Lok Sabha Question No. 4723 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Renewable Energy Management Centres
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Jayanta Kumar Roy, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4723

ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

## RENEWABLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT CENTRES

## 4723. DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO

Will the Minister of New & Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has approved establishment of Renewable Energy Management Centres (REMCs) throughout the country, if so, the details along with its aims and objectives;
- (b) whether the Government has identified any agency/ body for its establishment and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the quantum of funds allocated by the Government for the said purpose;
- (d) whether the Government has launched number of REMCs in the country and if so, the details of the number of said management centres set up during the last three years and the current year; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government for effective implementation of the renewable energy schemes and to achieve the target fixed therein within stipulated time period?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  The  Ministry  of  Power  has  sanctioned  13  Renewable  Energy  Management  Centres (REMCs),  viz.  National  Load  Dispatch  Centre  (Delhi),  Northern  Regional  Load  Dispatch Centre (Delhi), Western Regional Load Dispatch Centre (Mumbai), Southern Regional Load Dispatch Centre (Bengaluru), and State Load Dispatch Centres of states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Tamil  Nadu,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Karnataka,  Telangana  and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Energy Management Centre).

The objective of setting up REMCs is to address variability, intermittency & ramping aspects of renewable energy integration through deployment of State-of-the-art monitoring, forecasting and scheduling systems.

All the 13 REMCs have been commissioned.

- (b)  POWERGRID  is  the  Implementing  Agency  for  establishment  of  Renewable  Energy Management Centres.
- (c) The Ministry of Power has sanctioned REMCs at a cost of  Rs. 409 crore.
- (d) As given in part (a) above.
- (e) The steps taken by the Government for promoting renewable energy include:
- i) Permitting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) up to 100 percent under the automatic route,
- ii) Waiver of Inter State Transmission System (ISTS) charges for inter-state sale of solar and wind power for projects to be commissioned by 30 th June 2025,
- iii) Declaration of trajectory for Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) up to the year 2022,

iv) Setting up of Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Parks to provide land  and transmission to RE developers on a plug and play basis, v) Schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PMKUSUM), Solar Rooftop Phase II, 12000 MW CPSU Scheme Phase II, etc., vi) Laying of new transmission lines and creating new sub-station capacity under the Green Energy Corridor Scheme for evacuation of renewable power, vii) Notification of standards for deployment of solar photovoltaic system/devices, viii) Setting up of Project Development Cell for attracting and facilitating investments, ix) Standard Bidding Guidelines for tariff based competitive bidding for procurement of Power from Grid Connected Solar PV and Wind Projects. x) Government has issued orders that power shall be dispatched against Letter of Credit (LC)

- or advance payment to ensure timely payment by distribution licensees to RE generators.

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