India Plans National Electricity Data Platform
The proposal will cover data from generators, discoms, grid operators, regulators and power market participants, while keeping sensitive grid and cyber information outside the framework.
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The ministry of power has proposed a national framework to standardize electricity data sharing across India, seeking to bring fragmented power sector datasets onto common digital platforms for planning, regulation, grid operations and research.
The draft National Electricity Data Sharing Framework, 2026, proposes setting up a National Electricity Data Center and a National Electricity Data Portal to publish and discover electricity sector datasets in standardized, machine-readable formats.
The framework covers data created and maintained by generating companies, including captive generators, transmission and distribution licensees, load despatch centers, electricity regulatory commissions, central and state agencies, and market participants such as power exchanges, OTC platforms, qualified coordinating agencies, aggregators, renewable energy management centers and trading licensees.
The draft says India’s electricity data is currently fragmented, follows inconsistent formats and lacks a unified access and standardization framework. It seeks to enable secure, structured and non-discriminatory access to data while protecting critical electricity infrastructure information.
The framework will remain voluntary for sector entities. However, the proposed National Electricity Data Center and National Electricity Data Portal will be established to create a nationwide data-sharing ecosystem.
The proposal classifies datasets into public and access-controlled categories. Public datasets will include general sector information such as installed capacity, renewable energy statistics, generation mix, annual energy balances and electricity market data.
Access-controlled datasets, including operational details, feeder-level information, load-flow studies, outage records and de-identified smart meter data, will require registration.
The draft also provides for consumer privacy safeguards, including anonymization and de-identification of personal or asset-identifying information before publication or sharing.
Sensitive information, including cyber defense protocols, strategic telemetry, defence installation data, transmission corridor vulnerabilities, and pre-clearing power exchange bid data, will remain outside the framework.
The framework aims to make electricity data interoperable with adjacent sectors such as transport, urban planning, climate action and financial services. It also supports consent-based sharing with third-party service providers through the India Energy Stack or similar mechanisms.
Under the proposed timelines, each participating data issuer should publish a complete metadata catalogue within 12 months of the framework taking effect. Within 18 months, metadata for all public datasets should be discoverable through the National Electricity Data Center portal in a standardized, machine-readable format.
Data issuers are advised to update their catalogues at least once every six months. New datasets created or acquired after the initial publication should be added and classified within 90 working days.
The Central Electricity Authority will define the common data structure and formats for publication of datasets. The draft also proposes a two-level grievance redressal mechanism for data access disputes.
The framework is open for stakeholder comments until 21 July.
