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Madhya Pradesh Madhya Kshetra VidyutVitaran Co. Ltd.

(A Government of M.P. Undertaking)

NISHTA PARISAR GOVINDPURA BHOPAL. 462023Fax- 2589821

No. MD/MK/C-IV/F-71/R-32/3403 Dated: 02/03/13

COMMERCIAL CIRCULAR

Sub:- Guidelines for Open Access.

Ref: -This office letter no CMD/MK/Comm./1735 dated 05/12/2011.

PreambleOpen Access is one of the most important features of the Electricity Act 2003, wherein,

Distribution Companies and eligible consumers have the freedom to buy electricitydirectly from generating companies or Trading Licensees of their choice andcorrespondingly the generating companies have the freedom to sell it to any Licenseeor to any eligible consumer.

As per Electricity Act 2003, Open Access may be allowed on payment of Cross-SubsidySurcharge, Additional Surcharge, Wheeling Charges, etc. as may be determined by theState Commission. The purpose of Cross Subsidy Surcharge has been clearly spelt out

as a charge to be paid by Open Access Consumer to offset, the Cross Subsidy which he

would have normally paid to the Distribution Licensee had he continued to be theconsumer of the said Distribution Licensee.

Vide this office circular referred above, the connectivity terms & conditions for openaccess users having non-conventional/thermal/mini-micro hydel power plants havebeen standardized. In order to streamline the processing of applications given by openaccess consumers for connectivity with the grid as well as methods of examining

necessary technical parameters, these guidelines are being issued.

MPERC vide Order dated 21/12/12 has constituted Open Access Monitoring Dispute

Resolution and Decision Review Committee for resolution of Open Access disputes.

Unless the context otherwise requires, words and expressions used in these Guidelinesand not defined but defined in the MPERC Regulation shall have the same meaning.Incase of any discrepancy between these guidelines and MPERCs regulations, theregulations of MPERC shall prevail.

Director (Commercial)MPMKVVCL BHOPAL

These Guidelines are issued without prejudice to any of the rights & contentions

of MPMKVVCL that have already been raised or will be raised in any of the

presently pending or future proceedings before any Court or Authority, as the

case may be.


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Contents

1.

GUIDELINES FOR OPEN ACCESS.............................................................4

1.1. Objective.................................................................................................... 4

2. CATEGORIZATION OF OPEN ACCESS CUSTOMERS ...................................4

2.1. Tenures of Open Access Customers............................................................... 4

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PROCESSING OF OPEN ACCESS APPLICATIONS........................................4

3.1. Application Procedure.................................................................................. 4

3.2. Processing of Long Term Open Access Applications.......................................... 5

3.3. Processing of Short Term Open Access Applications......................................... 6

3.4. Open Access Agreements.............................................................................. 6

3.5. Connectivity and Interface points.................................................................. 7

3.6. Provisions of Meter and Metering equipment at Generating point....................... 8

3.7. Provision of meter and metering equipment at Consumer premises.................... 8

4.

ENERGY ACCOUNTING. .........................................................................9

4.1. For Auxiliary Consumptions......................................................................... 9

4.2. For Non-Conventional sources:..................................................................... 9

5.

RECOVERY OF OPEN ACCESS CHARGES............................................... 10

5.1. Payable to Transmission Licensee................................................................ 10

5.2. Payable to SLDC........................................................................................ 10

5.3. Payable to Distribution Licensee.................................................................. 10

5.4. Other Charges.......................................................................................... 11

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GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING UI CHARGES..................................... 11

6.1. Consumer having contract demand with MPMKVVCL, Bhopal and

importing power through open access.......................................................... 11


exporting power through open access to 3rd party......................................... 13


exporting power to MPMKVVCL, Bhopal / MPPMCL, Jabalpur........................ 14

6.4. Consumer having contract demand with Discom and importing power

from his renewable captive power plant located elsewhere in the state. ............ 14

7. APPLICABILITY OF CROSS-SUBSIDY AND WHEELING CHARGES............... 14

8.

FORMULA FOR CALCULATION OF CROSS SUBSIDY SURCHARGE.............. 15

8.1. Surcharge Formula.................................................................................... 15

9.

CERTIFICATION OF COMMISSIONING OF PROJECTS.............................. 16

AnnexureI (APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF LTOA)................................................... 17

Annexure-II (APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF STOA).................................................. 20

Annexure-III (Technical Feasibility Report Format)................................................... 22

Annexure-IV (Abstract of Delegation of Power)......................................................... 25

Annexure-V (List of Tests to be conducted for ABT Meters & MEs)............................. 27

Annexure-VI (Wheeling Power Subsidy Claim (4%) for the Month of ()................... 28


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1.GUIDELINES FOR OPEN ACCESS

1.1. Objective

1.1.1.

To describe the procedure to be followed by officers of MPMKVVCL for

finalising Intra-State Open Access contracts with reference to MPERC OpenAccess Regulations.

1.1.2.

To enlist various requirements as per prevailing Act & Regulations for:

(i)

Addressing requirements emerging in finalisizing Open Accesscontracts;

(ii)

Ensuring uniformity and consistency in providing Open Access tothe aspiring/eligible Consumers.

1.1.3.

To consolidate the MPERCs Open Access Regulations2005 and all relatedamendments till date.

2.CATEGORIZATION OF OPEN ACCESS CUSTOMERS

2.1. Tenures of Open Access Customers2.1.1.

MPERC Regulations 2005, Clause-5, an open access customer availing open

access for a period of 10 years or more shall be termed as Long Term OpenAccess Customer (LTOA) and all other open access consumers shall be

termed as Short Term Open Access Customers (STOA).

3.PROCESSING OF OPEN ACCESS APPLICATIONS

3.1. Application Procedure

3.1.1.

As per MPERC Regulations 2005 Clause-8, Sub-clause-8.1 & 8.2, the

request for availing Open Access shall be made in triplicate, as follows:-

Type Of Open Access Nodal Agency Designated OfficerLong Term Open Access (LTOA) MPPTCL(STU) Chief Engineer(Plg &

Design)

Short Term Open Access(STOA) SLDC Chief Engineer

3.1.2.

The long term open access application (Annex-I) should include thefollowing:-


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(i)

Non-Refundable application fees amounting to Rs. 50,000/- (FiftyThousand only) in the form of Demand Draft payable at Jabalpur and

Drawn in favour of M.P. Power Transmission Co. Ltd..(ii)

A copy of MOU/Agreement entered between buyer/seller/trader,

clearly stating the details of allocation of power from eachgenerator/beneficiary.

(iii)

In case open access is desired for power generated from new

generation project, then the technical details as indicated in theapplication format should be furnished.

(iv)

Scheme of injection and drawl of electricity and its metering along witha schematic diagram.

(v)

Confirmation of acceptance of terms and conditions as per applicationformat.

3.1.3.

The following time schedule shall be adhered to by the Nodal Agency for

processing of the application for grant of Long Term Open Access:-

Intimation regarding

feasibility of access withoutsystem strengthening

Intimation of result of studies for

system strengthening with costestimates and completion schedule

Processing time 30 daysfrom date of receipt ofapplication

Processing time 90 days from the date ofrequest by prospective OA customer toconduct studies

3.1.4.

An amount of Rs.5000/- in case of STOA is required to be paid to StateLoad Dispatch Centre, Jabalpur in the form of Demand Draft Drawn infavour of State Load Dispatch Centre Jabalpur, along with the application(Annex-II).

3.2. Processing of Long Term Open Access Applications

3.2.1.

On receipt of the Open Access application, the nodal agency shall conduct

evaluation of the case in consultation with MPMKVVCL and communicateto the applicant whether or not the long-term open access can be allowedwithout further system strengthening within 30 days.

3.2.2.

On receipt of the Open Access application, the Nodal Agency (the STU) shall

forward a copy of the application to Director (Commercial) MPMKVVCL. The

copy of the application shall further be sent by Director (Commercial)

MPMKVVCL to the concerned GM (O&M/City) of the company (MPMKVVCL)

at generating site and beneficiary site, who shall evaluate and examine thefollowing;

i)

Feasibility regarding Drawl/Injection point i.e. through132/33/11KV bus from 220/132KV/33KV Substation or 33/11KVsubstation.

ii)

Certificate regarding contract demand, metering arrangement at

drawl point /injection point.


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iii)

Details of system strengthening if any required.

3.2.3.

The concerned GM (O&M/City), MPMKVVCL at generating site and

beneficiary site will furnish the feasibility report through concerned CGM

(BR/GR) within 15 days to Dir (Commercial) as per the format given at

Annex:-III. This feasibility report will be forwarded to CE (Plg &Design)

MPPTCL Jabalpur. The C.E (Plg &Design) MPPTCL, Jabalpur based on the

feasibility report received from MPMKVVCL and his own analysis, shall

intimate to the open access applicant the status of his application within

30 days of the receipt of application.

3.2.4.

Based on the feasibility report submitted by the GM (O&M/City), the Nodal

Agency (the STU) in his reply to the applicant shall indicate whether Long

Term Open Access can be allowed without further system strengthening or

not. If in the opinion of the STU, further system strengthening is required

and if the applicant desires, STU shall conduct system studies to estimate

the cost required for the system strengthening.

3.2.5.

After approval of Open Access by CE (Plg &Design) Jabalpur, where systemstrengthening is required, the GM (City/O&M), shall prepare and approvethe estimate of cost of the system strengthening for the LTOA applicant (or

forward the estimate to the competent authority for approval), as per thedelegation of Power (Annex-IV). A copy of the estimate shall be sent to theDir (Commercial), MPMKVVCL.

3.3. Processing of Short Term Open Access Applications

3.3.1.

On receipt of the Open Access application, the Nodal Agency (the SLDC)shall forward a copy of the application to Director (Commercial)MPMKVVCL. The copy of the application shall further be sent by Director(Commercial) MPMKVVCL to the concerned GM (O&M/City) of the company

(MPMKVVCL) at generating site and beneficiary site for processing the samein lines with the MPERC Regulations 2005, on Open Access, as amendedfrom time to time, and procedures finalized by SLDC in this regard as perMPERC Regulations 2005. Concerned GM (City/O&M) will examine thenetwork congestion and constraints and then submit the Feasibility report

(Annex-III) to Director (Commercial) through CGM (BR/GR) for onwardsubmission to CE.SLDC Jabalpur.

3.4.Open Access Agreements

3.4.1.

In case of sale of power to M.P. Power Management Co. Ltd. (MPPMCL) thePower Purchase Agreement (PPA) shall be signed between the Developerand MPPMCL. In case of captive use or 3rd party sale a tripartite PowerPurchase & Wheeling Agreement (PP&WA) shall be signed between the

Developer, MPPMCL and MPMKVVCL.


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3.4.2.

Draft of the agreement and terms & conditions will be intimated to theOpen Access Costumers by MPPMCL.

3.4.3.

Within three days of furnishing the executed agreements and subject tocompletion of infrastructure, metering, protection and operating system thedate of commencement of open access shall be informed to the open accesscustomer by MPPMCL.

3.4.4.

Further any addition as per time to time will be communicated separately.

3.5. Connectivity and Interface points3.5.1.

Regarding connectivity/protection system the provisions of this officecircular CMD/MK/Comm/1735 dtd. 05-12-11 and amendment as issuedby the commission from time to time should be complied with.

3.5.2.

As per GoMP Solar Policy 2012 Clause 16 and MPEGC Grid code Clause 16sub clause 16.12.2 ,the arrangement of metering at Generating plant shall

be as follows:-

(i)

Line Isolator of outgoing feeder on H.V. side at pooling substation incase of Wind Energy Projects & Solar Photovoltaic Projects.

(ii) Line Isolator on outgoing feeder on H.V. side of generator transformerin case of Small Hydro Power, Biomass Power and Non-fossil fuelbased cogeneration power projects and Solar Thermal Power Projects.

(iii)

Drawl point in respect of third party sale and CPP consumers will be atthe substation in case of independent feeders laid by existingconsumers or interface point of 33kV or 11kV line emanating from the

nearest 33/11KV substation.

3.5.3.

Modem should be provided on meters at developers cost

3.5.4.

As per MPERC Gazette 9thNov 2010 (Rev-1) Regulation 2010 (Cogenerationand Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy)and GoMPIncentive Policy for encouraging generation of power in Madhya Pradeshthrough Non conventional energy Sources (Solar, Wind, Bio-Energy etc.)issued vide notification dtd.17-10-2006, arrangement for evacuation of

electricity from point of generation up to point of connection throughnearest Transco/Discom substation shall be provided by developer at his

cost through LILO (Loop In & Loop Out) arrangement. Such infrastructurelaid, not withstanding that the cost of which has been paid for by thedeveloper shall be property of concerned licensee for all purpose. Thelicensee shall maintain it at the cost of the Developer and shall have theright to use the same for evacuation of power from any other Developersubject to condition that such arrangement shall not adversely affect theexisting Developers.


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3.6.Provisions of Meter and Metering equipment at Generatingpoint.

3.6.1. As per provisions of Grid code Part -5, Section 16, clause 16.12.2., twosets of high precision ABT compatible energy Meter/Import-Export Meter ofClass 0.2s with associated set of metering equipments are to be installed atgenerating point as detailed below:-

(i)

For 132kV generator, CTs-3Nos and PTs-3Nos of Class 0.2s accuracy shallbe provided by the developer.

(ii)

For 33kV generator, 2 Nos. of combined CT-PT units of Class 0.2s accuracyshall be provided by the developer at point of injection to serve to mainmeters and check meters for billing purpose, at developers cost.

(iii)

The developer has to get the equipment tested as per Annex:-V fromCentral Power Research Institute (CPRI) or any National AccreditationBoard for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accredited lab beforeinstallation at site, as per parameters defined in MPEGC Part-5, Sec-16.

(iv) The GM (O&M/City) shall have to certify the meters, metering equipmentsas per grid standards in consultation with meter testing division before

installation at site.(v)

Main meter shall always be maintained in good condition at developerscost.

(vi)

Annual charges for testing of meter/metering equipment may be recoveredfrom the developer, as indicated in the Schedule of miscellaneous chargesG-31(1) of 2009.

3.7.Provision of meter and metering equipment at Consumerpremises.

3.7.1.

As per MPERC Regulation 2005, developers who wish to avail open access

facility for Captive use/Third party sale shall install two sets of ABTcompatible Class 0.2s special energy meters as main meters and checkmeters associated with two sets of required capacity metering equipment of

class 0.2s accuracy at developers cost.

(i)

For 132kV (i.e. CTs-3Nos and PTs-3Nos) 0.2s accuracy class.

(ii)

For 33kV combined CT-PT unit of Class 0.2s accuracy.

3.7.2.

The GM (O&M/City) shall have to certify the meters, metering equipmentsthrough concerned EE (MT) as per Guaranteed Technical Particulars (GTP)and M.P. Electricity grid code Part-5, Sectiom-16, before/after installationat site through standard procedures laid i.e. the developer has to get theequipment tested at CPRI or NABL Accredited Lab. Concerned

CGM(BR/GR) will ensure suitable compliance in stipulated time.

3.7.3. If any developer requires the licensee to provide meters and meteringequipment, he shall provide security deposit to licensee and shall pay forits metering charges. In this case, the meters and metering equipment shall

be maintained by the licensee.


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4.ENERGY ACCOUNTING.

4.1. For Auxiliary Consumptions

4.1.1.

Accounting of energy for auxiliary consumption imported from Discom ortapped off from generating plant itself will be made separately and suitable

energy meters shall be installed by the developer for this purpose. DGM(O&M/CITY), MPMKVVCL concerned will ensure the compliance ofinstallation of suitable energy meters.

4.2. For Non-Conventional sources:

4.2.1.

For leased plant:

4.2.1.1.

Presently 2 Nos. of Mini Hydel plants (1). Satpura Return Cannel MiniHydel Project Betul Capacity (3X335KW) (2). Morend Mini HydelProject Hoshangabad Capacity2X500KW) have been leased bycompany for O&M of these plants and O&M charges are paid to the

lease holders on the basis energy generated from these plants at theapproved rates as per lease Agreement. Energy accounting for theseplants is as follows:-

4.2.1.2.

High Precision import-export meters are installed at the point ofgeneration. Concerned AE (O&M/City) takes monthly reading of thesemeters in the presence of generator representative, which is intimatedto EE (O&M/City) of that area. EE (O&M/City) verifies and prepare thebill as per approved rate as per lease Agreement and send these bills toRAO of that area for payment.

4.2.2. For Captive Generators:

4.2.2.1.

In this category the methodology for energy accounting shall be asfollows:-

a.

If the generator is located in the Discom other then Central Discomthe concerned officer of that Discom not below the rank of EE willintimate to concern R.A.O & S.E of the Central Discom and C.ESLDC Jabalpur, the gross energy delivered at point of injection.

b.

On receipt of this information the concerned RAO will provide the

credit of units as intimated by that Discom, where generator islocated, in the bills of captive users after deducting 2% of theenergy injected towards wheeling charges in terms of units.

c.

For energy accounting purpose, as per the provision of Tariff Orderissued by MPERC for Solar & Wind Power in Aug 12 & May 10respectively, the Distribution Company in whose area the energy isconsumed (irrespective of the point of injection) shall deduct 2% ofthe energy injected towards wheeling charges in terms of units. The


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energy recorded at generating point (energy injected) less wheelingcharges is adjusted in monthly energy bill of open access consumer.

d.

As per the provision of Tariff Order issued by MPERC for Solar &Wind Power in Aug 12 & May 10 respectively subsidy from the StateGovernment towards wheeling charges @ 4% of the energy injected,at the rate of prevailing energy charges for the user in terms ofprovisions made in the Government of M.P. Policy for

implementation of solar power based projects in Madhya Pradesh,2012 notified on 20.07.2012 is also to be claimed from the Govt.GM (O&M/City) should submit the claim in prescribed format

(Annexure-VI) to Director(Commercial), MPMKVVCL throughconcerned CGM (BR/GR) for onward submission to GoMP.

5.RECOVERY OF OPEN ACCESS CHARGES.

5.1.Payable to Transmission Licensee

5.1.1.

Transmission Charges: - The annual Transmission Service Charges (TSC) asdetermined by the Honble Commission from time to time shall be shared bythe long term Open Access customers, as per the allotted transmissioncapacity.

5.1.2.

Reactive Energy Charges: - The Open Access customer (connected totransmission network) shall adopt all possible measures to providecompensation for reactive energy at their end. The reactive energy charges asapproved by the commission from time to time shall be payable by the long

term Open Access customer, to MPPTCL.

5.1.3.

Connectivity Charges: - The actual interconnection expenses incurred by

licensee at the time of interconnection of generator and load with the grid oras may be prescribed by Honble Commission shall be payable by the longterm Open Access customer.

5.2.Payable to SLDC

5.2.1.

Operating Charges:- The long term Open Access customer shall pay to theState Load Despatch Centre the scheduling and system operation charges asdetermined by the Honble Commission in accordance with MPERC (Levy andcollection of fee and charges of State Load Despatch Centre) Regulation

2004.

5.3.Payable to Distribution Licensee

5.3.1.

Reactive Energy Charges: - The Open Access customer (connected todistribution network) shall adopt all possible measures to providecompensation for reactive energy at their end. The reactive energy charges as


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approved by the commission from time to time shall be payable by the longterm Open Access customer, to MPMKVVCL.

5.3.2.

Cross Subsidy Surcharge: - Payable by open access customer to thedistribution licensee under section 38(2-d), 39(2-d) & 42(2) of the Electricity

Act 2003, as determined by the Honble state Commission.

In terms of provisions of Regulation12.2 of MPERC (Cogeneration andGeneration of Energy from Renewable Sources of Energy) (Revision-I)-2010and retail supply order dtd. 31.8.12, the Commission has directed that thecross subsidy surcharge shall not be made applicable on open accessconsumers procuring power from renewable sources of energy, unless it isspecifically determined by the commission.

5.3.3.

Additional Surcharge:- Additional surcharge shall be payable by the Open

Access customer to the distribution licensee as per section 42(4) of theElectricity Act 2003 as may be determined by the Honble state Commission.

5.3.4.

Wheeling Charges: - As approved by Honble MPERC for use of Sub-transmission/Distribution system.

5.4.Other Charges

5.4.1.

Imbalance Charges:- The mismatch between the scheduled and actual drawlat drawl point(s) and scheduled and the actual injection at injection point(s)shall be governed by Balancing and Settlement Code applicable to intra state transaction, for which separate bill shall be issued to the Open Access

customers.

5.4.2.

Any other charges as may be specified by the Honble Commission shall bepayable by the Open Access customer.

6.GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING UI CHARGES

6.1.

Consumer having contract demand with MPMKVVCL, Bhopal andimporting power through open access

6.1.1.

A consumer having a contract demand with MPMKVVCL, Bhopalmay draw

power through open access from other sources including from his owncaptive power plant located elsewhere or from a renewable sourcegenerator. The RAOs are required to bill the open access charges andcharges against HT contract as under:-

i)

The scheduled energy (kWh) purchased by the consumer during the month

in each 15 minutes block during peak hours, off peak hours and normal

period shall be intimated by SLDC, MPPTCL Jabalpur to RAO concerned and


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EE(MT)/SE (O&M/City) of the area which shall be adjusted from the units

(kWh) recorded in the consumers HT meter in each corresponding 15

minutes block of the same month and the balance units shall be considered

as drawn against the contract demand for billing purpose. In case, the units

recorded in a particular 15 minutes block is found to be less than the

scheduled energy then entire energy of the said block shall be adjusted

against Open Access Drawl and shall not be counted in the consumption ofconsumer against HT contract demand.

ii)

After adjustment of scheduled energy in all the blocks of the billing month in

aforesaid manner, total arithmetic sum of balance energy in all the 15

minutes block of the billing month shall be considered as energy drawn

against contract demand during that month.

iii)

The SLDC shall intimate the scheduled energy drawn during peak hours, off

peak hours and normal hours during the previous month by 2ndor 3rdday of

the next month. The RAO concerned and EE (MT)/ SE (O&M/City) of the

area shall compute the energy drawn against contract demand in the

aforesaid manner separately and reconcile the same with each other prior to

preparation of HT bill.

iv)

Energy Charges may be computed and billed on the consumption so

obtained after adjusting the scheduled energy.

v)

The demand charges may be computed without any adjustment in the

maximum demand recorded in HT billing meter as per terms and conditionsof prevailing tariff order.

vi)

Load factor may be computed on the basis of energy (kWh) scheduled by the

open access consumers against the HT contract demand with MPMKVVCL in

the manner as prescribed in prevailing tariff order.

vii)

The power factor may be calculated on the basis of formula given inprevailing tariff order without any adjustment of scheduled energy from thetotal energy (kWh);recorded in HT billing meter

viii)

The ToD consumption against contract demand may be worked out after

adjustment of ToD consumption against scheduled energy in each 15

minutes block in the manner prescribed in sub para (i) above.

ix)

Billing of minimum consumption and fixed charges shall be done strictly on

the basis of HT agreement and Retail Tariff Order in force irrespective of

energy drawn by the consumer from the grid under open access.


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x)

The electricity duty may be billed and recovered on the entire energy (kWh)

recorded in the HT billing meter. In case of drawl of power from own captive

power plant (renewable or conventional) of the consumer in the Madhya

Pradesh, electricity duty is not required to be billed on the energy drawn

against open access If the captive power plant of consumer is exempted

from payment of duty for the period under consideration. In case, no suchorder of exemption from payment of electricity duty is produced by the

consumer, the electricity duty may be billed on the entire consumption

recorded in the HT billing meter without any adjustment of scheduled

energy. In case of renewable energy source, conditions of clause 34 of the

Incentive Policy of State Government dated 17.10.2006 as amended from

time to time should be complied with.

xi)

Separate bills towards payment of UI charges/reactive energy charges in

respect of consumers connected at EHV/HV shall be issued to the

consumer by RAO concerned as soon as the scheduled drawl of UI charges/

Reactive energy charges intimated by SLDC for payment with due date after

10 days of the date of bill. In case of default in making payment within

stipulated time period by the consumer, simple interest @ 0.04% per day

beyond 12 days of date of issue of demand note shall be recovered from the

consumer.

xii)

Separate bills towards payment of wheeling charges/ cross subsidy

surcharge in respect of consumers connected at 132kV/33kV network shall

be issued to the consumer by RAO concerned as soon as the scheduleddrawl of energy is intimated by SLDC for payment within due date after 10

days of the date of bill. In case of default in making payment within

stipulated time period by the consumer, the matter may immediately be

brought to the information of CE (SLDC), MPPTCL and this office also with

complete details for further needful.

6.2.

Consumer having contract demand with MPMKVVCL, Bhopal andexporting power through open access to 3rd party

i.

In such cases when a consumer of MPMKVVCL, Bhopal is

exporting power of his captive power plant under open accesspermission, the billing of HT connection under contract demandshould be made as per the terms and conditions of tariff order andHT agreement. This would mean that the billing of minimumconsumption and fixed charges shall be done strictly as per theprovisions of HT agreement and Retail Tariff Order.

ii.

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concerned as soon as the UI charges/ Reactive Energy Charges areintimated by SLDC for payment within due date i.e. after 10 days of

the date of bill. In case of default in making payment withinstipulated time period by the consumer, simple interest @ 0.04%

per day beyond 12 days of date of issue of demand note shall berecovered from the consumer.

6.3.Consumer having contract demand with MPMKVVCL, Bhopal and

exporting power to MPMKVVCL, Bhopal / MPPMCL, Jabalpur

i.

In such cases, consumer is not required to obtain open accesspermission. Charges (if any) are to be recovered from the consumer

as per power purchase agreement executed by the consumer withMPPMCL, Jabalpur.

6.4.

Consumer having contract demand with Discom and importing powerfrom his renewable captive power plant located elsewhere in the state.

In such cases, developer/consumers have executed a connectivity(wheeling) agreement with the Distribution Companies in which the

method of adjustment of units exported by the renewable sourcegenerator against the HT connection has been detailed out. Theother charges such as wheeling charges/reactive energy chargesetc are also described in wheeling agreement in each caseseparately. Necessary credit of wheeled energy should be given inthe HT bill of the consumer as per terms and conditions of wheelingagreement. Further, for the purpose of duty/cess, action should be

taken as per clause 34 of the Incentive Policy of State Governmentdated 17.10.2006

7.APPLICABILITY OF CROSS-SUBSIDY AND WHEELING CHARGES

7.1.1.

Cross subsidy surcharge and wheeling charges as defined in the followingorders:

SMP No 65/08 dated 07.03.08,

SMP 101/10 Dtd 03/03/2011,

SMP 60/2011 Dtd 4/11/2011 and

Tariff Order 2012-13 dtd. 10/04/2011 of MPERC for the year 2008-

2011, and 2011-2012.

7.1.2.

The scenarios and the applicability of charges shall be as below;a.

Scenario 1: Generator is connected to Transmission network (EHTVoltage), while the consumer is connected to the distributionnetwork (33kv and below) of Distribution Licensee:The scenario will attract both transmission and Distribution wheelingcharges since power required by the open access consumer will flowdownstream from the transmission network through distribution networkup to the consumersconnection.


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b. Scenario 2:Generator is connected to distribution network (33kv orbelow) of Distribution licensee while the consumer is connected tothe transmission network(132kv or above):

In this scenario the consumers requirement will be met by power flowover transmission network alone .The power generated by the openaccess generator will be locally consumed within the Discom and will not

flow upstream to the open access consumer. Hence such transactionshall attract only the transmission charges.

c. Scenario 3: Both Generator and consumer are connected to thetransmission network (132kV or above):Only transmission charges shall apply, since there is no usage ofdistribution network.

d.

Scenario 4: Both Generator and consumer are connected to thedistribution system of any of the Distribution Licensee:The power generated by the open access generator will be consumed

within the Discoms under the conditions of uniform retail tariffthroughout the M.P, and hence it will contribute to meeting the demand

of the open access consumer. Therefore there is no additional usage oftransmission in this transaction. Hence, such transaction shall attractonly the wheeling charges.

8.FORMULA FOR CALCULATION OF CROSS SUBSIDY SURCHARGE

8.1.Surcharge Formula8.1.1.

The Tariff Policy prescribes the following formulae for determination ofcross-subsidy surcharge for various categories of consumers for openaccess:-

S=T-[C (1+L/100)+D]Where,

S is the surcharge,

T is the Tariff payable by the relevant category of consumers,

C is the Weighted average cost of power purchase of top 5% at the marginexcluding liquid fuel based generation and renewable power,

D is the Wheeling charge.

L is the system Losses for the applicable voltage level, expressed as apercentage.

8.1.2.

Wheeling charges should be determined on the basis of same principles aslaid down for intra-state transmission charges and in addition wouldinclude average loss compensation of the relevant voltage level.

8.1.3.

As per Electricity Act 2003 Sec-42(2),

surcharge shall not be leviable in case open access is provided to a person

who has established a Captive generating plant for carrying the electricity tothe destination for his own use.


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8.1.4.

As per MPERC Gazette Notification 19-11-2010 (Cogeneration andGeneration of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy) Regulation -

2010 (Revision-I){RG-33(I) of 2010} Sub Clause 12.2,

Wheeling charges, Cross subsidy surcharge and applicable surcharge on

wheeling charges shall be applicable as decided by the commission fromtime to time. Captive consumers and Open Access Consumers shall be

exempted from payment of Open Access charges in respect of energyprocured form Renewable Sources of Energy.

8.1.5.

As per MPERC Gazette Notification 19-11-2010 (Cogeneration andGeneration of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy) Regulation -2010 (Revision-I){RG-33(I) of 2010} Sub Clause 10

The Generator/Co-generation from Renewable Sources would be entitled to

draw power exclusively for its own use from the Distribution Licenseesnetwork during shutdown period of its Plant or during other emergencies .Theenergy consumed would be billed at the rate applicable to Temporary

Connection under HT Industrial Category.

9.CERTIFICATION OF COMMISSIONING OF PROJECTS

9.1.1.

In order to streamline and follow uniform approach with regard tocertification of commissioning of projects following procedure may beadopted:-

a)

Two different snapshots indicating meter reading beforecommissioning of the plant and after commissioning at sometime

during the day, so as to confirm that power has flown into the grid.b)

Commissioning of the project shall be certified by a committeecomprising of at least three members headed by an officer of the rank

not lower than the rank of Executive Engineer and the committeemay preferable include officer from Discom, STU and officer from

M.P. Urja Vikas Nigam.c)

Photographs taken from various angles covering installation ofimportant components of the power project should be enclosed.

9.1.2. A certificate indicating the plant has been synchronized with the grid alongwith the documents prescribed above may be submitted by the Regional

Chief General Manager of Discom to Dir (Commercial) of Corporate Office.

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AnnexureI (APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF LTOA)

(To be submitted by an Open Access Customer)

Sl No Particulars Details

1 Name of the Long Term Open Access

Customer2 Would the transaction involved

Utilization of the distribution network?Yes ____________No ____________

3 Address of Correspondence:

4 Contact Address

Prime Contact Person

A Name

B Designation

C Phone No

D Fax

E E-mail

Alternate Contact PersonA Name

B Designation

C Phone No

D Fax

E E-mail

5 Details of Power Transfer Requirement

A Quantum of power to be transmitted(MW)

B Peak load to be transferred

C Average load to be transferred

D Names of the Injecting Utilities

I Point(s) of injection of powerII Its Quantum

III Name of EHV Sub-station wherepower is proposed to be fed

IV Voltage Level of Interfacing

E Names of the Drawee Utilities

I Point(s) of injection of power

II Its Quantum

III Name of EHV Sub-station wherepower is proposed to be fed

IV Voltage Level of Interfacing

Note: The quantum of injection of power as compared to drawal shouldtake into consideration the transmission losses.

7 Expected Date of commencement ofOpen Access

8 Duration of availing Open Access

9 In case of Generating Station

A Name of the Promoter

B Generation Capacity

C Location of the Generation Plant

D No. of Units & Capacity of each unit


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E Type of fuel

F Base load station or peaking loadstation

G If peaking load, then what is the totalhours of running?

H If it is a hydro plant, then whether it isRun of the river/Reservoir/Multipurpose/Pump storage

I MU generation in an year in case ofHydro plant

J Specify the step-up generation voltage400 KV or 220 KV or any othervoltage

K Whether it is a identified project ofCEA

L Is it a captive Power Plant (Yes/No)

M If Yes, details of utilization

N Status of the Project: Existing/Extension of existing Project/New

Project10 In case of Surplus Power

A Daily period of transaction

B Details of allocation of power fromeach beneficiary/generator

C MOU/Agreement for surplus poweravailability

11 In case of New Generating Station Capacity (MW) CommissioningSchedule

A Unit wise capacity andcommissioningSchedule:

I Unit-III Unit-II

III Unit-III

IV Unit-IV

B Name(s) of the beneficiaries andtheir allocation of power

C Status of various clearances for theGeneration Project

I Land acquisition

II Fuel Agreement

III Environment and forest clearance

IV IEC clearance, wherever requiredV How power purchase agreement withbeneficiaries

12 Name of Trader, if any

13 Details of Bank Draft

I Name of the issuing bank

II Draft No.

III Date of issue

IV Amount (Rs.)


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14 All utilities (including buyer, seller, trader) to the transaction shall abideby the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms andConditions for Intra-State Open Access in Madhya Pradesh) Regulations,2005 dated 16.06.2005, as amended from time to time.

15 The applicant hereby agrees to keep the Commission, the Nodal Agencyand the Licensees indemnified at all times and undertakes to indemnify,defend and save the Commission, the Nodal Agency and the Licenseesharmless from any and all damages, losses, claims and actions relating to

injury to or death of any person or damage to property, demands, suits,recoveries, costs and expenses, court costs, attorney fees, and all otherobligations by or to third parties, arising out of or resulting from thetransaction under this Approval.

16 The applicant hereby agrees to provide the operating protection andmetering equipments at both injection and drawal point as may beapproved by the Nodal Officer.

Authorized SignatoryPlace: ___________ of the Open Access CustomerDate: __________

Name: ____________________Designation: ____________________Seal:____________________


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Annexure-II (APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF STOA)Advance Reservation / First-Come-First-Served Basis

(to be sent by Short-Term Open Access Applicant)

1. Application No. Date:

2. Name of the Applicant

3.

Address for CorrespondencePhone No.E-mail Id:

(Off.) (Fax)

4. Agreement / MOU Details :Applicant Type - Buyer / Seller / Trader / Captive Generator(needs to fill up only relevant agreement details)

With No. Date ValidUpto

Max.MW

Capacity alreadyUtilized earlier

BalanceMW

Buyer

Seller

5. Coordinator details

Name:Designation:

Phone No: (Off.) (Res.)

(Fax) (Mobile)

e-mail id

6. Capacity Applied :

Period Time Period Capacity (MW)

From Date To Date From (Hrs.) To (Hrs.)

7.

Injecting Utility Details

Name:

Point of Injection:

Name of the Concerned Discom:

8. Drawee Utility Details

Name:

Point of Drawl:

Name of the Concerned Discom:

9. Name of Trader, if any

10. Intervening Transmission and Distribution System Details

Intervening Discom

Intervening Transmission Utility11.

Non-refundable application fees: Rs. 5000/-12.

Details- if payment through ElectronicsClearing Scheme (ECS)

If by Bank Draft /Cheque No.:In favour of:Payable at:

Dated

13. It is hereby certified that


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a. All Utilities (including buyer, seller, trader) to the transaction shall abideby the provisions of the MPERC (Open Access in intra-State Transmissionand/or Distribution) Regulations, 2005.

b. M/s ______________________have a valid license (No. _________ issued by_____________ and valid up to__________) for Intra-State trading.

c. (Note: This clause is applicable only in case applicant is a trader.)d.The Applicant herby agrees to keep the SLDC indemnified at all times and

undertakes to indemnify, defend and save the SLDC harmless from anyand all damages, losses, claims and actions relating to injury to or deathof any person or damage to property, demands, suits, recoveries, costsand expenses, court costs, attorney fees, and all other obligations by or tothird parties, arising out of or resulting from the transactions under thisApproval.

14. The provisions of the Procedures for reservation of Transmission and/orDistribution capacity to Short Term Open Access customers issued bySLDC are here by agreed.

SignaturePlace : Name:

Dated :Designation: Enclosures:

1. Copy of agreements.2. Bank draft /Cheque. (if payment by Bank Draft / Cheque)

Copy :a) The Chief Engineer (Plg & Design) MPPTCL Jabalpur.b) Concerned Discom(s) involved in transaction

Date & Time of Receipt of Application (to be filled by SLDC)


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Annexure-III (Technical Feasibility Report Format)

To,The Director (Commercial),MPMKVVCL, Bhopal.Nistha Parisar, Bhopal

Sub:Feasibility report of M/s. _________ for grant of LTOA/STOA.

Ref: Your letter No. _________ Bhopal dated ___________ seeking the feasibilityreport of M/s. _________ for grant of LTOA/STOA.

Sir,

With reference toyour letter No.., Bhopal dtd. On subject cited above, this isto submit that the undersigned has conducted the feasibility study and the details are

as mentioned below and enclosed in the desired format.

1.

Technical Parameters

Sl No Technical Parameters Details

1 Name of the Consumer applying for the OA

2 Consumer No

3 Contract Demand (kVA)

4 Tariff Category of the Consumers5 Name of the Feeder the consumers is connected to

6 Present Meter Sl No.

7 Accuracy class of the existing meter8 Meter CT Ratio

9 Meter PT Ratio

10 Feeder CT Ratio

11 Feeder PT Ratio

12 External Multiplying Factor

13 Accuracy of the Metering CTs

14 Accuracy of the Metering PTs

15 Whether the supplying Feeder is a dedicated feeder to theconsumer or not?

(Y/N)

16 What is the distance of the MPMKVVCL sub-station from

the consumer location (km)?17 Whether, space is available for the installation of additionalmetering unit for the check meter?

(Y/N)

18 Whether Open Access can be extended without any systemstrengthening?

(Y/N)

19 If system strengthening has to be made what is the cost ofthe entire expenditure?

Rs. ________(Lakhs/ Cr)

20 The estimated cost of the work under Sl. No. 19 is underwhose Delegation of Power?


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2. Proposed Connectivity Details

[The details of the proposed connectivity should be described here.]

3.

Single line Diagram (SLD)

A certified single line diagram of the power supply and metering arrangement isalso enclosed for reference.

Encl:As above

Superintending Engineer (O&M/City)

_________Circle, MPMKVVCL


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Sample Single Line Diagram (SLD)

Feasibility Report

Note: (The above depicted SLD is given for both injection and drawl points

together. Care has to be taken to provide either for injection /drawl /bothinjection & drawl points depending upon the requirement)


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Annexure-IV (Abstract of Delegation of Power)

Abstract of Delegation of Power Part-B Section-III CommercialIssued vide letter no. MD/Mk/Adm.-PGR/9624 Bhopal Dated 08/11/2012

S.No

.

Nature of Power Authority Limit

** 13 (A)

Non ConventionalGenerators:-

I. Preparation proposal andEstimate for connectivityof Non ConventionalGenerating source suchas Wind, SolarPhotovoltaic, SmallThermal or Non-fossilfuel based Cogenerationpower projects to

Distribution grid onrequest of developer.

II. To sanction gridconnectivity proposal ofNon-Conventionalgenerators prepared asabove.

II. To decide point ofinjection and Meteringpoint in case of Non-

Conventional Generators.

I.SE/GM(O&M)/(City)Circle.

II.CGM (Comm.) inconsultation with CGM(Works) of Corporate officeon recommendation CGM(Region).

II. S.E/GM(O&M)/(City)Circle.

I. Full Powers

II. Full Powers

II. Full Powers subjectto the Conditionthat the grid

connectivity hasbeen approved asper delegation ofpower 13 (ii) above.

(B)Open AccessConsumers:-

I. To decide Feasibility ofdrawl point includingissue of certificateregarding meteringarrangement at drawlpoint as per condition ofOpen Access regulation.

II. To receive application forGrant of Long term/Shortterm Open Access, Itsstudy and issue oftechnical feasibility toNodal Agency.

I. S.E-GM(O&M)/(City)Circle.

II. C.E-CGM (Comm.) ofcorporate office inconsultation with C.E-CGM (Region).

ORDesignated Nodal Officer(corporate office).

I. Full Powers

I. Full Powers


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Abstract of Delegation of Power Part-B Section-I Works and Projects

Sl No Nature of Power Authority Limit

1 Administrative approval ofworks under:-

(a).Normal Development,system strengtheningISSTD including Normal,SCSP, TSP) subject toavailability of budget inthe Corporate Budget forthe particularadministrative unit,which are not included in

the annual works plan.(b).All deposit works(c).All contributory Works

Managing Director Full Power

CE-CGM (W&P) Upto Rs. 2 Crore

Regional CE-CGM Upto Rs. 1 Crore

SE-GM Upto Rs. 30 Lakhs

EE-AGM/DGM Upto Rs. 10 Lakhs(Except ND, SSTD)


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Annexure-V (List of Tests to be conducted for ABT Meters & MEs)

Acceptance Test For ABT Meters

a.

Limits of error as per IS 14697:19999.b.

Influence Quantity test for voltage, current and frequency variation as per

IS 14697:19999.c.

Capability of recording frequency in every 15 minutes. Load survey data ofmeter may be verified.

d.

Capability of meter for recording of Reactive High & Reactive lowparameters with voltage range as defined in ABT regime(Reactive High for

voltage > 103%,Reactive low when voltage is < 97 %.).e.

Recording of Import and Export energy for every 15 Min.f.

Recording of mid night energy for Active and Reactive Parameters.

For Metering Equipment

i. 33 kV CT

a.

Accuracy test (determination of Error)b.

Verification of terminal polarity.

c.

OVIT Test.d.

HV test on secondary winding.ii 3 phase 33 kV PT

a.

Accuracy test (determination of Error).

b.

Verification of terminal /polarity.c.

High Voltage power frequency test on secondary winding.

d.

Induced over voltage test.


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Annexure-VI (Wheeling Power Subsidy Claim (4%) for the Month of()

*****

Sr.No

Regi-on /Circle Consu-

mer

ServiceConnec-tion no.

EnergyGeneratedby Solar/WEG in

kWh

4% ofEnergy

Generat-ed (Unit)(4% of 5)

Prevai-ling

Rate ofenergychargesfor user

(Rs)

Claim tothe stateGovt. for

4% ofenergy

generated(Amt. in

Rs)(6*7)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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