The Government of Madhya Pradesh on March 20, 2026, issued the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Cogeneration and Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy (Revision-II) Regulations 2021(Fifth Amendment) [ARG-33(II)(v) of 2026] to further amend the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Cogeneration and Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy (Revision-II) Regulations 2021 [RG-33(II) of 2021].
The following amendments have been stated:
• Regulation 3.1 of the Principal Regulations shall be substituted as under, namely:
"3.1 The minimum share of renewable energy power purchase to ensure minimum share of consumption from renewable energy sources by obligated entities, who are electricity distribution licensees, open access consumers and captive users as percentage of total electrical energy consumption (hereinafter referred to as the Renewable Purchase Obligation) for each category, shall be as per the details given in the Table below (For open access consumers and captive users, this requirement applies to electricity consumption from sources other than distribution licensee):
(a) The obligation under the Wind energy component shall be met by energy produced from Wind Power Projects commissioned after 31 March 2024.
(b) The obligations under the Hydro energy component shall be met by energy produced from Hydro Power Projects, commissioned after 31 March 2024:
Provided that the obligation under the Hydro energy component may also be met out of the free power being provided to the State or Distribution Licensee from such Projects:
Provided further that the obligation under the Hydro energy component may also be met from Hydro Power Projects located outside India, as approved by the Central Government, on a case-to-case basis.
(c) The obligation under the Distributed renewable energy component shall be met from the energy generated from renewable energy projects that do not exceed 10 MW in size and shall include solar installations under all configurations (net metering, gross metering. virtual net metering, group net metering, behind the meter installations and any other configuration) and other renewable energy sources notified by the Central Government
Provided that the compliance against Distributed renewable energy obligation shall ordinarily be considered in terms of energy (kilowatt hour units):
Provided further that in case the obligated entity is unable to provide generation data against Distributed renewable energy installations, the reported capacity shall be converted into Distributed renewable energy generation in terms of energy by a multiplier of 4kilowatt-hour per kilowatt per day (kWh/kW/day).
(d) The obligation under the other renewable energy component may be met by electrical energy produced from any renewable energy project other than specified in (a). (b) and (c). Other renewable energy shall include, but not limited to, electrical energy generated from all-
(i) Wind Power Projects:
(ii) Solar Power Projects;
(iii) Hydro Power Projects, including free power, commissioned before 1st April, 2024; and
(iv) Co-firing of biomass pellets and charcoal produced from Municipal Solid Waste.
These Regulations shall come into force from March 20, 2026.
These Regulations shall extend to the whole of the State of Madhya Pradesh.
[Notification No. MPERC/2026/401]
