The draft proposal from the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission would benefit solar, wind and hybrid renewable energy projects that missed their commissioning timelines.
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India’s power regulator has proposed giving transmission charge waivers to clean energy projects that have been delayed by the unavailability of transmission lines, draft regulations showed.* Several clean energy projects have been stalled in India because of a lack of transmission infrastructure.* The move would mark a policy roll-back. India had begun phasing out interstate transmission charge waivers for new solar, wind and hybrid projects from July 2025.* The draft proposal from the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission would benefit solar, wind and hybrid renewable energy projects that missed their commissioning timelines.* The relief would be available for projects that signed at least seven-year-long power sale contracts by December 31, 2026.* The regulator also proposed extending these benefits to battery storage systems that are built as part of renewable energy projects.* In such cases, power supplied from the batteries would get the same transmission-charge waiver as the renewable project itself. Published on August 3, 2026
