Automatic GenerationControl (AGC)

Pilot ScopeThe GTG-RISE Initiative, in collaboration with Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) and Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL), is implementing this pilot to enhance the ancillary reserves in Karnataka. The GTG-RISE pilot will assess AGC's ability to provide a secondary response in southern India. The pilot will cover both hydel and renewable power plants and identify technical requirements and compensation mechanisms for those generation units that participate in the AGC secondary reserve market. The key activities under this pilot are enhancement of existing control facilities at two hydro units at Varahi and Sharavathi, one solar power plant at Shivanasamudra and NP-Kunta each, and one wind farm in Karnataka.

Developing roadmap for policy

makers and regulation for

facilitation of AGC.

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2018 2019 PartnersKPCL, SLDC- Karnataka, KPTCL Regional Load Despatch Centre (RLDC).

Pilot ProgressGTG-RISE has prepared a pre-feasibility report for AGC implementation at the Varahi and Sharavati hydro power plants and the solar power plant at Shivanasamudra. Following approval of KPCL and KPTCL, GTG-RISE has issued the Request for Applications (RFAs) for Varahi (Hydro), Sharavati Power Plants (Hydro) and Shivanasamudra (Solar) for pilots enabling and testing AGC. The applications have been received and are under evaluation for the award to commence the pilot implementation. In addition, based on suggestion from POSOCO, a 250 MW solar plant at NP Kunta (commissioned by NPTC) is being considered under of the AGC pilot.

OutcomeThe pilot will demonstrate the techno-economic benefits of AGC and aid in the development of a scalable roadmap for the policy makers and regulators for adoption of AGC. The pilot will provide the data to help CERC specify regulations for AGC's phased implementation with accompanying compensation mechanisms.

BackgroundThe Government of India's plan for integration of large quantum of variable renewable energy (VRE) into the power grid presents a number of challenges for power system operators and electricity market participants. Allied with faster scheduling and despatch is the need for harnessing flexibility from all available sources in the grid. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has outlined a roadmap for adoption of Automatic Generation Control (AGC) in the country to enable secondary control necessary for ancillary services. One of the pilots implemented under USAID's Greening the Grid (GTG)-RISE Initiative is intended to support adoption of AGC for hydro, solar and wind power plants in the southern region.

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Monali Zeya HazraSenior Clean Energy SpecialistUSAID/IndiaEmail: mhazra@usaid.gov

Shubhranshu PatnaikChief of PartyUSAID GTG-RISE InitiativeEmail: spatnaik@gtg-india.com

Background

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Renewable Integration and Sustainable Energy (RISE) Initiative

Central to GTG, is the design, implementation, and scaling of a series of prioritized innovation pilots that support the integration of RE into the grid. As part of the GTG-RISE Initiative, successful deployment and scale-up of the following pilot solutions across the select states will offer new market opportunities for innovative technologies, solutions and services.

States covered under the pilot for “Regional Platform forReserves Sharing”

AutomaticGenerationControl (AGC)

Flexible PowerGeneration

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Battery EnergyStorage System(BESS)

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1 Puducherry

Gujarat, Haryana, Telangana2

Karnataka3

Southern Region4