6 months ago
2
Kerala’s determination to research vehicle-to-grid (V2G) exertion has received a boost with the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) providing a regulatory model for it past week.
As an archetypal measure, a tariff of ₹10 per portion would use for export of vigor from V2G systems to the grid during highest hours, states the regulations.
The provisions for V2G exertion are portion of the broader KSERC (Renewable Energy and Related Matters) Regulations, 2025, notified connected November 5 for handling each aspects of renewable vigor integration successful the State.
V2G systems let bi-directional travel of energy betwixt electrical conveyance (EV) batteries and the grid. This, successful effect, transforms e-vehicles into vigor retention systems, allowing them to instrumentality energy to the grid. This helps to equilibrium the request erstwhile energy request peaks.
ToU tariff
“A peculiar Time-of-Use (ToU) tariff shall beryllium introduced to promote V2G participation, offering incentives for vigor export during highest request periods. Dynamic pricing mechanisms shall beryllium explored to compensate EV owners based connected real-time grid conditions,” according to the regulations.
The regulations person travel astatine a clip erstwhile Kerala is actively exploring the imaginable of V2G systems arsenic portion of its expanding renewable vigor sector. In July this year, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-Bombay) inked a memorandum of knowing for a field-level aviator programme connected V2G technology. This task is to beryllium implemented successful 2 phases. The aforesaid month, the Agency for New and Renewable Energy Research and Technology (Anert), which functions nether the State Power department, installed a aviator V2G task astatine its office successful Thiruvananthapuram successful a bid to acquaint the nationalist with this evolving concept.
The caller regulations authorities that each EV owners volition person the close to export stored energy from their EV artillery to the grid done authorised V2G-enabled charging stations/installations. Distribution licensees are required to facilitate the seamless integration of V2G-enabled EVs into the grid. They are besides expected to instal monitoring protocols and astute metering infrastructure for measuring the bidirectional vigor flow. All EV owners, charging presumption operators, organisation licensees and different entities tin enactment successful V2G integration.
Detailed procedures
Further, the Commission is required to specify elaborate procedures for the implementation of V2G information and energy accounting and settlement. These protocols are to beryllium finalised connected the ground of a aviator survey conducted by the organisation licensee oregon done agencies assigned by it.
The caller regulations are applicable up to March 31, 2030.
