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Daily News Wrap-Up: HESCOM Announces Winners for 95 MW Solar Auction

Seven companies have won Hubballi Electricity Supply Company’s (HESCOM) auction to commission 13 solar power projects totaling 95 MW in Karnataka under Component C of...

January 19, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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Solar91, Srinivasa Constructions Among Winners of HESCOM’s 95 MW Solar Auction

Seven companies have won Hubballi Electricity Supply Company’s (HESCOM) auction to commission 13 solar power projects totaling 95 MW in Karnataka under Component C of...

January 16, 2026

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Tenders & Auctions
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Daily News Wrap-Up: Has Aggressive Bidding Hit Standalone BESS Viability?

Only 50% of the standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects evaluated in a new industry survey showed positive project economics and economic viability...

January 14, 2026

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Solar91, Nithin Sai, Ravindra Energy Among Winners of HESCOM’s 483 MW Solar Auction

Thirty companies have won Hubballi Electricity Supply Company’s (HESCOM) auction to commission 80 solar power projects totaling 423.7 MW, along with their...

January 13, 2026

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Arjun Joshi

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Tenders & Auctions
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HESCOM Floats Tender for 108 MW Solar Projects Under KUSUM

Hubballi Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) has invited bids to set up 108 MW grid-connected solar projects in five districts of Karnataka under the Pradhan Mantri...

December 10, 2025

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Melvin Mathew

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Tenders & Auctions
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APTEL Overturns Karnataka Regulator’s Order on Solar Project Dispute

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has set aside the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (KERC) order rejecting a petition by Hero Future Energies...

May 6, 2025

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APTEL Compensates Solar Project for GST Imposition

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) has dismissed an appeal by the Hubli Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) against an order of the Karnataka Electricity...

February 11, 2025

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Solar
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Daily News Wrap-Up: SECI’s 2 GW Wind-Solar Auction

NTPC Renewable Energy, Juniper Green Energy, and Green Infra Wind Energy (Sembcorp) were declared winners in Solar Energy Corporation of India’s auction to develop 2,000...

January 10, 2024

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Mercom Staff

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Daily Wrap-up
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Karnataka Commission Orders HESCOM to Settle Outstanding Dues of a Solar Project

Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has directed Hubli Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) to pay any amounts found due within two months, from December...

January 9, 2024

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Arjun Joshi

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Solar
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Karnataka Regulator Condones Delay in Solar Project Commissioning

Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has condoned the delay in the commissioning of solar power projects by a developer and allowed the extension of the...

December 29, 2023

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Gautamee Hazarika

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Solar
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Regulator Asks Karnataka DISCOMs to Compensate Wind Generators for Income Tax Outgo

The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has ruled in favor of wind power generators and asked the state distribution companies (DISCOMs) to compensate...

December 21, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Wind
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Renewables Purchase Targets Set By State Regulator Binding on Captive Generators – KERC

The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) recently directed a captive power generator to comply with the renewable purchase obligation (RPO) targets per the...

October 27, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Renewable Energy
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Empanelment Tender Issued for 10 MW of Residential Rooftop Solar Projects in Karnataka

Hubli Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) has invited bids to empanel vendors to design, supply, erect, test, and commission 10 MW of grid-connected residential rooftop...

January 27, 2022

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Solar

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Tenders & Auctions
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Delayed Solar Projects Liable to Reduced Tariff and Payment of Liquidated Damages

The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has directed Hubli Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) to recover liquidated damages from three solar developers...

October 7, 2021

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Harsh Shukla

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Solar
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Karnataka DISCOMs Asked to Compensate Solar Developer for Safeguard Duty Imposition

The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has recently ruled that five special purpose vehicles (SPVs) of ACME Solar were entitled to levelized incremental...

October 7, 2021

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Rakesh Ranjan

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Solar

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