REGISTERED NO. PT.-40
EXTRA ORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
2 PAUSHA 1946(S)
(NO.PATNA 1217) PATNA, MONDAY, 23RD DECEMBER 2024
BIHAR ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION
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NOTIFICATION
9th December 2024
No.- BERC-SMP No-16/2024-05—In exercise of the powers conferred under
Section 181 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), read with section 39, 40, 42, 61 and
86 thereof and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, and after previous publication,
the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission hereby makes the following Regulations,
namely.
CHAPTER-1
PRELIMINARY
1. Short Title, Extent and Commencement.—
(1) These regulations may be called Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission
(Green Energy Open Access) Regulations, 2024.
(2) These Regulation shall extend to the whole of the State of Bihar.
(3) These Regulations shall come into force from date of their publication in the
official Gazette of Government of Bihar.
2. Definitions.—
(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) ‘Act’ shall mean the Electricity Act, 2003 and subsequent amendments
thereof.
(b) ‘Banking’ means the surplus green energy scheduled and injected into
the grid and credited with the distribution licensee by the Green Energy
Open Access consumer.
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(c) ‘Banking Cycle’ means a continuous period of two consecutive
financial quarters including the quarter of commencement of Banking.
Illustration:
(i) In case a Green Energy OA consumer is permitted to commence
banking on 25th January of a year, the period of his banking cycle
will be till 30th June of the year.
(ii) In case the banking commences on 1st April of a year, the period
of banking cycle will be till 30th September of the year."
(d) ‘Billing Cycle’ shall have the same meaning as has been specified
under Bihar Electricity Supply Code, 2007 as amended from time to
time or as per the Tariff Orders issued by the Bihar Electricity
Regulatory Commission.
(e) ‘Central Commission’ means the Central Electricity Regulatory
Commission referred to in sub-section (1) of Section 76 of the Act.
(f) ‘Central Nodal Agency’ means a Central Nodal Agency as notified by
the Central Government to set up and operate a single window green
energy open access system for renewable energy.
(g) ‘Commission’ means the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission
(BERC) constituted under the Act.
(h) “Consumer” means any person who is supplied with electricity for his
own use by a licensee or the Government or by any other person
engaged in the business of supplying electricity to the public under the
Electricity Act, 2003 or any other law for the time being in force and
includes any person whose premises are for the time being connected
for the purpose of receiving electricity with the works of a licensee, the
Government or such other person, as the case may be.
(i) ‘Day Ahead Market (DAM)’ means a market where Day Ahead
Contracts are transacted on the Power Exchange(s).
(j) ‘Entity’ shall mean any consumer who has contracted demand or
sanctioned load of 100 kW or more either through single connection or
through multiple connections aggregating 100 kW or more located in
same electricity division of a distribution licensee, except for captive
consumers.
Provided that there shall be no capacity restriction for setting up of
RE projects for captive use with respectto the consumer's contract
demand/sanctioned load with Discoms.
(k) ‘Existing Consumer’ shall mean a person already availing Open access
for sourcing/ supplying renewable energy to the transmission system
and/ or distribution system of a licensee in the State under an existing
agreement or Commission’s Regulations/Orders on the date of coming
into force of these Regulations.
(l) ‘Forum of Regulators’ means the Forum as referred to in sub-section
(2) of section 166 of the Act.
(m) ‘Fossil Fuel’ means fuels such as coal, lignite, gas, liquid fuel, or
combination of these as its primary source of energy, which are used in
Thermal Generating Station for generating electricity.
(n) ‘Green Energy’means the electrical energy from renewable sources of
energy as determined by the Central Government as per the provision of
Clause G of sub-rule (2) of rule 4 of Electricity (Promoting Renewable
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Energy Through Green Energy Open Access), Rules 2022 and
amendments thereof;
(o) ‘Green Energy Open Access Consumer’ means any person who has
contract demand or sanctioned load of Hundred (100) kW or more,
either through single connection or through multiple connections
aggregating Hundred (100) kW or more located in same electricity
division of a distribution licensee, shall be eligible to avail Green
Energy through Open Access, who is supplied with electricity from
green energy sources for his own use by a licensee or the Government
or from its own Captive Generation Plant or by any other person
engaged in the business of supplying electricity to the public under the
Electricity Act, 2003 or any other law for the time being in force and
includes any person whose premises are for the time being connected
for the purpose of receiving green energy with the works of a licensee,
the Government or such person, as the case may be.
Provided that there shall be no capacity restriction for setting up
of RE projects for captive use with respect to the consumer's contract
demand/sanctioned load with Discoms availing power under Green
Energy Open Access.
(p)
‘Month’ shall mean calendar month.
(q)
‘Obligated Entity’ shall mean the entities/person mandated under
clause (e) of subsection (1) of section 86 of the Act to fulfil Renewable
Purchase Obligation, which includes distribution licensee, captive user,
and open access consumer.
(r)
‘Rules’ means the Electricity (Promoting Renewable Energy Through
Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2022 and subsequent amendments.
(s)
‘Standby charges’ means the charges applicable to green energy open
access consumers against the standby arrangement provided by the
distribution licensee, in case such green energy open access consumer is
unable to procure/schedule power from the generating sources with
whom they have the agreements to procure power due to outages of
generator, transmission systems and the like.
(2) Words and expressions used and not defined in these regulations but defined
in the Act or IEGC or State Grid Code any other regulation of the
Appropriate Commission shall have the meaning assigned to them under the
Act or the IEGC or the State Grid Code or any other regulation of the
Commission as the case may be.
3. Scope.— These regulations shall be applicable for allowing Connectivity
and Open Access to electricity generated from green energy sources as defined under
item no. 2(1) (n) of Regulation 3 of these Regulations, including the energy from
non-fossil fuel-based Waste-to-Energy plant for use of Intra-State Transmission System
(InSTS) and/or distribution system in the State or both, including Intra-State
Transmission or Distribution System(s), which are incidental to Inter-State Transmission
of electricity.
Provided that existing consumer(s)/generators shall continue to avail
the open access as per the existing agreements or government policy for the
period specified in those agreements or policies, unless specifically provided
under any clause of these regulations.
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4. Renewable Purchase Obligation.—
4.1 On and from the date of commencement of these Regulations, there shall
be a uniform renewable purchase obligation, on all obligated entities in
area of a distribution licensee.
4.2 Any entity, whether obligated or not may elect to generate, purchase and
consume renewable energy as per their requirements by one or more of the
following methods:
a.
Own Generation from renewable energy sources:
There shall not be any capacity limit for installation
of power plants fromrenewable energy sources by entities
for their own consumption and such plants may be set up at
any location in India and power shall be transmitted over
Intra-State Transmission System (InSTS) or distribution
system or both, which are incidental to Inter-State
Transmission of electricity by using open access:
However an entity may have the liberty to install
RE generating plant (Solar, Wind, Hydro etc) of a higher
capacity for their convenience and at there own cost and
risk . This will, however, not entitle the entity to seek any
extra advantage on this ground.
Provided that the generating plant may be set up by
the entity itself or by a developer with which the entity
enters into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).
b.
By procuring Renewable Energy through Open Access
from any Developereither directly or through a trading
licensee or through power market(s).
Explanation:
i. Developer means the generating company who
generates electrical energy from renewable sources of
energy.
ii. Trading Licensee means a person who has been granted
a license by appropriate commission, for purchase of
electricity for resale thereof.
c.
By requisition from distribution licensee:
i. Any consumer may elect to purchase Green Energy
either up to a certain percentage of the consumption or
its entire consumption and they may place a requisition
for this with their distribution licensee, which shall
procure such quantity of green energy and supply it and
the consumer shall have the flexibility to give separate
requisition for solar and non-solar;
ii. The consumer may purchase on a voluntary basis, more
renewable energy, than he is obligated to do and for
ease of implementation, this may be in steps of 25%
going upto100%;
iii. The tariff for the green energy shall be determined
separately by the Commission, which shall comprise of
the average pooled power purchase cost of the
renewable energy, cross-subsidy surcharges if any, and
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service charges covering the prudent cost of the
distribution licensee for providing the green energy;
iv. Any requisition for green energy from a distribution
licensee shall be for a minimum period of one year.
Provided that the requisition for green
energy, if sufficiently available with the discoms, shall
be met within a month. Further, if sufficient quantum of
green energy is not available with the discoms, the
requisition for green energy must be met within 6
months from the date of requisition.
v. The quantum of green energy shall be pre-
requisitionedfor at least one month in advance;
vi. The green energy purchased from distribution licensee
or from Renewable Energy sources other than
distribution licensee in excess of Renewable Purchase
Obligation of obligated entity shall be counted
towardsRenewable Purchase Obligation compliance of
the distribution licensee;
vii The accounting of renewable energy supplied at
distribution licensee level shall be on a monthly basis.
d.
By consuming green energy from captive power plant.
e.
By purchasing of renewable energy certificates in
accordance with the applicable regulations.
f.
Purchase of green hydrogen or green ammonia.—The
obligated entity can also meet their Renewable Purchase
Obligation by purchasing green hydrogen or green
ammonia and the quantum of such green hydrogen or green
ammonia would be computed by considering the
equivalence to the green hydrogen or green ammonia
produced from one MWh of electricity from the renewable
sources or its multiples and norms in this regard shall be
notified by the Central Commission.
CHAPTER-2
PROCEDURE FOR GRANT OF OPEN ACCESS
5. Nodal Agency:-
i.
SLDC Bihar shall be the State Nodal Agency for grant of Green
Energy Open Access for short term (for a period up to One month)
and State Transmission Utility (STU) shall be nodal agency for grant
of Green Energy Open Access, for medium term (for a period
exceeding Three months but not exceeding five years) and long term
(for a period exceeding seven years).
ii.
All applications related with connectivity and green energy open
access shall be received by the State Nodal Agency in accordance
with the detailed procedure, through the single window green energy
open access system for renewable energy developed by Central Nodal
Agency.
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6. Procedure andGrant of Green Energy Open Access.—
i.
The detailed procedure for grant of connectivity and Green Energy
Open Access including the application format, model banking
agreement and applicable Bank Guarantees/ Fees/ Charges etc., shall
be prepared by the State Nodal Agency, within a period of 60days
from the date of notification of these regulations.
Provided that, if the above procedure is not formulated and
published on DISCOMs website within the above timeframe, no
application for grant of GEOA shall be refused merely for that
reason.
ii.
All the applications for Green Energy Open Access complete in all
respects shall be submitted on the portal setup by the Central Nodal
Agency and these applications shall be routed to the State Nodal
Agency as specified under these Regulations for grant of green
energy open access.
iii. The State Nodal Agency shall, by an order in writing, approve the
application for the Green Energy Open Access within a period of
fifteen days from the date of receipt of complete application for
connectivity/ open access, failing which it shall be deemed to have
been approved subject to the fulfilment of technical requirements.
Provided that the order of processing of such applications
for Green Energy Open Access shall be first in first out.
Provided further that among Green Energy Open Access
consumers, Long Term Green Energy Open Access consumers shall
have preference over others, followed by Medium-term and Short-
term, at any given time.
Provided also that, open access for non-fossil fuel source
shall be given priority over the open access from fossil fuel.
iv.
The open access shall be allowed for a minimum twelve-time block
of 15-minute time interval during a day, for which the consumer shall
not change the quantum of power consumed through open access.
Provided that open access allowed to such consumer shall
be subject to the condition that they agree to the system constraints as
well as power cut restrictions imposed by the STU/SLDC. In such
cases, under drawl, if any, on account of power cut restrictions/
system constraints shall not be compensated.
v.
There shall be no limit of quantum of supply of power for the captive
consumers taking power under Green Energy Open Access.
vi. Such consumers/entities, having been declared insolvent or bankrupt
or having uncontested outstanding dues against them for more than
two months billing of the distribution/transmission licensee or have
been convicted of an offence of unauthorized use of electricity/theft of
electricity in the preceding months of making an application, shall not
be eligible for open access.
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CHAPTER-3
GREEN ENERGY OPEN ACCESS CHARGES
7. Charges for Green Energy Open Access .—The charges on Green Energy
Open Access consumers shall be as follows: -
(1) Transmission Charges;
(2) Wheeling Charges ;
(3) Cross Subsidy Surcharge;
(4) Additional Surcharge;
(5) Standby Charges wherever applicable;
(6) Banking Charge; and
(7) Other fees and charges such as Application fees /SLDC fees and
scheduling charges, deviation settlement (DSM) charges, reactive
energy charges as per the relevant regulations.
(1)
Transmission Charges.—
a)
For use of inter-State transmission system.—Inter- State
Transmission Charges and Inter- State Transmission losses shall be
levied on Green Energy Open Access Consumer as determined by
the CERC from time to time.
b) For use of intra-State transmission system.—Intra State
Transmission Charges shall be levied on Green Energy Open
Access Consumer as determined by the Commission in MYT
Tariff Order from time to time.
i. In case, where a dedicated transmission system used for open
access has been constructed for exclusive use of an open
access consumer, the transmission charges for such dedicated
system shall be worked out by transmission licensee for their
respective systems and get the same approved by the
Commission. The charges shall be borne entirely by such open
access consumer till such time the surplus capacity is allotted
and used for by other persons or purposes.
ii. In addition to Transmission Charge, Intra-State Transmission
loss shall be applicable to consumers seeking Green Energy
Open Access as may be determined and notified by
commission from time to time in accordance with applicable
Regulations.
Provided that the existing waivers or concessions in
the Transmission Charges applicable for green energy open
access transactions under BERC(Open Access Regulations)
2018 shall continue.
(2)
Wheeling Charges.— Wheeling Charges shall be levied on Green
Energy Open Access Consumer as determined by the Commission in
Retail Supply Tariff Order issued from time to time.
i.
In case, where a dedicated distribution system used for open access
has been constructed for exclusive use of an open access consumer,
the wheeling charges for such dedicated system shall be worked
out by distribution licensee for their respective systems and get
approved by the Commission. Such charges shall be borne entirely
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by such open access consumer till such time the surplus capacity is
allotted and used for by other persons:
Provided that an open access consumer connected to the
Intra State Transmission system shall be liable to pay the wheeling
charges determined under this regulation, if such consumer was
paying wheeling charges directly or indirectly before availing the
green energy open access.
ii.
In addition to Wheeling Charge, Wheeling loss shall be applicable
to consumers seeking Green Energy Open Access and it shall be
determined by the commission from time to time.
Provided that, the Wheeling loss shall include only
technical loss and not Aggregate Technical and Commercial loss of
that Distribution Licensee.
Provided also that if feeder-wise data of losses is not
available, the Commission shall consider the voltage-wise sample
feeder for determining the wheeling losses.
Provided further that the existing waivers or concessions in
the Wheeling Charges applicable for renewable energy open access
transactions under BERC (Open Access Regulations) 2018 shall
continue.
(3)
Cross subsidy surcharge.—
a) If Green energy open access facility is availed by a cross-
subsidising consumer of a distribution licensee of the State, then
such consumer, in addition to transmission and wheeling charges,
shall pay cross subsidy surcharge determined by the Commission.
Cross subsidy surcharge determined on Per Unit basis shall be
payable, monthly by the green energy open access consumers
based on the actual energy drawn during the month through open
access. The amount of surcharge shall be paid to the distribution
licensee of the area of supply from whom the consumer was
availing supply before seeking open access.
b) Cross subsidy surcharge shall be levied on Green Energy Open
Access Consumers as determined by the Commission in its Retail
Supply Tariff order from time to time
c) The Cross-Subsidy Surcharge shall not exceed 20% of the Average
Cost of Supply (ACoS) applicable to the category of the consumers
seeking Green Energy Open Access.
Provided that the Commission may fix a lower surcharge in
the situation of shortages and load shedding by the distribution
licensee.
Provided further that such cross-subsidy surcharge shall not
be levied in case distribution access is provided to a person who
has been availing green power from the plant established as captive
generation plant for his own use.
Provided also that the cross-subsidy surcharge for Green
Energy Open Access Consumer purchasing green energy, from a
generating plant using green energy (renewable energy) sources,
shall not be increased, during twelve years from the date of
operating of the generating plant using renewable energy sources,
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by more than fifty percent of the surcharge fixed for the year in
which open access is granted.
Provided also that cross subsidy surcharge shall not be
applicable in case power produced from a non-fossil fuel-based
Waste-to-Energy plant is supplied to the Open Access Consumer.
Provided also that cross subsidy surcharge shall not be
applicable in case green energy is utilized for production of green
hydrogen and green ammonia.
d) Cross-Subsidy Surcharge for Green Energy Open Access shall be
computed in Rs/kWh and shall be charged on the actual energy
consumed by the consumer under Green Energy Open Access.
(4)
Additional Surcharge.—Additional surcharge shall be levied on Green
Energy Open Access Consumers as determined by the Commission in
its Retail Supply Tariff order from time to time.
Provided that Green Energy Open Access Consumer, in addition to
transmission charges, wheeling charges and cross subsidy surcharge,
shall pay additional surcharge on the actual energy drawn during the
month through open access. The amount of additional surcharge shall
be paid to the Distribution Licensee of the area of supply form whom
the consumer was availing supply before seeking open access.
Provided further that the additional surcharge shall not be
applicable for Green Energy Open Access Consumers, if fixed charges
are being paid by such a consumer.
Provided also that such additional surcharge shall not be levied in
case a person is availing green power from the plant established as
captive generation plant for his own use.
Provided also that additional surcharge shall not be applicable in
case power produced from a non-fossil fuel-based Waste-to-Energy
plant is supplied to the Open Access Consumer.
Provided also that additional surcharge shall not be applicable in
case green energy is utilized for production of green hydrogen and
green ammonia.
Provided also that additional surcharge shall not be applicable in
case electricity produced from offshore wind projects, which are
commissioned up to December 2032 and supplied to the Open Access
Consumer.
(5)
Standby Facility and Charges.—
a) In case the green energy open access consumer is unable to
procure/schedule power from the generating sources with whom
they have the agreements to procure power due to outages of
generator, transmission systems and the like, standby arrangement
shall be provided to Green Energy Open Access consumer by the
distribution licensee of the area of its supply.
b) The Standby Charges for Green Energy Open Access for such
standby arrangement shall be 125% of energy charges applicable to
the consumer tariff Category.
Provided that the standby charges shall be in addition to the
applicable tariff on standby energy supplied by the Distribution
Licensee to the Green Energy Open Access Consumer.
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Provided that such Standby Charges shall not be applicable
if the Green Energy Open Access Consumers have given notice, at
least a day in advance before gate closure in DAM on ‘D-1’ day,
‘D’ being the day of delivery of power, for standby arrangement to
the distribution licensee.
Provided also that Green Energy Open Access consumers
would have the option to arrange standby power from any other
source.
c) The Standby Charges for Green Energy Open Access shall be
computed in Rs/kWh, and it shall be charged on the actual energy
drawn by the consumer from distribution licensee during the
period of standby availed by Green Energy Open Access consumer
in case of outage of RE generator under Green Energy Open
Access.
(6)
Banking Facility and Charges.—
I. Banking facility shall be provided to the consumers availing Green
Energy Open Access. The surplus energy from a ‘Green Energy’
Generating Station after setoff shall be banked with the
Distribution Licensee.
a)
The banking facility including injection of surplus energy
and drawl of banked energy shall be subject to scheduling as
per relevant Regulations.
b)
The Banking charges shall be adjusted at a certain percentage
of the energy delivered at point of transaction as specified
hereunder:
• During November to March, drawal of banked energy
available during any time slot (peak period/off peak
period/normal period) will be allowed during any of the
time slot (peak TOD, off peak TOD, and normal period)
with banking charges in kind @ 8% of the energy
banked.
• During April to October, drawal of Banked energy
available during off peak TOD and normal TOD period
shall be permitted by paying banking charges in kind @
8% of the energy banked.
• During April to October, drawal of Banked energy
during peak TOD period/slot shall not be permitted.
II. The permitted quantum of banked energy by the green energy open
access consumers shall be at least 30% (thirty percent) of total
monthly consumption of electricity from the distribution licensee
by the consumers during the banking cycle.
For the purpose of calculating the permissible quantum of
banked energy, which represents a minimum of 30% of total
monthly consumption, only the energy directly procured from the
distribution licensee shall be considered. Electricity obtained
through Open Access arrangements either from a third-party
supplier or via captive generation utilising the distribution
network, will be excluded from this calculation.
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III. The credit for banked energy shall not be permitted to be carried
forward to subsequent bankingcycles and shall be adjusted during
the same bankingcycle in the manner specified under these
Regulations.
Provided further that the unutilized surplus banked energy
shall be considered as lapsed at the end of each bankingcycle and
the renewable energy generating station shall be entitled to get
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) to the extent of the lapsed
banked energy.
(7)
Other Charges.— In addition to above charges, the consumer availing
Green Energy Open Access shall also pay the following charges
determined by the Commission as per the provisions of the relevant
regulations of the Commission.
a) Scheduling charges- The Green Energy Open Access consumers
shall require to pay scheduling charge of Rs.2000/ day/approval for
Short-Term Open Access and in case of Long-Term Open Access
and Medium-Term Open Access the same shall be as per Tariff
Order of the Commission for respective year.
b) RE Deviation Settlement Charges (RE-DSM)- The Green Energy
Open Access consumers shall be governed by the "Bihar Electricity
Regulatory Commission (Intra-state Availability Based Tariff and
Deviation Settlement Mechanism) Regulations, 2020. They shall be
liable to pay deviation charges as per aforesaid Regulations as case
may be.
c) Reactive Energy Charge- In respect of Green Energy generator, the
payment for the reactive energy charges shall be in accordance with
provisions stipulated in the Electricity Grid Code notified by the
Commission read with Tariff Order passed by the Commission from
time to time.
8. Settlement of open access energy for power drawn from inter-state as well as
intra-state sources shall be in the following order of priority:
a. Open Access Power through Exchange/ Bilateral transactions
b. Captive Power /Third Party (Non-RE)
c. RE generation after deduction of losses
d. Banked energy
e. Discom’s power
9. Settlement of open-access energy for the generator shall be in the following
order of priority:
a. Open Access Power through Exchange/ Bilateral transactions
b. Captive Power /Third Party (Non-RE)
10. Curtailment Priority.—In case due to transmission/distribution system
constraints or otherwise, it is necessary to curtail the service, the following priority shall
be followed:
•
The short-term Open-access consumer (other than GEOA consumer) shall
be curtailed first followed by short-term GEOA consumers.
•
Next, medium-term Open-access consumer (other than GEOA consumer)
followed by medium-term GEOA consumer shall be curtailed.
•
Next long-term Open-access consumer {other than GEOA consumer)
followed by long-term GEOA consumer shall be curtailed.
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Provided that within a category, the GEOA consumers shall have
equal curtailment priority and shall be curtailed on pro-rata basis.
Provided further that distribution licensees shall be curtailed as last
resort.
11. Special Energy Meters
i.
Metering shall be done in accordance with the provisions of CEA
(Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006 as amended
from time to time.
ii.
Meters with Time of the Day (TOD) facility shall be installed by the
GEOA Generators/consumers.
iii.
The meters shall be capable of time-differentiated measurements (15
minutes) of necessary parameters. These meters shall always be
maintained in good condition and shall be open for inspection by any
person authorized by the State nodal agency.
iv.
The meter shall include CTs, PTs and associated accessories and shall
be tested and calibrated at least once in a year.
v.
The meters shall be sealed by the distribution licensee in whose area the
Generator/Consumer is situated.
vi.
In case the meter is provided by the transmission/distribution licensee,
the Openaccess consumer shall pay for its rent and also provide meter
security deposit.
vii. The meter shall be capable of communicating its reading to SLDC on
real time basis.
viii. The metering code and/or any other rules/ regulations/ code relevant to
metering in the State shall be applicable to the GEOA consumers also.
12. Compliance of Grid Code/Distribution Code.—GEOA consumers shall abide
by the State Grid Code, Indian Electricity Grid Code, Distribution Code and all other
Codes and Standards, DSM Regulations as applicable.
13. Energy Losses.—Energy losses of the transmission and distribution system
shall be applicable to the GEOA consumers as specified by the Commission from time to
time.
14. Dispute Resolution.—
•
All disputes and complaints relating to GEOA shall be made to the SLDC,
which may investigate and endeavor to resolve the grievance.
•
No application for Open access shall be denied unless the applicant has
been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter.
•
If the SLDC is unable to redress the grievance, Petition against the order
of the State Nodal Agency, shall be filed before the State Commission,
within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of Order.
•
The Commission shall dispose of the matter within three months and
orders of the Commission shall be binding.
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CHAPTER-4
MISCELLANEOUS
1. Power to give directions.— The Commission may from time to time issue
such directions and orders as considered appropriate for implementation of these
Regulations.
2. Power to relax.—The Commission may by general or special order, for
reasons to be recorded in writing, and after giving an opportunity of hearing to the parties
likely to be affected, may relax any of the provisions of these Regulations on its own
motion or on an application made before it by an interested person.
3. Power to amend.—The Commission may from time to time add, vary, alter,
suspend, modify, amend, or repeal any provisions of these Regulations.
4. Power to remove difficulties.—If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the
provisions of these Regulations, the Commission may, by an order, make such provisions,
not inconsistent to the provision of the Act and these Regulations, as may appear to be
necessary for removing the difficulty.
By Order,
RAAMISH TAUSEEF,
Secretary,
Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission.
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