Gujarat mandates EPC, OEM details in wind bids

BENGALURU: Gujarat’s power regulator has laid down that all bidders in auctions for wind projects should also specify the equipment manufacturers and EPC contractors they have tied up with to execute the project.

In a first by any state, Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has said that developers should name at least three such manufacturers/contractors, so that the project is not held up later if one of them is unable to fulfil its commitments. The order was passed following a petition by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL), the state’s main discom.