7. Qualifying criteria for QCA.

(i) The QCA shall have the experience of minimum 1 year in the field of Wind/Solar Power forecasting and scheduling,
(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,
(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.
(iv) QCA should have an established team of Renewable Resource Analysts, modeling Statisticians, Energy modelers, Software developers and 24x7 operation and monitoring team.
(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.