Open Access - CERC Order salient features
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OPEN ACCESS
IN
INTER-STATE
TRANSMISSION
DEFINITION OF “OPEN ACCESS” IN
THE ELECTRICITY ACT, 2003
“The non-discriminatory provision for the use
of transmission lines or distribution system or
associated facilities with such lines or system
by any licensee or consumer or a person
engaged in generation in accordance with the
regulations specified by the Appropriate
Commission”
CERC Order/Regulations on Open
Access
Final Order issued
: 30.01.2004
Final Regulations issued
: 30.01.2004
Gazette Notification
: 06.02.2004
CERC’s Order effective from 06.02.2004.
Salient Features of CERC Order /
Regulations
Open Access customers categorised :
Short-Term
Long-Term
- Upto One year.
- Twenty Five years
or more
All Open Access customers to abide by Indian
Electricity Grid Code.
Further Classification of Open Access
Customers
Direct Customer
– Persons directly connected to system owned or
operated by CTU
Embedded Customer
– Other than direct customer
NODAL AGENCY
For Short-Term Customers
– RLDC of the Region in which the drawal point
is located.
For Long-Term Customers
– Central Transmission Utility (CTU)
– STU of the region in which the drawal point is
located when CTU system is not involved.
Responsibilities of CTU/RLDCs
Procedure for reservation of transmission
capacity for short term customers including
the detailed procedure for bidding within 45
days by RLDC.
Procedure and application forms for longterm customers within 30 days by CTU.
Notice of 60 days to the existing customers
for applying afresh.
Standardization within 60 days, the other
commercial conditions for transmission charges
and scheduling and system operation charges.
RLDCs to post “Open Access information” on
their website within 30 days:
Information System
RLDC to post the following on their websites within 30 days:
Floor rate in Rs./MW/Day for Short-Term customer
– Regional System
– Inter-Regional link
– System of STU/SEB/Transmission Licensee
Status Report on current short-term customer
Month-wise and year-wise report on past short-term customer
Information regarding usage of
– Inter-Regional links
– Links between CTU and States systems
– To be updated on hourly basis and wherever feasible on 15minute basis
Average energy losses for previous 52 weeks.
Processing of Application
For Short-Term Customers
Nodal RLDC to interact with concerned RLDCs/SLDCs to
process the same in specified time period.
Processing time as per CERC Order
– Upto One Day
: 12 Hours
– Upto One Week
: 2 days
– Upto One month
: 7 days
– Upto One year
: 30 days
Applicant to furnish details of transactions like point of
injection/drawal, quantum (MW), duration, alongwith
necessary payments.
Approval Process
Short-term open access to be allowed by utilising :
(a) Inherent design margins,
(b) Margins available due to variation in power flows, and
(c) Margins available due to in-built spare transmission
capacity created to cater to future load growth.”
In case of congestion snap bids are to be invited by
RLDC.
In case of transmission constraints, the short-term
customers shall be curtailed prior to the long term
customers.
Provided within a category, the open access customers
shall have equal priority and will be curtailed on pro-rata
basis.
Short- Term Open Access Charges
A. Transmission Charges: (Rs./MW/Day)
ST_RATE = 0.25 x [TSC/ Av_CAP]/365
To be applied on postage stamp basis for each
– Regional System
– Inter-Regional link
– STU/SEB or Transmission Licensee System
25% of this charges to be retained and balance 75
% to be adjusted in the transmission charges
payable by long term customer.
The transmission charges payable shall be for one day and
in multiples of whole no. of days.
Every transmission licensee to declare rate in Rs. Per MW
per day which shall remain fixed for one year.
Where TSC for any transmission licensee is not available the per MW
per day charge applicable for the system owned by CTU of the region
will be applicable.
Transfer capacity reservation by short-term customers is nontransferable.
In case of under utilisation , customers to bear the full transmission and
Scheduling and system operation charges as per original reservation.
B. Scheduling and System operation Charges The Short-Term
customer has to pay Scheduling and System Operation Charges @ Rs.
3000/- per day per customer to each RLDCs and SLDCs involved .
C. Handling and processing charges to nodal RLDC
– 2% of the total billed amount(A+B).
D. Non-refundable Processing fee
– Rs. 5000/- per application
Unscheduled inter-change charges
UI charges to be applicable to all open access
customers.
For Direct Customer
– separate bill for UI charges.
For Embedded Customer
– A composite bill for the State as a whole
– Segregation to be done at State Level
Reactive Energy charges
All customers directly connected to CTU network shall
pay reactive energy charges as per IEGC.
The reactive energy charges to be paid to or received from
Pool A/c shall not be apportioned to the embedded
customers.
For Embedded Customer reactive energy charges shall be
governed by the regulations of the respective State.
Energy Losses
The transmission customers shall bear average energy
losses in the transmission system as estimated by CTU and
SLDC concerned.
The energy losses shall be compensated by additional
injection at the injection point(s).
Special Energy Meters
The Special Energy Meters shall be installed by the direct
customers and if required by the embedded customers.