OPEN ACCESS IN INTER-STATE TRANSMISSION
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OPEN ACCESS
IN
INTER-STATE
TRANSMISSION
DEFINITION OF “OPEN ACCESS” IN DEFINITION OF “OPEN ACCESS” IN THE ELECTRICITY ACT, 2003THE ELECTRICITY ACT, 2003
“The non-discriminatory provision for the use of transmission lines or distribution system or associated facilities with such lines or system by any licensee or consumer or a person engaged in generation in accordance with the regulations specified by the Appropriate Commission”
CERC Order/Regulations on Open CERC Order/Regulations on Open AccessAccess
Final Order issued : 30.01.2004
Final Regulations issued : 30.01.2004
Gazette Notification : 06.02.2004
CERC’s Order effective from 06.02.2004.
Salient Features of CERC Order / Salient Features of CERC Order / RegulationsRegulations
Open Access customers categorised :
Short-Term - Upto One year.Long-Term - Twenty Five years
or more
All Open Access customers to abide by Indian Electricity Grid Code.
Further Classification of Open Access Further Classification of Open Access CustomersCustomers
Direct Customer – Persons directly connected to system owned
and operated by CTU
Embedded Customer – Other than direct customer
NODAL AGENCYNODAL AGENCY
For Short-Term Customers– RLDC of the Region in which the drawal point
is located.
For Long-Term Customers– Central Transmission Utility (CTU)– STU of the region in which the drawal point is
located when CTU system is not involved.
Responsibilities of CTU/RLDCsResponsibilities of CTU/RLDCs
Procedure for reservation of transmission capacity for short term customers including the detailed procedure for bidding within 45 days by RLDC.
Procedure and application forms for long-term customers within 30 days by CTU.
Notice of 60 days to the existing customers for applying afresh.
Standardization within 60 days, the other commercial conditions for transmission charges and scheduling and system operation charges.
RLDCs to post “Open Access information” on their website within 30 days:
Information SystemInformation System
RLDC to post the following on their websites within 30 days: Floor rate in Rs./MW/Day for Short-Term customer
– Regional System– Inter-Regional link– System of STU/SEB/Transmission Licensee
Status Report on current short-term customer Month-wise and year-wise report on past short-term customer Information regarding usage of
– Inter-Regional links– Links between CTU and States systems– To be updated on hourly basis and wherever feasible on 15minute basis
Average energy losses for previous 52 weeks.
Processing of ApplicationProcessing of Application
For Long-Term Customers Long term access to be granted based on planning criteria.
Application for long term access should be submitted to CTU along with a Processing fees of Rs. 1.0 Lakh.
The application shall contain the details, such as capacity needed, point(s) of injection, point(s) of drawal, duration of availing open access, peak load, average load, etc.
Based on the system studies, CTU will intimate within 30 days whether or not the long term access can be allowed without further system strengthening.
If no system strengthening is required, open access to be allowed immediately after entering into commercial agreements.
In case system strengthening is required required, applicant may request CTU to carry out further system studies, preliminary investigation for the purpose of cost estimate & completion schedule.
Actual extra-expenditure incurred by CTU to be reimbursed by applicant.
CTU to intimate result of studies within 90 days on receipt of such request.
BPTA mandatory for long –term customers. Long-term customer cannot transfer or relinquish
his rights obligation under BPTA, without prior approval of Commission.
It may be allowed, subject to payment of compensation as determined by the Commission.
Processing of ApplicationProcessing of Application
For Short-Term Customers Nodal RLDC to interact with concerned RLDCs/SLDCs to
process the same in specified time period.
Processing time as per CERC Order– Upto One Day : 12 Hours– Upto One Week : 2 days– Upto One month : 7 days– Upto One year : 30 days
Applicant to furnish details of transactions like point of injection/drawal, quantum (MW), duration, alongwith necessary payments.
Approval ProcessApproval Process
Short-term open access to be allowed by utilising : (a) Inherent design margins,(b) Margins available due to variation in power flows, and(c) Margins available due to in-built spare transmission capacity created to cater to future load growth.”
In case of congestion snap bids are to be invited by RLDC. In case of transmission constraints, the short-term customers
shall be curtailed prior to the long term customers. Provided within a category, the open access customers shall
have equal priority and will be curtailed on pro-rata basis.
Short- Term Open Access ChargesShort- Term Open Access Charges
A. Transmission Charges: (Rs./MW/Day)ST_RATE = 0.25 x [TSC/ Av_CAP]/365To be applied on postage stamp basis for each – Regional System– Inter-Regional link– STU/SEB or Transmission Licensee System 25% of this charges to be retained and balance 75 % to be adjusted
in the transmission charges payable by long term customer. The transmission charges payable shall be for one day and in multiples of
whole no. of days. Every transmission licensee to declare rate in Rs. Per MW per day which
shall remain fixed for one year.
Where TSC for any transmission licensee is not available the per MW per day charge applicable for the system owned by CTU of the region will be applicable.
Transfer capacity reservation by short-term customers is non-transferable.
In case of under utilisation , customers to bear the full transmission and Scheduling and system operation charges as per original reservation.
B. Scheduling and System operation Charges The Short-Term customer has to pay Scheduling and System Operation Charges @ Rs. 3000/- per day per customer to each RLDCs and SLDCs involved .
C. Handling and processing charges to nodal RLDC
– 2% of the total billed amount(A+B).
D. Non-refundable Processing fee– Rs. 5000/- per application
Unscheduled inter-change chargesUnscheduled inter-change charges UI charges to be applicable to all open access
customers. For Direct Customer
– separate bill for UI charges.
For Embedded Customer – A composite bill for the State as a whole– Segregation to be done at State Level
Reactive Energy chargesReactive Energy charges All customers directly connected to CTU network shall
have to reactive energy charges as per IEGC. The reactive energy charges to be paid to or received from
Pool A/c shall not be apportioned to the embedded customers.
For Embedded Customer reactive energy charges shall be governed by the regulations of the respective State.
Energy LossesEnergy Losses The transmission customers shall bear average energy
losses in the transmission system as estimated by CTU and SLDC concerned.
The energy losses shall be compensated by additional injection at the injection point(s).
Special Energy Meters The Special Energy Meters shall be installed by the direct
customers and if required by the embedded customers.
Redressal MechanismRedressal Mechanism All grievance related to open access is to be made to
Member Secretary, REB or RPC of the region against whom the complaint is made, is located.
Member Secretary, REB or RPC shall investigate and endeavour to resolve the grievance.
In case, Member Secretary, REB or RPC is unable to resolve the grievance, it should be reported to the Commission for decision.
Procedure for reservation of transmission capacity by Long-Term Open Access
Customer
Long Term Open Access - Procedure
Receipt of Application for long term Open access by CTU in the prescribed format
CTU to carry out system studies within 30 days of receipt of application to determine whether
Scenario - Iopen access can be
allowed without any system
strengthening
Scenario-IIAdditional system strengthening would
be required for desired open access
Procedure – Scenario - I
Applicant to confirm with in 30 days to sign
BPTA
– Otherwise application shall be canceled
Long term Open access – effective only after
signing of BPTA
Procedure – Scenario - IIResponsibility Time frame Activities
Receipt of application
POWERGRID 30 Days Communicate necessity of system strengthening
Cost for carrying out studies
Consent for Studies
Applicant 30 Days Communicate to POWERGRID the consent for carrying out studies
Receipt of cost POWERGRID 90 Days Communicate study results, preliminary cost estimate & completion schedule
Receipt of study result
Applicant 30 Days Confirm acceptance of results
90 Days Execute BPTA with POWERGRID and other transmission licensee
15 Days Forward agreement signed with other transmission licensee
Application for Long Term Open Access – As per CERC Notification
POWERGRID developed following format/documents long
term open access
– Application Form with its covering letter
– Guidelines
– Terms and Conditions
– Format for intimation of open access
Applicants shall deposit application fees of Rs. 1 Lakh through
DD.
Note : POWERGRID proposes that applicant should confirm the
acceptance of terms and conditions.
Application for Long Term Open Access – As per CERC Notification
POWERGRID developed following format/documents long
term open access
– Application Form with its covering letter
– Guidelines
– Terms and Conditions
– Format for intimation of open access
Applicants shall deposit application fees of Rs. 1 Lakh through
DD.
Note : POWERGRID proposes that applicant should confirm the
acceptance of terms and conditions.
Application and Guidelines
Guidelines for application– Applicant shall complete the Application form for seeking
Long Term Open Access and provide following in a
prescribe format: Details of the applicant Power transfer requirement (peak load, average load) Details of points of injection and drawl Date of commencement and duration Generating station details including various clearances in case
of new Gen. Station Name of trader if any Confirm acceptance of Terms & Conditions
Additional Terms & conditions for Applicants
Comply with IEGC in force from time to time
POWERGRID shall only carry out the study and shall not be bound to
construct the identified system strengthening
Indemnify POWERGRID for any loss or damage arising as a consequence of
study carried out by us.
Open Access shall be effective from the date of permission or date on which
identified system strengthening is in place, whichever is later
Share the RLDCs fees & charges and any other charges as per directions of
CERC.
Shall not transfer rights and obligations specified in BPTA without approval
of CERC and shall be subjected to payment of compensation as determined
by CERC.
Procedure for reservation of transmission capacity by Short-Term Open Access
Customer
Notice issued to existing customers-5th Mar, 2004.
Long Term Open Access - Guidelines, Procedure and Application forms issued
-29th Mar, 2004.Short Term Open Access – Procedures for
reservation of transmission capacity issued-31st Mar, 2004.
ST_Rate for CTU system posted on websites of RLDCs
-31st Mar, 2004.
OUTLINE– Procedures in compliance of the provisions of
the CERC Regulations dated 30.01.2004. – All short term Open Access Customers to
comply with these procedures.– Review if necessary, after three months. – RLDCs reserve the right to review/revise/
modify/ amend the procedures as and when considered necessary.
APPLICATION AND ITS ENCLOSURES– Separate application for each transaction.– Applications received between 1000 hrs. of a
day and 1000 hrs. of the following day to be treated as to have been received together.
– An incomplete / vague application or an application not found to be in conformity with these procedures/ Regulations shall be rejected.
Enclosures along with the application:– Copies of the agreements/MOUs entered by the
buyer / seller /trader.– Advance payment through a bank draft or
electronic transfer covering the following: Transmission charges of STU/SEB/transmission
licensee system payable to the respective STU/SEB/Licensee.
Transmission charges of CTU system payable to POWERGRID.
Scheduling and system operation charges payable to the SLDCs.
Scheduling and system operation charges payable to the RLDCs
Handling and service charges payable to the Nodal RLDC.
Non-refundable fee payable to the Nodal RLDC. Advance payment for 31 days when Application for
more than one month. Otherwise, full payment in advance.
PROCESSING/APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS
– Each day to be reckoned as a working day (excluding holidays) of 24 hours.
– Nodal RLDC to seek consent of other SLDCs/ RLDCs involved.
– A non-receipt of timely consent from the SLDCs/ RLDCs to be considered as acceptance by the concerned SLDC/RLDC.
– Approval to be issued transaction wise by Nodal RLDC– Applicant to confirm his acceptance/ refusal of the
approval.– Non receipt of acceptance from the applicant to be
considered as refusal.
– Grid security / stability / reliability shall not be compromised while granting approval.
– RLDC to issue transaction-wise approvals from The point of injection of a seller to the injecting
State’s periphery From the periphery of injecting State up to the
periphery of the drawee State. From the periphery (control area boundary) of the
drawee State to the point of drawal of buyer as confirmed by the concerned SLDC.
SCHEDULING– Customer’s coordinator to coordinate with the
Utilities. – Transaction details to be furnished to each of
the SLDCs involved, on a daily basis.– SLDCs to advise RLDCs by 15.00 hours each
day regarding Open Access transactions.– Ramp-up/ramp-down, if required, to commence
at the time of commencement of the transaction and to end at the time of termination of the transaction.
– No request to be entertained for revisions.
Advance payments by Short -Term Open Access Applicants
– Transmission charges Each STU/SEB/transmission licensee involved. Each Regional / inter-regional system involved.
– Scheduling and system operation charges. Each SLDC involved @ Rs3000/- per day Each RLDC involved @ Rs3000/- per day
– Handling & Service ChargesFull amount computed @ 2% of above charges.
- Non refundable Application fee : Rs. 5,000/-
– If the applied period is 31 days or less, the advance comprises of the actual period.
– If the applied period is more than 31 days, the advance to be payable for one month (31 days).
– Payment to be made fortnightly through Bank Draft/ electronic transfer, in case of transaction for a period exceeding 31 days,.
– No separate bills to be issued for the fortnightly payment.
– Short-term Open Access charges shall not be adjusted against any other payment/charges.
- The decision of the RLDCs regarding the existence of a force majeure condition shall be final and binding.
- Customers to bear average energy losses estimated by RLDC/SLDC.
- Energy losses to be compensated by additional injection at the injection points.
ST_RATES FOR SHORT TERM OPEN ACCESS TRANSACTIONS
REGION TSC AV_CAP RATE ST_RATE
in Rs./lakhs in MW in Rs./MW/day in Rs./MW/day
(1) (2) (3) (4)=0.25*(3)
SOUTHERN 62678.75 6125.00 2803.63 700.91
WESTERN 37872.96 7630.09 1359.90 339.98
EASTERN 22939.97 5005 1255.73 313.93
NORTHERN 103853.74 10945.86 2599.44 649.86
NORTH-EASTERN 16261.07 1211 3678.85 919.71
INTER-REGIONAL LINKS TSC AV_CAP RATE ST_RATE
in Rs./lakhs in MW in Rs./MW/day in Rs./MW/day
(1) (2) (3) (4)=0.25*(3)
SR-WR 12869.75 1000 3525.96 881.49
SR-ER 10675.81 500 5849.76 1462.44
WR-ER 4739.02 1200 1081.97 270.49
WR-NR 1703.26 500 933.29 233.32
ER-NR 7063.32 500 3870.31 967.58
ER-NER 7058.08 1050 1841.64 460.41
Commercial Conditions for the Short-term Open Access Customers
– Payment to be made transaction-wise.– Payment to be made as per schedule of fortnightly
payment issued by the Nodal RLDC.– Payment to be remitted only by Bank draft/ electronic
transfer.– The Nodal RLDC to suspend the transaction in case of
a payment default.– In case of persistent payment default, new applications
from such a customer may not be entertained for a period upto twelve months.
– The advance payment to be forfeited by the Nodal RLDC in case of relinquishment /abandonment by an applicant,
– In case of approval with curtailment followed by relinquishment /abandonment by the applicant, only the non-refundable application fee to be retained and the balance advance payment to be refunded.
Payment Security Mechanism– Intended to ensure recovery of the payment
through LC in case of payment default.– Not a mechanism for regular payment.– Letter of Credit (LC) - security against payment
default for fortnightly payment. – The Bank Guarantee (BG) - security against
payment default in case of relinquishment / abandonment by a customer.
Letter of Credit– The customer to open a fortnightly irrevocable
revolving Letter of Credit (LC) on acceptance of an approval (transaction period > 31 days),
– LC to be opened in a bank as mutually agreed between a customer and the Nodal RLDC.
– LC to be opened within 10 days.– LC to be operated by the Nodal RLDC as and
when customer fails to remit the fortnightly payment.
– Terms and conditions as prescribed by the RLDCs.
Bank Guarantee– Irrevocable Bank Guarantee (BG) in favor of
the Nodal RLDC.– BG to be equal to the amount payable by the
customer for the balance period of the approved transaction.
– BG to be provided from a bank as mutually agreed between a customer and the Nodal RLDC.
– BG to be submitted in original to the Nodal RLDC within five (5) days of the date of acceptance by the customer.
– The BG to be encashed by the Nodal RLDC After five days from the previous date of operation
of the LC, if the same is not recouped. The customer fails to pay the full charges in terms
of the provisions under para 14 (iii) of the Regulations on Open Access, 2004.
Bidding Procedure– Nodal RLDC to invite snap bids when the
capacity sought to be reserved is more than the transfer capacity expected to be available (Para 6 of Regulation).
– Bids to be invited only for such period during which congestion occures.
– The decision of the RLDC/SLDC to be final and binding regarding congestion.
– The bidding procedure is not an “Auction Process”.
– Bids to be submitted on-line. – No bids through fax/post.– Only Applicants entitled to submit a bid.– Bid price in terms of percentage price above the
floor price.– RLDCs reserve the right to reject an incomplete
or vague bid.
GENERAL– RLDC to process application through e-mail if
advance payment is received.– Re-routing to be considered on its merit.– Amendment/ modification to be treated as fresh
application.– Expenses related to Bank draft/ LC/ BG to be
borne by the customer.– Applicant to indemnify RLDCs/ SLDCs from
any damage, losses, claims etc.
Standard Formats– Application for grant of short term open access.– Consent for short term open access.– Approval for short term open access.– Acceptance of short term open access.– Refusal of short term open access.– Format for invitation of bids.
WBSEB
WBPDCL
CESC
DTL
100 MW, 00 to 06 hrs
150 MW, 06 to 12 hrs
125 MW, 22 to 24 hrs
Treated as 3 separate transactions and needs 3 separate applications
ISSUES REGARDING CHARGES
Case-I (Customer is PTC for all three)
WBSEB
DTL
DTL
DTL
100 MW, 06 to 12 hrs
150 MW, 15 to 18 hrs
250 MW, 22 to 24 hrs
Case :I) – If covered in 1 application – will be
considered as one transaction and transmission charges shall be paid for 250 MW.
II) If 3 separate applications then will be treated as 3 transactions.
CASE- II(Customer is PTC for all three)
Eastern Region Northern Region
West Bengal
WBPDCL Delhi
BSES
HVDC Pusauli
Short-Term Open Access - A Case Study
: SELLER : WBPDCLBUYER : BSES (Delhi Discom)TRADER : PTCQUANTUM : 100 MWDURATION : 1 YEAR ( 01.04.2004 to 31.03.2005)
NODAL AGENCY : NRLDC
PTC shall submit application to NRLDC. NRLDC shall co-ordinate with the concerned agencies for processing and approval of the Short-Term Open Access. NRLDC shall collect and disburse all the Short-Term Open Access Charges.
ESTIMATED CHARGES PAYABLE Non refundable processing fee Rs.5000/- Transmission charges (POWERGRID)- Rs.7.04 crores
– (for ERTS, NRTS, ER-NR link) Transmission charges(STU) - Rs.3.54 crores
– ( for West Bengal and DTL) Scheduling & system operation charges
– RLDCs(ERLDC & NRLDC) - Rs.0.22 crores– SLDCs (WB SLDC & Delhi SLDC)- Rs.0.22 crores
Handling & Processing charges - Rs.0.22 crores Total (payable by short term customer)- Rs.11.24
crores POWERGRID share - Rs.2.20 crores Other Constituent’s share - Rs.9.04 crores
Total Charges Payable : Approx. 13 paisa per unit
Number of Short term Open Access Transactions(All Regions)
61
69
50
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76
58
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May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04
Nu
mb
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ST
OA
Tra
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ac
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6th May 2004 to 31st Dec 2004
Average Numbers = 62
The STOA was 3.5% of the total energy generated in the country. The no. of players out to share this 3.5% cake is going up.
Energy (in MU) traded through Short term Open Access(All Regions)
1060
1569
1109
1673
14511405
19681943
0
500
1000
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2000
2500
May-04 Jun-04 Jul-04 Aug-04 Sep-04 Oct-04 Nov-04 Dec-04
Mil
lio
n U
nit
s (
MU
) 6th May 2004 to 31st Dec 2004
Average 1522 MU
e-bidding for transactions in e-bidding for transactions in (All regions May-Dec 2004)(All regions May-Dec 2004)
e-bid conducted (no. of times) 9
Price quote above floor rate (no. of times, details below)
3
Congested Link
Bid for no. of days
Max bid Price (time floor rate)
Effective ST Tr. Charges
WR-NR 7 5.010 1.33
WR Tr. System
3 9.999 1.96
ER-WR 7 3.000 1.59
Summary of STOA Summary of STOA Transactions Transactions
(All Regions)(All Regions)May-04 to Dec-04 Total
No of transactions 495
Total Energy Generated MU
347783
Approved MU for STOA 12178
STOA As % of Total Energy Generated
3.5
Short-term market size and % utilization of STOA approvals in Northern Region
65
33
47
42
3.5 %3.4 %4.2 %
5.9 %7.7%
5.0 %3.8 %2.6 %
71
72
83
70
7772
86
58 57
22
18
74
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Scheduled STOA energy as % of Total energy consumption
No of applications processed
Scheduled STOA as % of Approved STOA
Open Access-the NR Open Access-the NR experienceexperience
Yr 2004
(May to Dec)
NR Energy Consumption
(MU)
STOA requested
(MU)
STOA approved
(MU)
STOA Scheduled
(MU)
Total 109174 10894 6691 4984
Average (per
month)
13647 1362 836 623
Scheduled STOA was 4.5% of total regional energy. Further only 75% was scheduled vis-à-vis approved.
% Sharing (Jun- Dec 04) of NR Tr. Charges vis-a-vis network utilisation for STOA
0
27
20
6
0
27
1311
9
5
13
17
4
23
3
18
14
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
UPPCL * DTL PSEB RajDiscoms
HVPNL PDD, J&K HPSEB UPCL UT Chd
Per
cen
tag
e (%
)
STOA Utilisation (Buy & Sell) Tr. Charge Sharing
Network Utilisation (NR) for STOA as % of Tr. Charge sharing
515
188
12696
71
23 12 0
181
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100
200
300
400
500
600
HPSEB PSEB HVPNL UPCL DTL PDD, J&K RajDiscoms
UT Chd UPPCL *
Per
cen
tag
e (%
)
Southern Region - Percentage STOA vis-a-vis % Tr. Charges sharing sharing
13
63
1113
33
2322
14
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
TNEB APTRANSCO KPTCL KERALA
Constituents
Per
cen
tag
e
% STOA utilisation % Tr. Charge Sharing
Network utilisation (SR) for STOA as % of Tr. Charges sharing
268
93
5139
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
APTRANSCO KERALA KPTCL TNEB
Per
cen
tag
e (%
)
Eastern Region - Percentage STOA vis-a-vis % Tr. Charges sharing
1
33
48
15
13
34
26
23
7 7
2
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Bihar WBSEB GRIDCO DVC JSEB SIKKIM
Constituents
Pe
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nta
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% STOA utilisation % Tr. Charge Sharing
Network utilisation (ER) for STOA as % of Tr. Charges sharing
210204
127
104
102
0
50
100
150
200
250
GRIDCO DVC WBSEB SIKKIM JSEB Bihar
Per
cen
tag
e (%
)
Western Region - Percentage STOA vis-a-vis % Tr.Charges Sharing
36
20
32
0 0
12
0
33
29
24
4 4 3 3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
MSEB MPSEB GEB DNH GOA CSEB DD
Constituents
Per
cen
tag
e
% STOA utilisation % Tr. Charge Sharing
Network utilisation (WR) for STOA as % of Tr. Charges sharing
390
131
108
69
1 0 00
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
CSEB GEB MSEB MPSEB GOA DD DNH
Per
cen
tag
e (%
)
STOA- Service Request/Approved Pattern (All Regions , May'04 - Dec'04)
Others (<12 hrs)7 %
More then 18 hrs Transactions
93 %
Eastern Region
Orissa
Northern Region
Inter Region Link
Change in point of injection
WBSEB
CESC CTU
Punjab
GRIDCO
WBSEB
Eastern Region
Inter Regional link
Northern Region
CTUJaipur
Ajmer
Rajasthan
ExampleExampleIn a 100 MW transaction from GRIDCO to
Punjab, if point of injection is changed from GRIDCO to CESC in Eastern Region, the network changes involve,– GRIDCO to Orissa network changed to CESC to
WBSEB network.– Orissa to CTU network changed to WBSEB to
CTU network.
In both the cases, the network is to be rechecked for availability of capacity in the new paths.
In a 50 MW transaction from WBSEB to Jaipur, if point of drawal is changed from Jaipur to Ajmer in Northern Region, the network changes involve,– CTU to Rajasthan(GSS-1) network changed to
CTU to Rajasthan(GSS-2) network.– Rajasthan to Jaipur network changed to Rajasthan
to Ajmer network.
In both the cases, the network is to be rechecked for availability of capacity in the new paths.
Concluding remarkConcluding remarkEntry barriers are essential to screen genuine players and to prevent those who are only testing waters. It is required to prevent bystanders to stray into the arena. Therefore the Open access charges must not be so low as to cause a stampede. It is a service that is being offered and the compensation has to be fair and reasonable.With the opening of the flow gate there is mad scramble to get a pie of a cake which is really small which is giving rise to conflict of interests. Therefore each one must be given a fair and equitable chance to play his cards. Freedom and flexibility are required there is no doubt about it but it must be ensured that it does not become a spoke to jam the entire machinery.
Summary of Short Term Open Access Transactions
May'0
4June'04 July'04
Aug'04
Sept'04 Oct'04 Nov'04Dec'0
4Jan'05 Total
No of Transactions 61 69 59 50 76 60 58 62 77 572
Energy (MU) 1405 1060 1569 1943 1968 1109 1451 1673 1385 13563
Applications fees (Rs in Cr) 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.31 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.029 0.033 0.555
Transmission Charges (Rs in Cr) 8.51 9.02 9.21 14.97 17.37 12.47 16.46 17.88 14.73 120.6
Scheduling Charges (Rs in Cr) 0.38 0.31 0.37 0.55 0.63 0.69 1.06 1.164 1.06 6.21
Handling Charges (Rs in Cr) 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.31 0.36 0.26 0.35 0.381 0.32 2.537
Total (Rs in Cr) 9.10 9.55 9.79 15.86 18.40 13.45 17.91 19.45 16.14 129.6
Short Term Rate (Paise/unit) 6.47 9.00 6.24 8.17 9.35 12.02 12.34 11.63 11.66 9.65