MNRE tells discoms to clear renewable energy bills on time

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.