Second Meeting of India Energy Stack Taskforce Reviews IES Version 0.2 Strategy & Architecture

BHL News: The second meeting of the India Energy Stack (IES) Taskforce was held today, with participation from Taskforce members as well as representatives from the Ministry of Power, regulators, industry, academia, and other key stakeholders.

The meeting reviewed the Version 0.2 drafts of the IES Strategy and Architecture documents, which have been developed based on the guidance provided during the inaugural meeting convened by the Ministry of Power. At the previous meeting, the Taskforce had aligned on the vision of IES as India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for the power sector, with a strong emphasis on modularity, interoperability, standards-led design, and real-world implement ability.

Version 0.2 of the Strategy document strengthens the focus on execution by proposing the development of IES through complete “use case packages.” It introduces a structured rubric for prioritising early use cases, maps existing national digital platforms relevant to the power sector, and outlines a strengthened data governance framework, including the rationale for a National Power Sector Data Policy.

The meeting was attended by Taskforce Chairman Dr. Ram Sewak Sharma (Former Director General, UIDAI; Former CEO, National Health Authority; Former Chairman, TRAI); Sh. Pradeep Kumar Pujari  (Vice Chair, Distinguished Fellow, FSR Global, Former Chairman CERC, Former Secretary Power); Sh. Pramod Verma (Co-founder, FIDE; former Chief Architect, Aadhaar); Shri Alok Kumar (DG, AIDA); Shri Jitendra Srivastava (CMD, REC Limited); Shri Abhishek Ranjan (CEO, BRPL);  Shri Vikram Gandotra (President-Elect, IEEMA); Shri Vikram Dhaka (Representative, MNRE); Shri Swetha Ravi Kumar (Executive Director, FSR Global); Dr. Rahul Tongia (Senior Fellow, CSEP); Shri Reji Pillai (President, ISGF); and Shri Pranav Tayal (Director, Ministry of Power). Other dignitaries also joined the meeting via video conference.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri Jitendra Srivastava, Chairman and Managing Director, REC Limited, said, “The India Energy Stack represents a transformational step towards building a unified, trusted, and future-ready digital foundation for India’s power sector. Version 0.2 reflects the Taskforce’s collective wisdom and a strong shift from concept to execution. As the Nodal Agency, REC is committed to working closely with the Ministry of Power and all stakeholders to translate this vision into implementable standards and scalable solutions that deliver tangible value on the ground.”

The Architecture document Version 0.2 sharpens the focus on the trust and security fabric of IES. Key elements include digital identity, verifiable credentials, secure APIs, auditability, and policy-as-code to ensure consistent rule enforcement. These are supported by sandboxes, reference implementations, and defined conformance pathways to accelerate ecosystem adoption. As part of the accelerator programme to demonstrate practical implementation, pilot DISCOMs have been requested to adopt and implement inter-state peer-to-peer (P2P) power trading using the defined APIs and specifications.