The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) on February 18, 2025, issued the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for UT of J&K and UT of Ladakh (Framework for Resource Adequacy) Regulations, 2024.
The objective of these Regulations is to enable the implementation of Resource Adequacy framework by outlining a mechanism for planning of generation and transmission resources for reliably meeting the projected demand in compliance with specified reliability standards for serving the load with an optimum generation mix.
The Resource Adequacy framework shall cover a mechanism for demand assessment and forecasting, generation resource planning, procurement planning, and monitoring and compliance.
These Regulations shall apply to the generating companies, distribution licensees, State Load Dispatch Centre, State Transmission Utility, and other grid connected entities and stakeholders within the UT of J&K and UT of Ladakh.
This Regulation is to be read in conjunction with the regulation namely Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for UT of JK and UT of Ladakh (Guidelines for Load forecast, Resource Plans, and Power Procurement Process) Regulations 2023. In case of any contradiction between these regulations, this regulation shall prevail.
These Regulations shall extend to the UT of J&K and UT of Ladakh.
[Notification No. JERC-JKL/REG/2024/13]
