How can India Scale Up Electricity Demand-side Management? - Insights from a Multi-state Assessment of

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this study are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water. [...] Our review shows that the Model Regulations reflect The DSM Regulations require discoms to design the context they were drafted in and comprehensively and implement programmes based on the SERC’s define the roles of DSM, discoms, and state electricity guidelines on load and market research, cost- regulatory commissions (SERCs) in assessing its technical effectiveness, implementation, and monitorin. [...] timelines SR: Additionally, the Regulations of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu define the frequency of submission of progress reports on the DSM plan, while the latter two also specify the frequency of submission for monitoring and programme completion reports. [...] • A comparative analysis of the Model DSM We developed and used a Python-based text analysis Regulations notified by the FoR in 2010 and tool to determine the frequency and context of the Regulations notified by the state electricity occurrence of the following keywords: ‘demand- regulatory commissions (SERCs) of select states. [...] Their in the selected states.13 We searched tariff orders from capex bias was also noted while drafting the MYT the last four financial years to determine the number of Regulations, but the remedy, that is, scrutiny by the occurrences of DSM-related keywords and the context SERC based on norms,11 may not be adequate due to of their discussion.