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Govt. asks CERC to ‘couple’ power exchanges

  • June 11, 2023
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Govt. asks CERC to ‘couple’ power exchanges

Subject : Economy

Section: Infrastructure

Concept :

  • The Ministry of Power has asked the Central Electricity Regulatory Authority (CERC) to initiate the process of coupling multiple power exchanges.

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC):

  • CERC – a key regulator of the power sector in India, is a statutory body functioning with quasi-judicial status under the Electricity Act 2003.
  • It was initially constituted in 1998 under the Ministry of Power’s Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998 for –
  • Rationalisation & regulation of electricity tariffs,
  • Transparent policies regarding subsidies,
  • Promotion of efficient and environmentally benign policies, and
  • CERC was instituted primarily to regulate –
  • The tariff of Power Generating companies owned or controlled by the government of India, and any other generating company which has a composite scheme for power generation and interstate transmission of energy
  • In accordance with the Electricity Act 2003, the CERC is also responsible for development of the power market in India for efficient, transparent and competitive price discovery through power exchanges.

Power Exchanges in India:

  • At present India has three power exchanges – Indian Electricity Exchange (IEX), Power Exchange of India (PXIL) and Hindustan Power Exchange (HPX) functioning with guidance from the CERC.
  • Indian Electricity Exchange (IEX):
    • IEX is approved and regulated by the CERC and has been operating since 2008 and is a publicly listed company with NSE and BSE since 2017.
    • It is India’s premier energy marketplace, providing a nationwide automated trading platform for the physical delivery of electricity, renewables, and certificates.
    • It is powered by state-of-the-art, intuitive and customer centric technology, enabling efficient price discovery and facilitating the ease of power procurement.
    • More recently, IEX has pioneered cross border electricity trade expanding its power market beyond India in an endeavour to create an integrated South Asian Power Market.
    • The IEX has the largest market share of 88% in total power trade at multiple exchanges in India.
  • Power Exchange India Limited (PXIL):
    • It is India’s first institutionally promoted Power Exchange that provides innovative and credible solutions to transform the Indian Power Markets since 2008.
    • Both IEX and PXIL have started their real-time market (RTM) trading platforms for electricity transactions in 2020. The real-time market is a platform widely used across the world.
  • Hindustan Power Exchange (HPX):
    • It is the new age power exchange in the Indian Electricity Market that provides a comprehensive market platform for different electricity products.
    • It provides opportunity to market participants to transact in the most equitable and transparent manner through advanced technology and customised value-added services.

What will be the Advantages of Coupling the Exchanges?

  • In the present scenario, buyers and sellers at each exchange do trading of electricity and discover spot price separately at these exchanges.
  • Market coupling is done to couple different markets operating in different geographies.
  • After coupling of exchanges, the price discovery of energy at trading platforms would be uniform, transparent and is expected to bring down power tariffs significantly.
  • Government has requested the CERC to initiate the process of consultation and finalisation of coupling.
economy Govt. asks CERC to ‘couple’ power exchanges

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