NEW DELHI. REC Limited showcased the first live demonstration of India’s Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy trading pilot under the India Energy Stack at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 held at Bharat Mandapam, during a strategic session titled “India Energy Stack (IES) and the AI-Ready Power Sector: Trust, Interoperability, and Scale,” marking a key milestone in India’s shift toward a decentralized and consumer-centric digital power ecosystem. In a first-of-its-kind transaction, Arun Singh, a farmer from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, used a secure blockchain-enabled platform to sell six units of surplus solar power to Lakshmi, a garment shop owner in Delhi, earning Rs. 30, thereby demonstrating the real-world potential of the India Energy Stack as a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) that transforms citizens into active ‘energy agents’ rather than passive consumers. The pilot enables prosumers—including households, businesses, and farmers generating renewable energy—to directly trade surplus electricity through trusted digital protocols, paving the way for a participative and decentralized power market.
The demonstration was held in the presence of Dr. Ram Sewak Sharma, Chair, India Energy Stack; Shri Jitendra Srivastava, Chairman and Managing Director, REC Limited; Shri Ashish Kumar Goel, Chairman, UPPCL; Shri Alok Kumar, Director General, AIDA; Shri Reji Pillai, President, ISGF; Shri Shashank Misra, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power; Prince Dhawan, Executive Director, REC; and Smt. Swetha Ravi Kumar, Executive Director, FSR Global.
