Green Energy Open Access Portal

Why is in news? Union Minister of Power & New and Renewable Energy launches the Green Energy Open Access portal

In continuation of several initiatives to promoteclean and green energy by Government of India, the Union Ministry of Power and New & Renewable Energy, launched the Green Energy Open Access Portal.

Green Energy open Access is allowed to any consumer with load limit reduced from 1000 kW to 100 kW

The portal will allow consumers to access green power easily through transparent, simplified, uniform and streamlined procedure

Consumers would benefit from Access to Green Power. Approval for Green Energy Open Access which will be granted to a Consumer in a time bound manner within15 days.

The portal can be accessed for processing of applications related to green energy open access by the stakeholders including open access participants, traders, Power Exchanges, National / Regional / State Load Despatch Centres, Central/State transmission utilities.

The portal provides a transparent, simplified, uniform and streamlined procedure for granting open access to green energy that will be key to facilitating deepening of electricity markets and enabling integration of Renewable Energy (RE) resources into the grid.

Ministry of Power notified the Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2022 on 06th June 2022. These rules aim at promotion of generation, purchase and consumption of green energy including the energy from waste-to-energy plants.

The Union Ministry said India is contributing only 3.5% to the global emission despite having about 17% of world population and India is leading the clean energy transition globally and has the fastest growth of RE capacity addition.

India is committed to meeting the NDC targets of 50% installed capacity from non-fossil fuel sources and is on the verge of ushering in a mass revolution in the green energy transition.

The Green Energy Open Access rules support India’s vision of transition to clean energy with participation of all generators, DISCOMs, and other stakeholders.