The Rural Electrification Policy (REP) of Government of India notified on August 23, 2006 provides for development of Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) model as one of the approaches for rural electrification. The Ministry of Power (MoP), Government of India, was in the process of development of Policy Guidelines for Decentralized Distributed Generation. There have been several instances of implementation of DDG projects in the country. These pilot programmes provide a rich experience on issues such as suitability of generation technology, costs involved, implementation challenges etc. However, these models may not be suitable if DDG schemes are to be implemented in thousands of villages. Hence, it is necessary to identify different approaches that will enable implementation of DDG in the country on a mass scale.
Objectives
The basic objective of this project was to provide consultancy services, to assist REC in developing Guidelines for implementing DDG projects under the RGGVY program. This included identifying different models for implementation of DDG under RGGVY, adoption of a particular model for implementation of DDG, to develop detailed guidelines for implementation of DDG etc, selection of technologies for DDG, roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders, payment security mechanism and preparation of standard bidding documents etc.
Achievements
Winrock International India has developed the Guidelines for DDG projects with support from REC. The Guidelines were officially launched by Ministry of Power on January 12, 2009. The guidelines are available at www.powermin.nic.in; www.recindia.nic.in.
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