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Developing-the-Model

Developing the Model Framework for Trading License Regime and Guidelines for grant of Trading License to CBET in the SA region

  • Sector : Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : Nepal
Date: 19th July 2017 , 6th Task Force-1 Meeting on Coordination of Policy, Legal and Regulatory Framework –19th-20th July’ 2017-Peace Pagoda Hall, Hotel Water Front Resort, Pokhara, Nepal, Workshops & Conferences

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Developing the Model Framework for Trading License Regime and Guidelines for grant of Trading License to CBET in the SA region
Developing

Developing the framework and guidelines for non-discriminatory open access regime in transmission to facilitate CBET -SARI-EI-IRADE

  • Sector : Regional Power Trade and Markets, Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : Nepal
Date: 19th July 2017 , 6th Task Force-1 Meeting on Coordination of Policy, Legal and Regulatory Framework –19th-20th July’ 2017-Peace Pagoda Hall, Hotel Water Front Resort, Pokhara, Nepal, Workshops & Conferences

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Developing the framework and guidelines for non-discriminatory open access regime in transmission to facilitate CBET -SARI-EI-IRADE
Regional-Investment

Regional Investment Framework and Policy Guidelines for promoting investment in South Asian Power Sector and in Cross-Border Electricity Trade in South Asia

  • Sector : Regional Power Trade and Markets, Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : South Asia
Date: 19th July 2017 , 6th Task Force-1 Meeting on Coordination of Policy, Legal and Regulatory Framework –19th-20th July’ 2017-Peace Pagoda Hall, Hotel Water Front Resort, Pokhara, Nepal, Workshops & Conferences

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Regional Investment Framework and Policy Guidelines for promoting investment in South Asian Power Sector and in Cross-Border Electricity Trade in South Asia
Capacity Building

Capacity Building & Training on Smart Grid Course

  • Sector : Modernization of Distribution Utilities
  • Program Name : PACE-D
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
This report was prepared under the Partnership to Advance Clean Energy-Deployment (PACE-D) Technical Assistance Program, which is funded by the United States Agency for International

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Capacity-Building-file-pdf
Presentations-Findings

Presentations- Findings on Harmonization of grid codes,operating procedures and standards to promote/facilitate CBET in South Asia-Volume-III Report

  • Sector : Regional Power Trade and Markets, Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : South Asia
Release of Report On “Harmonization of Grid Codes, Operating Procedures and Standards to Facilitate/Promote Cross-Border Electricity Trad, Workshops & Conferences

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Presentations- Findings on Harmonization of grid codes,operating procedures and standards to promote/facilitate CBET in South Asia-Volume-III Report
South-Asian-Regional-Power-Exchange-by-Gaurav-jain

South Asian Regional Power Exchange

  • Sector : Regional Power Trade and Markets, Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : South Asia
The mock exercise results will provide the desired inputs for the decision makers in selecting a suitable option for market design. This will also give clarity about the identity of the buyers and sellers in such a Regional Exchange.

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South Asian Regional Power Exchange by Gaurav jain
IEX-Presentation-for-SARPEX-By-Nitin

IEX Presentation for SARPEX

  • Sector : Regional Power Trade and Markets, Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : South Asia
Further, the quantum of electricity that can be traded under cross border trade for electricity in Indian Power Exchanges shall be prescribed from time to time by the Designated Authority.

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IEX Presentation for SARPEX By Nitin
Key-Consideration-for-SARPEX-by-Yasir

Key Consideration for SARPEX

  • Sector : Regional Power Trade and Markets, Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : South Asia
The mock exercise is based on the Unconstrained Market Clearing Principle. However, the availability of inter-country transmission lines has been duly taken into consideration in the preparation of bids for BBN

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Key Consideration for SARPEX by Yasir
NEPAL-final-Presentation

NEPAL final Presentation

  • Sector : Regional Power Trade and Markets, Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : Nepal
Finding out the most needed quantum of power – criticality of load to be served.

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NEPAL final Presentation
Presentation SARPEX (Bhutan)

Presentation SARPEX (Bhutan)

  • Sector : Regional Power Trade and Markets, Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : Bhutan
The stakeholder consultation helped in dissemination of SARPEX idea to the relevant sectors.

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Presentation SARPEX (Bhutan)
Bangladesh-Presentation

Bangladesh Presentation-SARPEX

  • Sector : Regional Power Trade and Markets, Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : Bangladesh
Policy intervention of Indian Govt . and regulatory framework needs to be updated accordingly. Necessary amendment for this regulation is required before finalization of the document.

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Bangladesh Presentation- SARPEX
Session-8-Guidelines-for-Bid-Preparation-for-SARPEX-by-SK-Ray

Guidelines for Bid Preparation for SARPEX by SK Ray

  • Sector : Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : South Asia
Capacity Building Program on South Asian Regional Power Exchange (SARPEX) Mock Exercise 7th -9th February 2017 New Delhi, India

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Guidelines for Bid Preparation for SARPEX by SK Ray
Session-6-Proposed-Features-of-SARPEX-by-Yasir

Proposed Features of SARPEX

  • Sector : Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : South Asia
Capacity Building Program on South Asian Regional Power Exchange (SARPEX) Mock Exercise 7th -9th February 2017 New Delhi, India

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Proposed Features of SARPEX by Yasir
Session-4-Key-Processes-in-Power-Exchange-by-Prasana-Rao

Key Processes in Power Exchange

  • Sector : Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : South Asia
Capacity Building Program on South Asian Regional Power Exchange (SARPEX) Mock Exercise 7th -9th February 2017 New Delhi, India

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Key Processes in Power Exchange by Prasana Rao
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Bidding Strategy for Day-Ahead Market

  • Sector : Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
Capacity Building Program on South Asian Regional Power Exchange (SARPEX) Mock Exercise 7th -9th February 2017 New Delhi, India

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Bidding Strategy for Day-Ahead Market By Rajesh Mediratta
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Building Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP)

  • Sector : Energy Efficiency
  • Program Name : MAITREE
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
Building Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP), world’s largest zero-subsidy energy efficiency retrofit scheme, was launched with MAITREE’s assistance by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) in 2017.

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Building Energy Efficiency Program (BEEP)

Nudges in the marketplace: The response of household electricity consumption to information and monetary incentives

  • Sector : Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : EPIC
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
This paper provides field evidence from India examining changes in electricity consumption in response to various behavioral interventions. I study the impact of (i) weekly reports with peer comparisons of electricity use; (ii) reports augmented with monetary incentives to reduce consumption and (iii) price variation.

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Nudges in the marketplace: The response of household electricity consumption to information and monetary incentives
Weather and Death in India: Mechanisms and Implications for Climate Change

Weather and Death in India: Mechanisms and Implications for Climate Change

  • Program Name : EPIC
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
This paper reveals a stark inequality in the effect of ambient temperatures on death in human populations. Using district-level daily weather and annual mortality data from 1957 to 2000, we find that hot days lead to substantial increases in mortality in rural but not urban India.

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Weather and Death in India: Mechanisms and Implications for Climate Change
posoco

POSOCO Presentation SARPEX by SC Scexena

  • Sector : Regional Power Trade and Markets, Strengthening Transmission Utilities and System Operators
  • Program Name : SARI/EI
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : South Asia
Decades back, Dr. R. Buckminister Fuller proposed interconnecting regional power system into a single, continuous world-wide electric energy grid as a number one solution to solve many of the world’s pressing problems.

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POSOCO Presentation SARPEX
Challenges for Scaling Up Solar Rooftop in the BESCOM Region

Challenges for Scaling Up Solar Rooftop in the BESCOM Region

  • Sector : Renewable Energy
  • Program Name : PACE-D
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
The USAID PACE-D TA Program and BESCOM initiated a study to map and analyze the challenges that are hampering the installation of solar rooftop in Karnataka.

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Challenges for Scaling Up Solar Rooftop in the BESCOM Region
CII

Study Training Needs Assessment for Solar Energy – Executive Summary

  • Sector : SAREP
  • Program Name : PACE-D
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
The USAID PACE-D TA Program commissioned a study on ‘Training Needs Assessment’ for the solar industry as one of the key operational strategies under its skill development objective.

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Study Training Needs Assessment for Solar Energy – Executive Summary
Scaling Green Bonds Use in India

Scaling Green Bonds Use in India

  • Sector : Investment Facilitation in Clean Energy
  • Program Name : PACE-D
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
This document outlines the journey of the Indian Green Bond market since 2013 and summarizes the technical assistance provided by the PACE-D TA Program.

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Scaling Green Bonds Use in India
esaf

PACE-D MFI Fact Sheet- ESAF

  • Sector : Investment Facilitation in Clean Energy
  • Program Name : PACE-D
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
The USAID PACE-D TA Program provided support to ESAF Small Finance Bank to expand its energy lending program.

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PACE-D MFI Fact Sheet- ESAF
sarala

PACE-D MFI Fact Sheet- Sarala

  • Sector : Investment Facilitation in Clean Energy
  • Program Name : PACE-D
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
The USAID PACE-D TA Program provided support to Sarala Development and Microfinance Pvt. Ltd. to start its energy lending program.

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PACE-D MFI Fact Sheet- Sarala
PACE-D

PACE-D Microfinance Impact Fact Sheet

  • Sector : Investment Facilitation in Clean Energy
  • Program Name : PACE-D
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
Fact Sheet providing a snapshot of the key outcomes of the PACE-D TA Program’s Microfinance activities.

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PACE-D Microfinance Impact Fact Sheet
MSP

PACE-D MSP – Policy Paper

  • Sector : Renewable Energy
  • Program Name : PACE-D
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
The USAID PACE-D TA Program has developed a guide for the energy policy makers operating in the microfinance and energy access sector in India.

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PACE-D MSP – Policy Paper
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PACE-D MFI Case Study- Saija

  • Sector : Renewable Energy
  • Program Name : PACE-D
  • Year : 2017
  • Country : India
The USAID PACE-D TA Program provided support to Saija to pilot and scale a solar lighting energy lending program for its clients.

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PACE-D MFI Case Study- Saija