The Government on Tuesday said it has notified the Green Open Access Rules 2022 to further accelerate India’s renewable energy programmes.
These rules are notified for promoting generation, purchase and consumption of green energy including through waste-to-energy plants. It enables a simplified procedure for the open access to green power, the power ministry said in a statement.
“In order to further accelerate our ambitious renewable energy programmes, with the end goal of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and green energy for all, Green Open Access Rules 2022 have been notified on June 6, 2022,” the ministry said.
Consumers can now demand green power from discoms (power distribution companies), it said, adding, “Every consumer becomes stakeholder to contribute in achieving India’s commitment of 500 GW of non-fossil fuel by 2030.”
As per the rules, the green open access is allowed to any consumer and the limit of open access transaction has been reduced from 1 MW (megawatt) to 100 kW for green energy in order to enable small consumers also to purchase renewable power through open access. There will be transparency in the approval process of the open access applications.