Haryana does not yet have a single stand-out “battery storage policy” the way Gujarat or Rajasthan do. Instead, storage support here comes from three overlapping layers: a regulatory obligation set by the state commission, storage-linked power buying by the state’s procurement arm, and a first wave of small standalone-battery tenders from its DISCOMs (distribution companies). Bolted onto that is a strong local pull — Haryana’s slice of the National Capital Region (NCR) is under tightening diesel-generator limits, which makes batteries a cleaner way to cover peaks. This piece walks through each layer plainly, and is honest about how early-stage the dedicated procurement still is.
The obligation layer: HERC and the ESO
The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) is the state regulator. In line with the central framework, HERC has notified an Energy Storage Obligation (ESO) alongside its renewable purchase obligations, running up to FY30. An ESO simply requires DISCOMs to route a rising share of their electricity through storage. It is counted in energy terms and is treated as met only when at least 85 percent of what the battery stores over a year comes from renewable sources — the same design used nationally.
Haryana’s broader renewable purchase obligation (RPO) trajectory climbs toward about 43.33 percent by 2029-30 (roughly 6.94 percent wind, 2.82 percent hydro and 33.57 percent “other” renewables). The ESO sits on top of that as the specific nudge toward batteries. If the mechanics of the obligation are new to you, our guide to the Energy Storage Obligation explains how it is calculated, and the central BESS policy explainer sets Haryana in the all-India context.
The procurement layer: HPPC and storage-backed FDRE
The state’s buying is done by the Haryana Power Purchase Centre (HPPC) — the agency that procures bulk power on behalf of Haryana’s DISCOMs. HPPC’s most significant storage-linked move to date is an 800 MW firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) contract from SJVN (Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam), approved by HERC on 6 June 2024 at a tariff of about ₹4.45 per kWh.
FDRE is renewable generation bundled with energy storage so it can supply round-the-clock or on-demand power rather than only when the sun shines or wind blows. In other words, Haryana is buying storage indirectly, wrapped inside a firm-power contract, rather than only as standalone batteries. HPPC justified the deal partly on a widening supply gap — its own estimates pointed to a deficit growing from around 500 MW in 2027-28 toward several thousand MW by the late 2030s. How this contracting model works is covered in our FDRE tender framework guide.
The tender layer: DHBVN, UHBVN and a Panipat project
Standalone-battery tenders in Haryana are real but still modest.
- DHBVN / UHBVN — 10 MW / 20 MWh: Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) issued a Request for Selection for four grid-integrative standalone battery systems of 2.5 MW / 5 MWh each at 33 kV substations across the areas of DHBVN and Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN). Bids were due around September 2025. These qualify for central Viability Gap Funding (VGF), reported at up to 30 percent of capital cost or about ₹27 lakh per MWh, whichever is lower.
- SJVN — 250 MW / 500 MWh at Panipat: SJVN floated a standalone-BESS tender sited at the 1,360 MW Panipat thermal station, supported by VGF under the Power System Development Fund (PSDF) route, with bidding into early 2026.
For how the VGF grant is structured, see our VGF scheme deep-dive; for what is live nationally, our tender tracker keeps a running list.
The NCR pull: diesel gensets and peaks
Haryana’s biggest storage-specific angle is geography. Districts such as Gurugram and Faridabad sit inside the NCR, where the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has progressively restricted and banned diesel generator sets — allowing only cleaner dual-fuel or gas-based units where infrastructure exists. Converting a genset can reportedly cost ₹5 lakh to ₹15 lakh, which pushes commercial and industrial users toward alternatives.
A battery does not burn diesel, produces no on-site emissions and can quietly cover the same evening peaks and short outages that gensets used to. That makes NCR one of India’s clearer real-world cases for behind-the-meter storage and peak shaving — trimming the costly top of a facility’s demand curve. Our BESS vs diesel-genset cost comparison puts numbers to that trade-off.
What this means for you
For developers, Haryana is an emerging rather than a top-tier BESS market: the obligation (ESO) and the demand signal (a growing peak deficit, an 800 MW FDRE deal) are in place, but standalone-battery volumes are still small and best treated as a pipeline to watch. For DISCOMs and HPPC, standalone tenders and VGF are the levers to firm up peaks without new diesel. For commercial and industrial buyers in the NCR belt, the diesel-genset squeeze makes on-site storage a live decision today, not a future one. Alpha Devraj ESS builds the standalone BESS blocks these tenders call for and the peak-shaving systems NCR sites need — and you can size the savings for your own load using our savings calculator, or talk to our team about a specific site.
One caution: Haryana’s dedicated BESS procurement is early-stage, and tender terms, VGF caps and ESO percentages all change by notification — treat the figures above as a snapshot and confirm the live documents before committing.
Policy snapshot as of July 2026. Terms change by notification; verify current provisions before financial decisions.