The Independent Power Producers’ Association of India (IPPAI) Regulatory and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, will organise a five-day residential training programme on ‘renewable energy sector and the challenges in mainstreaming infirm power’ at Belgundi, a boundary village of Belagavi taluk from April 13 to 17.
The training programme is being organised in view of the Supreme Court’s recent judgement making it mandatory for all industrial and commercial consumers to abide by the Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPO) as laid out in the National Tariff Policy.
According to a press release, Divya Parthasarathy, Assistant Manager – Communications, IPPAI, said the course will help participants examine latest developments and emerging issues, such as challenges in scheduling infirm power/renewable energy, inter-state/intra-state in 15-minute time slot, grid integration, proposed amendments to the Electricity Act, 2003, judicial rulings, regulatory orders/drafts issues in grid integration of infirm power/ renewable energy and other related issues.
The programme has been sponsored by Belgundi Education and Skills Pvt. Ltd and supported by faculty from TERI, IEX, CERC, TSERC and MSERC, and experts from the industry. The initiative will be led by S.L. Rao, former Chairman of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), and Pramod Deo, also a former Chairman of CERC. The faculty includes regulators, policy makers and legal experts in the field of energy. For more information, log in to websites: www.ippai.org, www.ippairetreat.com, www.asiaenergysecurity.com.
