Providing some relief to renewable energy players, the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has informed discoms to make payments to renewable energy generators ‘on a regular basis as was being done prior to the lockdown’. It has also instructed them to accept bills over emails.
Following the footsteps of Uttar Pradesh, the state-run power distribution companies (discoms) of Madhya Pradesh and Punjab have also said that they will not be able to pay renewable energy-based power producers as they are facing a reduction in collections due to three week lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
