PUNJAB STATE ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION,

SCO NO. 220-221, SECTOR 34-A, CHANDIGARH

 

                                                   Petition No.19 of 2008

                                                         Date of Order: 04.01.2010

 

In the matter of:          Petition for Regulations covering applicability  of U.I. tariff in case of Open Access Customers for mismatch of injection and drawl.

                                                            AND

In the matter of:          Punjab State Electricity Board, The Mall, Patiala.

 

Present:                      Shri Jai Singh Gill, Chairman

                                    Smt. Baljit Bains, Member

           Shri Satpal Singh Pall, Member 

 

For petitioner:            Shri J.P.Singh, Dy.C.E./TR-II

                                  Shri Gurpal Singh, Director Open Access 

Shri D.P.Sethi, Dy.Director/Open Access

Shri Jaswinder Singh, A.D./TR-1  

 

ORDER

 

 

The Punjab State Electricity Board (Board) has filed this petition seeking  clarification of some issues concerning the applicability  of U.I. tariff in the case of Open Access Customers when there is a mismatch between injection and drawl. A prayer has also been made for suitable incorporation of the clarifications in the Regulations/Guidelines governing grant of Open Access in the State. The issues highlighted are:

  1. The tariff applicable in the event of a mis-match between injection and drawl, injection and schedule of drawl and schedule for intra/inter state open access cases and whether the tariff for power injecting or drawing entities will be at NRSE rates or the tariff for similar category of consumers.

2.      The tariff to be charged when there is no generation at a plant whereas the Open Access customer has scheduled its despatch and the same has been accepted by the Nodal RLDC. The petitioner has suggested that the customer should, in such an event, be liable to compensate the Board at the rate at which power is being sold to the purchaser in addition to penalty.

3.      Applicability of regulation 20.5 of Open Access Regulation 2008 issued by CERC for determination of UI rate at the Customer’s Bus.

4.      Penalty leviable in case of willful mis-declaration of availability/available capacity to gain an unearned benefit through the UI mechanism (gaming).

5.      The tariff payable by an Open Access customer for drawl of power when there is neither any injection nor any schedule therefor.

6.      Compensation payable to a generator when the Board is unable to receive the power on account of majeure reasons.

7.      The tariff payable by an open access customer who requires supplemental supply of electricity from the Board and/or additional supply in the event of outages in the customer’s generation/transmission system.

8.      It is also prayed that based on the findings of the Commission, on the above issues, the provisional bills served to M/s Rana Sugars Ltd. may be permitted to be revised.

 

While considering this petition the Commission observed that neither  the Open Access Regulations framed in August, 2005 nor subsequent amendments effected by Notification dated 31st August, 2007 addressed issues   such as under/over injection by a generator, failure to evacuate power by the distribution licensee and provision of supplemental/standby power. Accordingly, a staff paper prepared by the Commission’s office was published through public notice incorporating the proposed amendments to the Open Access Regulations to address the above issues and comments invited from the stakeholders. No comments/objections have, however, been received. The Commission thereafter approved the proposed amendments with some modifications and the same have been published in the Govt. Gazette, as Notification No.PSERC/Secy/Reg.44 dated Dec. 1, 2009 (a copy of which is annexed to this order). All the issues raised by the Petitioner have been addressed with this notification except those at Sr.No.3 & 8 above.

In so far as the applicability of Regulation 20.5 of the Open Access Regulations issued by the CERC is concerned, the Commission observes that a similar provision already stands incorporated in the amendment issued on 1.12.2009 by allowing intra-state T&D losses on the quantum of under injected power while levying UI charges from an Open Access customer. In the case of over injection, however, the generator would be paid 100% UI charges instead of 95% as provided in the CERC Regulations. As regards Issue No.8, the Commission clarifies that its order will be effective prospectively.

          The petition is disposed of accordingly.

 

 

 

            Sd/-                                                     Sd/-                                         Sd/-

(Satpal Singh Pall)                         (Baljit Bains)                             (Jai Singh Gill)

 Member                                             Member                                      Chairman

 

Place: Chandigarh

Dated: 04.01.2010