JSERC (open access inter state transmission & distribution) regulation 2005

I I I I 1 . .Published in Jharkhand Gazette. {ex. ord.) dated 28.7.2005. 39. · Co-ordination. 40. Metering. · · 41. Powers to remove difficulties. 11. Bulk Capacity Agreement. 12. Exit Option. 13. Procedure for Short-Term Customer. 14. Non-Utilization of reserved transmission/ distribution capacity by short-term Cus­ tomer. 17. Scheduling and System Operation Charges. · 18. Cross-subsidy Surcharge and Additional Surcharge . . 19. _Additional Surcharge. NotL No. JSERC/Regulation/199, dated the 27th June, 2005.--:--ln exercise i of power conferred by Section 181 read with Section 42(2) of Electricity Act, 2003 1 and all other powers .enabling in this behalf, the Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission, hereby makes the following Regulations, namely: 1. Short title, extent and .commencement.-(i) These Regulations shall be called the Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Comrnlsslon (Open Access in Intra-State Transmission and Distribution) Regulations, 2005. (ii) These Regulations shall extend to the whole of the State of Jharkhand. 1 (iii) These Regulations, except clause (iii)-of Regulation 6 shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. · (iv) Clause (iii) of Regulation 6 shall come into force after expiry of 90 days from the date of publication of these regulations in the Official Gazette and during this period of 90 days. reservation for short term customers shall be done on first, come-first-served basis: · I \ 31. Energy Losses. 32. Compliance of Grid Code. '- \' 33. Collection and Disbursement of ch~rge\ 34. Phasing of Open Access. I 35. Information System. I 36. Website Information System. : 37. Declaration of Current long term cus-· tamers. 38. Redressal Mechanism. .Jharkhand Local Acts S6] I ( Contents . I .Jharkhand Staie Electrtcity Regulatory Commission (Open Access in lntra-Statel Transmission and Distribution) \ Regulations, 20051 ,\ I CONTENTS I . \ 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 20. Unscheduled Inter-change (UI) charges. 2. Definition. 21. Reactive Energy Cha°rge. . ' \ 3. Applicability to Open Access Customer. 22. Apportionment of R.E.C. \ 4. Categorisation of Transmission/Distribu- 23. Reactive Energy Drawals. i tion Customers. 24. Time-schedule for Processing Applicatid,n. 5. Criteria for Allowing Access. 25. Curtailment Priority. ! 6. Criteria for Allotment/Reservation of 26. Others Commercial Conditions. I Transmission/Distribution Capacity. 27. Special Energy Meters. 7. Discrimination between open access. 28. Diffirential measurement. 8. Nodal Agency. 29. Maintenance of S.E.M. 9. Procedure for Long-Term Customers. 30. Inspection of meters. I \ Provided that the period for such reservation shall not exceed the period of 90 . days Irorn the date of publication of these regulations in the Official Gazette. 2. DefJnltlon.-ln these regulations unless the context otherwise requires·,­ (a) "Act" means the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003); (b) "Allotted Transmission/Distribution Capacity" means the power transfer in MW between the special point(s) of injection and point(s) of drawal allowed to ·a long-term customer on the intra-State transmission or Distribution system under normal circumstances 'and the expression "allotment of transmission or distribution capacity" shall be construed accordingly; (c) "Commission" means Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission. (d) "Direct customer" means a person directly connected to the transmissiorl/ distribution system owned and/or operated by the State Transmission Utility!Transmission Licensee. (e) "Embedded customer" means a person who is not direct customer; (f) "Existing beneticiery'roeeos; a person having on the date of coming lnto, force of these regulations utilised the lines and. facilities of the State Transmission Utility, other transmission licensee and distribution licensee and consumers of distribution licensee Including that of the deemed licensee. (g) "Grid Code" means the Grid Code specified by the Commission under clause (h) of sub-section ( 1) of Section 86 of the Act and includes the Indian Electricity Grid Code and State Grid Code applicable on the date of commencement of these regulations; (h) "Nodal agency" means the nodal agency defined in Regulation 8 of these regulations; · (i) "Open Access Customer" means any person permitted by the State Commission to receive supply of electricity from a person other than distribution licensee of his area of supply, and open access shall be construed accordingly. The expression Open Access Customer includes a generating company and a licensee, who has availed of or intends to avail of open access; U) "Reserved Transmission /Distribution Capacity" means the power transfer in MW between the specified point(s) of injection and point(s) of drawal allowed to a short-term customer on the transmission/distribution system depending on availability of respective capacity and the expression "reservation of transmission or distribution capacity" shall be construed accordingly; (k) "Transmission Customer" means any person, including open access customers using transmission lines and associated facility of State Transmission utility and/or transmission licensee; (I) "State" means the State of Jharkhand; (m) Words and expressions used and not defined in these requlations but defined in the Act or the Grid Code, shall have meaning assigned to them thereunder; The Act or the Grid Code, as the case may be, I I I I I ~ . I I I I I (n) "Day" means a day starting at 00 hours and ending ai 24.00 hours; (c) "fvlonth" means a calendar month as per British Calendar; (p) "Year" means twelve (12) calendar months. 3. Applicability to Open Access Customer.-(i) The regulations shall apply to Open Access Customers for use of Intra-State transmission system and/or the distribution system of licensees in the State, including when such system is used in conjunction with Inter-state transmission system. (ii) Open access customers will abide by the Grid Code in so far as it is applicable to them. (iii) Open access customer shall be treated as consumer of the licensee for applicability for the "Electricity Supply Code" and "Distribution Licensee's standard of periormance" in so far as these regulations are applicable to them. 4. Categorisation of Transmission/Distribution Customers.-(1) The transmission/distribution customers shall be divided into two categories,.namely:- (a) Long-term customers, and (ii) The persons availing of intending .to avail access to the Intra-State transmission or distribution system for a period of ten yec:HS or mere shall be !he Jong-term customers: ., Provided that the consumer and persons intending tobe, consumers of the Distribution Licensee and the existing beneficiaries of a Intra-State Transmission System and Distribution System owned or· operated by the State Transmission Utility and/or existing licensees/successor entities of the Board shall be deemed to be Jong-term customers of the respective system and the application fee schedule as per Regulation 9(11) shall not apply to them. ·(iii) The customers other than the long-term customers shall be the short­ terms customers: Provided that the maximum duration for which the short-term access allowed at a time shall not exceed one year: Provided further that the short-term customer shall be eligible to obtain fresh reservation after expiry of his term. · 5. Criteria for Allowing Access.-(i) (a) The long-term access shal! be allowed to the Intra-State transmission system in accordance with the transmission­ planning criterion stipulated in the Grid Code. (b) The long-term access to distribution system shall be allowed in accordance with distribution planning criteria of the distribution licensee approved by the Commission. (o) Provided that !orig-term access to intra-State transmission system and distribution system shall _be allowed to Open Access Customers phasewise from the dates as specified in Clause 34 of these Regulations. (ii) The short-terms access to Intra-State transmission system and distribution system shall be allowed, if request can be accommodated by utilizing:- · (a) Inherent design margins; (b) Margins available due to variation· in power flows: and (c) Margins available due to in-built spare capacity created to cater to future load growth; .inarknano Local Acts SS] I I I. (d} Margins available due to part use/non-use or capacity: Provided that short-terms access shall be allowed to Open Access Customers phase wise from dates as specified Clause 34 of these Regulations.· 6. Criteria for Allotment/Reservation of Transmission/Distribution Capacity.-{i} Allotment priority of a long-term customer shall be higher than reservation priority of a short-term customer, (ii) The application for grant of short terms access shall be accepted by the State Load Despatch Centre only if such short term access is commencing in the month of the application or in the next inonth and is ending not beyond the twelfth month counted from the month of commencement. (iii) In case of short-term customers, as given point of time, if all the requests for access.can be accommodated, they shall be granted short terms access as per their application and each short-term customers shall pay the transmission or distribution charges in accordance with clause 16(a) of these Regulations : (a) In case of short-terms access, if the capacity sought to be reserved by the customers is more than the available capacity at that point of time, the State Load Despatch Centre concerned shall invite snap bids through iaxie-maii; (b) The floor price for the bidding shall be price determined in accordance with Regulation 16; (c) The bidders shall quote price in terms of percentage points above the . floor price; (d) The reservation of capacity will be made in decreasing order of the price quoted; : (e) In case of equal price, if required, the reservation of capacity shall be made pro rata to the capacity sought; · (f) The customer getting reservation tor a capacity less than the capacity sought by him shall pay charges quoted by him and the customers getting capacity reservation equal to the capacity sought by them shall pay charges quoted by the last customer getting reservation of capacity: (g) The State Load Despatch Centres shall, within 45 days, formulate a . detailed procedure duly approved by the Commission·for reservation of transmission and distribution capacity·to short-term customers; including the detailed procedure for bidding: · Provided that short-terms access shall be allowed to an Open Access Customer from the dates specified in Clause 34 of these Regulations. · 7. Within a category. (long-terms or short-term), there shall be no cllricrlmination between. open access customers and self-use by an integrated gntlty like the State Electricity Board or a licensee. The transmission licensees Mtd State transmission utility shall declared existing long-term customers using ll11;1lr system (including self-use and use by unbundled agencies which were __ fJrijVlously integrated) either on their own website or on the website of the State of ·. h~ State Load Despatch Centre within 60 days. All future requests for use of the , tr1-1Mmlssion and distribution system shall be handled in accordance with these I I i i• I I I I I I I I \ I I ·I ii I ·\ I •1 I t I I 8. Nodal :l.gency.-(i) The nodal agency tor arranging the long term transmission/ distribution access shall be the State Transmission Utility or the Transmission Licensee or the Distribution Licensees whose system is used or is to be used for such long-term access. (ii) The nodal agency for the short-term access shall _be the State Load Despatch Centre. 9. Procedure for Long-Term Customers.-(i) An application for long-term open access shall be submitted to the respective S.T.U., Transmission Licensee or Distribution Licensee (nodal agency) whose system is to be used with a copy to (ii) The application shall contain the details, such as capacity needed, point(s) of injection, point(s) of drawal, duration of availing open access, peak load, average load and such other additional information that may be specified by STU, Transmission Licensee or Distribution Licensee. The application shall be accornpanled with a non-refundable application fee of Rs. 25,000.00 payable to the respective S. T. U. or Transmission Licensee in case of long-term access to Transmission system and Rs. 10,000 payable to Distribution Licensee in case of long-term access to distribution system. (iii) Based on system studies conducted iri consultation with other agencies invoived inciuding other trensmission and dlstrlbution llcsnsees, tha nodal aqancy, shall within 30 days of the receipt of the application, Intimate to the applicant whether or not the long-term access can be allowed without further system Provided that where the long-term access -can be allowed without further system strengthening, this shall be allowed immediately after anterinq into commercial agreements under intimation to the Commission: Provided further that long-terms access shall be allowed to.an Open Access Customers from the dates specified in Clause 34 of these Regulations and not before that. (iv) If, in the opinion of-the STU, Transmission Licensee and/or Distribution Licensee, further system strengthening is essential before providing the long term access, the applicant may request the STU and/or transmission/distribution licensee to carry out the system studies and preliminary investigation for the purpose of Engineering details, estmates and completion schedule for system strengthening. (v) The STU and/or Licensee shall carry out the studies immediately on receipt of request from the applicant under clause (i) and intimate result of the studies within 60 days of the receipt of request from the applicant. . (vi) The applicant shall re-imburse the actual expenditure incurred by the respective STU and/or licensee for system strengthening studies: Provided that the non-refundable fees paid by the applicant shall be adjusted against actual expenditure-to be re-imbursed by the applicant. 10. The allotment of capacity to along-term customer may be relinquished or transferred to any other long-term customers in accordance with Reguiation 12 of these regulations. · .- · · ' · 11. Bulk Capacity Agreement-A long-term customer shall enter Into Bulk Power Transmission/distribution Agreement with the transmission/distribution licensee for use of their Intra-State transmission/distrlbutlon system with information to the Commission. 12. E;cit Option.-(i) .A. long-term customer shall not relinqu,ish or transfer his rights and obligations specified in the Bulk Power Transmission/distribution .. Agreement, without prior approval of the Commission. (ii) The relinquishment or transfer of right and obligations by a long-term customer shall be subject to payment of compensation, as may be determined by the Commission. 13. Procedure for Short-Term Customer.-(i) A short-term customer shall ; submit an application for transmission/distribution open access to the S.L.D.C. /1 (ii) The application shall contain the details such as capacity needed, point of injection, point of drawal, duration of availing open access, peak load, average load and such other additional 'lntorrnation that may be specified by the State Load Despatch Centre; · .(iii) The application shall be accompanied with a non-refundable application I fee of Rupees five thousand payable in the name and in the manner to be decided -1 (iv) The reserved transmission/distribution capacity shall not be transferred by I a short-term customer to any other customer. I 14. Non-Utlllzatlon of reserved transmission/distribution capacity by i short-term Customer.-(i) In case a short-term customer is unable to utilise, full or i .c~11h~t:::inti:::il oart of the reserved transmission/distribution caoacitv. he shall inform· t-h~ Stat~ .Load Despatch Centre along with 'reasons for his inability to utilise the; reserved transmission capacity and may surrender the reserved transmissiors ' distribution capacity; . I . (Ii) The State Load Despatch Centre shall reduce or cancel the reserved/ 1 transmission/distribution capacity of a short-term customer when such a.short-term! / customer frequently under-Utilises, the reserved transmission/distribution capacity provided that such reduction in the reserved capacity shall not be done without1 /' communicating in advance to such short term customer. /· (iii) The short-term customer, who has surrendered the reserved capacity ori whose reserved capacity has been reduced or cancelled, shall bear full transmissior] and/or distribution charges and the schedulinq and system operating charges based on original reserved capacity and for the period for which the capacity was reserved (subject to maximum period of 30 days). I (iv) The capacity available as a result of surrender or reduction or cancellation i of the reserved capacity by the S.L.D.C. under clause (l) or clause (ii) above, may j be reserved for any other short-term open access customer in accordance with i these regulations. : 15. Inter-State open Access.-When access is required by an Open Access 1j' customer to Inter-State transmission system, it shall be regulated by the Central cornmlsslon's Regulations. lntsr-Stata open access may be Involving two non- I adjoining states. It may lnvolva one state and regional grid. I lntsr state open Access between two adjoining States would be dealt / separately by two State Commission concerned. . . I 16. Ti'.ansfytissl~n/dlsfri~utlon charges.~ The charqcs for use of the sysieffl I al the licensee kif Intra-State tlansrrilsslon or dlstribLitii:iii shall be regulates a§ I under, namely:- 1 / (i) The annuatcbarqes shall be d~ierrhined by th@ Comfiilssion in accorcance i with the terms and conditions of tariff notified by . the Commission from I ' ! f I I I I \' l· I I I I I ' I I I I time .o time and after decuctin9 the adjustable revenue from the snort­ term customers, these charges shall be shared by the long-term customers: (ii) (a) The charqes payable by a short-term customer shall be calculated in accordance with the following methodology: Where: ST _RATE is the rate for short-term access customer in Rs. per MW per day. "AFC" means the Annual fixed Transmission/Distribution Charges of the S.T.U. transmission or distribution licensee for the previous financiai year determined by the Commission. "Av_CAP" means the average electrical power in MW served by the system during the previous financial year. (b) The charges payable by a short-term customer shall be for one day for availing access for each day or part thereof. (c) Non-availability of AFC for the system shall not be reason for delay in providing transmission access and where AFC for any transmission licensee are not available, the per MW per day-charge applicable for the system owned by the State Transmission Utility of the region in which the s~1ste.r.: of transmicsicn ndaiisee is situate, shaii be used. (d) Every licensee shall declare and exhibit short-term open access rate worked out as per clause 16 of these regulations in Rs. per MW per day. Rates shall remain fixed for a period of one year. (iii) 50% of the charges collected from the short-term customer shall be retained by the licensee and the balance 500/o shall be adjusted towards reduction in the charges payable by the long-term customers. 17. Scheduling and System Operation Charges.-(1) The scheduling and system operation charges @ of Rs. 2.000/- per months or part thereof shall be paid · by short-term customers to the State Load Despatch Centres involved in the transaction as the case may be. (ii) The scheduling and system operation charges collected by the State Load Despatch Centre in accordance with clause (i) above shall be in addition to the fees and charges approved by the Commission. Explanation.----Bcheduling and system operation charges shall be payable by a enerating (> -rnpany or a licensee when allowed access under these regulations. 18. Cross-subsidy Surcharge and Additional Surcharge.-(i) In addition to transmission and distribution charges and wheeling charges, open access customer availing open access to the transmission systcrn/distribution system shall pay a surcharge. (ii) Accordingly an Open Access Customer who has been grante.d open access in accordance with these Regulations shall be liable to pay a surcharge as maybe specified by the Commission to meet the current level of cross subsidy paid by the category of consumer applicable to the electricity supply of such Open Access Customer till cross-subsidies are eliminated: Provided that such surcharge shall not be leviable in case open access is provided to a person who has established a captive generating plant for carrying the -·dectricity to a destination of his own use. · :j I I . I I r I I I i' , I i I I· I i I I i I I I I. i 11 .J relevant aspects relating to such calculation, including sources of information. _-i ...... ':I- " •.• - ... \.-· (iv) The amount of surcharge shall. be so calculated as. to meet the current_:.:, level of cross subsidy paidby the category or consumers applicableto electricity,~! supply of open access customers and shall be paid to the dis(f.ibutioii!"fic~nsee ot1'.:. area of supply where the premises of the person availing open-access-is located: ·1f- (v) The surcharge shall be reduced and eliminated int-the maJfne"r.as the":~­ Commission may lay down for reduction and elimination of cross subsidies in its.! regulations or revised tariff order issued from time to time. e- • . , . ·:'B:~ . system shall pay the same· amount of surcharge as deterrjiined ... l,l.flder thesef. 19. Additional Surcharge.-A consumer of the distribulion hcensee availing~ open access and receiving supply of electricity from a person other than the distributions licensee of his area of supply shall pay to the i:listribution licensee an additional surcharge as may be specified by the Commission, in addition to wheeling charges and surcharge, to meet 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: (i) The distribution licensee whose consumer intends to avail open access shall submit to the Commission within fifteen days of receipt of application, an account of fixed cost which the licensee is incurring towards his obligation to supply based on the fqllow.ing principles; The additional surcharge for obligation to supply as per Section 42(4) of the Act should become applicable only if it is conclusively demonstrated that, that obligation of a licensee, in terms of power purchase commitments, has been and continues to be stranded, or there is an unavoidable obligation and incidence to bear fixed costs consequent to such a contract. The fixed costs related to network assets 'shall be chargeable only when the same is not recovered through wheeling charges. (iii) E·JeiJ1 Licensee shall. within three (3) months from the :ate cf notilication of these Regulations, submit to the Commission for approval, the calculation of surcharge payable for different category of open access customer to meet the current level of cross subsidy within his area of supply on the basis of the following methodology: When open access is allowed, the surcharge for the purpose of Sections 38, 39, 40 and sub-section (2} of Section 42 would be computed as the difference between (A) the tariff applicable to the relevant category of consumers and (8) the cost of the distribution licensee to supply electricity to consumers of the applicable class. In case of a consumer opting for open access, the distribution licensee would be in a position to discontinue purchase of power at the margin In the merit order. Accordingly, the cost of supply to the consumer for this purpose may be computed as the aggregate of (C) the weighted average of power purchase costs (inclusive of fixed and variable charges) of top of 5% power at the margin in the merit order approved by the Commission adjusted for average loss compensation or relevant voltage level and (D) the distribution charges determined on the principles as laid down for Intra-State transmission and distribution charges. That is to say :-Surcharge = A - B I I I . l 60 days -12 hours Two days Seven days Thirty days 1. Short-Terms Service Up to one day More than one day up to one week More than a week up to one month More than a moflth up to one year 2. Long- Term Service Intimation regarding feasibility of access without system strenqthaninq Intimation of results of studies for system strengthening with cost estimates and · completion schedule. No. ~ ... # o . _.;-1- Wheeling charges shall be deiermined on the basis of same principles as laid down for Intra-State transmission charges and in addition iio~ld be inclusive of average loss compensation of the relevant voltage J1eve1. (ii) The Commission shall scrutinize the statementof account submitt~d ~y the licensee as per sub-clause (i) above and obtain objections,! if deemed necessary of the open access consumer and determine tpe amount of. surcharge and additional surcharge payable by the ;open (iii) The additional surcharge shall be leviable for such period as t e Commission may determine but not exceeding two years. 20. Unscheduled Inter-change (UI) charges.-(i) The mismatch betwesn the scheduled and the actual drawal at drawal point(s) and scheduled and the actilial injection point(s) shall be met from the grid and shall be governed ur pricihg mechanism applicable to the Inter-State transactions as per ABT Tariff. · I, (ii) A separate bill for UI charges shall be issued to the direct customers a,nd in case of the embedded customers, a composite U! bill for the.State as a whole sliall be issued the segregation for which shall be done at the State level by SLDC. JI 21. Reactive Energy Charge.-The payment for the reactive energy char es for the direct customers on account of operi access sha!! be celculated ir. ~cccr~arr' cs· with the scheme applicable to transaction involving intra-State transmission or distribution approved by the Commission from time to time. 1 I 22. The reactive energy charges payable to or receivable by the I State Electricity Board or the Stat_e_Transmission Utility shall ~e ~ai? to or. ~eceive? trpm the pool by ·the State Electricity Board or the State Transrnission Utility conc;erTec and shall not be apportioned to the embedded customers. . !' 23. The reactive energy drawals and infections by the embedded custom'ers shall be gover:,ed by the· regulations applicable within the State. I 24. Time-schedule for Processing Appllcatlon.-As far as practicable.jthe following time schedule shall be adhered to by the respective nodal agency/ for· precessing of the' application for grant of open acc~ss: · S. Type of service/activity Maximum Processing ~m 25. Curtailment Priority.-lNhen, because of iransmission or distribution capacity constraints or otherwise, it becomes necessary to curtain the intra-State.". transmission service of distribution (wheeling) service to the customers, the short­ term customers shall be curtailed first followed by the long-term customers: Provided that within a categpry, all users shall have same curtailment priority and shall be curtailed pro rata to the allotted transmission or distribution capacity in the case of Jong-term customers andthe reserved capacity in the case of short­ term customers. 26. Others Commercial Condltlons.-Other corn: nercial conditions for transmission and/or distribution charges and scheduling and system operation I charges, such as terms ·payment, creditworthiness, indemnification, and force majeure conditions shall be standardised within 60 days by the licensee/State · Transmlsslon Utility for long-term customers and by the State Load Despatch Centre for the short-terms customers. 27. Special Energy Meters.-The Special Energy Meters shall be installed by the direct customers and also by the embedded customers. 28. The Special Energy Meters installed shall be capable of time differentiated measuremerits (15 minutes) of active energy and voltage differentiated measurement of reactive energy as specified by the State Transmission Utility. 29. The Special Energy M~ters snaf be aiways mainiained in good condition. · 30. The Special Energy Meters for the direct customer or embedded customers ' shall be open for inspection by the person authorised by the ,$TU or the State Load Despatch Centre or the Commission. · 31. Energy Losses.-(i) The transmission customers shall bear average energy losses In the transrnisslon.systsrn as estimated by the State Load Despatch Centre and approved by the Commission. The energy losses In the. transmission system shall be compensated by additional injection at the injection polnt(s). The Information regarding average energy losses for the previous 12 .months shall be posted cm the website of the State Lciad Despatch Centre STU and Licensee(s). · (ii) Open access customers availing distribution service i.e. wheeling of I electricity distribution system shall bear average energy losses in the distribution . system estimated by Distribution Licensee for. th1:1-voltage level applicable to such open access customer and approved by the Commission. The energy loss in the f distribution system shall be. compensated by additional Injection at the points of injection to the dlstrlbutlon system. 32. Compliance of Orld Code.-:.ihe open access customers-shall comply with the provisions of the Grld Code in iorce from time to tlma. 33. Collection and Disbursement of0charge,.:.._(i) ihe transmission chattJM and wheeling charges shall be payable directly to respective STU and/or llc13~sees: (ii) Scheduling and system operation charges shall be collected by the State Load Despatch Centre. The State Load Despatch Centre may require the transmlsslon/ wheeling charges and scheduling and system operational cflaf~es !EJ be paid iri advance for a maximum period of dHe month, the 81:llall~d pffi~etllife for which shall · be finalised· by the State Load D@§~~tch Centre. · (iii) Long term customers shall pay Rs. thirty thousand (Rs. 30.000.00) as annual service charge for scheduling and system operation etc. to State Load Despatch Centre. I Based on the experience of operation of open access in phase I, the Commission may revise the schedule for the allowing open access in subsequent phases. The Commlssicn may-allow 0pP,n access toconsumers with less than 1 MVA contract demand at such time as it may consider feasible having regard to operational constraints and other factors. A person covered by a policy of the State Government, or availing open access on the date of commencement of these regulations, relating to captive generation or generation through non-conventional energy sources shall be eligible to avail open access irrespective of contract demand. 35. Information System.-Each State Load Despatch Centre shall post following information on their websites in a so separate web page titled "Open access information" (i) Floor rate of rupees per MW per day for the short-term customers {ST _RATE) for each system of the State Transmission Utility or the State Electricity Board or any other transmission/distribution licensee with details calculations in support of such rate in respect of all the transmission/distribution licensees situated within the State. (ii) A status report on the current short-term customers indicating:­ (a) Name of customers; (b) Period of the access granted.(start date and end date); (c) Point(s) of Injection; (d) Point(s) of drawal; (e) Transmission system/distribution system used (in terms of region and ownership; (f) Reserved capacity; and (g) Applicable rate (Rs. per MW per day). Note.-The status report shall be updated upon every change in status. (iii) Month-wise and year-wise on past short-terms customers indicating: (a) Name of.the customers; (b) Period of the access granted (start date and end date); (c) Point(s) of injection; S. No. Phases Contracted electrical Date from which Open Access power. shall be allowed to open access customers 1 Phase I 25 MW and more November 1, 2005 2 Phase! 10 MW or more April 1, 2006 3 Phase II 1 MW or more April 1, 2008 (iv) The collection and disbursement of the unscheduled Inter-change charges and the reactive energy charges shall be governed In accordance with the procedure and methodology specified by the Commission from time to time. 34. Phasing of Open Access.-Open Access customers shall bev allowed to avail access to the transmission system and distribution system in the following phases: I' l I I I I I I., (v) The information regarding average energy losses for the previous 12 months in case of Trensrnisslon system and in case of distribution system voltage level wise for the last financial year. 36. The publication of the web-based lnfor;,,ation system shall commence within 90 days in case of the State Load Despatch Centre. All licensees shall-make available the above information to State Load Despatch Centre. 37. STU and Transmission licensees shall declares current long-term customers using their system (including self-use and use by unbundled agencies which were previously integrated) with details thereof either on their own websites or on the website of the Load Despatch Centre within 180 days. Note.-This list shall be updated as and when change in status takes place. 38. Redressal Mechanism.-All complaints regarding unfair practices, delays discrimination, Jack of information, supply or wrong information or any other matte, related to open access shall be directed to the S.L.D.C. and State Transmissior Licencee: Provided that any matter which the S.L.D.C. and/or State Transmissior Licencee is unable to resolve, within 15 days shall be reported to the Commissior from a decision. 39. Co-ordination.-The responsibilities assigned to the State Load Despatch Centre for formulation of procedures, guidelines and application forms under these regulations shall be coordinated by the State Transmission Utility. 40. Metering.-(i) The open access consumer shall provided Special-Energy Meters as Main Meters as may be specified by the S•U and approved by the Commission for· such consumer based on voltage, point 'and period of supply and tariff category and incorporated in Grid Code and metering code of distribution licensees and shall provide communication of metering data to SLDC on read time basis and periodically as_desired by SLDC. (d) Point(s) of drawal; (e) Transmission systems/distribution system used (on the basis of region and ownership); (g) Applicable rate (Rs. per MW per day); and (h) Actual load factor. N.ote.-AII previous reports shall also be available in the web-achieves. (iv) Information regarding usage of the links between various state licensees indicating: (a) Time of updating; (b) Name of the link; (c) Total capacity of the link; (d) Scheduled capacity use (giving customer-wise break-up); and (e) Current capacity of the link in use. Note.-This Information should be updated at least on any hourly basis, and wi-u::re ever tsastble on ~ 5 minute basis. .I I .. (ii) The generating company or a licensee contracting to eftect supply to a-: / open access consumer. shall provide Special Energy Meters as Main Meters , I I interconnecting points as specified in metering code and shall arrange communicatio f of metering date to Regional Load Despatch Centre and/or State Load Despatc] Centre on real time basis and periodically as desired by SLDC. i I I · (iii) The Distribution licensee may provide Check Meters of the same 11 specification as Main Meters. 1 (iv) The Main and Check Meters shall be periodically tested and calibrated by / Licensee/State Transmission Utility in the presence of others party involved. Maiin /' and Check meters shall be sealed by both parties. Defective meter shall be / replaced immediately. . (v) Reading of Main and Clieck meters shall be taken periodically at appointed/ day and hour by authorised officer of distribution licensee and open ·access customer o; his representative, _if present. Meter· ;eading shall be immediat~ly/ communicated to State Load Despatch Cantre, consumer State Transmission; Utility and Generating C<?fnpany/trader, as the case may be, by the distribu~b~ (1~~.~~~':'-~!~~i.~,.}~~ hh~u:5,;f:;;.7,:-,,~:.ter ;ea~lngs shall. be considered when fv!ai1 . . I Provided that if difference between the readings of main and check meter/visf 3-•1is main meter reading exceeding twice !he percentage error appticable :p relevant c!ass, both meters shall be tested and one found defective shall· b~ Immediately replaced and reading otother will be considered: · I I Provided further that dlstrlbutlon licensee for the purpose of this clause ~hdll be the distribution licensee operating and maintaining dlstributlon system o,i trle area ir. which consumer premises are located. · / (vi) An open access customer or generating company or licensee may request STU to provide Special Energy Meters. In that case ·he shall pay for the 'cost, installaticn and maintenance of meters as per the charges approved by the Commissionand the meter shall be maintained by STU. · i· (vii) Mair\ and Check Meters shall have facility to communicate it reading' to Stats Load Despatch Cent;e on real time basis or otherwise as may be specified in metering code, and. ! {viii) The term 'Meter' shall include current transformers, voltage/potential transformers, wiring bstwaen them and meter box/panel. '. 41. Powers to romove dltilcultli,s.-lf any difficulty arises in giving effo~t to any of._the ~rovlslons of these Regulatlons, the Commission may by gen,'er~I or tl~~tll~i otdl3r, · {;Jll"ect the State 'transmission Utility, State I.Md ~espl:'l.tch !pentre, i:Mnsse afltl the ~pen access customer, to take such action, a.a m~y 1ippear td the §omm:ssldti tci Be necessary or expsdlent for the purpose of.renfo,iiHg ~illlijullies. . ' e