Renewable energy: SECI says UP discoms’ force majeure claim not valid

Adding to the existing uncertainties over irregular payments to renewable energy-based power producers, state-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has refuted the claim of Uttar Pradesh that there would be “no cause for breach or liability” under the force majeure clause if the state’s power distribution companies (discoms) fail to clear the renewable energy bills on time.

Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL), in a letter to the SECI on March 27, had claimed that discoms are facing a “drastic reduction in collections due to three-week lockdown”.