India Power Conference, 2020

• Current & Upcoming policy and regulatory scenario
• Bringing Sustainable Electricity for the masses
• Making Financing accessible, models and issues
• Emerging business opportunities and reassessment of existing programmes
• Risk Management and mitigation across value chain
• Meeting RE Targets

• Current & Upcoming policy and regulatory scenario
• Bringing Sustainable Electricity for the masses
• Making Financing accessible, models and issues
• Emerging business opportunities and reassessment of existing programmes
• Risk Management and mitigation across value chain
• Meeting RE Targets

• Need & Implications for generators – Both conventional and RE on AGC
• Shifting to block chain in Power Trade – Potential areas and Issues
• Cyber Security threat assessment to various stakeholders, emerging solutions and international experience
• Understanding threats to the smart grid and building resilience
• Update on technologies used in various schemes in distribution (IPDS,R-APDRP,NSGM, Smart Meter Programme, etc)

• Building Uniformity in Regulations across CERC/SERC’s
• Timely appointment in ERC’s
• Learning from Distribution reforms
• Reviewing recent regulations on :
- LC Mechanism
- New Exchange Products and Trade type
- Electrification
- New Tariff Policy
- Cross Border
- Distribution franchise policy
- SCED Despatches
- RPO Compliance
- Power Market (real time), Scheduling & Forecasting

• Energy Transition – Embracing Large scale RE into the Grid
• Understanding business models for RE including Solar Rooftop, Group Captive, Micro Grids, Capex vxOpex ,etc
• Innovations in financing for RE Projects, including new products such as small/green bonds, overcoming the bad loan conundrum
• Assessing recent tenders by SECI and others in Wind and Solar
• Decentralized RE Systems – How can they help?
• Floating Solar PV, Solar Wind Hybrid and Solar Plus Storage – Potential game changers?
• Focus on green energy corridors and REMC
• Payment Security – Timely payment to generators (Solar/Wind) by Utility on FIFO basis
• Opening of LC's by Utilities for all independent RE producers

• Developing an Integrated approach towards sustainability, accessibility and livability
• Assessing suitability of large scale battery storage for the Indian Grid (including cost curve)
• Hydrogen Fuel Cells
• Pumped Storage challenges, cost and grid stability
• EV value chain and market penetration
• Manufacturing and Investment Opportunities in India

• Evolving share of Coal Based Power generation in the new decade
• Impact of FGD and other environmental compliances
• Is Thermal generation cost competitive with other sources
• What are conventional generators doing on flexibility, decommissioning, digitalization, etc
• Payment issues, Pass through & Open Access
• Securing Coal
• Contractual and Legal aspects of PPA
• Stressed Assets – Where are they headed
• Upcoming Capacity Addition, where do we stand