To review the status of upcoming solar PV plants in the State a meeting was called by the Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) with the officers of UREDA (State Nodal Agency for development of RE in the State) and UPCl in Dehradun on Friday.
During the meeting UREDA informed that the total installed capacity of 10.925 MW has been achieved till date and plants with a capacity of 30 MW will be commissioned by March 2016. It will ensure an additional capacity of 40 MW solar energy. Further, the Commission was updated that a total of 181.40 MW capacity plants (23 Projects) will be commissioned by October 2016 by 13 developers with minimum and maximum quoted tariff of Rs. 5.57/kWh and Rs5.99/kWh. Most of these projects are in Dehradun, Haridwar and Udhamsinghnagar.
The UERC also enquired from UPCl the status of evacuation facilities of the energy generated from the above referred projects, land acquisition and the metering, pooling stations by UPCl. In this regard the officers from UREDA and UPCl stated that they will update the Commission after consulting the same under the guidance of Principal Secretary (Energy), Uttarakhand Government.