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Clogged pipeline of green power to get mega clean-up
Mint Mumbai
|November 04, 2025
The Union power ministry has flagged off a major cleanup of India's massive green energy pipe line, ordering state-owned power procurers to scrap awarded renewable energy contracts where critical agree ments have stalled.
The ministry has asked Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI), NTPC Ltd, NHPC Ltd and SJVN Ltd to cancel awarded contracts by November end in cases where it's not feasible to sign power purchase agreements (PPAs) and power supply agree ments (PSAs), according to two people aware of the development and a document reviewed by Mint.
These state-run firms, referred to as the Renewable Energy Implementing Agen cies (REIA), are intermediaries in the renewable energy chain, signing PPAs with project developers on one end, and PSAs with power distribution companies (discoms) on the other. However, many dis coms have chosen to wait for lower tariffs rather than sign PSAs straightaway, holding up the whole process.
A power ministry meeting on 17 October chaired by sec retary Pankaj Agarwal decided to cancel the contracts, the people cited above said on the condition of anonymity.
This story is from the November 04, 2025 edition of Mint Mumbai.
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