Building and scaling up an energy analytics platform to support grid integration of Renewable Energy

Vishal Pandya, co-founder of REConnect Energy, an entrepreneur who has built India’s leading energy analytics platform joins me to share … More

The spike in power market prices

“Wind and solar power projects are powered by natural sources and hence their tariffs should be low”, is a general … More

According to various report sources India has a population of about 200-300 million without access to electricity i.e. about 15-20% … More

Ministry of Power (MoP) recently invited comments on a consultation paper on issues related to Open Access (OA). Electricity Act … More

A review of the book on electricity reforms by Prayas

The inefficient electricity tariff structure
The reason behind BESCOM’s new tariff proposal

Peenya Industrial Area (PIA) is largest small scale industrial sectors within Bengaluru city. PIA is one of the largest Micro … More

The role of policy in development has always been a topic of interest to me and it led me to … More

Continuing my recent trend on emphasising a need to restructure the electricity tariff structures in this post I present the … More

The post is a short summary of one part of my master’s thesis on ‘The Evolution of Electricity Retail Markets … More

As India takes giant strides in the integration of renewable energy in the grid mix, in addition to a big … More

How can the utility and the consumer benefit together?

As expected, I did receive some critical comments from peers on the professional platform for my last post, Karnataka Solar … More

In recent times, the popular update from the Ministry of Power seems to be the status of rural electrification. It … More

BESCOM has sought a new tariff slab for consumers who opt for open access power, this spells doom for renewable energy in Karnataka