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OA Regulation 2008-Psdas
OA Regulation 2008-Psdas
Principal Regulation 2008( 25th Jan2008) Amendment Regulation 2009(20th May2009) Order-Removal of difficulties,(28th June,2011) Order-Amendment to CTU procedure 28th Oct,2009
P. S.Das, Ch.Manager ERLDC, POSOCO
10/10/2011
ERLDC: POSOCO
Contents
10/10/2011
Legal provisions Regulations 2-28 & CTU procedures Sample calculations- STOA Losses & charges Typical State OA procedures
ERLDC: POSOCO 2
INDIA 3,287,263 sq. km area More than 1 Billion people (2001 census) Installed Capacity of 141.08 GW (Jan-08) March 2003 West synchronized With East & Northeast
NEW Grid
South Grid
North
East
West
Northeast
Short Term Open Access Bilateral Transaction 3 months ahead Collective Transaction Day Ahead ahead Term ahead Day Ahead Transaction Contingency Transaction
Schedules
Balancing Market ( UI )
( Real Time Operation )
Open Access means 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.
To provide non-discriminatory open access to its transmission system for use by(i) any licensee or generating company on payment of the transmission charges; or (ii) any consumer as and when such open access is provided by the State Commission under sub-section (2) of section 42, on payment of the transmission charges and a surcharge thereon, as may be specified by the Central Commission:.
CTU can not engage in generation/trading. STU can not engage in trading Transmission Licensee can not engage in trading
Regulation 2: Definitions
bilateral transaction means a transaction for exchange of energy (MWh) between a specified buyer and a specified seller, directly or through a trading licensee or discovered at power exchange through anonymous bidding, from a specified point of injection to a specified point of drawl for a fixed or varying quantum of power (MW) for any time period during a month collective transaction means a set of transactions discovered in power exchange through anonymous, simultaneous competitive bidding by buyers and sellers; regional entity means a person whose metering and energy accounting is done at the regional level; intra-State entity means a person whose metering and energy accounting is done by the State Load Despatch Centre or by any other authorized State utility;
Regulation 2: Definitions.contd
short-term customer means a person who has availed or intends to avail short term open access short-term open access means open access for a period up to one (1)month at one time regional entity means a person whose metering and energy accounting is done at the regional level; Short term market means a market with contracts for a period not exceeding one year
from :: Power markets 2010 Regs
Short term access applications allowed upto 3 months in advance considering visibility & ATC/TTC issues.
Regulation 2: Definitions.contd
State network means network owned by the State Transmission Utility, distribution licensee or any other person granted licence by the State Commission to construct, operate and maintain the transmission system; State utility means a State Transmission Utility, or a State Electricity Board,or Electricity Department of the State, or a State Government organization authorized to sell or purchase electricity on behalf of the State; time block means 15 minutes time period specified in the Grid Code for the purposes of scheduling and despatch; and
Regulation 3: Scope
The long-term-customer and the medium-term customer shall have priority over the short-term customer for use of the inter-State transmission system. The short-term customer shall be eligible for shortterm open access over the surplus capacity available on the inter-State transmission system after use by the long-term customer and the medium-term customer, by virtue of inherent design margins; margins available due to variation in power flows; and Margins available due to in-built spare transmission capacity created to cater to future load growth or generation addition.
Regulation 5: Nodal Agency The nodal agency for bilateral transactions shall be the Regional Load Despatch Centre of the region where point of drawal of electricity is situated and in case of the collective transactions, the nodal agency shall be the National Load Despatch Centre.
C T U P R O C E D U R E S
NODAL AGENCY
For Short-Term Customers RLDC of the Region in which the drawal point is located. For Long & Medium Term Customers Central Transmission Utility (CTU), if its system is used Transmission Licensee/ STU of the region in which the drawl point is located when CTU system is not involved.
Regulation
6:
Submission
of
STOA
Application
A short-term customer or the power exchange (on behalf of buyers and sellers) intending to avail of STOA for use of the transmission lines or associated facilities for such lines on the ISTS, shall make an application to the nodal agency The application for a bilateral transaction shall contain the details, such as names and location of supplier and buyer, contracted power (MW) to be scheduled and interface at which it is referred to, point of injection, point of drawal, starting time block and date, ending time block and date, and such other information that may be required in the detailed procedure. The application for a collective transaction shall contain the requisite details in accordance with the detailed procedure.
Regulation 8: Concurrence of SLDC for bilateral and collective transactions..contd In case of SLDCs refusal ( Application is in order) To be communicated, within the period of three (3) working days or seven (7) working days Reasons for such refusal: In case of no Communication by SLDC STOA shall be deemed to have been granted: In case of deemed STOA grant by SLDC the applicant while making application shall submit to the nodal agency an affidavit (in the format provided in the detailed procedure), duly notarised, declaring that (a) the SLDC has failed to convey any deficiency or defect in the application or its refusal or concurrence or no objection or prior standing clearance
Regulation 8: Concurrence of SLDC for bilateral and collective transactions..contd (b) necessary infrastructure for time-block-wise energy metering and accounting in accordance with the provisions of the Grid Code in force, is in place; and enclosing with the affidavit (i) a copy of the complete application after removal of deficiency or rectification of defects, if any communicated, made to the SLDC for seeking concurrence or no objection or prior standing clearance, as the case may be, and (ii) a copy of the acknowledgement, if any, given by the SLDC, or any other evidence in support of delivery of the application.
C T U P R O C E D U R E S
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION
SLDC concurrance Concerned SLDCs concurrence in advance (Format - II-Concurrance from SLDC) In case of deemed concurrance the applicant alongwith the application shall submit duly notarized affidavit (Format-IIA-Affidavit-Deemed concurrance from SLDC RLDC concurrance - Bilateral Transaction having a State Utility or an intrastate Entity as a Buyer/Seller in other region:: concurrence of the concerned Regional Load Despatch Centre(s). - Nodal applications to be considered first before giving other concurrance - Reasons for refusal
C T U P R O C E D U R E S
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION
Affidavit for deemed SLDC concurrance: (a) the State Load Despatch Centre has failed to convey any deficiency or defect in the application or its refusal or concurrence or no objection or prior standing clearance, as the case may be, within the specified time(3/7days) (b) necessary infrastructure for time-block-wise energy metering and accounting in accordance with the provisions of the Grid Code in force, is in place; and enclosing with the affidavit (i) a copy of the complete application after removal of deficiency or rectification of defects, if any communicated for seeking concurrence or no objection or prior standing clearance, as the case may be, and (ii) a copy of the acknowledgement, if any, given by the State Load Despatch Centre, or any other evidence in support of delivery of the application to the State Load Despatch Centre.
M1
DOP-4 DOP
M2
M3
DOP-1
FCFS 17:30 CONTINGENC Y 15:00 onwards
ADVANCE SCHEDULING
Advance Scheduling 3 months in advance Separate Application Month wise - each transaction Time Line for submission Last date for submission ( -10 / -5 / 0 days prior to end of current month MO for transaction in M1, M2, M3) Cut-off time of application: 17:30 Hrs. of last day (Day 0) Request for concurrence (RLDC) by 12:00 Hrs.(Day 1) (Format- III) Concurrence - by 20:00 Hrs (Day 1) Congestion Information to Applicant 12:00 Hrs (Day 2)-FormatIV(Congestion information-Advance scheduling) Revised Request/re-routing 11:00 HRs. (Day3)-Format-V-Request for revision due to congestion) E-bidding in case of Congestion (Day 4) Acceptance/Refusal of Scheduling Request (Day5)-Format-VIAcceptance for scheduling
Application Application
Separate application shall be made for each month, and for each transaction.
Regulation 11,12,&13 Procedure for FCFS, Day ahead & Contingency bilateral transactions
FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED(FCFS)
Scope FCFS shall be considered only when transactions are commencing & terminating in the same calender month. Separate Application for each month To be submitted 4 days prior to date of Scheduling Processing time 3 days on FCFS basis Applications received during last 10 / 5 days of month of M0 for M1/M2 would be considered only after complete processing of Advance transactions for M1 & M2 Application Received upto 1730 hrs in a day to be processed together same priority Application Received after 17:30 Hrs. - to be considered as received next day Congestion Management pro-rata
17:30 Hrs M2 M3
Processing time
Application Application
M2
M3
Processing time
Application Application
For period of revision/cancellation > two days:: Transmission Charges and Operating Charges for the period beyond two (2) days shall be payable as per the revised accepted schedule and for the first two (2) days as per the original schedule. Margin Available released for scheduling of eligible Open Access Transactions
Operating charges
APPLICATION FOR REVISION ON 17TH Ma rch App. Date : 17th To Date From time To Time MW MWh 31-Mar-11 00:00 24:00
50 14400.00 Scheduled MWh 14400.00 Billed MWh 16800.00 Operating charges 12 days a dditiona l cha rge =(100-50)*24*2 for 20th & 21st March 2400.00 APPLICATION FOR REVISION ON 2OTH Ma rch App. Date : 20th To Date From time To Time MW MWh 22-Mar-11 31-03-2011 00:00 24:00 00:00 24:00
100 7200.00 50 10800.00 Scheduled MWh 18000.00 Billed MWh 20400.00 Operating charges 12 days a dditiona l cha rge =(100-50)*24*2 for 23rd & 24th Ma rch 2400.00
Regulation 16: Transmission Charges [repealed by 19(1) of Regulations on sharing of iSTS charges-2010] Type of Transaction Bilateral, intra-regional Bilateral , Between adjacent regions Bilateral, wheeling through one or more regions Collective Rs./ MWh 80 160 240 100 (per each point of injection and each point of drawal)
Load Flow Studies Network with converged Load Flow Network Reduction Reduced Network Line wise apportioned charges data Software for PoC Charge & Loss Computation Output Nodal PoC Charges and LAF
Regulation 18:
Bilateral transaction:
the applicant to deposit with the nodal agency transmission charges and operating charges within three (3) working days of grant of acceptance
Collective transactions:
the power exchange shall deposit with the nodal agency these charges by the next working day falling after the day on which its application was processed the transmission charges for use of State network and operating charges for SLDC shall be settled directly by the power exchange with respective SLDC.
Regulation 19: Default in payment of STOA charges Default in payment of the application fee or specified charges :
charges the nodal agency may decide not to schedule the transaction, or to cancel the scheduling of already scheduled transaction or not to entertain any application of such persons in future until such time the default is cured
C T U P R O C E D U R E S
C T U P R O C E D U R E S
C COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS (SUMMARY) T U All Payment related to Open Access Charges P R O C E D U Application Fee:: (Rs. 5000/-) to Nodal RLDC Along with application (for Advance/FCFS R transaction) E S With in 3 working days ( for same day or next day
Payment to be made by Applicant to the Nodal RLDC within three working days from the date of acceptance Payment as per MWh contract value
transaction) submission.
from
the
date
of
application
Operating charges:: Rs. 2000/- per day for each RLDCs/SLDCs involved and Rs.5000/- per day per entity for collective
C T U P R O C E D U R E S
The Tier-I, II, II slabs are fixed as per studies & are constant for the review period are as below
Regulation 25: Collection and Disbursement of Transmission Charges and Operating Charges(previous)
The transmission charges and the operating charges payable by the persons allowed short-term open access shall be collected and disbursed by the nodal agency, except for transmission charges for State network and operating charges for SLDC in the case of the collective transaction Operating/Transmission charges for SLDCs/STUs to be settled directly by PX with the concerned SLDC/STU The transmission charges collected by the nodal agency for use of the transmission system other than State network, for a bilateral transaction shall be directly disbursed to the long-term customers 25% of the Tr. Charge to the CTU Intra-regional bilateral transaction: 75% of the transmission charges to the region concerned. bilateral transaction between adjacent regions: 37.5% of the transmission charges for each region. bilateral transaction through one or more intervening regions: 25% of the transmission charges for each of importing and exporting each region and remaining 25% of the transmission charges to be allocated equally among all intervening regions.
Reg.25(previous)Ctd
The transmission charges collected for use of the transmission system other than State network for a collective transaction for each point of injection and each point of drawal shall be disbursed by the nodal agency in the following manner, namely Central Transmission Utility: 25% Long-term customers of the region of point of injection or drawal, as the case may be, is situated: 75% The transmission charges shall be disbursed to the long-term customers inproportion to the monthly transmission charges payable by them. The transmission charges for use of State network shall be disbursed to the State Transmission Utility concerned. In case a State utility is the short-term customer, the operating charges and the transmission charges collected by the nodal agency shall not include the charges for use of the State network and operating charges for the State LoadDespatch Centre.
Collection and Disbursement of Transmission Charges and Operating Charges (amended vide CERC order Dtd. 28th June,2011)
The transmission charges and operating charges payable by the persons allowed short-term open access shall be collected by the nodal agency, except for transmission charges for state network and operating charges for State Load Despatch Centre in the case of the collective transaction.
The transmission charges collected by the nodal agency for use of the transmission system other than State network, for both bilateral and collective transaction shall be given to the CTU for further disbursement to long-term customers in accordance to Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Sharing of Inter State Transmission Charges and Losses) Regulations, 2010, and the approved detailed procedure there under for Billing, Collection and Disbursement.
Collection and Disbursement of Transmission Charges and Operating Charges (amended vide CERC order Dtd. 28th June,2011)
The transmission charges collected for use of the transmission system other than State network for a bilateral or collective transaction for each point of injection and each point of drawal shall be disbursed by the CTU after adjusting against the charges for Long Term Access without identified beneficiaries in the same region in accordance with detailed procedure for Billing, Collection and Disbursement in the following manner, namely(a) Central Transmission Utility: 25% (b) Long-term customers of the synchronously connected grid: 75% The transmission charges for use of State network shall be disbursed to the State Transmission Utility concerned. In case a State utility is the short-term customer, the operating charges and the transmission charges collected by the nodal agency shall not include the charges for use of the State network and operating charges for the State Load Despatch Centre.
Billing, Collection & Disbursement Procedures Approved by CERC Vide order dtd.29th April,2011 Para &(3) b & c
For STOA, DIC shall have to pay applicable transmission charges to the RLDC/NLDC at the time of application. The payment made for the STOA charges for varying quantum and varying duration with respect to (i) bilateral transactions to the region of LTA granted and (ii) all collective transactions, shall be credited to that DIC in the next month billing subject to the upper limit of the amount paid as LTA charges after accounting for the MTOA charges, if any, as per 7.2 (b) above, provided that the STOA is in the direction of the targeted regions mentioned in the LTA granted to the DIC by the CTU. If the STOA is other than the targeted regions mentioned in the LTA, then such STOA, PoC charges shall not be adjusted against the LTA granted by the CTU and a separate applicable PoC charges shall have to be paid by the DIC.
Billing, Collection & Disbursement Procedures Approved by CERC Vide order dtd.29th April,2011 Para &(3) b & c
Provided that this adjustment shall not be done for collective transaction and bilateral transactions done through portfolio trader. For STOA transactions not qualifying for aforementioned credit, the STOA charges after disbursing 25% of such transmission charges to the CTU in accordance with the CERC (Open Access) in inter-State Transmission Regulation 2008 and amendment thereof, shall be adjusted with respect to the paying DICs (for the respective applicable month) by the next 30 days of receipt of such payments.
C T U
Nodal RLDC :: Reconcile the Open Access Charges collected for previous month & disburse the P Transmission/Operating Charges R Transmission Charges and Operating Charges for State System O C Concerned STUs/SLDCs E Refunds due to curtailment/revision in previous month D 15th day of the current month U No responsibilty for payment dishonour: Disbursement only R to extent of receipt E S
Short-Term Open Access transaction by embedded utilities EXAMPLE From To : TATA Steel , DVC : NDPL Discom, Delhi
12000MWh
Source : SAIL
WR
NDPL
NR
RLDCs need to show schedules only upto requisite control area periphery Hence schedule values only upto DVC boundary & DTL boundary need be shown by RLDCs. Accordingly, all STU losses are not required. [Values are shown for understanding only].
WR
NDPL
NR
RLDCs need to show schedules only upto requisite control area periphery Hence schedule values only upto DVC boundary & DTL boundary need be shown by RLDCs. Accordingly, STU losses are not required w.e.f 01/10/11 [Values are shown for understanding only].
ER
TATA STEEL
NDPL
NR
Rs.5000/-
Upto 30th Sep,2011 Contract value at sellers periphery. W.e.f 1st October,2011 contract value at regional periphery where entity located
F O R M A T- V I
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T P T C L
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T A T AS T E E L/ D V C /E R N D P L / D T L / N R
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9 /1 0 /2 0 1 1 T o ta l(R s) 9 6 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 6 8 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 2 2 0 0 .0 T o ta l(R s) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 3 9 7 2 0 0
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Regulation 25A:: STOA Not To Be Granted When so directed by the Commission, the National Load Despatch Centre or the Regional Load Despatch Centre, as the case may be, shall not grant short-term open access to the entities and associates of such entities,
who consistently and willfully default in payment of Unscheduled Interchange charges, transmission charges, reactive energy charges, congestion charges and fee and charges for National Load Despatch Centre or Regional Load Despatch Centre including the charges for the Unified Load Despatch and Communication Scheme
All disputes arising under these regulations shall be decided by the Commission based on an application made by the person aggrieved.
C T U P R O C E D U R E S
GENERAL CONDITIONS
Entities which are making Application for the first time must submit the One- Time information as per enclosed format (FORMAT-VIII: Registration Form) to the concerned nodal RLDC. Application - through Post / fax Any amendment/modification fresh Application Applications not accorded the Acceptance: stand disposed off with suitable intimation to the concerned Applicant(s) All costs/expenses/charges associated with the Application, including Bank Draft, shall be borne by the Applicant. Incomplete / vague Application summarily rejected No charges payable for a transaction shall be adjusted by against any other payments/charges. The Applicant shall abide by the provisions of The Electricity Act, 2003, Indian Electricity Grid Code and CERC Regulations, as amended from time to time Applicant shall keep each of the SLDCs/ RLDCs indemnified
Aspects to be covered FOR(Forum of Regulators) website www.forumofregulators.gov.in Model Terms & conditions for Intra State OA Regulations released by FOR on Sep2010 Topics to be discussed to be limited to following aspects:
Connectivity Eligibility for OA Categories for OA Open Access Charges applicable Limited STOA customer Sample OA charges calculations
Connectivity
Only a consumer having load of 10 MW and above or a Generating Station having capacity of 10 MW and above shall be eligible to obtain connectivity to the intra-State transmission system, unless already connected, and shall apply for connectivity, in accordance with the provisions in this chapter Generating Station having installed capacity less than 10 MW shall be eligible to obtain connectivity to the Distribution system and shall apply for connectivity as per the provisions of these regulations, unless already connected, in accordance with the provisions in this chapter.
Eligibility for OA
Licensees, generating companies, captive generating plants and consumers shall be eligible for open access to the intra-State transmission system of the State Transmission Utility or any transmission licensee on payment of transmission and other charges as may be determined by the Commission Licensees, generating stations, captive generating plants and consumers shall be eligible for open access to distribution system of a distribution licensee on payment of the wheeling and other charges as may be determined by the Commission Open access shall be permissible to the consumers seeking open access capacity upto which SERC has introduced open access and are connected through an independent feeder emanating from a substation of licensee or industrial feeder provided that all the consumers on such industrial feeder opt for open access and having simultaneous schedule of drawal under such open access:
Eligibility for OA
Provided that the consumers who are not on independent feeders, shall be allowed open access subject to the condition that they agree to rostering restrictions imposed by utility on the feeders serving them Provided further that duties of the distribution licensee with respect to such open access consumers shall be of a common carrier providing non-discriminatory open access as per section 42(3) of the Act A person having been declared insolvent or bankrupt or having outstanding dues against him for more than two months billing of distribution/transmission licensee at the time of application shall not be eligible for open access.
OA charges-Transmission charges
Inter State charges as applicable Intra-State charges calculated as follows: Transmission Charges = ATC/(PLST X365) (in Rs./MW-day) Where, ATC= Annual Transmission Charges determined by the Commission for the State transmission system for the concerned year. PLST= Peak load projected to be served by the State transmission system in concerned year Transmission charges shall be payable on the basis of contracted Capacity/ Scheduled Load or actual power flow whichever is higher. For Open Access for a part of a day, the transmission charges shall be payable on pro-rata basis: Where a dedicated transmission system used for open access has been constructed for exclusive use of an open access customer, the transmission charges for such dedicated system shall be worked out by transmission licensee for their respective systems 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.
OA charges-Wheeling Charges
Wheeling Charges = (ARR PPC TC) /(PLSD X365) (in Rs./MWDay) ARR= Annual Revenue Requirement of the distribution licensee in the concerned year PPC= Total Power Purchase Cost of distribution licensee in the concerned year TC = Total transmission charges paid by distribution licensee for State and Inter-State transmission system for the concerned year PLSD= Total Peak load projected to be served by the concerned distribution system in the concerned year Provided that Wheeling charges shall be payable on the basis of contracted Capacity/ Scheduled Load or actual power flow whichever is higher. For Access for a part of a day, the wheeling charges shall be payable on prorata basis:
OA charges-Wheeling Charges
Provided further that where a dedicated distribution system used for open access has been constructed for exclusive use of an open access customer, the wheeling charges for such dedicated system shall be worked out by distribution licensee for their respective systems 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; Provided also that an open access customer connected to the STU system shall be liable to pay the wheeling charges determined under this regulation, if such customer was paying wheeling charges directly or indirectly before availing open access. In case an Open Access customer continues to pay the fixed charge and such fixed charge can be attributed to wheeling/distribution network related cost, partly or fully, SERC may provide for adjustment of such fixed charges against the wheeling charges determined as above
OA charges-Additional surcharge
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 or there is an unavoidable obligation and incidence to bear fixed costs consequent to such a contract. However,the fixed costs related to network assets would be recovered through wheeling charges. The distribution licensee shall submit to the Commission on six monthly basis, a detailed calculation statement of fixed cost which the licensee is incurring towards his obligation to supply. The Commission shall scrutinize the statement of calculation of fixed cost submitted by the distribution licensee and obtain objections, if any, and determine the amount of additional surcharge: Provided that any additional surcharge so determined by the Commission shall be applicable only to the new open access customers. Additional surcharge determined on Per Unit basis shall be payable, on monthly basis, by the open access consumers based on the actual energy drawn during the month through open access: Provided that such additional surcharges shall not be levied in case distribution access is provided to a person who has established a captive generation plant for carrying the electricity to the destination of his own use
OA charges-Standby charges
In cases of outages of generator supplying to open access customer under open access, standby arrangements should be provided by the distribution licensee for a maximum period of 42 days in a year, subject to the load shedding as is applicable to the embedded consumer of the licensee and the licensee shall be entitled to collect tariff under Temporary rate of charge for that category of consumer in the prevailing rate schedule subject to the condition that such tariff shall not exceed the highest consumer retail tariff in the prevailing rate schedule: Provided that in cases where temporary rate of charge is not available for that consumer category, the standby arrangements shall be provided by the distribution licensee for a maximum of 42 days in a year and on payment of fixed charges of 42 days and energy charges for that category of consumer in the prevailing rate schedule: Provided further that in case of stand by arrangements sought by continuous process industries, the licensee shall charge on the basis of actual costs involved in arranging power: Provided also that open access customers would have the option to arrange stand-by power from any other source.
OA charges-Imbalance Charges
In case of deviation by open access consumers with load of less than 10 MW, the difference between the applicable sanctioned Open Access load and the actual drawal shall be accounted through the Time of Day (ToD) Meters on monthly basis and settled at the rate of the imbalance charge as determined by the Commission (where imbalance charge has not been determined by the Commission, UI charges as specified by the Central Commission shall be applicable). In case of underdrawal as a result of non availability of the distribution system or unscheduled load shedding, the open access consumer shall be compensated by the distribution licensee at the average power purchase cost of the distribution licensee. Deviations between the schedule and the actual injection/drawal in respect of open access consumers with load of 10 MW and above and the Generating Stations irrespective of the capacity, shall be settled based on the composite accounts for imbalance transactions issued by SLDC on a weekly cycle based on net metering in accordance with the charges specified by the State Commission. Where the imbalance charges are not specified by State commission UI charges specified by the Central Commission to be used.
OA charges-Imbalance Charges
Payment of imbalance charges shall have a high priority and the concerned constituents (including the licensees or the open access customers as the case may be) shall pay the indicated amounts within 10 (ten) days of the issue of the statement, into a State imbalance pool account operated by the SLDC. Recipient would then be paid out from the State imbalance pool account, within three (3) working days. If payments against the above imbalance charges are delayed by more than two days, i.e., beyond twelve (12) days from the date of issue of statement, the defaulting party shall have to pay simple interest @ 0.04% for each day of delay. The interest so collected shall be paid to the person who had to receive the amount, payment of which got delayed. Persistent payment defaults, if any, shall be reported by the SLDC to the Commission, for initiating remedial action.
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