It has directed Adani Green Energy to resubmit the petition as a ‘Dispute Resolution Petition’ (DRP) rather than under the ‘Miscellaneous’ category.The technicality is all important because a DRP could take years to resolve. “The TNSLDC has been issuing orders asking solar plants to cease generation for as much as seven to 10 hours a day,” it adds. (In any case, solar power is only supplied in daytime for about 12 hours a day. It points out that in earlier orders both the TNERC itself and the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission had said that renewable energy should have “must run” status. That petition still remains in the ‘Miscellaneous’ category and hearings on it too are being held.

Source: Economic Times July 16, 2017 17:48 UTC