India Plans Web Monitoring to Make Retailers Buy Clean Energy
- Website will track status of renewable purchase obligations
- Non-compliance by cash-strapped power retailers targeted
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India plans to open a website to monitor whether state-owned power retailers comply with their obligations to buy renewable energy, a step toward ensuring a healthy market for clean energy amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to build 175 gigawatts of green capacity by 2022.
The compliance website is being designed by India’s electricity regulator, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, said a commission official who requested anonymity because he’s not authorized to speak with the media. The website will be rolled out in six to 12 months.