The Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) issued the second amendment to UERC (Tariff and Other Terms for Supply of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources and non-fossil fuel based Co-generating Stations) Regulations, 2023 (Principal Regulations). The amendments include changes to the nomenclature of the principal regulations, formal additions of battery energy storage systems (BESS) definitions, useful BESS life, depreciation, and tariff norms. They also revise benchmark tariffs for the canal bank and canal top solar projects. The amendments will change the regulations’ name to UERC (Tariff and Other Terms for Supply of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources and non-fossil fuel based Co-generating Stations) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2025.