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Daily News Wrap-Up: Global Solar Funding Rises 56% YoY in First Half of 2026

Global solar companies raised $16.9 billion in corporate funding during the first half (1H) of 2026, a 56% year-over-year (YoY) increase from $10.8 billion in the...

August 3, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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APTEL Quashes TNERC Order Rejecting Extension for 50 MW Solar Project

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has set aside an order of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) that had refused to grant a...

July 31, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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APTEL Upholds Guarantee Encashment in Delayed 1.5 GW Tamil Nadu Solar Project

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has upheld the encashment of performance guarantees by the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (TANGEDCO) due...

July 31, 2026

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Parth Shukla

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India Needs Stronger Power Regulators as Energy Transition Accelerates: Interview

India’s power sector is undergoing a rapid transformation with the share of renewables surging, the emergence of new technologies, and evolving business models....

July 28, 2026

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B.S. Nagaraj

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APTEL Orders Fresh Tariff Review for 10 MW Rooftop Solar Project in Punjab

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has partly allowed a solar installer’s appeal against the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission’s...

July 7, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Daily News Wrap-Up: MNRE Clarifies ALMM-II Norms for Government Rooftop Solar Projects

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) clarified that rooftop solar projects on government buildings awarded through bidding after August 31, 2025, or...

July 7, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Night-Time Solar Generation Loss Not Shutdown, Rules APTEL

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has held that a solar power project cannot be treated as being in ‘shut down’ mode during night hours merely because it...

July 6, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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APTEL Sets Aside MERC Tariff Approval for 4 GWh Battery Storage Tender

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has set aside the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (MERC) order approving Maharashtra State...

June 5, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Energy Storage

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APTEL Refuses to Stay Karnataka Regulator’s Orders Condoning Solar Project Delays

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has rejected two interim applications filed by Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) seeking a stay of the...

May 27, 2026

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Melvin Mathew

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Supreme Court Rules Railways Must Pay Open Access Surcharges

The Supreme Court has ruled that Indian Railways cannot claim the status of a deemed distribution licensee (DDL) under the Electricity Act, holding that its electricity...

May 11, 2026

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B.S. Nagaraj

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Daily News Wrap-Up: Solar Cell Production Lags Behind Module Manufacturing

India’s solar manufacturing sector is expanding unevenly, with module production scaling rapidly while cell manufacturing continues to lag. Despite policy support and...

April 30, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Industry Gets Interim Relief as APTEL Stays MERC’s New Energy Banking-Linked Power Bills

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has issued an interim order staying the issuance of disconnection notices and electricity bills raised under the new power...

April 29, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Daily News Wrap-Up: CAG Not Appropriate Body to Audit Delhi DISCOMs

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) set aside the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (DERC) decision to appoint the Comptroller and Auditor General...

April 22, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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APTEL Rules CAG Not Appropriate Body to Audit Delhi DISCOMs

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has set aside the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (DERC) decision to appoint the Comptroller and Auditor...

April 21, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Supreme Court Upholds Generation-Based Incentives for Renewable Projects

The Supreme Court has ruled that the generation-based incentive granted to wind power generators must be disbursed in addition to the tariff and cannot be adjusted in a...

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