |
| Standby charges would be exempted if consumers notify requirement of standby arrangement with 24 hours prior notice.Standby charge would be limited to 10% of retail tariff. | |
| States would determine open access charges using a common methodology. |
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