Administration and the Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science and Technology Promotion Society (crest) has submitted its proposal to the Center under the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ campaign.
UT Special Secretary Environment Co-CEO Debendra Dalai of Crest said that they have already started generating 45 MW of solar power through various projects. They are targeting an additional 30 MW, including residential and government projects.
The administration had recently sought progress in setting up solar projects in the city and a roadmap for setting up solar plants from Crest.
In a recent review meeting between the administration and department officials, the UT has asked Crest to provide details of the project’s progress, in the pipeline, and completion.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy had raised the city’s solar power generation target from 50 MW to 69 MW by 2022.
recently, Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) had also turned down the administration’s plea to implement RESCO (Renewable Energy Services Company) model for setting up solar plants in the city.
Resco model for city rejected
Crest approached JERC to implement the RESCO model in the city. Crest had proposed this model after the approval of UT administrator VP Singh Badnore as residents were wary of initial capital investment. Under the RESCO model, the UT had planned that private companies would set up solar-power plants on private property, and in turn, charge the building owner a fee much lower than the normal electricity rate for about 15 years (or whatever period was agreed upon). Yes) Tender. After that House The owner will get the plant
The building owner and the private company will sign an agreement. The plant will be set up under net metering mode, whereby one solar-powered unit is connected to the building’s electricity system and the solar energy exported to the grid is adjusted with reference to units imported from the Department of Electricity during the billing cycle. Is.
The UT administration had last year extended the deadline for solar installation to the next March 31, 2021. But recently, the UT had not extended the deadline. Last year, the deadline was extended due to the imposition of the lockdown.
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