the order is signed and issued by karnataka electricity regulatory commission

a) Applicability of this Order: This order is applicable to all those Captive Power Plants agreeing to supply a capacity of one MW and above to the distribution licensees duly complying with

the terms indicated in this order.

NCE projects which include biomass, wind and mini hydel, Sugar based cogeneration Power Plants are exempted from this order as they are separately covered under relevant Regulations.

b) Power Purchase Agreement: The Captive power generator shall enter into an agreement with the distribution licensee for sale of power. Power purchase shall be through the PPA route only. Distribution Licensees shall draft the PPA considering the various provisions made in this order and the same shall be got approved from the Commission.

The order is signed and issued by Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission

on this 27th day of February 2007.

c) Banking and Wheeling: As the purpose of this order is to harness the available surplus power with the CPPs in the State, no banking facility shall be allowed.

d) Metering: All Captive Power Plants desirous of selling power to either Distribution Licensee or Third party shall install meters at interface points as per the prevailing CEA regulations as amended from time to time.

e) Billing and Accounting: The distribution licensee buying power from one or more CPPs shall settle payment within fifteen days after the completion of the billing cycle. The billing cycle shall be one month. The Distribution Licensee shall open a letter of credit equivalent to one month’s bill for purchase of firm power and long-term contracts.

Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission on this 27th day of February 2007. Cont..

f) Grid Support/parallel operation Charges: The transmission utility shall place suitable proposals on grid support charges. The same will be dealt with as and when the transmission utility submits the proposal to the Commission.

g) Operational characteristics of the CPP: The captive power plant shall be capable of being synchronized and operated in the system within nominal system parameters of voltage, frequency and power factor range specified by the licensee. The CPP shall be capable of delivering reactive power commensurate with the generator design capability and prorated to the capacity contracted to the grid.

In the first instance, this Order shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of this Order and the same would be reviewed based on the feedback from all the stakeholders.

Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission on this 27th day of February 2007. Cont..

KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION DRAFT REGULATION ON Terms and Conditions for Supply of Power from

Captive Generating Plants to Distribution Licensees Regulations 2006

Open Access.-(1) A Captive Generating Plant shall have right to ‘open access’ for carryingelectricity from its plant to the destination of its use by using transmission lines ordistribution system or associated facilities with such lines or system and for thatmatter, rules or regulations notified by the Commission in that regard shall apply:

Provided that the plant shall ensure to dispatch electricity as per the scheduleand unscheduled interchange, if any with the grid, shall not exceed 10 percent

of the total dispatch in a day restricted to 5 percent during peak hours, beyond which a penalty may be imposed by the Commission, in addition to the Unscheduled Interchange Charges payable under the intra state ABT scheme, on the recommendation of the State Load Despatch Centre:

Provided also that the ‘open access’ shall be subject to the availability oftransmission capacity as determined by State Transmission Utility or the Central Transmission Utility, as the case may be:

Provided further that in case of Inter state transmission the rules orregulations made by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission shall apply:

KERALA STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION DRAFT REGULATION ON Terms and Conditions for Supply of Power from

Captive Generating Plants to Distribution Licensees Regulations 2006

Provided further that in case of Intra state transmission the rules orregulations made by the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission shallapply, and Provided further that if any dispute arises regarding the availability ofsurplus transmission capacity, the matter shall be decided and adjudicated by theState or the Central Commission as the case may be.

(2) The plant seeking ‘open access’ shall approach State Transmission Utilityand/or Central Transmission Utility and/or intervening transmission licenseeand/or distribution licensee who shall determine and allow non discriminatory‘open access’ subject to availability of transmission capacity.

Transmission Charges and Wheeling Charges.-The NCE plants, seeking non-discriminatory ‘open access’ to the Stateand/or Inter state Transmission Systems and/or intervening transmission facilityand/or distribution system for carrying the electricity generated by it to thedestination of use, shall pay the transmission charges at 3% of wheeled energy,wheeling charges at 5% of wheeled energy. Other plants shall pay Transmissioncharges, Wheeling charges and such other charges as determined by theCommission under Open Access Regulations.

Reactive power.-Wind energy generators shall maintain their own capacitors and shall notdraw reactive power as far as possible. There will be disincentive for drawingreactive power on the basis of monthly average power factor. If the averagepower factor is less than 0.9 the disincentive fixed is 1% of energy generated forevery reduction of 0.01 below 0.9 PF

Surcharge.-A Captive Power plant shall not be liable to pay surcharge in addition tothe charges for transmission and wheeling for carrying the electricity to thedestination of his own use.

DRAFT REGULATION ON Terms and Conditions for Supply of Power from Captive Generating Plants to Distribution Licensees Regulations 2006

Sale of Power.-(1) A captive generating plant may enter into an agreement with the distributionlicensee for sale of its surplus capacity based on PPA approved by theCommission. The parties to the agreement may make plant/site specificconditions in the PPA not inconsistent with the Act, these Regulations and otherrelevant regulations. Provided that the plant may also supply electricity to aconsumer who is permitted open access as per provisions of Open AccessRegulations. Such consumers shall pay Transmission charges, wheeling chargesand such other charges as determined by the Commission under Open AccessRegulation.

The distribution licensee shall pay the transmission charges and wheelingcharges for such supply , as may be determined by the Commission by an order:Provided further that Distribution Licensee may require emergencyassistance following an extensive failure in the system. Subject to technicalfeasibility, the Captive Generating Plant may, if requested by the licensee, extendpower supply from its generating station to the licensee’s system. In suchcircumstances, the tariff for such supply shall be mutually agreed.


Purchase of Electricity.-Any person, who establishes, maintains and operates a Captive PowerPlant, may purchase electricity from a generating company or a distributionlicensee in case his plant is not in a position to generate electricity to meet therequirement of his own use and consequently additional power is required:Provided that such purchase of electricity, from a distribution licensee,shall be charged as per the tariff determined by the Commission underappropriate ‘Rate Schedule of tariff under which the total load requirement of theplant shall belong to:Provided also that in case of purchase of power though a trader or agenerating company or a distribution licensee other than a distribution licensee ofthe area in which the plant is located, the rate shall be as mutually agreedhowever, surcharge and additional surcharge besides other charges shall bepayable as determined by the Commission under open access regulations.Provided further that the tariff payable by a captive plant to a distributionlicensee, in case of banking of energy, shall be as per Clause 21 if that plant hasan arrangement of banking of energy with such distribution licensee.


Metering Arrangement.-The Generating Plant shall provide ABT compatible Special Energy Metersat the point of injection and point of drawal and shall comply with all meteringrequirements as notified by the State Transmission Utility.

Provided that the point of injection and point of drawl for the purpose ofrecording and billing purposes shall be the substation of the licensee and point of drawal shall be the consumer premises.

Provided also that metering at generator terminal shall be provided as perthe guidelines issued by the Authority.

Energy Accounting and Billing.-

The State Load Dispatch Centre shall do energy accounting and billingand the same shall be communicated to the utilities interacting with the grid .Provided that in case of sale to the distribution licensee of the area, thepower purchase agreement may provide for joint metering and in such cases, energy accounting and billing shall be done by the generating plant in association with the concerned distribution licensee.


Banking of Power.-The Generating Plants shall be allowed to bank power, for the purpose ofwithdrawal of the banked power in the event of emergency or shut down ormaintenance of the plant, subject to following conditions:

a. The withdrawal of banked energy, subject to deduction of bankingcharges of 5%, shall be allowed and banking period starts from 1st of

April every year to 31st March of successive year. Adjustment of energy drawal shall be done on slot to slot basis within monthly billing cycle as follows.

(a) Peak hour generation with peak hour consumption(b) Off peak hour generation with off peak hour consumption(c) Normal hour generation with normal hour consumption.

Units generated during higher tariff TOD slot could be consumed at lowertariff TOD slot at the option of generators/ users, but the reverse will not beallowed. No carryover is allowed during next month. The unutilized bankedenergy as on 31st March shall be treated as sold to the licensee at the rateapproved by the Commission and slot to slot adjustment will not be applicable for such unutilized portion. Excess drawal at any point of time will be charged under respective tariff applicable to the user. The peak hour extra charges and off peak hour rebate shall be on net energy consumption after deducting captive generation during respective periods.


Payment Mechanism.-The Distribution Licensee shall make payment through a revolving selfreplenishing Letter of Credit (LC) in favour of the plant. The value of LC shall be determined on the basis of average monthly energy scheduled for a particular calendar quarter under the power purchase agreement. The LC shall be updated by 5th working day of the quarter. The Licensee shall bear the charges for opening and maintenance of LC. Any shortfall in the amount of LC shall be payable within thirty days from the date of billing. In such case, a rebate of 1.25 percent shall be allowed and for default in payment beyond thirty days from the date of billing, a surcharge at the rate of 1.25 percent per month or part thereof shall be levied on the billed amount. If the payment is made by a mode other than through LC within a period of one month of presentation of bill by the generating company, a rebate of 1.0 percent shall be allowed, however a surcharge at the rate of 1.25 percent per month or part thereof shall be levied on the billed amount in case of default in payment beyond 30 days.Provided further that the rate and payment terms approved by KSERCfrom time to time for the respective consumer category under ‘Rate Schedule for Tariff’ shall apply for purchase of electricity by the plant.

Provided further that in respect of, transmission charges, wheelingcharges, surcharge and additional surcharge, as the case may be, payable by the Plant for purchase of electricity under these regulations, the paymentmechanism provided under the relevant regulations shall apply.


Approval of Power Purchase Agreement.-

The distribution licensee shall make an application for approval of powerpurchase agreement entered into with the generating station in such forms andsuch manner as specified in Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission(Conduct of Business) Regulations,2003 notified by the Commission.

Power to Remove Difficulties.-

If any difficulty arises in giving effect to these regulations, the Commissionmay, on its own motion or otherwise, by an order and after giving a reasonable opportunity to those likely to be affected by such order, make such provisions, as may appear to be necessary for removing the difficulty.

Power to Relax.-

The Commission, for reasons to be recorded in writing, may vary any ofthe provisions of these regulations on its own motion or on an application madebefore it by any interested party.


ANDHRA PRADESH ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSIONINTERIM BALANCING AND SETTLEMENT CODE FOR

OPEN ACCESS TRANSACTIONSRegulation No. 2 of 2006

Scheduled Consumer” means a consumer who has a supply agreement with the distribution licensee in whose area of supply the consumer is located and also has a supply agreement with a person other than the distribution licensee under the Open Access Regulation and includes a consumer of a distribution licensee who also avails of wheeling facility for carrying the electricity from his captive generating plant to the destination of his own use.

Open Access Consumer” or “OA Consumer” means a consumer not having a supply agreement with the distribution licensee in whose area of supply the consumer is located, but availing or intending to avail supply of energy from a person other than that distribution licensee under the Open Access Regulation and includes a consumer availing wheeling facility for carrying the electricity from his captive generating plant to the destination of his own use without having a supply agreement with the distribution licensee of the area in which the consumer’s premises is located.



ALLOCATION OF CAPACITY BY OA GENERATORS

The sum total of the capacity allocations by an OA Generator for any time block to all the Scheduled Consumers and OA Consumers shall not exceed the available capacity from his generating plant being not higher than the installed capacity or contracted Open Access capacity, whichever is lower.

The OA Generator shall also indicate the allocated capacity in kW at the exit point(s) for each consumer in the Format using the loss levels as specified in the applicable Tariff Order of the Commission. The energy account of the billing month shall be finalized based on the transmission and distribution losses specified by the Commission in the applicable Tariff Order

SLDC/DISCOM shall verify the capacity allocated at the Exit point(s) and correct it in case of discrepancy, if any. The computations of SLDC shall be final and binding on all.



METER READING, ENERGY ACCOUNTING AND SETTLEMENT

SLDC shall undertake the accounting of energy for each time block on monthly basis with the assistance of the Energy Billing Centre (EBC) of the State Transmission Utility (STU) in respect of the Open Access Generators, Scheduled Consumers and the OA Consumers who are connected to the transmission system, In respect of the Open Access Generators, Scheduled Consumers and the OA Consumers who are connected to the distribution system, it is the EBC that shall be responsible for energy accounting and settlement in co-ordination with the DISCOMs.Such Account shall be examined and signed by a Committee comprising the STU, DISCOMs and Generators:

Provided that in the case of Generators, only one representative, as approved by the Commission, from each class of Generators mentioned below shall be represented on the Committee:

• Central Generating Stations (CGS)• APGENCO• Independent Power Producers (IPPs)

• conventional Energy (NCE) Developers (Biomass, Mini-hydel, Hydro, Wind,etc.)• Captive Power Plants (CPPs)



SETTLEMENT OF ENERGY/DEMAND AT EXIT POINT IN RESPECT OF SCHEDULED CONSUMER

The Scheduled energy (in kWh) at exit point shall be calculated for each time block from the scheduled capacity (kW) at the Exit point, as provided in the wheeling schedule, by multiplying it with the period of time block in hours.

Scheduled demand at exit point shall be calculated by dividing the scheduled capacity (kW) at exit point by the power factor for the time block, for which purpose the Power factor shall be equal to the recorded kWh divided by kVAh.

The Scheduled energy of a Scheduled Consumer from an OA Generator for each time-block shall be deducted from the recorded energy (in the inter-se order of such Generators, as and if intimated by the consumer, in case the consumer is availing of energy from more than one Generator) as a first charge. The balance energy shall be deemed to have been supplied by the DISCOM and shall have to be paid for as per the terms of the supply agreement with the DISCOM:

Provided that where there is a deviation between the scheduled capacity and actual capacity being injected at an Entry point in a time block, the shortfall, if any, in the capacity allocated to the Scheduled Consumer shall be deemed to have been drawn by the Scheduled Consumer from the DISCOM and the energy corresponding to such shortfall shall be paid for by the party which has contracted for the Open Access capacity with the Licensee to the DISCOM as per the energy tariff applicable for the same consumer category of DISCOM under which the Scheduled Consumer would normally fall.



SETTLEMENT OF ENERGY/DEMAND AT EXIT POINT IN RESPECT OF SCHEDULED CONSUMER

The Scheduled demand at Exit point or the actual demand made available to a consumer from each OA Generator at that Exit point in a time-block whichever is less, shall be deducted from the recorded demand (in the inter-se order of such Generators, as confirmed by the SLDC while finalising the day-ahead schedule, in case the consumer is availing of energy from more than one Generator). The balance demand for each time-block shall be deemed to have been consumed from the DISCOM and shall be paid for as per the terms of the supply agreement with the DISCOM.

INTERIM BALANCING AND SETTLEMENT CODE FOROPEN ACCESS TRANSACTIONS

Regulation No. 2 of 2006SETTLEMENT OF ENERGY AT EXIT POINT IN RESPECT OF OA CONSUMERS:

The Scheduled Energy at Exit point of an OA Consumer shall be calculated from the Scheduled capacity from an OA Generator at the Exit point for each time block as provided in clause Scheduled consumer above.In case the Open Access Consumer is receiving supply from more than one Open Access generator, the total energy and demand recorded shall be deemed to havebeen consumed from the respective Open Access Generators in the inter-se order of Generators as confirmed by the SLDC while finalizing the day-ahead schedule.

The excess energy recorded, if any, at the exit point for any time block with reference to scheduled energy or the actual energy available at that Exit point, whichever is less, shall be deemed to have been consumed by the Generator or the OA consumer whoever has contracted for the Open Access capacity with the Licensee, from the DISCOM and shall be paid for by the Open Access Generator/Consumer at the energy tariff applicable for the same consumer category of DISCOM to which the OA Consumer would normally belong. Such excess consumption shall also attract all penal provisions provided in the applicable Tariff Order like those in respect of Low Power Factor, voltage surcharge, etc and wherever applicable, the relevant charges shall also be paid for by the OA generator/OA consumer.

The Scheduled demand at Exit point or the actual demand made available to a consumer from each OA Generator at that Exit point in a time-block whichever is less, shall be deducted from the recorded demand (in the inter-se order of such Generators, as confirmed by the SLDC while finalising the day-ahead schedule, in case the consumer is availing of energy from more than one Generator). The balance demand for each time-block shall be deemed to have been consumed from the DISCOM and shall be paid at twice the demand charges applicable for the same consumer category of DISCOM to which the OA Consumer would normally belong.


Regulation No. 2 of 2006

FOR OA GENERATORS AT ENTRY POINT:

The excess drawals of energy and demand by Scheduled Consumers on account of under-generation by the Generator for each time block shall be deemed to have been drawn from the DISCOM. The energy and demand charges for such excess drawls shall be paid for by the Scheduled Consumer in accordance with the proviso to clause 8.3 and as per clause 8.4 respectively.The excess drawal of energy and demand by an OA Consumer on account of under-generation by the Generator for each time block shall be deemed to have been drawn by the Generator (or Open Access Consumer whoever has contractedfor Open Access Capacity) and shall be paid for by the Generator/Consumer as per the normal energy tariff and twice the demand charges applicable for the same consumer category to which the OA Consumer would normally belong.The underdrawals by Scheduled Consumers and/or OA Consumers shall have impact on the Generator and on the DISCOM in whose area of supply the Exit point is located. Such underdrawals at Exit point shall be treated as inadvertent energy supplied by the Generator to the DISCOM(s) and shall not be paid for by the DISCOM.

Injection of energy by an OA Generator over and above the scheduled capacity at an Entry point shall not be accounted for. In such cases, only the scheduled capacity at exit point shall be accounted for as having been supplied by the Generator to the Scheduled Consumer or the OA Consumer, as the case may be.In case of wind and mini-hydel OA generators the actual generation during the month shall be deemed as scheduled energy. For the purpose of settlement in respect of scheduled/OA consumer availing supply from these OA generators, the actual generation during the month will be apportioned for each time block of the month and deviations reckoned accordingly.


Regulation No. 2 of 2006

LEVY OF SURCHARGE AND ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE:

Each Open Access Generator, Scheduled Consumer and OA Consumer shall, in addition to the tariff and other charges mentioned in the preceding clauses, also be required to pay, wherever applicable, the surcharge in accordance with the provisions of the Open Access Regulation as also the applicable additional surcharge, if any, under Section 42 (4) of the Act.

BANKING

No generators other than the Wind and Mini Hydel power generators shall be allowed the facility of banking the electricity generated by them:

Provided that in the case of existing users of wheeling facility, the energy already banked as per the subsisting agreements as on the date of coming into force of thisRegulation, shall be allowed to be wheeled as hithertofore till the expiry of the balance period available for utilization of the banked energy:

Provided, however, that in the case of generators whose cases are pending appeals in the Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh and/or the Hon’ble Supreme Court, this provision shall be applicable subject to the final decision of the High Court and / or the Supreme Court, as the case may be.

The banking facility to the Wind and Mini Hydel power generators shall be subject to the conditions specified

Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory CommissionIntra State Open Access Regulations 2005

Categorization of intra state Open Access Customers

(i) Short-term intra state open access customer

An open access customer, availing intra state open access for a period of one year or less shall be short-term intra state open access customer.

(ii) Long-term intrastate Open Access customers

An open access customer availing intra state open access for a period of five years or more shall be long-term intra state open access customer.

Note 1: Open access applications for a period less than five years and more than a year shall be considered under short term open access only and shall be allowed at a time for a period not exceeding one year.

Note 2: A generator of electricity through non conventional energy sources shall be treated as long term intra state open access customer and shall be eligible for open access irrespective of the generating capacity


Allotment Priority(a) A distribution Licensee shall have the highest priority in allotment

of open access capacity irrespective of whether the open access request is for long term or short term

(b) Other long-term open access customers shall have the priority next to the Distribution Licensee

(c) The short-term open access customer shall have the priority next to the long term open access customer

(d) Allotment priority for short term open access customer shall be decided subject to capacity availability

(e) An existing open access customer shall have the priority higher than new open access customer under respective category provided he applies for its renewal thirty days prior to the expiry of existing term of open access.

(f) Subject to clauses (a) to (e) above, the decision shall be based on the basis of first come first served;

(g) During capacity availability constraints, the allotment can be made available to the next senior applicant, provided that the first senior is not able to limit his requirement to the available capacity and so on.


Charges for open access1. Transmission charge or wheeling charge

(a) Transmission charges payable to State Transmission Utility / Transmission Licensee and wheeling charges payable to Distribution Licensee, by an open access customer shall be determined by the Commission. Wheeling charges shall be determined on the basis of same principles as laid down for intra state transmission charges.

(b) Where a dedicated transmission system or a distribution system used for open access has been constructed for exclusive use of an open access customer, the transmission charges or wheeling charges for such dedicated system shall be worked out by the Licensee and got approved by the Commission and shall be borne entirely by such open access customer till such time the surplus capacity is allotted and used for by other persons or purposes.

(c) In case intra state transmission system or distribution system is used by an open access customer in addition to inter-state transmission system, transmission charges and wheeling charges as fixed and approved by the Commission shall be payable for use of intra-state system in addition to payment of transmission charges for inter-state transmission.


Charges for open access(2) Surcharge

If open access facility is availed of by a subsidizing consumer of a distribution Licensee of the State or by a direct / embedded customer to supply electricity to subsidizing HT consumer of the distribution Licensee in the State, then such customer, in addition to transmission and / or wheeling charges, shall pay a surcharge worked out by (a) The surcharge would be determined by the Commission, taking into account the tariff applicable to the relevant category of consumers and the cost of the distribution Licensee to supply electricity to the consumers of the applicable class.(b) The amount of surcharge shall be so calculated as to meet the current level of cross subsidy from that category of consumers and shall be paid to the distribution Licensee of the area of supply from whom the consumer is availing supply.

(c) The surcharge will be reduced and eliminated in the same manner as the Commission may lay down for reduction and elimination of cross subsidies in its roadmap for such reduction and elimination of cross subsidy.

Note : Provided that such surcharge shall not be levied in case transmission access is provided to a person who has established a captive generation plant for carrying the electricity to the destination of his own use.


Charges for open access(3) Additional Surcharge

(a) An open access customer, receiving supply of electricity from a person other than the distribution Licensee of his area of supply, shall pay to the distribution Licensee an additional surcharge on the charges of wheeling, in addition to wheeling charges and surcharge, to meet out the fixed cost of such distribution Licensee arising out of his obligation to supply as provided under sub-section (4) of section 42 of the Act; This additional surcharge shall become applicable only if the obligation of the Licensee in terms of power purchase commitments has been and continues to be stranded.(b) The distribution Licensee whose consumer intends to avail open access shall submit to the Commission within fifteen days of receipt of application, a detailed calculation statement of fixed cost which the Licensee is incurring towards his obligation to supply;(c) The Commission shall scrutinize the statement of calculation of fixed cost submitted by the distribution Licensee and obtain objections, if any, from the open access customer and determine the amount of additional surcharge.(d) The additional surcharge shall be levied for such period as the Commission may determine.

Note : Provided that such additional surcharges shall not be levied in case transmission access is provided to a person who has established a captive generation plant for carrying the electricity to the destination of his own use


Charges for open access(4) Scheduling and system operation charges

(a) The scheduling and system operation charges payable to State Load Dispatch Center by open access customer shall be such as determined by the Commission under section 32 of the Act;

(b) The scheduling and system operation charges collected by the State Load Dispatch Center in accordance with clause (1) above shall be in addition to the other fees and charges approved by the Commission under this regulations

(c) The Scheduling and system operation charges shall be payable even when the open access customer happens to be a generating company or trading Licensee, availing open access under these regulations.


Charges for open access(5) Unscheduled interchange (UI) pricing

The Commission may, from time to time, as the occasion may require, by separate order, and in accordance with tariff policy issued under section 3 of the Act, determine the unscheduled interchange charges payable by the generators, Licensees and consumers.

Provided that the actual payment of such interchange charges may be deferred by the Commission till such period which may be determined by the Commission having regard to the extent of demand for open access and the extent of involvement of private operators in power generation and distribution


Charges for open access(6) Reactive Energy Charges

(a) The payment for the reactive energy charges for the direct customers on account of open access shall be in accordance with the charges to be approved by the Commission from time to time. These charges shall be based on the requirements to be met by the direct customer with regard to reactive power generation / drawal, as stipulated in the State Grid Code / Distribution Code / Supply Code, as the case may be.

(b). The reactive energy charges payable to or receivable by the Licensee (presently the State Electricity Board) or the State Transmission Utility shall be paid to or received from the pool by the Licensee or the State Transmission Utility concerned and shall not be apportioned to the embedded customers.

(c) The reactive energy drawals and injections by the embedded customers shall be governed by these regulations applicable within the State concerned.


Charges for open access(7) Grid availability Charges(a) In cases of outages of generator supplying to a consumer on open

access or when the scheduled generation is not maintained or when the drawal by the said consumer is in excess of the schedule, standby arrangements should be provided by the distribution Licensee. Towards this end, the Licensee is entitled to collect grid availability charges for back up supply from the grid. For the present, the applicable tariff of that consumer category shall be allowed as the grid support charges. As and when the ABT regime is implemented in the State and the UI charges are fixed by the Commission, the grid support charge eligible to the Licensee shall be (a) the tariff applicable to the particular consumer category or (b) the applicable UI charges whichever is higher.

(b) If a generator happens to be an open access customer, partly or fully in third party sale of power and he desires to avail start up power from the Grid, the generator shall be permitted to do so at a charge to be determined by the Commission for the start up power. However if the generator who has availed open access, happens to be a Captive Power Producer / NCES Generator / Independent Power Producer (IPP) and desires to avail start up power from the Grid, the transaction shall be governed by the respective CPP / NCES policy of the Commission or as per the power purchase agreement in the case of IPP approved by the Commission


Charges for open access(8) Restoration Charges:

Any default in payment of the various charges as specified under the sub regulations (1) to (7), within the time stipulated by the Commission will automatically result in the discontinuance of the open access to the customer. Restoration of such discontinuance shall be subject to the payment of restoration charges and other restoration conditions to be determined by the Commission separately and from time to time


Phasing of Open Access

The open Access shall be allowed to the intra state transmission system subject to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in the Act and in these regulations.Having regard to operational constraints and other relevant factors, open access shall be allowed to customers as stated below:

(a) In the first phase, open access shall be allowed to all existing and new HT consumers with a load of 10 MW and above before six months from the date of commencement of these regulations.

(b) In the second phase, open access shall be allowed to all existing HT consumers and new applicants with a load of 5 MW after six months but before eighteen months from the date of commencement of these regulations.


Phasing of Open Access (c) In the third and final phase, open access shall be allowed to all existing HT consumers and new applicants with a load of 1 MW and above, after eighteen months but before 30th December 2008.

(d) In respect of distribution Licensee / trading Licensee, the same phasing as above shall apply

(e) A person covered by a policy relating to captive generation or generation through non conventional energy sources shall be eligible to avail open access

for their own use irrespective of contract demand.

(f) A person covered by a policy relating to captive generation or generation through non conventional energy sources shall be eligible to avail open access in respect of third party sale subject to the above phasing of open access.


15. Metering

(1) The open access customer shall provide metering arrangements in accordance with the Central Electricity Authority’s “Regulations on Installation and Operation of meters” and based on period of supply and tariff category.

(2) The Generating company or a Licensee contracting to effect supply to an open access customer shall provide Main Meters at interconnecting points based on the customers to whom it will effect supply under open access or in case of inter state transmission, it shall arrange communication of energy accounts of respective Regional Load Dispatch Centers, effected throughdisplacement/adjustment in the format as may be specified by State Load Dispatch Centre on real time basis as well as periodically;

(3) The Distribution Licensee may provide Check Meters of the same specification as Main Meters;


15. Metering

(4) The Main and Check Meters shall be periodically tested and calibrated by State Transmission Utility in the presence of other party involved. Both parties shall seal Main and Check meters. Defective meter shall be replaced immediately. The periodicity of testing, checking, calibration etc., will be governed by the regulations issued by the Central Electricity Authority in this regard.

(5) Reading of Main and Check meters shall be taken periodically at appointed day and hour by authorized officer of distribution Licensee and customer or hisrepresentative, if present. Meter reading shall be immediately communicated to State Load Dispatch Centre, customer, State Transmission Utility and Generating Company / electricity trader, as the case may be, by the distribution Licensee,within twelve hours.


15. Metering

Check meter readings shall be considered when MainMeters are found to be defective or stopped.

Provided that if difference between the readings of main and check meter vis-à-vis main meter reading exceeds twice the percentage error applicable to relevant class, both meters shall be tested and the one found defective shall be immediately replaced and reading of other will be considered.Provided further that Distribution Licensee for the purpose of this clause shall be the distribution Licensee operating and maintaining distribution system to whichconsumer’s premises are connected;


15. Metering

(6) An open access customer or generating company or Licensee may request distribution Licensee to provide Main Meters. In that case he shall provide security to distribution Licensee and shall pay for its rent and Main Meter shall be maintained by Distribution Licensee;

(7) Main and Check Meters shall have facility to communicate its reading to State Load Dispatch Centre on real time basis or otherwise as may be specified by the Commission. Such special energy meters (conforming to the requirements to be specified by Central Electricity Authority in this regard) shall be installed by the direct customers to the STU and if required, also by the embedded customers as found necessary by the STU / SLDC (the nodal agency)


15. Metering

8 The Special Energy Meters installed shall be capable of time-differentiated measurements (fifteen minutes integration) of active energy and voltagedifferentiatedmeasurement of reactive energy as specified by the State Transmission Utility or the State Load Dispatch Centre.

(9) The term ‘Meter’ shall include Current transformers, voltage/potential transformers, wiring between them and meter box/panel.


Energy losses

The open access customers shall bear average energy losses in the transmission system as estimated by the State Load Dispatch Centre. The energy losses in the transmission system shall be compensated by additionalinjection at the injection point. The information regarding average energy losses for the previous fifty two weeks shall be posted on the website of the State LoadDispatch Centre. Fortnightly average transmission loss in the system on all open access customers would need to be monitored by the SLDC.

In case of distribution open access the Licensee shall estimate the losses in the HT system (upto 11 KV). These losses as approved by Commission shall be borne by the open access customer. Progressively these losses shall be calculated using scientific methods and the same shall be borne by the open access customers after it is approved by the Commission under the tariff

notification.


Payment Security

(a) As a payment security towards transmission charges, a deposit equal to three months of the average billing on the basis of agreed contract demand or scheduled drawal shall be maintained with the State Transmission Utility.(b) As a payment security towards SLDC charges, a deposit equal to three months of the SLDC charges shall be maintained with the State Load DispatchCentre.(c). As a payment security towards wheeling charges, surcharge and additional surcharge, a deposit equal to three months of average billing for these chargesshall be maintained with the distribution Licensee of the area of supply.(d) Such security may be in the form of cash deposit, irrevocable letter of credit from a local branch of a nationalized bank.

Schedule of Charges in TAMILNADU

• Transmission Charges (Rs/MW/day)– Long term open access customer Rs2781.00– Short term open access customer Rs695.25

• Wheeling charges (Ps/Unit) Rs 14.74

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