Overview
- Targets include per-capita electricity use of 2,000 kWh by 2030 and over 4,000 kWh by 2047, aligned with India’s goals to cut emissions intensity 45% by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2070.
- Resource adequacy is made mandatory, with DISCOMs and SLDCs preparing utility and state plans that the Central Electricity Authority will consolidate into a national plan.
- Tariff reforms propose index-linked automatic annual revisions, greater fixed-cost recovery through demand charges, progressive reduction of cross-subsidies, and exemptions for manufacturing, Railways and Metros.
- The draft advances clean-energy integration through market-based renewable additions, large-scale storage including DISCOM-installed systems for small consumers, and peer-to-peer or aggregator trading of surplus distributed power and storage.
- System resilience measures include accelerating storage-based hydropower, targeting 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047 with modular and small reactors under the SHANTI framework, and strengthening cybersecurity with mandatory domestic data storage.