# When must designated consumers submit RCO energy accounts and compliance reports?

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Certified energy accounts are due by 31 July each year, and the compliance report, after covering any shortfall with RECs or buyout, by 31 December. For 2024-25 the dates were 31 October 2025 and 31 March 2026, and the Ministry of Power later extended final compliance to 31 May 2026.

## The calendar

- FY 2024-25 energy accounts: by 31 October 2025.
- FY 2024-25 compliance report: by 31 March 2026, extended to 31 May 2026 by the Ministry of Power letter of 16 April 2026.
- FY 2025-26 onwards: energy accounts by 31 July after the year ends, compliance report by 31 December.

## Who certifies

- Distribution licensees: certified by the State Load Despatch Centre.
- Captive users, open access consumers and other designated consumers: certified by an accredited energy auditing firm empanelled by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency.
- All submissions use the formats in Annexure II of the notification.

## Who checks

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency monitors compliance and reports to the Central Government, copying the State Electricity Regulatory Commissions. The Bureau is also to issue detailed implementation guidelines.

## Timeline for FY 2025-26

- Year ends: 31 March 2026
- Certified energy accounts due: 31 July 2026
- Buy RECs or pay buyout for any shortfall, then file the compliance report: by 31 December 2026

## What Senseible does here

Senseible keeps a year of bills and captive generation records in one place with their sources, which shortens the evidence hunt when the energy auditor signs off your RCO accounts.

- [RCO targets by year](https://senseible.earth/answers/rco-targets-2024-25-to-2029-30)
- [Counting captive consumption for RCO](https://senseible.earth/answers/rco-captive-user-consumption-calculation)
- [Covering an RCO shortfall](https://senseible.earth/answers/rco-shortfall-recs-or-buyout)
- [Is my factory a BEE designated consumer?](https://senseible.earth/answers/is-my-factory-bee-designated-consumer)

Sources: [Ministry of Power notification S.O. dated 27 September 2025 on Renewable Consumption Obligation for designated consumers under the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (supersedes S.O. 4617(E) of 20 October 2023)](https://www.powermin.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/08/894fb6d8fb18baec1c5d47f02d7777f4.pdf), [Ministry of Power letter F.No. 09/01/2024-RCM, 16 April 2026: RCO compliance for FY 2024-25 extended to 31 May 2026](https://www.powermin.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/05/07f01334c51fc3e842ce805979b606e1.pdf)

Last reviewed 2026-10-23. Paragraphs 11 and 12 of the 27 September 2025 notification and the Ministry of Power letter of 16 April 2026. Watch for further extensions (checked 23 October 2026).