The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), on October 23, 2024, notified the 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 has been stated-
•These regulations shall come into force from the date of publication in the official Gazette except for Amendment to Clause (12) of Regulations 45 of Principal Regulations.
•Amendment to Clause (12) of Regulation 45 shall come into force from April 1, 2024.
•Amendment to Regulation 22 of the Principal Regulations: (1) Words “continuous four (4) hours” shall be replaced with words “four (4) hours on a cumulative basis in a single day” in sub-clause (d) of Clause (3) of Regulation 22 of the Principal Regulations. (2) The following proviso shall be inserted under sub-clause (f) of Clause (3) of Regulation 22 of the Principal Regulations: “Provided that if it is not possible to demonstrate the design capabilities up to the rated water drawing levels due to insufficient reservoir levels, the COD may be declared after demonstrating the capabilities at available water drawing levels, subject to the condition that design capabilities up to the rated water drawing levels shall be demonstrated immediately when sufficient reservoir level is available after COD. Provided further that if such a generating station is not able to demonstrate the design capabilities when sufficient water is available, the generating company shall have the option to either go for a repeat trial run or de-rate the capacity. If the generating company decides to de-rate the unit capacity in terms of sub-clause (b) of Clause (2) 3 of Regulation 22 of these Regulations, such de-rating shall be effective from the COD.”.
•Amendment to Regulation 27 of the Principal Regulations: (1) The Clause (2) of the of Regulation 27 of the Principal Regulations shall be substituted as under: “On declaration of commercial operation date, scheduling of the generating station or unit thereof, shall start from 0000 hours of D+2 (where D is the date when a generating station intimates the commercial operation of the generating station or unit thereof) or the commercial operation date declared by the generating station or unit thereof, whichever is later.”.
[Notification No.L-1/265/2022/CERC]
