SpL724

SpL724
Electricity Sector Reforms in the Renewables Era
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SpL724 : Electricity Sector Reforms in the Renewables Era

Overlaps: ELL870 Restructured Power System Evolution of the vertically integrated electricity utility, initial experiences in developed countries and early reformers; Independent Electricity Producers (IPPs), regulation and deregulation, Independent System Operators; Power system cost structures, power system economics, power purchase agreements – long-term risk distribution, electricity market design – day-ahead, intraday, balancing markets, ancillary services. Tariff design for end consumers, retail competition, capacity remuneration mechanisms. Critique of the reforms experienced worldwide, salience of the distribution sector, access and affordability, reforms rollback, renewables. Country experiences -China, Germany, USA (California, Texas), Mexico, UK; Indian experience – Electricity Act, cases of Enron (Dabhol), Odisha, Delhi. Renewables penetration – impact on access, electricity for agriculture tariffs, regional equity, national programmes -- KUSUM, Saubhagya, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana Excel-based exercises on the financial viability of Discoms using actual utility data. Explore and develop renewables and reforms trajectories for different states. Electricity sector reforms and the larger public policy rubric-centre-state issues, effects of the dominant global discourse on the renewables programme in India