The second meeting of the India Energy Stack (IES) Taskforce was held in New Delhi, on December 19, 2025.
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.
The meeting saw the participation of taskforce members as well as representatives from the ministry of power, regulators, industry, academia, and other key stakeholders, an official release said.
The India Energy Stack (IES) project, for which REC Ltd is the nodal agency, is scheduled to be completed by July 2026. (Project background)
First meeting
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.
Strategy document
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.
Transformational step
Speaking on the occasion, Jitendra Srivastava, Chairman & Managing Director, REC Ltd, 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.
Version 0.2
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.
Source of featured photograph: REC Ltd