- Various solar power project developers complained that they have not been able to transmit power
- Usually, there are three stages of consent to open access transmission for solar power plants
Solar power plant developers, sitting on crores of investment in the renewable energy sector in Haryana, are not able to transmit power. A report published by the Economic Times pointed out that the distribution companies are not facilitating them with the required connectivity.
The Distributed Solar Power Association (DSPA), as per the ET report, is likely to file a petition before the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) soon. The solar plants in discussion here are sitting on projects with the capability to generate 1000 MW of energy.
Open access projects
Developers, under these open access projects, are allowed to supply power directly to customers without routing it through a discom. However, consent for discoms is needed to do so. The ET report mentioned that while governments have been propagating the idea of open access transmissions, discoms have been pushing back the same as they lose revenue if power is transmitted directly to customers.
It is to be noted here that there are usually three stages to open access transmission. These include provisional connectivity, final connectivity and final interconnection agreement. Haryana government, as per the report, has signed first and second stages in some cases, but not the third.
Various project developers stated that approaching Haryana power officials has been of no avail. An international developer told ET that despite agreements signed with customers, investors lining up and EPC contract in place, the project is still stuck at stage one.
