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JSERC (Determination of Tariff for Procurement of Power from Solar PV

Power Project and Solar Thermal Power Project) Regulations, 2025

No. XX--In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 86 (1) (a), (b) and (c)
read with (e), Section 61(a to h), Section 62 (1), Section 63 and Section 181
(1) of the Electricity Act 2003 and all other powers enabling it in this behalf,
the Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission hereby makes the
following Regulations.

A1: SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT

1.1 This Regulation may be called the ‘Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory
Commission (Determination of tariff for procurement of power from solar
PV power project and solar thermal power project) Regulations, 2025’.
1.2 These Regulations shall extend to the whole state of Jharkhand.
1.3 These Regulations shall come into force on the date of its publication in the
Jharkhand Gazette and unless reviewed earlier or extended by the
Commission, and shall remain in force upto 31st March, 2028.

A2: DEFINITION AND INTERPRETATION

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2.1 In this Regulation unless the context otherwise requires:

a) ‘Act’ means the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003);
b) 'Auxiliary energy consumption' or 'AUX' in relation to a period in
the case of a generating station means the quantum of energy
consumed by auxiliary equipment of the generating station and
transformer losses within the generating station expressed as a
percentage of the sum of gross energy generated at the generator
terminals of all the units of the generating station;
c) “Capital cost” means the cost inclusive of all capital work
including plant and machinery, civil work, land including leasehold
land, erection and commissioning, financing and interest during
construction;
d) 'Commission' means the Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory
Commission (JSERC);
e) “CERC” means The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
referred to in subsection (1) of section 76 of the Act;
f) “Control Period” means the period during which the norms for
determination of tariff specified in these regulations shall remain
valid;

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g) “Day” means a continuous period starting at 00.00 hours and
ending at 24.00 hours;
h) “Distribution Licensee or Discom” means a Licensee authorised
to operate and maintain a distribution system for supplying
electricity to the consumers in his area of supply;
i) ‘Floating solar project’ or ‘FPV’ means a solar PV power project
where the arrays of photovoltaic panels on the structure of the
project float on top of a body of water, such as an artificial basin or
lake, with the help of a floater, anchoring, and mooring system;
j) “Grid” means the high voltage backbone system of inter-connected
transmission lines, sub-stations and generating plants;
k) “Grid Code” shall mean the JSERC (State Grid Code), Regulations,
2008 & its amendment from time to time;
l) “Infrastructure cost” means the cost of auxiliaries, cost of land,
site development charges and other civil works, transportation
charges, cost of evacuation up to interconnection point;
m) ‘Installed capacity' or 'IC’ means the summation of the nameplate
capacities of all the units of the generating station or the capacity of
the generating station (reckoned at the generator terminals). In the
case of Solar PV power projects and Floating solar projects, installed
capacity shall be the sum of nameplate capacities (Nominal AC
power) of the inverters of the project;
n) “Inter-connection Point” means interface point of renewable
energy generating facility with the transmission system or
distribution system, as the case may be;
(i) in relation to Solar PV power projects, Solar hybrid energy
projects and Solar with storage projects, inter-connection
point shall be line isolator on outgoing feeder on HV side of
the pooling substation;
(ii) in relation to Solar thermal power projects the, inter-
connection point shall be line isolator on outgoing feeder on
HV side of generator transformer;
o) “MNRE” means the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the
Government of India;
p) “Operation and Maintenance expenses’ or ‘O&M expenses”
means the expenditure incurred on operation and maintenance of
the project, or part thereof, and includes the expenditure on
manpower, repairs, spares, consumables, insurance and overheads;
q) 'Project' means a generating station or an evacuation system up to
an inter-connection point, as the case may be;
r) ‘Renewable energy’ or ‘RE’ means the electricity generated from
renewable energy sources;
s) ‘Solar energy project’ means a generating station that produces
electricity from Solar energy;

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t) ‘Other renewable energy source’ means and includes other
sources of renewable energy such as hydro and wind, including its
integration with combined cycle, biomass, biofuel cogeneration,
urban or municipal waste, and such other sources as recognised or
approved by the MoP/MNRE;
u) ‘Solar with storage project’ means a combination of Solar PV
power project(s) with storage at the same inter-connection point;
v) ‘Solar hybrid energy project’ means a project that produces
electricity from a combination of Solar and renewable energy
sources and/or storage connected at the same inter-connection
point;
w) ‘Solar PV power project’ means a project that uses sunlight for
direct conversion into electricity through photovoltaic technology
and is based on technologies such as crystalline silicon, thin film,
or any other technology as approved by MNRE;
Provided that the canal top based project which has ground
mounted support shall also be considered under Solar PV power
project
x) ‘Solar thermal power project’ means a project that uses sunlight
for direct conversion into electricity through concentrated solar
power technology and is based on line focus or point focus principle;
y) ‘Storage’ means energy storage system utilizing method and
technologies like, solid state batteries, flow batteries, pumped
storage, compressed air, fuel cells, hydrogen storage or any other
technology, to store various forms of energy and to deliver the stored
energy in the form of electricity;
z) ‘Tariff period’ for renewable energy projects will be same as their
Useful Life and tariff period shall be considered from the date of
commercial operation of such power projects.
aa) ‘Useful Life’ in relation to the project, including a dedicated
evacuation system, from the date of commercial operation of such
project, shall mean the following: -

a) Solar PV power project/

floating solar
project/Solar thermal 25 years
power project

Minimum of the Useful Life of

b) Solar hybrid energy different RE technologies
project combined for Solar hybrid
energy project for Composite
Tariff
c) Solar with storage project 25 years
bb) “Year” means a financial year.

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2.2 All other expressions used herein although not specifically defined herein,
but defined in the Act, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.
The other expressions used herein but not specifically defined in this
Regulation or in the Act but defined under any law passed by the Parliament
applicable to electricity industry in the State shall have the meaning
assigned to them in such law.

A3: SCOPE AND EXTENT OF APPLICATION

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3.1 These regulations shall apply to cases where tariff for a grid connected
generating station or a unit thereof commissioned during the Control Period
and based on Renewable energy sources, is to be determined by the
Commission under Section 62 read with Section 86 of the Act.
Provided that in cases of solar PV power projects, floating solar projects,
solar thermal power projects, Solar hybrid energy projects, Solar with
storage projects, these regulations shall apply subject to the fulfilment of
eligibility criteria specified in Regulation A4 of these Regulations.

A4: ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

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4.1 Solar PV power project, Floating solar project and Solar thermal power
project – The project is based on technologies approved by MNRE.
4.2 Provided that floating solar projects installed with existing renewable energy
projects other than ground mounted Solar PV projects shall be treated as
Solar hybrid energy projects.
4.3 Solar hybrid energy project – The rated capacity of generation from one
renewable energy source is at least 33% of the total installed capacity of the
Solar hybrid energy project, which operates at the same point of
interconnection: Provided that energy is injected into the grid at the same
interconnection point and metering is done at such a common
interconnection point accordingly.
4.4 Solar with storage project – The Project that uses energy generated from
Solar PV power project to store energy in a storage facility, which is
connected at the same point of interconnection as such Solar PV power
project.
Chapter 1:
General Principles

A5: CONTROL PERIOD

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5.1 The Control Period or Review Period under these Regulations shall last upto
31st March 2028 from the date of publication in Jharkhand gazette

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5.2 Provided that the tariff determined as per these Regulations for the solar
projects commissioned during the Control Period, shall continue to be
applicable for the entire duration of the Tariff Period as specified in
Regulation A6 below.
5.3 Provided further that the revision in Regulations for next Control Period
shall be undertaken six months prior to the end of the first Control Period
and in case Regulations for the next Control Period are not notified until
commencement of next Control Period, the tariff norms as per these
Regulations shall continue to remain applicable until notification of the
revised Regulations subject to adjustments as per revised Regulations.

A6: TARIFF PERIOD

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6.1 The Tariff Period for Projects, eligible under A4 of the regulation, will be
same as their Useful Life as defined in Regulation A2 (2.1) (aa) of these
Regulations.
6.2 Tariff period under these Regulations shall be considered from the date of
commercial operation of the Projects, covered under clause A4 of these
regulations.
6.3 Tariff determined as per these Regulations shall be applicable for Solar
energy power projects, for the duration of the Tariff Period as stipulated
under Clause (6.1) and (6.2).

A7: PROJECT SPECIFIC TARIFF

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7.1 The tariff shall invariably be determined through a transparent process of

competitive bidding in accordance with the Guidelines issued by the Central
Government under Section 63 of the Act, and the Commission shall adopt
such tariff in accordance with the Guidelines issued by the Central
Government under Section 63 of the Act.
Provided that if there is no participation in the process of competitive
bidding for Solar PV power projects above the threshold limit of 10 MW, the
Commission shall reserve the right to approve the Project specific tariff for
such project on a case to case basis.
Provided further that the Project specific tariff for Solar PV power projects
below the eligible threshold limit of 10 MW for participating in Competitive
Bidding may be determined on a case to case basis.
7.2 Project Specific Tariff on a case to case basis, shall be determined by the
Commission for the following types of projects:
(i) Solar PV power projects, Floating solar projects and Solar thermal
power projects;
(ii) Solar hybrid energy projects; and

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 (iii) Solar with storage projects;
7.3 Financial and operational norms specified in these regulations, except for
capital cost, shall be the ceiling norms while determining the project specific
tariff.

A8: PETITION AND PROCEEDINGS FOR DETERMINATION OF TARIFF

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8.1 A petition for determination of tariff shall be accompanied by such fee as

may be specified in the JSERC (Fees, Fines & Charges) Regulations, 2024 ,
as amended from time to time or any subsequent re-enactment thereof, and
shall be accompanied by:
(i) Information in form 1.1, 2.1 as the case may be, as appended to these
regulations;
(ii) Detailed project report outlining technical and operational details, site
specific aspects, basis for capital cost, detailed break-up of capital cost
and financing plan;
(iii) A statement of all applicable terms and conditions and anticipated
expenditure for the period for which tariff is to be determined;
(iv) A statement containing details of the calculation of any grant, subsidy,
or incentive received, due or assumed to be due, from the Central
Government or State Government or both. This statement shall also
include the proposed tariff calculated without such subsidy or
incentive;
(v) Consent from the beneficiary for procurement of power from renewable
energy project, unless such requirement has been exempted by the
Central or State Government; and
(vi) Following documents in case of a petition for determination of tariff by
Solar energy projects, where tariff from such renewable energy sources
is generally determined through a competitive bidding process in
accordance with provisions of Section 63 of the Act:
(a) Rationale for opting Project specific tariff instead of competitive
bidding; and
(b) Competitiveness of the proposed tariff vis-à-vis tariff discovered
through competitive bidding/ tariff prevalent in the market.

A9: TARIFF STRUCTURE

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9.1 The tariff for Projects shall consist of the following components:
(i) Capital Cost;
(ii) Capacity Utilization Factor;
(iii) Auxiliary consumption;

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 (iv) Return on equity;
(v) Interest on loan;
(vi) Depreciation;
(vii) Interest on working capital; and
(viii) Operation and Maintenance expenses;
9.2 The subsequent sections detail the terms and conditions of various
components set by the Commission for determination of tariff from the solar
PV and solar thermal power projects.

A10: TARIFF DESIGN

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10.1 The Project specific tariff shall be determined, on a levelized basis,

considering the year of commissioning of the project, for the Tariff Period of
the project:
10.2 For the purpose of levelized tariff computation, a discount factor equivalent
to the post-tax weighted average cost of capital shall be considered.

A11: TREATMENT FOR OVER-GENERATION

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11.1 In case a renewable energy project, in a given year, generates energy in

excess of the capacity utilization factor or plant load factor, as the case may
be specified under these Regulations, the renewable energy project may sell
such excess energy in the market under bilateral or collective transactions,
provided that the first right of refusal for such excess energy shall vest with
the concerned beneficiary. In case the concerned beneficiary purchases the
excess energy, the tariff for such excess energy shall be equal to the tariff
applicable for that year.
Chapter 2:
Financial Principles

A12: CAPITAL COST

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12.1 Norms for capital cost, as specified in relevant chapters of these regulations,
shall be inclusive of land cost, pre development expenses, all capital work
including plant & machinery, civil work, erection, commissioning, financing
cost, interest during construction and evacuation infrastructure up to an
inter-connection point.
12.2 Provided that for project specific tariff determination, the generating
company shall submit the break-up of capital cost items along with its
petition in the manner specified under Regulation A8.

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A13: DEBT EQUITY RATIO
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13.1 For determination of project specific tariff, the debt-equity ratio shall be
considered as 70:30: Provided that:
(i) The project specific tariffs, where the equity actually deployed is
more than 30% of the capital cost, equity in excess of 30% shall be
treated as a normative loan;
(ii) The project specific tariffs where equity actually deployed is less
than 30% of the capital cost, the actual equity shall be considered
for determination of tariff;
(iii) The equity invested in foreign currency shall be designated in Indian
rupees on the date of each investment;
(iv) The debt-equity ratio shall be considered after deducting the
amount of grant or capital subsidy received for the project for
arriving at the amount of debt and equity; and
(v) The premium, if any, raised by the generating company, while
issuing share capital and investment of internal resources created
out of its free reserve, for the funding of the project, shall be
reckoned as paid up capital for the purpose of computing return on
equity, only if such premium amount and internal resources are
actually utilized for meeting the capital expenditure of the renewable
energy project.
13.2 The project developer shall submit the resolution of the Board of the
company or approval of the competent authority in other cases regarding
the infusion of funds from internal resources in support of the utilization
made or proposed to be made to meet the capital expenditure of the
renewable energy project.

A14: LOAN TENURE AND INTEREST ON LOAN

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14.1 Loan Tenure

(i) For determination of generic tariff and project specific tariff, loan
tenure of 12 years shall be considered.
14.2 Interest on Loan
(ii) The loan arrived at in the manner indicated in Regulation A13 shall
be considered as gross normative loans for the calculation of interest
on loans. For Project specific tariff, the normative loan outstanding
as on the 1st of April of every year shall be worked out by deducting
the cumulative repayment up to the 31st of March of the previous
year from the gross normative loan.

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 (iii) For the purpose of computation of tariff, the normative interest rate
of two hundred (250 basis points above the average State Bank of
India Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) (one-year
tenor) prevalent during the last available six months shall be
considered.
(iv) Notwithstanding any moratorium period availed by the project
developer, the repayment of the loan shall be considered from the
first year of commercial operation of the project and shall be equal
to the annual depreciation allowed.

A15: DEPRECIATION
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15.1 The value base for the purpose of depreciation shall be the Capital Cost of
the asset admitted by the Commission. The Salvage value of the asset shall
be considered as 10% and depreciation shall be allowed up to maximum of
90% of the Capital Cost of the asset.
15.2 Depreciation per annum shall be based on ‘Differential Depreciation
Approach' over loan period beyond loan tenure over useful life computed on
Straight Line Method’. The depreciation rate for the first 12 years of the
Tariff Period shall be 5.83% per annum and the remaining depreciation
shall be spread over the remaining useful life of the project from 13th year
onwards.
15.3 Depreciation shall be chargeable from the first year of commercial
operation.
Provided that in case of commercial operation of the asset for part of the
year, depreciation shall be charged on pro rata basis

A16: RETURN ON EQUITY

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16.1 The value base for equity shall be as determined under Regulation A13.
16.2 The normative Return on Equity for renewable energy projects other than
Solar with storage projects shall be 14%, and that for the Solar with storage
projects shall be 15%. The normative Return on Equity shall be grossed up
by the latest available notified Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) rate for the
first 20 years of the Tariff Period and by the latest available notified
Corporate Tax rate for the remaining Tariff Period.

A17: INTEREST ON WORKING CAPITAL

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17.1 The Working Capital requirement in respect of Solar PV power projects,

Floating solar projects, Solar thermal power projects, and Solar with storage
projects shall be computed in accordance with the following:

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 (i) Operation and Maintenance expenses for one month;
(ii) Receivables equivalent to 45 days of tariff for the sale of electricity
calculated on the Capacity Utilisation Factor or Plant Load Factor,
as the case may be; and
(iii) Maintenance spares equivalent to 15% of Operation and
Maintenance expenses.
17.2 Interest on Working Capital shall be at an interest rate equivalent to the
normative interest rate of three hundred and twenty-five (325) basis points
above the average State Bank of India Marginal Cost of Funds based
Lending Rate (MCLR) (one-year tenor) prevalent during the last available six
months.

A18: CALCULATION OF CAPACITY UTILIZATION FACTOR AND PLANT LOAD

FACTOR
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18.1 The number of hours in a year for calculation of the capacity utilization
factor and plant load factor, as the case may be, shall be considered as
8766.

A19: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES

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19.1 Operation and Maintenance expenses shall be determined for the Tariff
Period of the project based on normative O&M expenses specified in these
regulations for the first year of the Control Period.
19.2 Normative O&M expenses allowed during the first year of the Control
Period, i.e. financial year 2025-26, under these regulations, shall be
escalated at the rate of 5.25% per annum for the Tariff Period.

A20: REBATE
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20.1 For payment of bills of the generating company through revolving and valid
letter of credit on presentation or through National Electronic Fund
Transfer (NEFT) or Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) payment mode
within a period of 5 days of presentation of bills, a rebate of 1.5% on bill
amount shall be allowed. Explanation: In case of computation of ’5 days’,
the number of days shall be counted consecutively without considering any
holiday. However, in case the last day or 5th day is an official holiday, the
5th day for the purpose of rebate shall be construed as the immediate
succeeding working day.
20.2 Where payments are made on any day after 5 days within a period of one
month from the date of presentation of bills by the generating company, a
rebate of 1% shall be allowed.

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A21: LATE PAYMENT SURCHARGE
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21.1 In case the payment of any bill for charges payable under these regulations
is delayed beyond a period of 45 days from the date of presentation of bills,
a late payment surcharge as specified in the Ministry of Power - Electricity
(Late Payment Surcharge and Related Matters) Rules, 2022 as amended
from time to time shall be levied by the generating company.

A22: SUBSIDY OR INCENTIVE BY THE CENTRAL OR THE STATE

GOVERNMENT
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22.1 The Commission shall take into consideration any incentive, grant or
subsidy from the Central or State Government, including accelerated
depreciation benefit, availed by the project while determining the tariff
under these regulations:
22.2 Provided that the following principles shall be considered for ascertaining
income tax benefit on account of accelerated depreciation, if availed, for the
purpose of tariff determination:
(i) Assessment of benefit shall be based on normative capital cost,
accelerated depreciation rate and corporate income tax rate as per
relevant provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961, as amended from
time to time; and
(ii) Capitalization of renewable energy projects during the second half
of the fiscal year.
(iii) Per unit benefit shall be derived on a levelized basis at a discount
factor equivalent to the weighted average cost of capital.
22.3 Any grant, subsidy or incentive availed by renewable energy project, which
is not considered at the time of determination of tariff, shall be deducted by
the beneficiary in subsequent bills after receipt of such grant, subsidy or
incentive in suitable instalments or within such period as may be stipulated
by the Commission.
22.4 In case the Central or State Government or their agencies provide any
generation- based incentive, which is specifically over and above the tariff,
such incentive shall neither be taken into account while determining the
tariff nor be deducted by the beneficiary in subsequent bills raised by the
particular Renewable energy project.

A23: STATUTORY CHARGES

23.1 The renewable energy project developer shall recover from the beneficiaries
the statutory charges imposed by the State and Central Government, such
as electricity duty on auxiliary consumption, subject to the maximum of
normative auxiliary consumption.

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 Chapter 3:
PARAMETERS FOR Solar PV power projects, Solar thermal power projects
AND Floating solar projects

A24: CAPITAL COST

24.1 The Commission shall determine only project specific capital costs
considering the prevailing market trends.
A25: CAPACITY UTILISATION FACTOR
25.1 The Commission shall only approve capacity utilisation factors for project
specific tariffs:
25.2 Provided that the minimum capacity utilization factor for Solar PV power
projects shall be 21%:
25.3 Provided further that the minimum capacity utilization factor for Solar
thermal power projects shall be 23%:
25.4 Provided also that the minimum capacity utilisation factor for Floating solar
projects shall be 19%.
A26: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES
26.1 The Commission shall determine only project specific O&M expenses
considering the prevailing market trends.
A27: AUXILIARY CONSUMPTION
27.1 The Commission shall only approve auxiliary consumption for project
specific tariffs:
27.2 Provided that the maximum auxiliary consumption for Solar PV power
projects shall be 0.75%;
27.3 Provided further that the maximum auxiliary consumption for Solar
thermal power projects shall be 10%;
27.4 Provided also that the maximum auxiliary consumption for Floating solar
projects shall be 0.75%.

Chapter 4:
PARAMETERS FOR Solar hybrid energy projects

A28: CAPITAL COST

28.1 The capital cost shall be determined on a project specific basis considering
the prevailing market trends.

A29: CAPACITY UTILISATION FACTOR

29.1 The Commission shall determine only project specific capacity utilisation
factor in respect of Solar hybrid energy projects, taking into consideration

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 the proportion of rated capacity of each renewable energy source, as the
case may be, and applicable capacity utilisation factor for such renewable
energy sources, as the case may be:
29.2 Provided that the minimum capacity utilization factor for Solar hybrid
energy projects shall be 30% when measured at the inter-connection point,
where the energy is injected into the grid.

A30: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES

30.1 The Commission shall determine only project specific O&M expenses
considering the prevailing market trends.

A31: TARIFF
31.1 The tariff for a Solar hybrid energy project shall be a composite levelised
tariff for the project as a whole by factoring in the tariff components up to
the minimum of the useful life of the RE technologies combined for such
Solar hybrid energy projects:
31.2 Provided that, in case any of the RE technologies combined for the Solar
hybrid energy projects is left with a further useful life, the levelised tariff for
the remaining useful life of such RE technology shall be determined
separately by factoring in the tariff components for the remaining useful
life.

Chapter 5:
PARAMETERS FOR Solar energy with storage project

A32: CAPITAL COST

32.1 The Commission shall determine only project specific capital costs for Solar
with storage projects considering the prevailing market trends

A33: STORAGE EFFICIENCY

33.1 The Commission shall approve the storage efficiency only for project specific
tariffs: Provided that the minimum efficiency for storage based on the
technology of solid state batteries shall be 85%:
33.2 Provided further that the minimum efficiency for Storage based on the
Technology of Pumped Storage shall be 75%.
33.3 Efficiency of the storage component of renewable energy with a storage
project shall be measured as the ratio of output energy received from
storage and input energy supplied to the storage component of such project
on an annual basis.

A34: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSES

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34.1 The Commission shall determine only project specific O&M expenses
considering the prevailing market trends.

A35: TARIFF
35.1 The tariff for Solar energy with storage project shall be a composite tariff or
differential tariff based on the time of day, determined for energy supplied
from the Project, including the energy supplied from the storage facility:
35.2 Provided that such tariff may be determined for the supply of power on
round the clock basis or for time periods as agreed by the Project Developer
and Beneficiary.
Chapter 6:

OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

A36: SCHEDULING
36.1 The Solar PV power projects and Solar thermal power projects with installed
capacity of 10 MW and above shall be treated as ‘MUST RUN’ power plants
and shall not be subjected to ‘merit order despatch’ principles.
36.2 Solar PV power projects with capacity of 5 MW and above and connected at
the connection point of 33 KV level and above shall be subjected to
scheduling and despatch code as specified under Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission (Indian Electricity Grid Code) Regulations, 2023,
as amended from time to time.
36.3 However, System operator may instruct the solar generator to back down
generation on consideration of grid security or safety of any equipment or
personnel is endangered and solar generator shall comply with the same.
For this, Data Acquisition System facility shall be provided for transfer of
information to concerned SLDC and RLDC.
36.4 The schedule of solar generation shall be given by the solar generator based
on availability of the generator, weather forecasting, solar insolation, season
and normal solar generation curve and shall be vetted by the RLDC in which
the generator is located and incorporated in the inter-state schedule. If
RLDC is of the opinion that the schedule is not realistic, it may ask the
solar generator to modify the schedule.
36.5 Concerned RLDC and SLDC shall maintain the record of schedule from
renewable power generating stations based on solar from the point of view
of grid security. While scheduling generating stations in a region, system
operator shall aim at utilizing available solar energy fully.
36.6 The despatch principles for electricity generated from Solar PV power
projects shall be as per the provisions of the Central Electricity Regulatory
Commission (Indian Electricity Grid Code) Regulations, 2023, as amended
from time to time, except where specific provision has been made under the
Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (State Grid Code)
Regulations, 2008 and its subsequent amendments.

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A37: METERING AND BILLING
37.1 The metering and communication arrangements shall be provided in
accordance with the JSERC (Open Access in Intra-State Transmission and
Distribution) Regulations, 2016 and subsequent amendments thereof, Grid
Code and Central Electricity Authority (Installation and Operation of
Meters) Regulations, 2006 in consultation with Distribution Licensee/State
Transmission Utility. The periodicity of testing, checking, calibration etc.,
will be governed by the Central Electricity Authority (Installation and
Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006 and regulations issued by the
Commission from time to time in this regard.
37.2 Main and Check Meters shall have facility to communicate its reading to
State Load Dispatch Centre on real time basis or otherwise as may be
specified by the Commission.
37.3 Meter reading shall be taken as per the procedure devised by the
Distribution Licensee/State Load Despatch Centre. The term ‘Meter’ shall
include Current transformers, voltage/potential transformers, wiring
between them and meter box/panel etc.
37.4 Billing of the metered energy shall be carried out on a monthly basis.

A38: Outage planning

38.1 Annual outage plan shall be prepared in advance for the financial year by
the RPC Secretariat in consultation with NLDC and RLDC and reviewed
during the year on quarterly and Monthly basis. The outage planning of
solar power plant and its associated evacuation network shall be planned
to extract maximum power from these renewable sources of energy. Outage
of solar power plant should be planned, if required during the rainy season.

A39: Financial Benefits

39.1 The Department of Industries, Government of Jharkhand notified the
Jharkhand Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy 2021. The policy
states that thrust will be given to develop renewable and environment
friendly sources of energy. Project(s) eligible under clause A4 of these
regulations whose date of commercial operation falls after the effective date
of implementation of the policy, shall be deemed to be a new industrial unit
and will be entitled to all the incentives under the prevailing Industrial
Policy.
Provided the financial benefits (if any) as per the Jharkhand State Solar
Policy 2022 shall also be available for the developer and shall be considered
at the time of determination of tariff.

Chapter 7:
MISCELLANEOUS

A40: DEVIATION FROM NORMS

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40.1 Tariff for electricity generated from a generating station based on renewable
energy sources, may also be agreed between the generating company and
beneficiary, in deviation from the norms specified in these regulations:
Provided that the levelized tariff of the project calculated on the basis of the
norms specified in these regulations shall be the ceiling levelized tariff.
A41: GUIDELINES OF COMPETENT AUTHORITY
41.1 Policy/guidelines issued by the Ministry of Power, Government of India,
MNRE, State Government and any other competent authority in this regard
from time to time shall prevail.
A42: POWER TO RELAX.
42.1 The Commission may by general or special order, for reasons to be recorded
in writing, and after giving an opportunity of hearing to the parties likely to
be affected may relax any of the provisions of these regulations on its own
motion or on an application made before it by an interested person.
A43: POWER TO REMOVE DIFFICULTIES
43.1 If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of these regulations,
the commission may, be general or specific order, make such provisions not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Act, as may appear to be necessary
for removing the difficulty.
A44: POWER TO AMEND
44.1 The Commission may from time to time add, vary, alter, modify or amend
any provisions of these regulations on its own motion or on any application
made before it by an interested person.

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