The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed capital cost of Rs 5.75 crore per Mw for wind energy projects. The proposal is a part of the regulations the commission released recently and will be used to determine tariff of renewable energy for 2012-17.

The power regulator has proposed a loan tenure of 12 years for determination of tariff, annual depreciation rate of 5.83 per cent for the first 12 years of the tariff period and the rest of the depreciation to be spread over the remaining useful life of the project from the 13th year.