Emerging issues in Indian power sector

Indian power sector is facing the challenges in the area of fuel, policy issues and cost effectiveness. Thus country needs a sweeping reform to tackle these new challenges. Green Building scenario, peaking power plant and cost of the power served in Indian scenario are considered to address theses challenges. A regional approach for policy and innovative finance schemes is proposed and discussed for Green Building promotion. A need for peaking power plant and selection criterion for gas based stations and a captive power plant is proposed. The structure for cost of the power and various new steps that will lead to the reduced cost is put forth.