Soon, in India, anyone buy can sell or trade electricity – both conventional (coal, gas hydro) and renewable energy (solar, wind). The over-the-counter (OTC) market allows buyers and sellers to directly transact electricity, and negotiate the price and contract. To facilitate this trade Indian electricity market will have a new platform.
Apex regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) last week issued the guidelines for setting up an OTC platform in India, which the sector executives said would be the world’s first regulated OTC platform. The CERC in a 2017 order identified the need for a regulatory framework in India to help electricity consumers buy directly.
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