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Appendix C - Comparative Summary ofThe information contained in this appendix is for general information purposes on

Andhra Pradsesh

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Order Date

Eligible Producer

Land Allotment

Operative Period


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Sale of Power

and Tariff

Wheeling

(selling/

transporting over

transmission

lines)

Banking (Energy

Banking)


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Power

Evacuation and

Grid Interfacing


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Incentives

and

General

Source: adapted from IREDA, www.ireda.gov.in/solar/DATA/Policy/1%20Final%2


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tate Solar Policiesly, and has not been peer-reviewed. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or

Bihar Chhattisgarh

State renewable energy policy State renewable energy policy

Notification No. 38 dated April 8, 2002

Any industry, Institution, private agency,

partnership firm, consortia, panchayat,cooperative or registered society

Every unit, organisation or private agency

setting up of renewable energy projects Parties may set-up units either themselves or as

a joint venture

Government land, if available on lease, otherwise

private purchase

Government land, if available, on lease

Private land to be acquired by the government

and made vailable to the party at acquisition cost

5 Years with immediate effect


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The developer may sell generated power to the

state grid/BSEB/third-party/HT consumers

Parties may use the power themselves or sell it

to a third-party after permission from GoC, CSEB.

CSEB to purchase at rate of Rs.2.25 per unit

For third-party, the rates to be settled mutually

On BSEB transmission and distribution system as

per agreed terms with developers

On CSEB's transmission/

distribution system


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Developer to bear cost for evacuation of power to

the nearest State/BSEB gird/sub-station.

Developer to bear cost for evacuation of power

from plant to nearest grid sub-station

Lines/equipments to be maintained by CSEB at

Developers cost


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Incentives/concessions as applicable to new

industrial units/backward areas

Incentives/concessions

as applicable to new Industrial units

Reactive charges to be paid to CSEB for taking

reactive power from them

Electricity sold to third-party or for self use

exempted from electricity duty for 5 years

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implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability, legality or availability with respect to

Gujarat Haryana

State renewable energy policy

Solar Power Policy 2009 G.R.No.SLR-11-2008-

2176-B, dated 6th January, 2009 and

modification vide .R.No.SLR-11-2010/170022/B

dated 22nd June, 2010.

GoH, Renewable Energy Dept. Dated 23-11-2005

Any company or body corporate or association

of body of individuals, whether incorporated ornot, or artificial juridical person,

Minimum project capacity of a Solar Power

Generators (SPG), in case of solar Photovoltaic

(SPV) and Solar Thermal (ST) to be 5 MW each

A maximum 500 MW SPG

allowed for installation

Companies, cooperatives, partnerships, local self

governments, state nodal agency, Boards &corporations, power utilities, private developers,

public

private partnership companies, consortia,

registered societies, NGOs, individuals etc.

State government to acquire land if necessary at

the cost of IPP

Up to 31.3.2014. Date of notification till a new policy is notified


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Open Access for third-party sale

Cross subsidy exempted in case of third-party

sale and surplus energy over captive use to be

considered as sale @85% of the tariff determined

by the commission

Energy to be sold to distribution licensees in the

state at tariff( as detailed in Policy) for SPV & STfor 25 years

To licensee/utilities at HERC tariff (for new

projects after this Policy)

Surplus power from captive power to utilities at

negotiated price. (for old projects)

Allowed on payment of transmission charges

and losses applicable to normal open access

consumer with in the state (at 66kV and above).

For wheeling (below 66kV) transmission and

wheeling losses @ 10% of the energy fed to the

grid

For wheeling to more than one location,

generator to pay 5 paisa/unit on the energy fed to

the grid

On licensee/utilities grid for captive use or for

third-party sale within the State as per approved

HERC tariff

Allowed for one year free of cost.

If the banked energy is not utilized within

twelve months, no charges shall be paid In lieu of

such power


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Power by the SPG to be injected at 66 kV.

Evacuation facility from the Solar

substation/switch yard to GETCO substation to be

approved & laid by GETCO

Cost of power evacuation up to HVPN/UHBVN.

DHBVN network to be borne by the developer.


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CDM benefit to developers in

first year, 10% to beneficiaries in 2nd year to be

increased by 10% every year upto 50% and then

shared equally between developer and

beneficiary

SPGs installed and commissioned during this

period to be eligible for the incentives, for aperiod of 25 years from the date of

commissioning . Benefits of this policy will not be

available to the projects set up under MNRE

incentive scheme for SPG

Any subsidy/incentive received

by SPG developers from any source to be reduced

from tariff rate except accelerated depreciation

under I T Act

Exemption from demand cut up to 50% of the

installed capacity assigned for captive use

Exempted from payment of electricity duty

All new projects to be treated as Industry in

terms of Industrial Policy 2005 and all the

incentives available to new projects to be

applicable as per this Policy.


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Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka

Solar Power Policy for J&K 2010 State renewable energy policy

No. EN 354 NCE 2008 Bangalore. Dated

19thJanuary, 2010.

Any company or body corporate or association of

body of individuals, whether incorporated or not,for the purpose of captive use and/or for selling

of electricity as per MNRE & JKSERC norm

KPTCL for allotment of projects above 100 MW

Available sites to be advertised

Government land on lease for 25 years at

premium of Rs.1/Kanal

Private land to be arranged by entity

Government to acquire land and lease to entity

lease for 25 years at premium of Re.1/Kanal plus

compensation for land

Government to facilitate acquisition of forest

land

Government land for Karnataka Renewable

Energy Development Limited (KREDL)

Private land from owners

land owner farmers to be equity partners for

equity not less than 5% of gross energy generated

10% barren Government lands reserved for

industrial use to KREDL for renewable energy

development

KREDL to sub-lease land to

developer for 30 years

From date of publication in state gazette untilsuperseded or modified

5 years up to 2014


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Projects commissioned during operative period

eligible for incentives for 25 years from COD or

life of SPPs, whichever is earlier

No entry tax on power generation/ transmission

equipment and building material used for SPPs

Exemption from court fee for registration of

documents for lease of land No royalty in the shape of free power to be paid

for solar projects

Exemption from demand cut of 50% of installed

capacity for captive use

Electricity duty exempted for self

consumption /Sale to third-party/sale to licensees

Developer to pass the gross benefits of CDM to

the distribution licensee with whom PPA is signed

Mortgage deed in favour of financing

institutions exempted from payment of stamp

duty

KREDL to facilitate availing CDM

MNRE supported solar grid connected projects

of 1MW and above have incentive up to Rs

12/kWh for solar PV and Re.10/kWh for solar

thermal in addition to tariff allowed by KERC

Roof Top grid connected solar KWp projects of 5

KWp to 100 KWp to be connected at 415 V, 3phase, 11 kV level of distribution licensees with

maximum energy injection to be not more than

70% of the consumption from distribution

licensee sources

After the plant completes 11 years, it has to sell

power to Energy supply companies on tariff based

on variable cost as per KERC norms

Developer to commission the project with grid

synchronization within a period of 3 years from

the date of statutary clearance

50% of the installed capacity assigned for

captive use


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any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. The inclu

Kerala Madhya Pradesh

State renewable energy policy Madhya Pradesh Solar Energy Policy 2010

(Draft)

G.O.(MS) No. 16/2002/, dated 03.04.200

Companies, cooperatives, partnerships, local

self governments, registered societies, NGOs,individuals

Power producers for captive consumption

All solar power developers

Manufacturing units of equipment andancillaries related to solar power projects

Government land @ Re.1/- /year (token

premium) for 30 years or life of the Project,

whichever is less

Private land to be acquired by government &

made available to Developer at acquisition cost

Permission for government land to be given by

Non-Convention Energy Department (GoMP)

50% exemption on stamp

duty on private land

With effect from date of Issuance and to remainin force until further orders


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PPA for a minimum period of five years.

Power purchase by KSEB at a ceiling rate of

Rs.2.80 per unit with 2000-01 as base year and 5%

escalation every year up to 5 years of operation.

Higher tariff in special cases

Terms & conditions for power purchase by

distribution licensee or MP Power trading

company as per MPERC

Purchase rate of electricity generated by

developers as per MPERC

On KSEB grid for captive use or for banking, at a

wheeling charge of 5 % of energy fed into the

grid, including transmission loss

Wheeling charges as per MPERC

4% subsidy is available


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Developer to bear cost for evacuation facilities

& interfacing including maintenance

KSEB to initially bear the expenditure for

erection of HT sub stations and transmission

infrastructure

ANERT to recover 50 percent of this expenditure

from the power project promoters and give it toKSEB

Cost for evacuation facilities to be borne by

developer

T&D lines and other equipment to be installed

by the developer or

By MPSEB/successor company at the cost of

developer.

Maintenance of T&D lines &equipments by MPSEB/successor company at the

cost of developer

All incidental/operational

cost towards power evacuation shall be borne by

the project developer during the entire life span

of the project


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Industry status under the schemes

administrated by Industries Department and

incentives to be made available to them

Large Industries having 2000 KVA and above as

connected load, to produce at least 5 percent of

their requirement through captive power plants

KSEB to provide facilities of an irrevocable,divisible, revolving and confirmed stand by Letter

of Credit (LC) by any Nationalised Bank

The amount of LC to be equal to the Expected

Payment for one month by Board

All transactions involving wheeling, banking or

sale of power to be settled on a monthly basis

Solar equipment and other related equipment

exempted from Entry Tax

Electricity duty exempted subject to generation

of atleast 70% of generation declared in DPR

Developers to share CDM benefits on gross

basis with distribution licensee as per GoI norms

or on equal(50:50) basis from day one Distribution licensee shall pass on 10% of the

CDM benefits from its share to the MPUVN

Developer to commission the Solar PV Project in

12 months and solar thermal in 28 months from

signing of PPA

Developers can Migrate from 2006 State policy

to this policy i.e. MP Solar Policy 2010 (as detailed

in the policy)


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Power department to purchase electricity at a

minimum rate of Rs.2.25/- per unit to be increased every

year for 10 operational years.

Thereafter the rate of increase to be mutually settled

between power department. and developer

PPA for 20 years unless developer wants shorter period

DISCOM to purchase electricity at SERC rate & on

mutually accepted terms and conditions

Department to transmit on

its grid the power generated by producer and make it

available to him for captive use or to a third party for

sale within the State, at a uniform wheeling charge of 2%

of the energy fed to the grid

third-party to be a HT consumer of power

STU to transmit on its grid the power for captive

use of developer or to a third-party or sale within

the state, at an applicable wheeling charge.

Third-party to be HT consumer

of the power unless relaxed by the DISCOM.

Allowed up to 1 year


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Developer to bear cost for evacuation facilities &

interfacing up to the nearest HT lines as well as

for Mtc.

Alternatively, these works and their maintenance could

be undertaken by the Power department at charges to

be decided by the Department

Cost of augmentation of sub-station capacity at 33/11KV or higher & transmission lines to be borne by the

Department.

Developer to bear cost for

evacuation facilities & interfacing up to the

nearest HT lines as well as for

maintenance

Alternatively, these works and their

maintenance could be undertaken by the DISCOM

at charges to be decided by the DISCOM/SERC


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All transactions involving wheeling, banking or sale of

power to be settled on monthly basis

Exemption from electricity duty for 5 years from COD

for captive use or third-party sale.

Producers to be treated as industrial units and similar

incentives available to them

Concessions given to industrial units in backward areasto be provided

Infrastructural facilities to be on the lines of industrial

units if plant is set up in industrial area developed by

state government

GoI incentives

Exemption of tax on solar devices and spare parts

Sales Tax exempted

MANIREDA to facilitate grant of loans by IREDA &

MNRE & accord of clearances for execution

If the applicant does not take effective steps (i.e at

least 10% of the total

project cost not incurred within six months) to

implement the project, the

agreement to be terminated and site

allotted to another applicant

Infrastructural facilities to be on the lines of

industrial units if plant is set up in industrial area

developed by State government

Exemption from electricity duty for 5 years from

COD for captive use or third-party sale.

Sales Tax/VAT deferment/remission as

applicable Meghalaya Non-Conventional and Rural Energy

Development Agency

(MNREDA), to facilitate clearances for the

projects at the state and central levels and grant

of loans by Indian Renewal Energy Development

Authority (IREDA) and subsidies by MNRE.

Developer to submit applications for projects

and grid interfacing to MNREDA and DISCOM

MNREDA/ State government to provide

clearance within a period of 2 months from the

date of submission of application


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Department to purchase

electricity at a minimum rate of Rs.3.50/unit

applicable for the year 2002-03 with escalation of

5% every year for 10 operational years

Thereafter the rate of increase to be mutually

ettled between Department and the producer

It shall not be compulsory for power producerto sell power to Department

Developers with concurrence of the

Department may sell the electricity to a third-

party within and outside the State,

at a rate to be mutually settled between them

PPA for minimum period of 10 years unless

developer wants for shorter period

To bulk suppliers/ distribution licensee on basis of

PPA with the approval of OERC

Energy not utilized during the year for captive

use to be treated as sold to GRIDCO/DISTCO

Department to transmit on its grid the power

generated and make it available to him for captive

use or to a third-party nominated by eligible

producer for sale within the State, at a uniform

wheeling charge of 2% of the energy supplied to

the grid

third-party to be HT consumer unless condition

relaxed by DISCOM

Allowed, subject to payment of transmission/

distribution and wheeling charges both for captive

use and out side the State as approved by OERC

Developer may supply energy to any area not

served by the licensee .

Allowed up to 1 year Allowed on annual basis.

Banking charges 2.5% of energy dispatched


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Developer to bear cost for evacuation facilities

& interfacing up to the nearest HT lines as well as

for maintenance

Alternatively, the above works and their

maintenance could be undertaken by the

Department at charges to be decided by the

Department and the producer on mutualagreement

Cost of augmentation of substation capacity at

33/11 KV or higher & transmission lines to be

borne by the Department

Grid interfacing with the generating units to be

constructed by the developer at their own cost


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commendation.

Punjab Rajasthan

State renewable energy policy State renewable energy policy

Energy Dept. letter no. F.20 (4) Energy/2004

dated 25.10.2004 and amended vide letters of

even nos. dated 10.3.2005, 16.7.05, 18.8.05,

24.2.06, 30-11-06 ,19-1-07, 27/29-3-2008,

15.5.2008, and 10-11-2008.

Government land at lease rent of Re.1/sq.

meter/ annum for 33 years

Agricultural land without conversion charges

Government land to be allotted to power

producer at concessional rates viz, 10% of DLC

rates as detailed in policy

Private land to be procured at cost.

If any producer initiates activities on the

allotted land without project approval, grid

connectivity to be allowed only after payment of

an amount @ Rs.5.00 lacs per MW as penalty

amount to RREC

Five years w.e.f. 8th December, 2006


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Rs.7.00 per unit (Base year 2006-07) with

annual escalation @ 5% up to 2011-2012

Thereafter PSEB/HT tariff , whichever is higher

Producers may use power for captive

consumption or for sale to consumers/licensees

including DISCOMS.

Energy to be offered to open access

consumer/DISCOMS/ CPPs within the State

After fulfilling RE Obligation developers may sell

surplus energy out side the State. Price of power to be sold to

consumers/licensees other than DISCOMS as per

mutual agreement between seller and the

purchaser. For DISCOMS the price of power to be

as per RERC order 09-03-2007 & amendment 14-

03-2007

Cap on purchase of energy to be as specified by

the (RERC)

2% of energy fed to the grid Producers may use power for captive

consumption or for sale to onsumers/licensees

including DISCOMS.

Energy to be offered to open access

consumer/DISCOMS/ CPPs within the State

After fulfilling RE Obligation developers may sell

surplus energy out side the State.

Price of power to be sold to

consumers/licensees other than DISCOMS as per

mutual agreement between seller and the

purchaser. For DISCOMS the price of power to beas per RERC order 09-03-2007 & amendment 14-

03-2007

Cap on purchase of energy to be as specified by

the (RERC)

Allowed Allowed

For third-party sale/captive use for which PPAs

signed after March 31, 2007, the banking to be as

specified by RERC


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VAT @ 4% on manufacturing & sale of NRSE

devise/system and equipment/ machinery

PEDA to assist in seeking carbon credit under

CDM

Octroi exempted

Power projects established for which PPAs have

been signed under the Policies - 1999, 2000 and

2003 to be governed as per the terms &

conditions under the concerned policies provided

the power projects gets commissioned before

31st March 2005

Developer to deposit a refundable amount assecurity deposit of Rs.5.0 lac per MW, in the form

of cash or bank guarantee with RREC, towards

completion of the project in the prescribed time

frame


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Developers to bear the entire cost of power

evacuation and interfacing

including maintenance to the earest HT lines

Cost of augmentation of sub-station capacity at

33/11 kV or higher and transmission lines to be

borne by the Department


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T&D lines from generation site to be provided by

UPCL/PTCUL


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