Haryana Regulatory Comission's Guidelines for Load Forecasts, Resource Plans, and Power Procurement Process

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    "title": "Haryana Regulatory Comission's Guidelines for Load Forecasts, Resource Plans, and Power Procurement Process",
    "short_title": "Haryana Regulatory Comission's Guidelines for Load Forecasts, Resource Plans, and Power Procurement Process",
    "act_number": "Published vide Haryana Notification No. 31/99, Dat",
    "act_year": 1999,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Haryana",
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    "description": "Haryana Regulatory Comission's Guidelines for Load Forecasts, Resource Plans, and Power Procurement Process",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. General.",
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            "content": "(a) While forecasting the demand for power within their Area of Supply pursuant to Condition 19.10 of the HVPN Transmission and Bulk Supply Licence and Condition 20.2 of the Distribution and Retail Supply Licence;\n(b) While formulating resource plans and schemes to meet their obligations under Condition 19.1 of the HVPN Transmission and Bulk Supply Licence and Condition 17.1 of the Distribution and Supply Licence; and\n(c) In the case of HVPN, While formulating proposal to purchase power pursuant to Condition 15 of the HVPN Transmission and Bulk Supply License.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Load Forecasts.",
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            "content": "(a) [Demand Side Management (DSM)] programmes and anticipated increases in end use efficiency. HVPN and Distribution and Retail Supply Licensees shall co-ordinate the planning and implementation of their respective DSM programmes.\n(b) Forecasts for each category of load as per existing tariff classification except that industrial loads should be separated into two categories, namely LT industries and HT industries.\n(c) Forecast losses for each year. Licensees shall describe their plans for reduction of losses, technical and non-technical, so as to justify projected loss reductions contained in the forecasts.\n(d) Forecast seasonal and time of day changes in load shape through the Forecast period.\n(e) Comparison of projected load growth against actual load growth for the preceding 5 years, or since the Licence was issued, if shorter.\n(f) Ranges, to take account of uncertainty in forecasting, together with identification of principal uncertainties and major variables.\"\n2.4 Commission's Review.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Resource Plans.",
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            "content": "3.2 Standard.\n3.2.3 Each resource plan prepared by a Licensee shall be.\n(ii) Appropriate, that is, it shall use a method of forecasting energy and/or capacity requirements that is technically suitable for the Licensee preparing it;\n(iii) Robust, that is, firstly it shall identify key uncertainties, the plan's exposure to those uncertainties, and the manner in which those risks are to be managed; and secondly it shall identify sources of finance such that the plan may be judged realistic in those terms.\n(iv) Uniform, that it it shall present the information and data in the plan in a standard format which contains clear definitions of the terms used.\n3.3. Power Procurement Plans.\n3.3.6. Each Power Procurement Plan shall consist of.\n(ii) Energy utilisation, peak load and power factor data and annual load factors for the previous 5 years period.\n(iii) Data for each existing generating station indicating energy and peaking capacity during plan period (as collected from Generating Companies) with due regard to hydrology and peak period discharge capacities of Hydro Electrical Plants.\n(iv) Annual capacity and energy balance statements for the plan period, showing available net capacity from existing resources, station by station. Additional net generation capacity to be added indicating year of commission, and total capacity against planning criteria indices as achieved after each addition.\n(v) Recommended plan for additional power procurement indicating unit sizes, type, gross capacity, year of commissioning, long run marginal cost along with annual details of incremental cost of generation and incremental net energy generated. It is recognised that insofar as HVPN will use competitive procurement to purchase new capacity from IPPs, the plan for additional power procurement need not identity specific generating units, specific sites or exact MW sizes, but shall identity plants and general location that are reasonably expected to be available from IPPs. Nevertheless HVPN shall include in the plan the results of its evaluation of alternative resources and justify, in terms of economic advantage, its preferred options for meeting new capacity requirements.\n(vi) HVPN shall submit a two year implementation plan, consistent with and specifying the detail of the first two years of the Power Procurement Plan. The Licensee shall make explicit the steps it intends to take in the first two years that will enable the acquisition of the supply and demand side resources as anticipated in the remaining years of the Power Procurement Plan.\n3.4 Transmission Planning.\n3.5. Distribution Planning.\n3.6. Commission's Review.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Power Procurement.",
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            "content": "4.1. Procedure.\n(a) contingency plans notified to the Commission in support of the Power Procurement Planning Standards;\n(b) general power purchase agreements with suppliers which allow for call-off purchases of short-term power;\n(c) generation options identified in the power procurement Resources Plan.\n4.2. Need for Additional Power.\n4.2.2.\n4.2.3.\n4.3. Competitive Procurement Process for Power.\n4.3.1. Standard.\n4.3.2. Filing.\n(i) An explanation of how HVPN intends to notify potential bidders so as to attract the maximum number of technically qualified bidders to provide the required power;\n(ii) An advertisement for the proposed competition together with a list of the publications in which it is to be placed and the number of times it is to appear in each;\n(iii) If applicable, a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) setting out the technical grounds on which HVPN proposes to select companies that are deemed qualified to bid to provide the required power;\n(iv) The RFP describing HVPN's requirement for power and the process to be employed by HVPN to select the company to provide it;\n(v) A draft PPA setting out the terms on which HVPN proposes to purchase the required power;\n(vi) Information on costs per megawatt or prices per unit obtained by purchasers of similar plant in the recent past;\n(vii) A risk allocation and management plan, which summarises the allocation of major project risks between the parties and descries how the Licensee intends to manage the risks to be allocated to it under the PPA and any other risks associated with the project;\n(viii) The procedures and criteria to be used by HVPN to evaluate bids and select the winner;\n(ix) The proposed timetable for conducting the competition, including the dates and locations for bid submissions, bidders conference, bid envelope opening, final decision, and notification of outcome; and\n(x) If post-bid negotiations are permitted, a description of the expected post-bid negotiation process, including the scope of issues open to negotiations.\n4.3.3. Principles of Competitive Procurement.\n(i) conform to the technical, economic, or other criteria laid down by the Commission in accordance with the Act, Regulations, and/or applicable licence;\n(ii) provide for the RFP to be advertised so as to come to the notice of a sufficient number of qualified potential bidders;\n(iii) allow bidders a reasonable time to prepare their bids;\n(iv) provide for information made available by HVPN to any one bidder for purposes of preparing a proposal or clarification of any aspect of the proposal process to be made available to all bidders;\n(v) assure bidders that the proposed procedures for responding to questions from bidders and for evaluation do not favour or disadvantage any bidder unfairly;\n(vi) provide bidders with adequate information to identity HVPN's requirement for power and the terms on which it wishes to purchase it;\n(vii) be designed to elicit from bidders proposals that can be evaluated by HVPN in accordance with its proposed criteria;\n(viii) adopt a bid evaluation or scoring system that is sufficiently comprehensive and transparent to permit a competitive result which identifies the least cost proposal;\n(ix) contain specifications of the tender that are sufficiently open to allow a maximum range of proposals to be submitted, while ensuring that the evaluation criteria for evaluating the proposals are sufficiently well-defined to allow for a comparability across all submitted proposals;\n(x) use criteria for proposals that are designed to measure objective and quantifiable price, reliability, environmental impact, and operational performance data as well as other factors that directly relate to the impact of the project on the cost and reliability of electricity supply;\n(xi) establish a procedure for notifying the public and other bidders of the outcome of the tender that is transparent and public;\n(xii) ensure that the procedures for post-bid negotiations will not produce a contract that deviates materially from the original terms of the selected bid;\n(xiii) outline procedures that, should post-bid negotiations be unsuccessful, will enable HVPN to negotiate with the next best bidder, or abandon or resort the procurement process;\n(xiv) pay due regard to the requirements of funding agencies in relation to the design and implementation of power projects (including requirements in relation to environmental standards) that may affect the availability of finance for such projects.\n4.3.4. Commission Review of Proposed Procurement Process.\n(ii) The Licensee may, with Commission approval, modify the proposed Competitive Procurement Process during the Commission's review process.\n(iii) The Commission may require the Licensee to provide additional information with regard to the proposed use of land and natural resources, and the environmental safety and health impacts of the planned procurement, to verify that necessary consents or license required by Statute or Regulation have been or will be obtained.\n(iv) The Commission may also consult, as it judges appropriate, with other bodies or organisations with an interest in the project and/or outside experts, and consultants.\n(v) HVPN may proceed to implement its proposed procurement process in accordance with the proposals submitted to the Commission when authorised to do so by the Commission; or if the Commission has not taken any action in relation to the proposal for 60 days after HVPN has provided all of the information required by the Commission pursuant to these guidelines.\n(vi) HVPN's authority to implement its proposed procurement process shall be without prejudice to the Commission's later exercise of its regulatory powers in relation to the procurement.\n(vii) The Commission may at any time during the implementation of procurement process consult with HVPN to assure itself that the procurement process is being conducted in accordance with HVPN's proposals.\n(viii) HVPN shall provide the commission on demand with a copy of application materials; proposals and other documents relevant to ap procurement of power (whether received or issued by HVPN) including documents reflecting HVPN's review and evaluation of the bids received by it. The Commission shall keep such documents confidential until the procurement process has been completed.\n(ix) After reviewing HVPN's submission, the Commission, at its discretion, may issue a notice of inquiry to consider any issue relating to the proposed procurement.\n4.3.5. Licensee Notification of Outcome of Procurement Process.\n(a) Name and address of the signatories to the PPA;\n(b) General information on the terms and conditions of the PPA;\n(c) A brief description of the project including the nature of the technologies employed;\n(d) \"Nameplate\" capacity;\n(e) Location and other physical characteristics;\n(f) Fuel type; and\n(g) Anticipated operational date.\n(ii) The Licensee shall retain, in clean and legible form, all application materials, proposals, and other ancillary materials relevant to the Procurement Process and outcome received by the Licensee as well as all Licensee records on its review and evaluation, for a period not less than 5 years on the Licensee's office premises.\n4.3.6. Intervention in the Procurement Process\n(a) on grounds of improper conduct; or\n(b) on grounds that the manner in which HVPN is conducting the procurement process differs materially from its proposal as reviewed by the Commission.\n(ii) The Commission may investigate any procurement of power following completion of the procurement process but before HVPN commits itself to procuring power from the winning bidder :\n(a) if the winning bid is unreasonably high;\n(b) in response to a complaint lodged with the Commission from a bidder or other interested party on grounds of improper conduct in the procurement process;\n(c) if the Commission has reason to believe that the procurement process was not conducted by HVPN in accordance with its proposal as reviewed by the Commission.\n(iii) Any investigation of a procurement process will be initiated by a notice of inquiry and conducted in accordance with Chapter II of the Commission's Conduct of Business Regulations. HVPN shall not enter into any commitment to procure power pending the outcome of the investigation.\n(iv) If the Commission determines that the procurement process was either not followed or misapplied and that as a consequence the process was not transparent or was not competitive, the Commission may order HVPN to take necessary corrective steps, including requiring it temporarily to suspend the procurement process, or to cancel it and declare the results null and void.\n(v) If the results of the Procurement Process are declared null and void, HVPN shall so notify the public and bidders.\n4.3.7. Continuing Commission Role.",
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        "Act ID": "hl157",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Haryana Notification No. 31/99, Dated 12.7.1999.",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1999",
        "Short Title": "Haryana Regulatory Comission's Guidelines for Load Forecasts, Resource Plans, and Power Procurement Process",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Haryana"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}