Gujarat Electricity Regulatory' Commission (Forecasting, Scheduling, Deviation Settlement and Related Matters of Solar and Wind Generation Sources) Regulations, 2019

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    "title": "Gujarat Electricity Regulatory' Commission (Forecasting, Scheduling, Deviation Settlement and Related Matters of Solar and Wind Generation Sources) Regulations, 2019",
    "short_title": "Gujarat Electricity Regulatory' Commission (Forecasting, Scheduling, Deviation Settlement and Related Matters of Solar and Wind Generation Sources) Regulations, 2019",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. 1 of 2019, dated 1",
    "act_year": 2019,
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    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "description": "Gujarat Electricity Regulatory' Commission (Forecasting, Scheduling, Deviation Settlement and Related Matters of Solar and Wind Generation Sources) Regulations, 2019",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Applicability.",
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            "title": "3. Definitions and Interpretation.",
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            "content": "(a) 'Absolute Error' means the absolute value of the error in the actual injection of wind or solar generators with reference to the 'Scheduled Generation' and the 'Actual Generation' as calculated using the following formula for each 15-minute time block:\n(b) 'Act' means the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003);\n(c) 'Actual Drawal' in a time-block means electricity drawn by a buyer measured by the interface meters;\n(d) 'Actual Injection' in a time-block means electricity generated or supplied by the seller, as the case may be, measured by the Interface meters;\n(e) 'Available Capacity or 'AvC' for wind or solar generators means the cumulative capacity rating of the wind turbines or solar inverters that are capable of generating power in a given time-block;\n(f) 'Beneficiary' means a person procuring electricity generated from a generating station including solar/wind captive generating station;\n(g) 'Buyer' means a person, including beneficiary, procuring electricity through a transaction scheduled in accordance with the Regulations applicable for short-term open access, medium-term open access and long-term access;\n(h) 'CERC' means the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission referred to in SubSection (1) of Section 76 of the Act;\n(i) 'Commission' means \"GERC\" (Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission) established under Sub-section 1 of Section 82 of the Act;\n(j) 'Deviation' in a time-block for a seller means its total actual injection of energy minus its total scheduled generation;\n(k) 'Gaming' in relation to these Regulations, shall mean an intentional mis-declaration of available capacity or schedule by any seller in order to make an undue commercial gain;\n(l) 'Grid Code' means the Grid Code specified by Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission under Clause (h) of Sub-section (1) of Section 86 of the Act;\n(m) 'IEGC' means the Grid Code specified by the CERC under Clause (h) of Sub-section (1) of Section 79 of the Act;\n(n) 'Interconnection/Interface Point' means a point at which an individual Wind / Solar Generating plant or a group of such generating plants are connected to the transmission system or distribution system as the case may be;\n(o) 'Interface Meters' means interface meters as defined by the Central Electricity Authority under the Central Electricity Authority (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006, as amended from time to time;\n(p) 'Intra-State Entity'' means an entity/entities which is/are under the control area of Gujarat SLDC and whose metering and energy accounting is done at State level;\n(q) 'Pooling Station' means the sub-station where pooling of generation of individual wind generators or solar generators is done for interfacing with State Transmission Utility/Distribution licensee sub-station:\n(r) 'Qualified Co-ordinating Agency or QCA' means the mutually agreed agency registered with SLDC, to act as a coordinating agency on behalf of wind/solar generators connected to a pooling station/substation and may be one of the generators.\n(s) 'Scheduled Generation' at any time or for a time block or any period means schedule of generation in MW or MWh ex-bus given by the State Load Despatch Centre;\n(t) 'Scheduled Drawal' at any time or for a time block or any period means schedule of despatch in MW or MWh ex-bus given by the State Load Despatch Centre;\n(u) 'Seller' means a person, including a generating station, supplying electricity through a transaction scheduled in accordance with the Regulations applicable for short-term open access, medium-term open access and long-term access;\n(v) 'State Load Despatch Centre or 'SLDC' means Load Despatch Centre of the State, established under Sub-section (1) of Section 31 of the Act, responsible for coordinating scheduling of the state entities in accordance with the provisions of the State Grid Code;\n(w) 'State Pool Account' means a separate account to be maintained by the SLDC for receipt and payments on account of deviations under these Regulations and it is a part of the State Deviation Settlement Account;\n(x) 'Time-Block' means a time block of 15 minutes, for which specified electrical parameters and quantities are recorded by Special Energy Meter, with first time block starting at 00.00 hrs;",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Objective.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Forecasting and Scheduling Code.",
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            "content": "(a) Wind generating plant of approximate 50 MW capacity at Pooling Sub-Station.\n(b) Solar generating plant of approximate 25 MW capacity at Pooling Sub-Station.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. ROLE OF QCA.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Qualifying criteria for QCA.",
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            "content": "(i) The QCA shall have the experience of minimum 1 year in the field of Wind/Solar Power forecasting and scheduling,\n(ii) The financial strength of the QCA must be such that it should be in a position to handle the risk of penalties on account of deviation by the generator. Accordingly, the net worth of the QCA from forecasting & scheduling services must be positive amounting to at least Rs.2.5 Crores in the recent last financial year which should reflect from its audited balance sheet or from the certificate of a practicing Chartered Accountant,\n(iii) The QCA shall have the capability to provide real time monitoring systems or equivalent systems for seamless flow of information to and from SLDC and RLDC in order to facilitate scheduling, revision of schedule, intimation of outages/grid constraints etc.\n(iv) QCA should have an established team of Renewable Resource Analysts, modeling Statisticians, Energy modelers, Software developers and 24x7 operation and monitoring team.\n(v) The QCA shall be using software developed by at least CMM1 level 3 certified companies or as decided by SLDC or the Commission from time to time.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Commercial Mechanism and Deviation Settlement.",
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            "content": "(a) The wind or solar generators connected to the State grid and selling power within the State shall be paid by the buyer as per actual generation at the tariff agreed in the power purchase agreement or wheeling agreement.\n(b) The wind or solar generators connected to the State grid and selling power outside the State shall be paid by the buyer as per the terms of agreement at the tariff agreed in the power purchase agreement or wheeling agreement and pay deviation charges as per the CERC (Deviation Settlement Mechanism and Forecasting) Regulations, 2014 as amended from time to time.\n(c) The wind or solar generators connected to the State grid and self-consuming power within the State, accounting of such energy generated shall be set off against consumption as per prevailing orders passed by the Commission.\n(d) The wind or solar generators who deviate from its given schedule shall be liable to pay deviation charges as per the provisions of these Regulations given at Table-1 and Table-II.\nTable -1\nSr. No.\nSr. No.\nAbsolute Error in the 15-minute time block\nAbsolute Error in the 15-minute time block\nDeviation Charges payable to State DSM Pool\nDeviation Charges payable to State DSM Pool\n1\n<= 12%\nNone\n2\n>12% but <=20%\nAt Rs. 0.25 per unit for the shortfall or excess\n\t\t\t\tenergy for absolute error beyond 12% and up to 20%\n3\n>20% but <=28%\nAt Rs. 0.25 per unit for the shortfall or excess\n\t\t\t\tenergy beyond 12% and up to 20% + Rs. 0.50 per unit for balance\n\t\t\t\tenergy beyond 20% and up to 28%\n4\n> 28%\nAt Rs. 0.25 per unit for the shortfall or excess\n\t\t\t\tenergy beyond 12% and up to 20% + Rs. 0.50 per unit for balance\n\t\t\t\tenergy beyond 20% and up to 28% + Rs. 0.75 per unit for balance\n\t\t\t\tenergy beyond 28%\nTable - II\nSr. No.\nSr. No.\nAbsolute Error in the 15-minute time block\nAbsolute Error in the 15-minute time block\nDeviation Charges payable to State DSM Pool\nDeviation Charges payable to State DSM Pool\n1\n<= 7%\nNone\n2\n>7% but <=15%\nAt Rs. 0.25 per unit for the shortfall or excess\n\t\t\t\tenergy for absolute error beyond 7% and up to 15%\n3\n>15% but <=23%\nAt Rs. 0.25 per unit for the shortfall or excess\n\t\t\t\tenergy beyond 7% and up to 15% + Rs. 0.50 per unit for balance\n\t\t\t\tenergy beyond 15% and up to 23%\n4\n>23%\nAt Rs. 0.25 per unit for the shortfall or excess\n\t\t\t\tenergy beyond 7% and up to 15% + Rs. 0.50 per unit for balance\n\t\t\t\tenergy beyond 15% and up to 23% + Rs. 0.75 per unit for balance\n\t\t\t\tenergy bevond 23%",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Implementation procedure with respect to Regulations.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Means of Communication between QCA & SLDC.",
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            "content": "(a) Communicating day ahead, intra-day and/or week ahead schedule along with revisions to SLDC.\n(b) Informing real time generation at pooling station and/or at individual generator level, as required.\n(c) Providing information of grid constraints and curtailments from SLDC side to QCA.\n(d) QCA should provide software login to the SLDC, wherein live data for all schedules and information on the deviations shall also be made available. This method will help in online communication without time lag and facilitate prompt payment of deviation charges by the generator/QCA to SLDC.\n(e) The software should facilitate information from the generator side/QCA to SLDC on generator outage with reasons for outage.\n(f) It should intimate the QCA on the DSM charges at the pooling station by the SLDC.\n(g) It should provide basic information of the site and turbines/inverters (Static Sheet).\n(h) SLDC should be able to view the State level schedule alongwith actual generation being handled by QCA/generator.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Access to Meters.",
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            "content": "(a) Access to the QCAs to modem installed on existing ABT meters for getting data on 15 minutes basis, or\n(b) Permit access to the API link for getting the data from the meter to the QCA's central server to facilitate better forecasting.\n(c) Alternatively, allow the QCA to install additional meters on the existing CT/PT to facilitate acquisition of real time data so that best schedule can be submitted to SLDC.",
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            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Deviation Accounting.",
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            "content": "(a) SLDC to calculate Absolute Error occurred in the scheduled energy and actual energy for each pooling station and for each generator which feed the energy directly to the substation.\n(b) Energy Account specifying the Deviation Charges for the renewable energy generators based on these Regulations prepared by the SLDC for the pooling stations/wind energy generators/solar generators, with consideration of the actual deviation in the energy from scheduled energy made by the pooling station or individual generator directly feeding energy in to the substation.\n(c) SLDC to prepare the energy account specifying the deviation made in the scheduling by the pooling substation or individual generator directly feeding to sub-station and collect the deviation settlement charges from the entity concerned for the amount payable by them as per the provisions of these Regulations.\n(d) SLDC is required to adjust the deviation settlement charges received from the renewable energy generators/QCAs under these Regulations in the State Pool for deviation charges payable / receivable. The said State DSM pool account is required to be maintained as revenue neutral in accordance with current practice.\n(b) SLDC shall collect deviation charge from the RE generators (Pooling station/individual generator connected with the sub-station) based on the charges for deviation as specified in these Regulations.",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Payment Mechanism for Settlement of Deviations by Wind/Solar Generators and Payment Security.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Information about Curtailment.",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Energy Accounting (Deviation charges and de-pooling of deviation charges of Wind/Solar generators connected to pooling stations).",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. De-pooling of Deviation charges.",
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            "content": "(a) In proportion to available capacity of each generator,\n(b) In proportion to energy generated in each time block by each generator,\n(c) In proportion to absolute error of Individual generator schedule.\n(d) Any other methodology/criteria mutually agreed between QCA and generators.",
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            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Power to Relax.",
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        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Power to issue directions.",
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Power to amend.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 10th June, 2019 [guj280]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. 1 of 2019, dated 19.1.2019",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2019",
        "Short Title": "Gujarat Electricity Regulatory' Commission (Forecasting, Scheduling, Deviation Settlement and Related Matters of Solar and Wind Generation Sources) Regulations, 2019",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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