{"id":358361,"date":"2026-03-17T17:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=358361"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:40:05","slug":"captive-generating-plant-cgp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/captive-generating-plant-cgp\/","title":{"rendered":"Captive Generating Plant (CGP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The Government amended Electricity Rules, 2026 to strengthen captive power framework, improve clarity, and support industrial competitiveness and energy transition.<\/p>\n<h2>About Captive Generating Plant (CGP)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A Captive Generating Plant is a <strong>power plant<\/strong> set up by <strong>persons or companies for generating electricity mainly for their own use.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> The objective is to <strong>provide reliable and cost-competitive electricity<\/strong>, reduce dependence on the grid, and support industrial growth and sustainability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regulatory framework:<\/strong> It is governed under the <strong>Electricity Act, 2003<\/strong> and the <strong>Electricity Rules, 2005,<\/strong> which have been <strong>amended<\/strong> through the <strong>Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2026.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ownership criteria:<\/strong> <strong>Minimum 26% aggregate ownership<\/strong> by captive <strong>users<\/strong>, including group entities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consumption criteria:<\/strong> At <strong>least 51% of generated electricity<\/strong> must be consumed by <strong>owners<\/strong>, with proportion rules for associations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recent developments<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amendments for Clarity and Flexibility:<\/strong> The Electricity (Amendment) Rules, 2026 clarify ownership definitions by including subsidiaries and group entities, and simplify provisions to reduce ambiguity and disputes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amendments in Verification Mechanism:<\/strong> The Rules introduce a uniform financial year-based verification of captive status and provide for nodal agencies and a grievance redressal mechanism.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amendments to Improve Ease of Doing Business:<\/strong> The Rules provide that charges will not be imposed pending verification and align the framework with modern corporate structures and increasing use of non-fossil fuel based captive power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Government amended Electricity Rules, 2026 to strengthen captive power framework, improve clarity, and support industrial competitiveness and energy transition. About Captive Generating Plant (CGP) A Captive Generating Plant is a power plant set up by persons or companies for generating electricity mainly for their own use. Objective: The objective is to provide reliable&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/captive-generating-plant-cgp\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Captive Generating Plant (CGP)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-358361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}