Policy, Regulatory Engagement

Previously MERC has issued tariff orders for promoting many Renewable energy sources such as Wind, Small Hydro, Biomass, Co-generation etc. MERC relea...

Maha Discom (Unbundled Distribution company of MSEB) approached MERC for inviting bids for long-term purchase of about 4000 MW. This proposed power pu...

Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and Maha Discom proposed to mitigate the power shortage in Pune by harnessing the Diesel based Captive Power ...

This write up gives the  background and major features of the Electricity Act 2003 (E Act), land mark legislation in the Indian electricity sector. T...

This presentation (made to utility engineers in training sessions) on power trading and markets introduces the subject in the context of the Electrici...

India Power sector Reform Update reports prepared by Prayas (Energy Group) covers developments in the power sector at the national level and in four s...

MERC released its draft rural policy advice and a technical report on rural electrification in Maharashtra. The report was focused on the franchisee m...

This is the Eleventh update about power sector reforms in India. The four Indian states Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra are cov...

Maha Discom has to do load shedding in the state due to heavy power shortage. For rationalizing the load shedding hours in various parts of the state,...