New Delhi, December 19: The second meeting of the India Energy Stack (IES) Taskforce was held on Friday (December 19, 2025), with participation from Taskforce members and representatives of the Ministry of Power, regulators, industry, academia, and other stakeholders. The meeting reviewed Version 0.2 drafts of the IES Strategy and Architecture documents, developed following guidance from the inaugural meeting convened by the Ministry of Power.
The Taskforce, chaired by Dr Ram Sewak Sharma, reaffirmed the vision of IES as India’s Digital Public Infrastructure for the power sector, with a focus on modularity, interoperability, standards-led design, and implementable use cases. Version 0.2 of the Strategy document places stronger emphasis on execution through complete use-case packages, prioritisation of early applications, mapping of existing digital platforms, and a strengthened data governance framework, including the need for a National Power Sector Data Policy.
The Architecture document sharpens the focus on trust and security, covering digital identity, verifiable credentials, secure APIs, auditability, and policy-as-code, supported by sandboxes and reference implementations. As part of the accelerator programme, pilot DISCOMs have been asked to implement inter-state peer-to-peer power trading using defined APIs.
Speaking at the meeting, REC Chairman and Managing Director Jitendra Srivastava said the India Energy Stack marks a transformational step towards a unified and future-ready digital foundation for India’s power sector, adding that REC, as the nodal agency, will work closely with the Ministry of Power and stakeholders to translate the vision into scalable, on-ground solutions. The IES project is scheduled for completion by July 2026.
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