Notification

click here for IIIF manifest

Haryana Government Gazette

Published by Authority

© Govt. of Haryana

No. 9–2025] CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2025 (PHALGUNA 13, 1946 SAKA) 

PART III

Notifications by High Court, Advertisement, Notices and Change of Name etc.

HARYANA ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION BAYS NO. 33-36, SECTOR-4, PANCHKULA – 134112

Notification

The 25th February, 2025

Regulation No. HERC/59/2023/1st Amendment/2025.— The Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 181 of the Electricity Act 2003 (Act 36 of 2003) and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, after previous publication, makes the following regulations: -

1. Short title, commencement, extent of application and interpretation.

(1) These Regulations may be called the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (Green Energy Open Access) Regulations, 2023, 1st Amendment Regulations, 2025.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Haryana Government Gazette.

(3) These regulations shall extend to the whole state of Haryana.

(4) This Regulations shall be applicable for allowing connectivity and open access to electricity generated from green energy sources as defined under clause (i) of Regulation 2, including the energy from non-fossil fuel based Waste-to-Energy plant, notwithstanding anything to the contrary containing in any other regulations, for the time being in force for use of intra-state transmission system (InSTS) or distribution system or both including when such system is used in conjunction with inter-State transmission system.

Provided that a generating station, including captive generating plant, or a consumer/person shall not be eligible to apply for long term or medium term or short-term open access unless he has the connectivity or he applies for connectivity to the intra-State transmission or distribution system as the case may be.

Provided further that a person may apply for connectivity as well as long term or medium term or short term open access simultaneously.

Provided that other conditions of grant of connectivity and open access in respect of green energy generation, purchase and consumption, to which no express provision has been made in these regulations, shall be in accordance with the provisions of HERC Forecasting, Scheduling and Deviation Settlement for Solar and Wind Generation Regulations, 2019, Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and conditions for grant of connectivity and open access for intra-State transmission and distribution system) Regulations, 2012 and Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for determination of Tariff from Renewable Energy Sources, Renewable Purchase Obligation and Renewable Energy Certificate) Regulations, 2021, as amended from time to time.

2. Amendment of Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations:

The first para of Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations, shall be substituted as under:-

"4. Eligibility criteria for Green Energy Open Access:

The consumer who has contracted demand or sanctioned load of hundred kW and above either through single connection or through multiple connections aggregating hundred kW or more located in same electricity operation division of a distribution licensee shall be eligible to take power through Green Energy Open Access and there shall be no limit of supply of power for the captive consumers taking power under Green Energy Open Access."

Fourth proviso of Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations, shall be substituted as under:

"Provided further that the eligible consumers of a distribution licensee who are not on independent feeders may be allowed open access subject to the condition that they agree to the system constraints as well as the power cut restrictions imposed by the distribution licensee serving them. In such cases, under drawl, if any, on account of power cut restrictions shall not be compensated."

3. Amendment of Regulation 8 (2) of the Principal Regulations:

The fifth proviso of Regulation 8 (2) of the Principal Regulations, shall be substituted as under:-

"Provided also that additional surcharge shall not be applicable in case electricity produced from offshore wind projects, which are commissioned upto December, 2032 and supplied to the Open Access Consumers."

By Order of the Commission Panchkula: The 25th February, 2025

(Sd.)…, Secretary, HERC, Panchkula. [383-1]

11666—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.