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  • infoAbout this Program

    The Certification Program on Renewable Energy Regulation focuses on regulatory and policy framework for renewable energy development. Building on economic foundations, the program would enable a better understanding of evolving regulatory and policy framework for Renewable Energy (RE). The Program would be conducted under the aegis of Centre for Continuing Education, IIT Kanpur.

    Program Duration :25+ hours

    Relevance of the Program :

    Focus on policy and regulatory framework for renewable energy development

    Economic foundation for design of renewable portfolio obligation, feed-in tariff and renewable energy certificates

    Learning from international experience with integration of renewable energy sources

    Address the present and emerging challenges related to RE integration

    Key Topics:

    RE Development - Global and Local Context

    RE Policy and Regulation

    Tariff Determination of Renewable Energy

    Framework for RPO and its Compliance

    Competitive Bidding for RE

    Gross/Net Metering and DERs

    Solarization of Agriculture Pump Sets

    REC Structure and Pricing Mechanism

    Market for RECs and ESCerts

    Forecasting, Scheduling and Deviation Settlement

    Green Hydrogen: Technology, Mission, Standards and Implementation Roadmap

    Green Hydrogen: Economics and Policy

    Current Trends and Future Prospects of Renewable

  • addAgenda / Schedule

    Module-1 (Fundamentals of Renewable Energy: Economics, Policy and Regulation)

    These are the following sessions.

    fiber_manual_record Valedictory Ceremony | | 30 June, 2024 | 05:00 - 06:00 pm | Chief Guest - Dr. Alok Tandon (IAS Retd.), Chairperson, JERC (Goa & UTs)

    fiber_manual_record Inauguration Ceremony | | 07 June, 2024 | 06:00 - 06:30 pm | Chief Guest - Mr. Sudeep Jain (IAS), Additional Secretary, MNRE

    fiber_manual_record Introductory Session | | 07 June, 2024 | 06:30 - 07:00 pm

    fiber_manual_record Evolution of Renewable Energy Development – India and the World | | 08 June, 2024 | 04:45 - 05:15 pm | Mr. Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, Ex. Secretary, MNRE

    fiber_manual_record Economic Fundamentals of Power Sector - Market Failure and Natural Monopoly | | 08 June, 2024 | 05:30 - 06:00 pm | Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur

    fiber_manual_record Understanding Solar, Wind, Small Hydro, Biomass and other RE Resources | | 09 June, 2024 | 04:30 - 05:00 pm | Dr. Raghubir Singh Anand, Director, IKJOT Energy International Private Limited

    fiber_manual_record Regulated Tariff Determination for Renewable Energy | | 10 June, 2024 (LIVE) | 06:30 - 08:00 pm | Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur

    fiber_manual_record Policy and Regulatory Framework for Renewable Energy Development: RPO, FiT, RECs | | 12 Jun, 2024 (LIVE) | 06:00 - 07:00 pm | Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur

    fiber_manual_record Developing a Market for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) | | 12 Jun, 2024 (LIVE) | 07:15 - 08:15 pm | Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur

    fiber_manual_record Institutional Framework and Market for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) | | 13 Jun, 2024 | 05:15 - 05:45 pm | Mr. Satyajit Ganguly, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, PXIL

    fiber_manual_record Additional Session on Regulated Tariff Determination for Renewable Energy | | 13 June, 2024 (LIVE) | 08:30 - 09:30 pm | Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur

    fiber_manual_record Policy and Regulatory Framework for Renewable Energy Development: FiT and RECs & Developing a Market for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) | | 14 Jun, 2024 (LIVE) | 06:00 - 07:30 pm | Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur

    fiber_manual_record Solarisation of Agricultural Pumps | | 15 June, 2024 | 04:30 - 05:00 pm | Mr. Jeevan Kumar Jethani, Scientist F, MNRE

    fiber_manual_record Competitive Bidding for RE Procurement | | 15 Jun, 2024 | 05:15 - 05:45 pm | Mr. Kaustuv Roy, Ex. General Manager (Projects), SECI

    fiber_manual_record Designing and Implementing a Rooftop SPV Program: Net Metering vs Gross Metering | | 16 June, 2024 (LIVE) | 09:30 - 10:45 am | Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur

    fiber_manual_record Final Session on "Regulated Tariff Determination for Renewable Energy | | 16 June, 2024 (LIVE) | 11:00 - 11:45 am | Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur

    Module-2 (Advance Topics on Renewable Energy: Economics, Policy and Regulation))

    fiber_manual_record RE Procurement in Practice: GTAM, GDAM and Beyond | | 16 June, 2024 | 04:30 - 05:00 pm | Mr. Abhishek Ranjan, Partner, EY Parthenon

    fiber_manual_record Challenges to RE integration - Role of Flexibility and Storage (Hydro, Pumped Storage and Battery) | | 16 June, 2024 | 05:15 - 05:45 pm | Dr. Prabodh Bajpai, Associate Professor, IIT Kanpur

    fiber_manual_record RE integration - Flexibility of thermal generation and role of pump storage | | 17 June, 2024 | 06:00 - 06:30 pm | Mr. Ghanshyam Prasad, Chairperson, CEA

    fiber_manual_record Renewable Energy Scheduling, Dispatch and Deviation Settlement Regulations | | 18 June, 2024 | 06:00 - 06:30 pm | Mr. B. B. Mehta, Director (SLDC), OPTCL

    fiber_manual_record Predicting RE and Demand for Efficient Grid Management | | 19 June, 2024 | 06:00 - 06:30 pm | Mr. Vishal Pandya, Cofounder & Director, ReConnect

    fiber_manual_record PAT Mechanism and ESCerts | | 20 June, 2024 | 06:00 - 06:30 pm | Mr. Saurabh Diddi, Director, BEE

    fiber_manual_record Brainstorming & Interactive Discussion | | 22 June, 2024 (LIVE) | 10:00 - 12:00 pm | Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur

    fiber_manual_record Online Assessment Demo Session | | 22 June, 2024 | 12:00 - 12:30 pm | CER Team

    fiber_manual_record "HyTime - Traction for Hydrogen": Part-I Production | | 22 June, 2024 | 04:00 - 04:30 pm | Dr. S. S. V. Ramakumar, Former Director (R&D), IOCL

    fiber_manual_record "HyTime - Traction for Hydrogen": Part-II Storage, Transport & Application | | 22 June, 2024 | 04:30 - 05:00 pm | Dr. S. S. V. Ramakumar, Former Director (R&D), IOCL

    fiber_manual_record Final Assessment | | 23 June, 2024 | 04:00 pm - 05:00 pm

  • addLearning Outcomes

    Conceptual understanding of renewable energy policy and regulation

    Opportunity to learn best practices from global experts

    Develop the ability to deal with the practical problems such as RE generation forecasting, scheduling and despatch

    Learning from technologies used to integrate and optimize distributed energy sources to enhance the grid's reliability

  • languagePedagogy
    Mode of delivery:

    The program will be delivered in online mode in the form of live and recorded sessions to offer flexibility to the working professionals. The recorded sessions would be hosted at CER’s Online Learning Environment and Tools (OLET) platform. The program will be covered across 2 weeks and include multiple sessions of about 1 hour 30 min each (with total program duration of more than 25 hours).

  • Who should apply?

    Officials of Renewable Energy Development Agencies, Renewable Generation Companies, Open Access Consumers, Project Developers along with stakeholders across the power sector, including Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Companies, Traders and Power Exchanges, Electricity Regulatory Commissions (including members), Investors, Financial Institutions and Banks, NGOs, Consultants, Lawyers, CAs/CS, Academicians, Researchers, and Students.

  • Award of Certificate
      Participants would be awarded one of the following certificates as per the criteria :
    • Certificate of Achievement -
      1. Minimum attendance of 50% in live sessions and 70% overall (including recorded video lectures)
        • Participation in live interactive sessions
        • Performance in Assessment Exam
    • Certificate of Participation -
        • Minimum attendance of 30% in live sessions and 50% overall (including recorded video lectures) and not meeting the criteria for Certificate of Achievement
        *No certificate will be awarded, if the above criteria for minimum attendance is not met or the  performance in the Assessment is below the minimum certification criteria for the program
        *If any candidate fails to appear in the Assessment, no certificate will be awarded

    Note: Criteria may be modified/ updated later

  • Registration Fee
    A. Details of Registration Fee
    S. No. Participation Category Fee (INR)@ Total (INR)
    1 Industry* 35000 + 18% GST 41300
    2 Faculty
      a. IITK
      b. Non-IITK#    		  
    16000
    16000 + 18% GST    		  
    16000
    18880
    3 Students
      a. IITK
      b. Non-IITK ##    		  
    5000
    5000 + 18% GST    		  
    5000
    5900
    4 SERCs having MoU with CER-IITK 28000 + 18% GST 33040

    # Including NGOs, Consumer Organisation and research institutions (non-corporate).

    ## Should be a full-time student and submit the bonafide certificate within five working days of registration.

    * Including Commissioners and Officers from Electricity Regulatory Commissions; Stakeholders from Licensees (Transmission, Distribution and Trading), Load Dispatch Centers, RE Development Agencies, Financial Institutions, Consultants, Investors, Industrial consumer, IPPs.

    ^Three or more participants from the same organisation (other than SERCs having MoU with CER-IITK) will get 20% discount on registration fee.

    B. Important Dates

    Last date of registration: 4thJune 2024

    Program starts on: 7th June 2024

    Program ends on: 23rd June 2024

    C. Guidelines for registration process

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    Phone: +91 512 259 6448

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About this Program Participant Handbook Download brochure

The Certification Program on Renewable Energy Regulation focuses on regulatory and policy framework for renewable energy development. Building on economic foundations, the program would enable a better understanding of evolving regulatory and policy framework for Renewable Energy (RE). The Program would be conducted under the aegis of Centre for Continuing Education, IIT Kanpur.

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Program Duration: 25+ hours

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Relevance of the Program:

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Focus on policy and regulatory framework for renewable energy development

fiber_manual_record

Economic foundation for design of renewable portfolio obligation, feed-in tariff and renewable energy certificates

fiber_manual_record

Learning from international experience with integration of renewable energy sources

fiber_manual_record

Address the present and emerging challenges related to RE integration

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Key Topics:

fiber_manual_record

RE Development - Global and Local Context

fiber_manual_record

RE Policy and Regulation

fiber_manual_record

Tariff Determination of Renewable Energy

fiber_manual_record

Framework for RPO and its Compliance

fiber_manual_record

Competitive Bidding for RE

fiber_manual_record

Gross/Net Metering and DERs

fiber_manual_record

Solarization of Agriculture Pump Sets

fiber_manual_record

REC Structure and Pricing Mechanism

fiber_manual_record

Market for RECs and ESCerts

fiber_manual_record

Forecasting, Scheduling and Deviation Settlement

fiber_manual_record

Green Hydrogen: Technology, Mission, Standards and Implementation Roadmap

fiber_manual_record

Green Hydrogen: Economics and Policy

fiber_manual_record

Current Trends and Future Prospects of Renewable Energy

Learning Outcomes
fiber_manual_record

Conceptual understanding of renewable energy policy and regulation

fiber_manual_record

Opportunity to learn best practices from global experts

fiber_manual_record

Develop the ability to deal with the practical problems such as RE generation forecasting, scheduling and despatch

fiber_manual_record

Learning from technologies used to integrate and optimize distributed energy sources to enhance the grid's reliability

Pedagogy
Mode of delivery:

The program will be delivered in online mode in the form of live and recorded sessions to offer flexibility to the working professionals. The recorded sessions would be hosted at CER’s Online Learning Environment and Tools (OLET) platform. The program will be covered across 2 weeks and include multiple sessions of about 1 hour 30 min each (with total program duration of more than 25 hours).

Who Should Apply

Officials of Renewable Energy Development Agencies, Renewable Generation Companies, Open Access Consumers, Project Developers along with stakeholders across the power sector, including Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Companies, Traders and Power Exchanges, Electricity Regulatory Commissions (including members), Investors, Financial Institutions and Banks, NGOs, Consultants, Lawyers, CAs/CS, Academicians, Researchers, and Students.

Tentative Schedule
Module-1 (Fundamentals of Renewable Energy: Economics, Policy and Regulation)

Live Interactive Session
S.No. Sessions Date Time Resource Person
Valedictory Ceremony 30 June, 2024 05:00 - 06:00 pm Chief Guest - Dr. Alok Tandon (IAS Retd.), Chairperson, JERC (Goa & UTs)
1 Inauguration Ceremony 07 June, 2024 06:00 - 06:30 pm Chief Guest - Mr. Sudeep Jain (IAS), Additional Secretary, MNRE
2 Introductory Session 07 June, 2024 06:30 - 07:00 pm
3 Evolution of Renewable Energy Development – India and the World 08 June, 2024 04:45 - 05:15 pm Mr. Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, Ex. Secretary, MNRE
4 Economic Fundamentals of Power Sector - Market Failure and Natural Monopoly 08 June, 2024 05:30 - 06:00 pm Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur
5 Understanding Solar, Wind, Small Hydro, Biomass and other RE Resources 09 June, 2024 04:30 - 05:00 pm Dr. Raghubir Singh Anand, Director, IKJOT Energy International Private Limited
6 Regulated Tariff Determination for Renewable Energy 10 June, 2024 (LIVE) 06:30 - 08:00 pm Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur
7 Policy and Regulatory Framework for Renewable Energy Development: RPO, FiT, RECs 12 June, 2024 (LIVE) 06:00 - 07:00 pm Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur
8 Developing a Market for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) 12 June, 2024 (LIVE) 07:15 - 08:15 pm Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur
9 Institutional Framework and Market for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) 13 June, 2024 05:15 - 05:45 pm Mr. Satyajit Ganguly, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, PXIL
10 Additional Session on Regulated Tariff Determination for Renewable Energy 13 June, 2024 (LIVE) 08:30 - 09:30 pm Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur
11 Policy and Regulatory Framework for Renewable Energy Development: FiT and RECs & Developing a Market for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) 14 June, 2024 (LIVE) 06:00 - 07:30 pm Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur
12 Solarisation of Agricultural Pumps 15 June, 2024 04:30 - 05:00 pm Mr. Jeevan Kumar Jethani, Scientist F, MNRE
13 Competitive Bidding for RE Procurement 15 June, 2024 05:15 - 05:45 pm Mr. Kaustuv Roy, Ex. General Manager (Projects), SECI
14 Designing and Implementing a Rooftop SPV Program: Net Metering vs Gross Metering 16 June, 2024 (LIVE) 09:30 - 10:45 am Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur
15 Final Session on "Regulated Tariff Determination for Renewable Energy" 16 June, 2024 (LIVE) 11:00 - 11:45 am Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur

Module-2 (Advance Topics on Renewable Energy: Economics, Policy and Regulation)

Live Interactive Session
S.No. Sessions Date Time Resource Person
1 RE Procurement in Practice: GTAM, GDAM and Beyond 16 June, 2024 04:30 - 05:00 pm Mr. Abhishek Ranjan, Partner, EY Parthenon
2 Challenges to RE integration - Role of Flexibility and Storage (Hydro, Pumped Storage and Battery) 16 June, 2024 05:15 - 05:45 pm Dr. Prabodh Bajpai, Associate Professor, IIT Kanpur
3 RE integration - Flexibility of thermal generation and role of pump storage 17 June, 2024 06:00 - 06:30 pm Mr. Ghanshyam Prasad, Chairperson, CEA
4 Renewable Energy Scheduling, Dispatch and Deviation Settlement Regulations 18 June, 2024 06:00 - 06:30 pm Mr. B. B. Mehta, Director (SLDC), OPTCL
5 Predicting RE and Demand for Efficient Grid Management 19 June, 2024 06:00 - 06:30 pm Mr. Vishal Pandya, Cofounder & Director, ReConnect
6 PAT Mechanism and ESCerts 20 June, 2024 06:00 - 06:30 pm Mr. Saurabh Diddi, Director, BEE
7 Brainstorming & Interactive Discussion 22 June, 2024 (LIVE) 10:00 - 12:00 pm Dr. Anoop Singh, Professor, IIT Kanpur
8 Online Assessment Demo Session 22 June, 2024 12:00 - 12:30 pm CER Team
9 "HyTime - Traction for Hydrogen": Part-I Production 22 June, 2024 04:00 - 04:30 pm Dr. S. S. V. Ramakumar, Former Director (R&D), IOCL
10 "HyTime - Traction for Hydrogen": Part-II Storage, Transport & Application 22 June, 2024 04:30 - 05:00 pm Dr. S. S. V. Ramakumar, Former Director (R&D), IOCL
11 Final Assessment 23 June, 2024 04:00 - 05:00 pm

1. Subject to the confirmation by the respective resource person

2. Recorded Session will be released one day before the "live interactive session".

3. Live sessions recording are released one day after the session.

4. However, the program calendar/duration will be flexible to accommodate availability of the speaker and other constraints.

Award of Certificate
    Participants would be awarded one of the following certificates as per the criteria mentioned:
  • Certificate of Achievement -
    1. Minimum attendance of 50% in live sessions and 70% overall (including recorded video lectures)
      • Participation in live interactive sessions
      • Performance in Assessment Exam
  • Certificate of Participation -
    1. Minimum attendance of 30% in live sessions and 50% overall (including recorded video lectures) and not meeting the criteria for Certificate of Achievement
      *No certificate will be awarded, if the above criteria for minimum attendance is not met or the  performance in the Assessment is below the minimum certification criteria for the program
      *If any candidate fails to appear in the Assessment, no certificate will be awarded

Note: Criteria may be modified/ updated later

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