Power ministry launches green energy open access portal

In continuation of several initiatives to promote clean and green energy by the Government of India, the Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, Shri R K Singh, launched the Green Energy Open Access Portal today through video conferencing. The Minister of State for Power, Shri Krishan Pal, also graced the occasion. Secretary (Power), Chairperson, CEA, and CMD, POSOCO, along with other senior officers, were also present on the occasion. About 500 participants from the states, regulatory commissions, RE developers, and other stakeholders joined the event.

Green Energy open Access is allowed to any consumer with load limit reduced from 1000 kW to 100 kW. The portal will allow consumers to access green power easily through transparent, simplified, uniform and streamlined procedure. Consumers would benefit from Access to Green Power. Approval for Green Energy Open Access which will be granted to a Consumer in a time bound manner within15 days

Stakeholders, including open access participants, traders, power exchanges, national, regional, and state load dispatch centers, and central and state transmission utilities, can access the portal at https://greenopenaccess.in/ for the processing of applications related to green energy open access. The portal provides a transparent, simplified, uniform, and streamlined procedure for granting open access to green energy that will be key to facilitating the deepening of electricity markets and enabling the integration of renewable energy (RE) resources into the grid.

Union Minister Shri R.K. Singh, speaking on the occasion, mentioned the importance of transitioning to clean energy. He mentioned that India is contributing only 3.5 percent to the global emissions despite having about 17 percent of the world’s population, and India is leading the clean energy transition globally and has the fastest growth of RE capacity addition. The Ministry of Power has taken a number of initiatives in this regard, and many more are in advanced stages. He emphasised the importance of ease of implementation in the reform process.

Minister of State for Power, Shri Krishan Pal, mentioned that the objective of the Green Open Access rules is to provide access to green energy generation, sale, and consumption for RPO fulfillment. He mentioned that these rules will mostly benefit small consumers and will remove bottlenecks in the administration of open access to renewable energy.

The move is aimed at ensuring affordable, reliable, sustainable, and green energy for all. Consumers can now easily obtain renewable energy.