NEW DELHI: The power ministry on Monday removed the licencing provision for consumers having more than a specified quantum of load and energy storage systems (ESS).
Now they are allowed to operate and maintain dedicated transmission lines themselves. The ministry said by allowing such a facility a new category of bulk consumers would emerge, benefiting from more affordable electricity and grid reliability.
“A generating company or a person setting up a captive generating plant or an energy storage system or a consumer having load of not less than 25 MW in case of Inter State Transmission System and 10 in case of Intra-State Transmission System shall not be required licence to establish transmission line to connect the grid,” said the ministry in a statement.
