The Indian Rajasthan Electricity Regulator Commission (RERC) has denied a petition filed by Rajasthan Urja Vikas and IT Services Limited (RUVITL) to procure 3.2 GW (4x800 MW) of coal power through competitive bidding (RERC press release, 18/11/2025). RUVITL had previously submitted its plans to procure electricity from 3.2 GW of thermal power stations for 25 years through competitive bidding process to “meet its growing demand” due to “increasing deficit in availability of round-the-clock (RTC) power.”
Considering that the state already has a pipeline of over 3.3 GW of new thermal capacity in advanced stages of development, the Commission classified the petition as “unreasonable and inconsistent” and unaligned with the Indian state’s 2024 Clean Energy Policy “which emphasizes renewable energy and energy storage technologies over conventional fossil-fuel-based generation.”
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