The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) on June 12, 2024, issued the Draft Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Indian Electricity Grid Code) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2024, to further amend the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Indian Electricity Grid Code) Regulations, 2023.
The following amendments have been stated:
• In Regulation 27, which states “Declaration of Commercial Operation (DOCO) and Commercial Operation Date (COD)”, the bracket under Clause (2) shall be substituted as under:
o “(where D is the date when a generating station intimates the commercial operation of the generating station or unit thereof) “
• In Regulation 45, which states “General Provisions”, the Third and Fourth Proviso to Clause 12 shall be substituted as follows:
o “Provided further that the regional entity thermal generating stations whose tariffs are adopted under Section 63 of the Act shall be compensated for part load operation, that is, for generation below the normative level of operation, in terms of the provisions of the contract entered into by such generating stations with the beneficiaries or buyers, or in the absence of such provision in the contract, as per the mechanism already in force under the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Indian Electricity Grid Code) Regulations, 2010:
Provided further that the thermal generating stations whose tariffs are determined under Section 62 of the Act by the Commission, shall be compensated for part load operation as per the provisions of applicable Tariff Regulations.”
The comments/suggestions/objections may be sent to the undersigned on or before July 15, 2024, at the email addresses: [email protected] and [email protected].
These regulations shall come into force from such date as the Commission may notify except for Amendment to Clause (12) of Regulations 45 of Principal Regulations which shall come into force from April 01, 2024.
[Notification No L-1/265/2022/CERC]
