Lok Sabha Question No. 1918 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-14
Subject: Adoption of Green Energy Open Access
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1918

ANSWERED ON 14/12/2023

## ADOPTION OF GREEN ENERGY OPEN ACCESS

## 1918. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL

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

- (a) The extent to which Green Energy Open Access has facilitated the integration of the Commercial and Industrial (C&I) sector into the solar energy framework;
- (b) The key features of Green Energy Open Access that have contributed in promoting to adopt renewable energy, particularly in the context of the C&I sector;
- (c) the extent to which the adoption of Green Energy Open Access has taken place across States in the country; and
- (d) the details of a comprehensive breakdown of the adoption of Green Energy Open Access on a State-wise basis, highlighting specific details and trends in each State?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) As reported by Grid Controller of India (GCI), the Central Nodal Agency maintaining the Central Registry for Green Energy Open Access (GEOA) applications, all eligible 3595 applications from bulk, captive  and  industrial  category  consumers  have  been  approved  for  procurement  of  green  energy including solar energy through open access, during November 2022 to October 2023.
- (b) The Government has issued Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through Green Energy Open Access)  Rules,  2022  on  6 th June  2022.  The  key  features  of  these  Rules  that  have  contributed  in promoting to adopt renewable energy, including in the C&I sector, inter-alia include the following:
1. Open Access is allowed to any consumer with contract demand of 100 kW or above through single or multiple single connection aggregating 100 kW or more located in same electricity division of a distribution licensee and for captive consumers there is no such minimum limit,
2. Consumers are entitled to demand supply of green power from DISCOMs and DISCOMs are obliged to supply the demand.
3. Approval for open access is to be granted in 15 days or else it will be deemed to have been granted.
4. Commercial and Industrial consumers are allowed to purchase green power on voluntarily basis.
5. Green Certificates are awarded to consumers for consumption of green power beyond the renewable purchase obligation.
6. Additional surcharge shall not be applicable for GEOA Consumers, if fixed charges are being paid by such a consumer.
7. Cross subsidy surcharge and additional surcharge shall not be applicable if green energy is utilized for production of green hydrogen and green ammonia.
- (c) & (d) As reported by GCI, the state-wise and category-wise details of applications approved for GEOA during November 2022 to October 2023, are given at Annexure.

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## Annexure referred to in reply of part (c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha unstarred question No. 1918 to be answered on 14.12.2023

## State-wise and category-wise details of applications approved for GEOA during November 2022 to October 2023 as reported by GCI

| S/N   | State/UT/Agency   | Application Category   | Application Category   | Application Category   | Application Category   | Application Category       | Application Category   | Application Category   |
|-------|-------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| S/N   | State/UT/Agency   | Bulk Consumer          | Captive Power Plant    | Consumer               | Distribution Licensee  | Independent Power Producer | Industrial Load        | Total                  |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                      | 0                      | 1                      | 15                     | 0                          | 16                     | 32                     |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 24                     | 0                          | 0                      | 24                     |
| 3     | Assam             | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 3                      | 0                          | 0                      | 3                      |
| 4     | Bihar             | 6                      | 0                      | 0                      | 32                     | 0                          | 0                      | 38                     |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | 667                    | 427                    | 0                      | 0                      | 0                          | 0                      | 1094                   |
| 6     | DD and DNH        | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 606                    | 0                          | 0                      | 606                    |
| 7     | DVC               | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 28                     | 0                          | 0                      | 28                     |
| 8     | Delhi             | 0                      | 0                      | 351                    | 1974                   | 0                          | 0                      | 2325                   |
| 9     | Goa               | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 1106                   | 0                          | 0                      | 1106                   |
| 10    | Gujarat           | 1033                   | 0                      | 0                      | 608                    | 0                          | 0                      | 1641                   |
| 11    | Haryana           | 0                      | 0                      | 1                      | 297                    | 0                          | 1                      | 299                    |
| 12    | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 90                     | 0                          | 0                      | 90                     |
| 13    | Jammu Kashmir     | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 220                    | 0                          | 0                      | 220                    |
| 14    | Jharkhand         | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 49                     | 0                          | 0                      | 49                     |
| 15    | Karnataka         | 6                      | 92                     | 0                      | 91                     | 0                          | 7                      | 196                    |
| 16    | Kerala            | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 456                    | 0                          | 0                      | 456                    |
| 17    | Madhya Pradesh    | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 269                    | 0                          | 0                      | 269                    |
| 18    | Maharashtra       | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 2397                   | 0                          | 0                      | 2397                   |
| 19    | Manipur           | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 72                     | 0                          | 0                      | 72                     |
| 20    | Meghalaya         | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 2                      | 0                          | 0                      | 2                      |
| 21    | Mizoram           | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 5                      | 0                          | 0                      | 5                      |
| 22    | Nagaland          | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 39                     | 0                          | 0                      | 39                     |
| 23    | Odisha            | 0                      | 646                    | 0                      | 171                    | 0                          | 138                    | 955                    |
| 24    | Pondicherry UT    | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 269                    | 0                          | 0                      | 269                    |
| 25    | Punjab            | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 302                    | 0                          | 0                      | 302                    |
| 26    | Rajasthan         | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 333                    | 0                          | 0                      | 333                    |
| 27    | Sikkim            | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 113                    | 0                          | 0                      | 113                    |
| 28    | Tamil Nadu        | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 175                    | 0                          | 0                      | 175                    |
| 29    | Telangana         | 0                      | 0                      | 22                     | 1633                   | 0                          | 0                      | 1655                   |
| 30    | Uttar Pradesh     | 0                      | 0                      | 91                     | 942                    | 0                          | 79                     | 1112                   |
| 31    | Uttarakhand       | 0                      | 0                      | 8                      | 366                    | 5                          | 0                      | 379                    |
| 32    | West Bengal       | 0                      | 0                      | 3                      | 233                    | 0                          | 0                      | 236                    |
|       | Grand Total       | 1712                   | 1165                   | 477                    | 12920                  | 5                          | 241                    | 16520                  |