Power, renewable energy ministries to discuss green power curbs and grid penalties

New Delhi: The ministries of renewable energy and power will meet on Wednesday to discuss issues related to the deviation settlement mechanism, curtailment of green power and transmission infrastructure, renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi said on Tuesday.

Speaking at the CII Annual Business Summit, Joshi said industry concerns over the viability of renewable energy projects under stricter grid compliance rules were being examined.

"The issues that have been brought up by the industry such as curtailment and deviation settlement mechanism, all that will be discussed," he said on the sidelines of the event. "This is a continuous process and won't be resolved in a day... There have already been a few meetings on this."


The RE industry has sought government intervention over stricter norms related to penalties for deviation from scheduled available capacity. The deviation settlement mechanism imposes grid penalties on power generators and distributors when their actual electricity supply or demand diverges from their scheduled forecasts.