The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) on January 27, 2023, notified the Draft Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Connectivity and General Network Access to the inter-State Transmission System) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2023 to amend further the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Connectivity and General Network Access to the inter-State Transmission System) Regulations, 2022.
The following has been stated-
•A new clause, clause (t-i) which is Host State shall be added after clause (t) of Regulation 2.1 of the Principal Regulations.
•New Regulation 16.5 “16.5 For an entity covered under Clause (iii) of Regulation 17.1 of these Regulations, Conn-BG1 shall be returned within one month of commencement of drawl of power. Conn-BG3 and Conn-BG2, as available, shall be returned in five equal parts over five years after commencement of drawl of power at the end of a financial year or within one month of expiry of a period of GNA, whichever is earlier.” shall be added after Regulation 16.4 of the Principal Regulations.
•A new Regulation, Regulation 18.3 “18.3 For a host State in which a regional generating station is located, and is connected only to STU system or connected to both STU system and ISTS, the GNA quantum at Annexure-I shall be reduced by the GNA quantum calculated based on the methodology specified in Annexure-II to these Regulations.” shall be added after Regulation 18.2 of the Principal Regulations.
•A new Regulation 20.4 “20.4 Entities covered under clause (iii) of Regulation 17.1 shall be eligible to apply for GNA to draw power only from renewable sources as identified…” shall be added after Regulation 20.3 of the Principal Regulations.
•A new Regulation, Regulation 24.6 “24.6 Revocation of Connectivity” shall be added after Regulation 24.5 of the Principal Regulations.
•A new Annexure-II “Annexure-II Methodology to determine ‘Direct drawl’ by a State from a regional entity generating station” shall be added after Annexure-I to the Principal Regulations.
The comments, suggestions, and objections may be sent to the authority on or before February 17, 2023.
A copy of the draft is attached here Draft Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Connectivity and General Network Access to the inter-State Transmission System) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2023.
[Notification No. L-1/261/2021/CERC]
