The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) may introduce green power tariff, initially for industrial and commercial consumers from this year, enabling them to obtain up to 100% of their electricity from renewable sources comparatively at a higher price.
UPERC gave indications in this regard at the State Advisory Committee’s (SAC) meeting called by it here on Monday. The proposal for introduction of green power tariff was discussed in detail at the meeting chaired by commission chairman RP Singh and attended by senior officials and other people representing different sectors.
The UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL), it was told in the meeting, had received requests from many consumers for adoption of green energy tariff for meeting their full or partial energy demand. Proposing adoption of the green energy tariff, UPPCL analysed the methodology adopted by Maharashtra and computed the green tariff applicability in Uttar Pradesh.
