Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (State Grid Code) Regulations, 2008

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA REGISTERED No. 0 L.-·.~3002/99 EXTRAORDINARY ~ "it ~CflI~1(1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY -H. 65 I No.65) DELHI, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008NAISAKHA 2, 1930 \WT-)V PART-IV "U$ ~ ~ ~, ~ lmfilt GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI 1465 DG/2008 446/443 m(0-06), 381/302-29911 M(0-03), LAND AND BUILDING DEPATRMENT NOTIFICATION ·Delhi, the 22nd April, 2008 Governor, Delhi is satisfied that land is required to be taken by Government at the public expense for a public purpose namely for construction of RUB and missing link of Road No. 58and Widening of Road No. 64 (phase-II). It is hereby notified that the· land in the locality described below is required for the above purpose. (I) DELHI GAZETIE: EXTRAORDINARY [PART IV2 This declaration is made under the provisions of Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, in respect of the land notified Uls 4 of L.A. Act, 1894 vide Notification No. F. 7( 13)/02/L&BlLA/8707 dated 13-09-2007 to all whom it may concern. Under the provisions of Section 7, of the said Act, the Land Acquisition Collector (North-East), Nand Nagari, Delhi is hereby directed to take orders for the acquisition of the said land. A plan of the land may be inspected at the ofl'ice of the Land Acquisition Collector (North-East) Delhi. SPECIFICATION Village Total Area Field Nos. of (Bigha-Biswa) Boundaries Boundariesl Area Jhilmil 4-03 Tahirpur 446/443 min (0-06). 381/302-299/1 min (0-03), 381/302-299/2 min(0-16). By Order and in the Name of the Lt. GovernorofN.e.T. of Delhi, T.e. NAKH, Add], Secy. q;t4h"4~,~~~'~~' ~ q;«l ~ 1 ~o~~~'tR, ~.~. ~,~ ~ 'Q_C(. ~ DEPATRMENT OF FOOD SUPPLIES AND coNSUMER AFFAIRS AND WEIGHTS & MEASURES NOTIFlCA TJON Delhi, the 22nd April, 2008 No. F. 7(63)IMWMI2000/14~155.-ln exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (I) of Section 5 of the Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985 (No. 54 of 1985) and read with Section 3(n) of said Act, the Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi hereby appoints Shri D.P. Dwivedi, as Controller (Weights and Measures) to be the Controller of Legal Metrology for the purpose of the said Act, for the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The Government's earlier notification No. F. 7(63)1 S P. Singh as Controller of Legal Metrology is hereby cancelled. By Order and in L'1e Name of the Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi, 31ftf~ ~,22 mn" 2008 1. ~ ~ ~ ~ :-( J) it f.rw:! Wffi m~~M~,31~:- ~ ftfi:- ~ii, ~~~~~m,o~' 3m. 'Q3. ~,~ ~ PART IV] DELHI GAZETTE: EXTRAORDINARY 3 Delhi, the 22nd April, 2008 No. F./03/812006/HP-llEstt.1237.-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (I) of Section 147 of the Delhi Police Act, 1978 (34 of 1978), the Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Delhi Police (Appointment and Recruitment) Rules, 1980, namely - I. Short title and commencement.-{l) These rules may be called the Delhi Police (Appointment and Recruitment) (Amendment) Rules, 2008. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Delhi Gazette. 2. Amendment of Rule 28--ln the Delhi Police (Appointment and Recruitment) Rules, 1980, in rule 28- (i) for the shoulder heading, the following shoulder heading shall be substituted, namely :- (ii) in sub-rule (I), for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :- "Ex-servicemen who are paid from Central Revenues may be re-enlisted as constable at the discretion of the appointing authority if their discharge certificate shows previous service as good or of higher classification: Provided that - (i) They present themselves within two years of previous discharge; (ii) They conform to the educational standard laid dO••••l1 for recruits from open market and such endurance/efficiency as prescribed by the Commissioner of Police from time to time by issuing necessary standing orders; (iii) They are medically fit for police service according to standards prescribed for recruits, and (iv) Age concession shall be allowed to them in accordance with the orders/instructions on the subject issued by the Central Government from time to time". 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Short title, extent and commencement 1.1 These Regulations may be called the "Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (State Grid Code) Regulations, 2008". in short Delhi Grid Code (DGC). 12 TIlese Regulations shall extend to the whole of the National Capital Territory of Delhi 1.3 These Regulations shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions 2.1 In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires: (a) ,. Act" means the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), including amendments thereto; (b) "Apparatus" means Electrical Apparatus and includes all machines, fittings, accessories and appliances in which conductors are used; (c) "Automatic Voltage Regulator" means a continuously acting automatic excitation control system to control the voltage oLa Generating Unit measured at the generator terminals; Cd) "Black Start Procedure" means procedure necessary to recover the grid from a partial or a total blackout; (e) "Commission" means the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission; (f) "Connection Agreement" means an agreement DELHI GAIEJTE: EXTRAORDINARY setting out the tenns relating to co~nection to and'or use of the State Transmission System: (g) "Connection Point" means a point at which a User's or Transmission Licenser.:·s Plant and/or Apparatus connects to the State Transmission System: the rate of chunge of system frequency (o\·er time) goes higher than a laid down limit and initiates load shedding; (i) "Disturbance Recorder" means a device provided to record the behaviour of the pre- selected digital and analog values of the system parameters during an Event; 0) "Data Acquisition System" means a device provided to record the sequence of operation ill time, of the relays!equipments!system parameters at a location; the office and associated facilities established by the Distribution Licensee to coordinate with SLDC and to carry out the functions as laid down in the DGC; (k-a) "Event" means an unscheduled or unplanned Occurrence in the State transmission system including faults, incidents and breakdowns; (l) "Event Logger" means a device provided to record the sequence ofoperatiofl in time, of the relays/ equipments at a location during an Event; (m) "Fault Locator" means a device provided at the end of a transmission line to measure/indicate the distance at which a line faul! may have occurred; (n) "Flexible Alternating Current Transmission (FACT)" means facilities that enable power flows on A.C. lines to be regulated, to control loop flows, line loading etc. (p) "Maximum Continuous Rating" means the normal rated full load MW output capacity of a Generating Unit which can be sustained on a Continuous basis at laid down conditions; (q) "Operation" means a scheduled or planned action relating to the operation of a System; (r) "Single Line Diagram" means diagrams which are a schematic representation of the HV/EHV apparatus and the comlections to all external circuits at a Connection Point incorporating its numbering nomenclature and labeling; (5) "Site Common Drawing" means drawings prepared for each Connection Point, \\·hich incorporates layout drawings, electrical layout drawings, common protection.'control drawings and common service drawings; (t) "Spinning Reserve" means generating capacity with some reserve margin, at standard rated frequency of 50 Hz, that is synchronized to the (PART IV system and is ready to provide incn:ased generation at shon not ice pursuant to disp;_J!ch instruction or instantaneously in resrnn:il' tll J frequency drop: (u) "State Transmission System" (STS) mean~ the: transmission of electricity within the territor., or Stute on a system built, owned, operated. maint~ined or controlled by the Statl' Transmission Utility (STU) and 'or Transmis~il'f1 (v) "Static VAR Compensator" means an electrical facility designed for the purpose of generating or absorbing Reactive Powcr; (x) "Under Frequency Relay" means a relay which operates when the system frequency falls bell)\\ a laid down limit and initiates load shedding: "User" refers to persons. including in-Slafl.' Generating Stations, Distribution Licensee~. Consumers of the Distribution Licensees directly connected to State Transmission System (STS), and those availing of Open Access and connected to and/or using thc STS, as more panicularly identified in each Section ofthe DGC. Words or expressions used herein and n()t defined in these Regulations shall have the meanings assigned to them under the Act and the Indian Electrici!)'Grid Code (lEGe) specified by Central Electricity Regulatory COll1ll1issior, under clause (h) of Section 79 urthe Act. fai lin;;! which they shall have the meaning as commonly understood in Electricity Industry. (y) 3.J The Delhi Grid Code eDGC) lays down the' regulations, guidelines and standards to he followed by various agencies and panicipants in the STS to plan, develop, maintain and operate: the STS, a part of Non hem Region Grid System. in the most efficient, reliable, economic, and secure manner, while facilitating a health~ competition in the generation and supply of e lectrici!)'. 4.1 The DGC is a document that governs the boundary between the State Transmission Utility (STU), Transmission Licensee(s) and other Users and establishes procedures for operations of facilities. whieh use the STS. It lays down both the information requirements and the procedures governing the relationship between various Users of STS as well as the State Load Despatch Centre (SLDC). It should be noted that the DGC is not concerned with the detuiled design and operation of Generators. Power Stations. Suppliers and Distribution Systems, provided that their overall compatibility with the Transmission System needs are assured. 41 The DGC covers all material technical aspects relating to connections to and operation and usc of the STS including the operation of electric lines and electrical plant connected thereto in so far as is relevant to the operation and use of the Transmission System. It is designed so as to permit the planning development, maintenance and operation to facilitate an efficient, coordinated, secured, reliable and economical system for the transmission and supply including trading of electricity in the State. S.Scope of Regulations and extent of application 5.1 These Regulations shall apply to - (a) the SLOC; (b) every Transmission Licensee in the State including the STU; (c) every User who is connected to and/or uses the STS: Provided that the Commission may issue directions relieving any Transmission Licensee or User, either suo-motu or based on an application submitted by such Transmission Licensee or User, of their obligations to implement or comply with the OGC to the extent as may be stipulated in the directions. 51 Transmission Licensee(s), forming part of the STS, and User(s), having connection(s) to the STS, as on date of notification of these Regulations shall be given a maximum period of one year to comply with the following requirements under these 'Regulations: (a) Entering into a Connection Agreement in accordance with Regulation 14; (b) Providing for protection systems in accordance with Regulations 16.2 and 16.3; (c) Providing for communication facilities in accordance with Regulation 17; Cd) Providing for system recording instruments in accordance with Regulation 18; (e) Developing Single Line Diagrams in accordance with Regulation 19.3.1; (f) Developing Site Common Drawings in accordance with Regulation 19.4.2; and (g) Installation and Operation of meters in accordance with Metering Procedure developed as per Regulation 33. 5.3 The date of applicability of provisions related to Free Governor Action, as provided in Regulation 22.9, Regulation 22.10, Regulation 22.11 and Regulation 22.12 of these Regulations, .shall be consistent with relevant provisions of 5.4 Persons availing of open access, who are connected to and/or use the STS, shall comply with the Terms and Conditions of Open Access Regulations notified by the Commission. 6. Management of the Delhi Crid Code (DCC) 6.1 The DGC is specified by the Commission as per Section 86 (I) (h) of the Act, after ensuring that it is consistent with the IEGC. Any amendments to DGC shall also be specified by the Commission only. 6.1.1 The DGC and its amendments shall be finalized and notified adopting the specified procedure followed for Reguiations issued by Commission. 6.J.2 The requests for amendments to/modification,s in the DGC and for removal of difficulties, including those proposed in the reports under Regulations 6.3 be!ow, shall be addressed to Convener, Orid Coordination Committee (GCC), for periodic consideration, consultation and disposal. Such amendments/modifications suggested shall be finalized after obtaining opinions trom all Users of the State Grid. 6.1.3 Any dispute or query regarding interpretation of DGC may be addressed to the Secretary of the Commission and clarification issued by the Commission shall be taken as final and binding on all concerned. 6.2 Grid Coordination Committee (GCC) 6.2.1 A Grid Coordination Committee shall be constituted by the State Transmission Utility within thirty (30) days trom the date of notification of these Regulations. 6.2.2 The Grid Coordination Committee shall be responsible for the following matters, namely:- (a) facilitating the implementation of these Regulations and the procedures developed under the provisions of these Regulations; (b) assessing and recommending remedial measures for issues that might arise during the course of implementation of provisions of these Regulations and the procedures developed under the provisions of these Regulations; (c) review of the OGC, in accordance with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations; Cd) analyse any major grid disturbance after its occurrence, . (e) examining problems raised by the Users, and (f) investigate in case any Beneficiary is indulging in unfair gaming or collusion after getting reported from SLDC. (g) review of the complete statement of the State UI and the State Reactive Energy account tabled by the SLDC through its Commercial Committee (a sub-committee ofGCC); and (h) such other matters as may be directed by the Commission from time totime. 61.3 The Grid Coordination Committee shall comprise of the following members:- (a) One member from the STU; (b) One member of the SLOC; [PART IV (c) One member to represent the generating companies in the State; (d) One member to represent Badarpur Thermal Power Station; (t:) One member to represent the Transmission Licensees in the State, other than the STU; (0 One member each to represent the Distribution Licensees in the State; (g) One member to represent the Electricity Traders in the State; (h) One member to represent the Northern Regional Load Despatch Centre (NRLDC); and (i) Such other persons as may be nominated by the Commission: Provided that the member fTOmthe STU shall be the Chairperson of the Committee: Provided also that Chairperson shall nominate one person from the SLDC as the Convener of the Grid Coordination Committee: Provided further that the STU shall, in coordination with State Load Despatch Centre, facilitate and manage the functioning of the Grid Coordination Committee: Provided further that the Committee will frame its own rules of business for the conduct of its meeting and other related matters. 6.2.4 The members of the Grid Coordination Committee shall be as follows: (a) the concerned Director of the STU, having the responsibility of looking after operational activities of the STU shall be the member referred to in clause (a) of Regulation 6.2.3 above; (b) the memberreferred to in clause (b) of Regu lation 6.2.3 above shall be the head of the SLDC; (c) the members referred to in clauses (c), (e), (g) and (h) of Regulation 6.2.3 above shall be nominated by their respective organizations, which organizations will be selected in rotation from among all such organizations in the State. The term of each such member, selected in rotation, shall be one (I) year: Provided that the members nominated by each of the organisation to the above Committee shall be holding a senior position in their respective organization. 6.3.1 DGC shall be reviewed by the Grid Coordination Committee at least once in every twelve (12) months. ~.3.2 Upon completion of such review, the Grid Coordination Committee shall send a report to the STU providing information regarding: (a) outcome of the review; and (b) any proposed revisions to the DGC. 6.3.3 The STU shall send the report, referred in Regulation 6.3.2, to the Commission with it'S recommendations. 7 Functional Responsibilities of Entities and their Linkages 7.1. State Load Despatch Centre (SLDC) 7.1.1 Oper<ftion and management of STS is an important and complex activity which regularly requires addressing a number of complex, and often conflicting, issues and the SLOC plays the most important role in this. The functions of SLOC are stated under Section 32 of the Act. 7.1.2 The SLDC shall discharge the functions assigned to it under the provisions of the Act and the Regulations in an independent and unbiased manner: Provided that in the event of the SLOC being operated by the STU, as per first proviso of sub- section (2) of Section 31 of the Act, adequate autonomy shall be provided to the SLDC for it to be able to discharge its functions in the above mentioned manner. 7.2 State Transmission Utility (STU) 7.2.1 The STU shall play the main role for evacuation of generated power by Generating Companies, transmission of power to Distribution Companies, and exchange of power through inter-connection with thc Central Transmission Utility (CTU) and IPPs and other entities. In abiding by the provisions of the Act, the STU. • shall discharge functions of planning and co- ordination relating to the STS with (i) CTU, (ii) State Government, (iii) Generating and NRPC, and (vi) any other person notified by the State GOYl. • .Provide non-discriminatory open access to its Transmission System for use by any Licensee or Generating Company/IPP and any consumer as per the Open Access Regulation notified by the State Regulatory Commission on payment of necessary charges. 7.3 Transmission Licensee(s) 7.3.1 The functions of Transmission Licensee(s) are as follows: • Build, maintain and operate an efficient, coordinated and economical Transmiss.ion System. • Comply with the directions ofSLDC. • Provide non-discriminatory Open Access as in 7.2.1 above. 7.4 Distribution Companies/Licensees 7.4.1 The functions of Distribution Licensee are as follows: ,. Develop and maintain an efficient, coordinated and economical Distribution System in his Area of Supply; • Provide non-discriminatory Open Access to its Distribution System for use by :-- (i) Any licensee or generating company on payment of the wheeling charges: or (ii) Any consumer as per the Open Access Regulation notified by the Commission under sub-section (2) of Section-D42 of the Act, on payment of the transmission charges and a surcharge thereon, as may be specified by the Commission. 7.4.2 Further, in order to facilitate load control, scheduling and despatch, and open access operation etc. under the ABT mechanism within the state, each Distribution Licensee shall establish a Distribution Control Center (DCC) within its Area of Supply, having adequate communication facilities with round the clock manning. it shali take appropriate action in response to any Event in the grid in coordination with the SLOe. 7.4.3 The Distribution Licensee shall inform the SLDC about the details of 15 minutes'lhourly/daily/ weekly/monthly demand and energy requirement and also contracts entered into for importing power from different sources and coordinate with SLDC in real time operation. It shall assist! follow the directions ofSLDC in scheduling its exchange of power and help in controlling the operation of the system by adjustment of drawal from the system. They shall take special care for draWl/injection of reactive power from/to the State Power System. 7.5 Generating Companies 7.5.1 The generating companies connected to andlor using the STS for evacuating their generation, shall inform the STU and SLDC about the contracts entered into with different parties for exporting power along with its schedule from individual generating station under the company. They shall follow the relevant provisions of the DGC and assist the SLDC in the real time operation and control of the system and scheduling of generation. Chapter II Planning Code 8. Transmission System Planning 8.1 The STU shall publish on its Internet website the transmission system plan for the STS and shall also make the same available to any person upon request at a reasonable cost. 8.2 The transmission system plan shall cover a plan period of five (5) years commencing from the financial year immediately following the year in which it is published: Provided that the transmission system plan shall be updated by the STU each year and published in the manner specified in Regulation 9.1 by the 30th day of September each year and shall cover a plan period of five (5) years commencing from the fmancial year immediately following the year in which it is published: Provided further that the STU shall submit to the Commission a report indicating the performance of the existing STS during the previous fmancial year. The Licensee shall, if required by the Commission, publish a summary of the report in a manner to be determined by the Commission. 8.3 The form of the transmission system plan shall be provided by the STU. 8.4 The transmission system plan shall describe the plan for the STS and shall include the proposed State transmission schemes and system strengthening schemes for the benefit of all Users: Provided that the transmission system plan may include information related not only to State transmission lines but also additional equipment including transformers, capacitors, reactors, Static VAR Compensators and Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACT): Provided further that the transmission system plan shall also include information on progress achieved on the identified State transmission schemes and system strengthening schemes. 8.5 The STU may, for the purpose of preparing the transmission system plan under these Regulations, seek such information as may be required by it, including generation capacity addition, system augmentation and long-tenn load forecast and all applications for open access: Provided that the Distribution Licensees shall have the primary responsibility for developing long-term load forecasts for their respective license areas. The Distribution Licensee may use consistent data and methods in its load forecasting exercise, and be guided by applicable provisions and submissions of sales/demand.". forecast under the MYT Regulations and License Conditions issued by the Commission, with approp(iate reasoning/explanation for deviation, if any: Provided also that the STU shall consider, but not be bound by the information provided under this Regulation in preparing the transmission • system plan. I [PARr IVDELHI GAZEITE: EXTRAORDINARY 8.6 The STU shall also consider the following for the purpose of preparing the transmission system plan under these Rcgulations- (a) Plans formulated by the Authority for the transmission system under the provisions of clause (a) of Section 71 ofthc Act; (b) Latest available Electric Power Survey of the Authority; (c) Grid Standards specified by the Authority under clause (d) of Section 73 of the Act; (d) Transmission Plan formulated by Central Transmission Utility under the provisions of Grid Code specified by Central Electricity Regulatory Commission under clause (h) of Section 79 of the Act; (e) Transmission Planning Criteria and Guidelines issued by the Authority; (t) Recommendations/inputs, if any, of the Northern Regional Power Committee Policy which are relevant for development ofSTS; and (h) Any other information/data source suggested by the Commission. 9. Planning Criterion 9.) The planning criterion shall be based on the security philosophy on which the STS has been planned. The security philosophy shall be as per the Transmission Planning Criteria and other guidelines as given by the Authority : Provided that the STU shall carry out appropriate system studies while developing the transmission system plan. 92 The State Transmission System, as a general rule, shall be capable of withstanding and be secured against the following contingency outages without necessitating load shedding or rescheduling of generation during Steady State Operation: (a) Outage ofa D/C line of voltage above 66 kY and below 400 kY or, (b) Outage ofa SIC line of voltage of400 kV and above or, (c) Outage of a single interconnecting Transformer: Provided that the above contingencies shaH be considered assuming a pre-contingency system depletion (planned outage) of another 220 kY DIC line or 400 kV SIC line in another corridor and not emanating from the same substation. 9.3 All the Generating Units may operate within their reactive capability curves and the network voltage profile shall be maintained within voltagt: limits specified. 9.4 The STS shall be carable of withstanding the loss of most severe single in-feed without loss of stability. 9.5 Anyone of the Events defined in the Regulation 9.2 above shall not cause: (a) . Loss of supply; (b) Prolonged operation of the system fre- quency below and above specified limits; (c) Unacceptable high or low voltage; (e) Unacceptable overloading of STS ele- ments. 9.6 In all extra high voltage substations, suitable number and capacity of transformers shall be provided to have adequdte redundancy required to maintain firm capacity at the substation. Expla na tion.- For the pUIpOseofRegu lation9.6, the term firm capacity shall mean the minimum transformation capacity available at the substation in case of outage of anyone transformer. 9.7 The STU shall carry out planning studies for Reactive Power compensation ofSTS inc luding reactive power compensation at the in-State Generating Station's switchyard 10. Planning Data 10.1 Transmission Licensees and Users are to supply following types of data to the State Transmission Utility for purpose of developing the transmission plan: (a) Standard Planning Data; (b) Detailed Planning Data. 102 Standard Planning Data 102.1 Standard Planning Data shall consist ofdetails which are expected to be normally sufficient for the STU to investigate the impact on the STS due to. User/Transmission Licensee development. 10.2.2 Transmission Licensees and Users shall provide the following data to the STU from time to time in the standard formats provided by the STU : (a) Preliminary project planning data; (b) Committed project planning data; and (c) Connected planning data: Provided that the STU shall provide a date for submission of information in the said formats, after providing reasonable time to Transmission Licensees and Users: Provided that the STU shall develop standard formats, for submission of above mentioned data, within one (J) month from notification of these Regulations and make the same available on its Internet website: Provided also that the STU shall be guided by the formats, developed for submission of above mentioned data, under the provisions of the IOJ.1 Detailed Planning Data shall consist of additional, more· detailed data not normally expected to be required by State Transmission Utility to assess the impact of Userffransmission Licensee <ievelopment on the STS. 10.3.2 Detailed Planning Data shall be furnished by .the Users and Transmission Licensees as and when requested by the STU. Connection Conditions 11. Connection Standard 11.1 The applicable technical. standards for connectivity to the STS shall be as per the Central Electricity Authority (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) Regulations, 2007, dated 21st February, 2007 as amended from time to time, and standards specified there under. 111 The applicable technical standards for construction of electrical plants and electric lines shall be as per the standards specified by the Authority under clause (b) of Section 73 of the Act: Provided that the prevailing guidelines of the Authority shall be considered until the standards are notified under clause (b) of Section 73 of the Act by the Authority. 12. Safety Standard The applicable safety requirements for construction, operation and maintenance of electrical plants and electric lines shall be as per the standards notified by the Authority under clause (c) of Section 73 read with Section 53 of the Act: Provided that the prevailing guidelines of the AuthoritylIE Rules shall be considered until the standards are notified under clause (c) of Section 73 of the Act by the Authority. 13. Application for Connection 13.1 The STU shall prepare and submit to the Commission on an annual basis, a statement showing in respect of each of the five (5) succeeding financial years forecasts of circuit capacity, power flows and loading on the Transmission System as per its relevant License Conditions together with : (a) such further information as shall be reasonably necessary to enable any person seeking Use of System to identify and evaluate the opportunities available when connecting to and making use of such system; and (b) a commentary prepared by the STU indicating its views as to those parts of the STS most suited to new connections and transport of further quantities of electricity: Provided that the STU shall publish on its Internet website the above statement for' the STS in such form as is approved by the Commission and shall also make the same available to any person upon request. 131 The STU or Transmission Licensee shall make arrangements for use of the STS by third parties as required under die Act, Regulations of the Commission, and relevant Licence Conditions. Application for establishing new arrangement or modi fying existing arrangement of connection to andlor use of the STS shall be submitted by the concerned Transmi~sion Licensee or User to the STU: Provided that the standard format for application mentioned in the Regulation 13.2 shall be developed by the STU and shall be made available at its Internet website within two (2) months of notification of these Regulations. 13J The application mentioned in Regulation 13.2 shall include the following details: (a) Report stating the purpose of the proposed connection and/or modification, Transmission Licensee to whose system connection is proposed, description of apparatus to be connected or modification of the apparatus already connected and beneficiaries of the proposed connection; (b) Construction schedule and target completion date; and (c) Confirmation that the Transmission Licensee or the User shall abide by the provisions of DGC, Indian Electricity Rules, 1956 (lilltil the Regulations under Section 53 of the Act are made and such Regulations specified by the Authority thereafter) and various standards including Grid Connectivity Standards made pursuant to the Act. 13.4 The STU shall forward a copy of the application to the Transmission Licensee in whose system the connection is being sought, to the SLDC and to every Transmission Licensee (if any) within the State whose Transmission System is likely to be affected by such application. 13.5 The STU or Transmission Licensee, in whose system the connection is being sought, may carry out the power system studies as considered appropriate before allowing any new connection. 13.6 The STV shall, within Thirty (30) days, from the receipt of an application under Regulation 13.2 and after considering all suggestions and comments received by the parties identified under Regulation 13.4 : 28 DELHI GAZEITE: EXTRAORDINARY [PART IV (a) accept the application with such modification or such conditions as may be laid down by the STU; (b) reject the application for reasons to be recorded in wTiting if such application is not in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations. 13.7 In case of acceptance of an application as per sub-section (a) of Regulation 13.6, the STU shall make a formal offer to the applicant: Provided that the STU shall fOlward a copy of the offer to the appropriate Transmission Licensee. 13.8 The voltage level at which the applicant is offered to be connected to the STS shall be governed by the standards notified by the Authority and prevailing guidelines adopted by the STU. 13.9 The applicant and ttie appropriate Transmission Licensee, in whose system the connection is being sought, shall finalise a Connection Agreement on acceptance of the ofter by the applicant: Provided that the STU shall be provided with a copy of the Connection Agreement: Provided further the SLDC shall be provided with a copy of the above mentioned Connection Agreement by the STU on request. 13.10 The STU shall, upon compliance ofthe required conditions by the concerned Transmission Licensee/User, shall notify the concerned Transmission LicenseelUser that it can be connected to the STS. 14. Connection Agreement 14.1 A Connection Agreement shall include, as appropriate, within its terms and conditions, the following information relating to the connection of the User or Transmission Licensee to the STS: (a) A condition requiring both parties to comply with the DGC; (b) Details of connection, technical requirements and commercial arrangements; (c) Details of any capital expenditure arising from necessary reinforcement or extension of the system, data communication etc. and demarcation of the same between the concerned parties; (d) Site Responsibility Schedule; (e) General philosophy and guidelines on protection (i.e., in accordance with the STU's Protection Plan fmalised under Regulation (I) Protection systems (i.e., in consonance with the System Protection· Schemes prepared! updated under Regulation 22.21); (g) System recording instruments; (h) Communication facilities; and (i) Any other information considered appropriate by the STU or the Commission. 141 A Model Connection Agreement is placed at 15. Grid Parameter Variations 15.1 General. i5.1.1 Transmission Licensees and Users shall ensure that Plant and Apparatus requiring service from or providing service to the STS is of such d~sign and construction that satisfactory operation of such Plant and Apparatus will not be prevented by variation in instantaneous values of system frequency and voltage from their nominal values and that such Plant and Apparatus shall not induce any adverse affect on the STS. 152 Frequencv Variation 152.1 Rated frequency of the system shall be 50.0 Hz and shall normally be controlled within the limits as per Regulations specified by the Authority. 15.3 Voltage Variation 15.3.1 The variations of voltage may not be more than the voltage range specified in the Regulations framed by the Authority. 16. Equipment at Connection Points 16.1 Sub-station Equipment 16.1.1 All Extra High Voltage (EHV) sub-station equipments shall comply with the standards issued by Bureau of Indian Standards! International Electro Technical Commission! Prevailing Code of Practice. 16.12 All equipment shall be designed, manufactured and tested and certified in accordance with the quality assurance requirements as per the standards of International Electro Technical Commission or the Bureau ofIndian Standards. 16.1.3 Each connection between a User and STS shall be controlled by a circuit breaker capable of interrupting, at the Connection Point, at least. the short circuit current as advised by STU in the specific Connection Agreement. 16.2 Fault Clearance Times 16.2.1 Thc fault clearance time for primary protection schemes, when all equipments operate correctly, for a three phase fault (close to the bus-bars) on Users' equipment directly connected to STS and for a three phase fault (close to the bus-bars) on STS connected to Users' equipment, shall not be more than: (a) 100 milli seconds for 400 kV and above; (b) 160 milli seconds for 220 kV and below. PART IV] DELHI GAZEITE: EXTRAORDINARY 162.2 Back-up protection shall be provided for required isolation/protection in the event of failure of the primary protection systems in a coordinated manner. If a Generating Unit is connected to the STS directly, it shall be capable of withstanding such fault, until clearing of the fault by back~up protection on the STS side. 16.3 Protection 16.3.1 Protection Systems shall be provided by all Transmission Licensees and Users to isolate the faulty equipments and protect the other components against all types of faults, internali external to them, within specified fault clearance time with reliability, selectivity and sensitivity: Provided that all Users or Transmission Licensees shall provide protection systems as laid down in the Connection Agreement. 16.3.2 Relay setting coordination is being done at regional level by the NRPC, whereas provision of protections and relay settings shall be coordinated periodically throughout the State grid, as per a plan to be separately finalized by the STU. 16.4 Reactive Power Compensation 16.4.1 Reactive Power compensation and/or other facilities shall be provided by Users, as far as possible, in the low voltage systems close to the load points thereby avoiding the need for exchange of Reactive Power to/from the STS and to maintain the STS voltage within the specified range. 16.4.2 Line Reactors may be provided to control temporary over voltage within the limits as set out in connection agreements. 16.4.3 The additional reactive compensation to be provided by the User shall be indicated by the STU in the Connection Agreement for implementation. 16.4.4 Users shall endeavour to minimize the Reactive Power drawal at an interchange point when the -voltage at that point is below 95% of rated voltage, and shall not inject Reactive Power when the voltage is above 105% of rated voltage. Interconnecting Transformer taps at the respective drawal points may be changed to control the Reactive Power interchange as per the User's request to the SLDC, but only at reasonable intervals. 16.4.5 Switching in/out of all 4.00 kV bus and line Reactors throughout the grid shall be carried out as per instructions of the SLDC. Tap changing on ,all 400/220 kV Interconnecting Transformers shall also be done as per the instructions of the SLDC only. 17. Communication Facilities 17.1 Reliable and efficient speech and data communication systems shall be provided to facilitate necessary communication and data exchange, and supervision/control of the State Grid by the State Load Despatch Centre, under normai and abnonnal conditions. 172 All Users and Transmission Licensees shall provide the required facilities at their respective ends as laid dO\Hl in the Connection Agreement: Provided that the equipments!dcvices for communication and data exchange shall be provided considering the guidelines of the SLDC, the interface requirements and other such guidelines/specifications as applicable. 18. System Recording Instruments nu Recording instruments such as Data Event Logger/Fault Locator (including time synchronization equipment) shall be provided in the STS for recording of dynamic performance of the system. 18.2 All Users and Transmission Licensees shall provide all the requisite recording instruments as laid down in the Connection Agreement in accordance with the agreed time schedule. J 9. Responsibilities for Operational Safety 19.1 Transmission Licensees and the Users shall be responsible for safety as indicated in Site Responsibility Schedules for each Connection' Point. 19.2 Site Responsibility Schedule 19.2.1 A Site Responsibility Schedule shall be produced by the concerned Transmission Licensee and the User detailing the ownership responsibilities of each, before execution of the project or connection, including safety responsibilities. 19.22 FOT every. connection to the STS, the Site Responsibility Schedule shall be prepared by the concerned Transmission Licensee pursuant to the relevant Connection Agreement and shall state the following for each item of plant and apparatus installed at the Connection Point: (a) Ownership of the Plant! Apparatus; (b) Responsibility for control of the Plantl Apparatus; (c) Responsibility for operation of the Plant! Apparatus; Cd) Responsibility for maintenance of the Plant! Apparatus; and (e) Responsibility for all matters relating to safety of an~ persons at the Connection Point. 19.2.3 A Model Site Responsibility Schedule is provided at Annexure-II to Chapter-III. 30 [PART IVDELHI GAZETTE: EXTRAORDINARY 19.3 Single Line Diagrams 19.3.1 Single Line Diagram shall be furnished for each Connection Poini by the connected User or Transmission Licensee to the STU: Prc;)Videdthat the STU shall furnish the above information to the SLDC on request. 19.3.2 Single Line Diagram shall include all High Tension (HT) connected equipment and the connections to all externa