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The companies can also transfer transmission rights for their group utility that are generating but does not have connectivity to grid, an order from the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission dated July 11 said.
A substantial amount of renewable energy capacity has been awarded between 2019-2025 to power producers, but most of it does not yet have customers, the CERC said.
As a result, transmission access is being occupied by projects that may not move ahead, and CERC believes about 15.7 GW of this connectivity could be released for other developers.
Power producers can also retain transmission connectivity, provide additional bank guarantees, but develop the power project independently, the CERC said.
Connectivity surrendered will first be offered to existing applicants in the same substation cluster and any remaining capacity will be auctioned.