Section 18(2) in Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Promotion of Generation from the Renewable Energy Sources and Terms and Conditions for Tariff Determination) Regulations, 2017
(2)Where the technological specific parameters and other terms and conditions, including the tariff period and useful life of the project, have not been specified, the Commission may, by an order, at any time and at such intervals as it considers appropriate to do so, fix the same:Provided that in case of renewable technologies, other than small hydro projects, such parameters and terms conditions may also include other suitable provisions as the Commission may feel necessary to address the situations covered under regulations 16 and 17:Provided further that the Commission may, by order, categorise the renewable energy projects, other than small hydro projects, under the respective renewable energy technologies specified in sub-regulation (1), based on the capacity of projects, the available subsidy schemes and such other factors as may be considered appropriate by it:Provided further that the Commission may, in order to promote such technologies for smaller capacities, follow, mutatis mutandis, upto the limits as it may consider necessary separately for each such technology but not exceeding 5 MW for any such technology, any or all of the technological specific parameters, including capital cost, and other terms and conditions or the tariff, in respect of the relevant part of the control period for the relevant renewable energy technology, as it may deem fit -(a)as specified or adopted by the Central Commission for determining project specific tariff for any project(s) or generic levellised tariff for any category of project(s); or(b)the rate discovered though competitive bidding undertaken by any Government agency; or(c)the inputs available from any other sources, as the Commission may find appropriate:Provided further that the financial norms, except for capital cost, as specified under Chapter-IV of these Regulations shall also be considered as ceiling norms.
