Central government relaxes cross-border power trading norms

January 2, 2019

The central government has relaxed the cross-border power trading norms. The earlier cross-border trading power guidelines issued by the MoP in 2016 allowed cross-border trade only through the term-ahead market and did not allow the day-ahead market. The latest guidelines for cross-border electricity trade have removed this condition. However, foreign entities will be required to participate in power exchanges only through Indian power trading entities.