The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved the Detailed Procedure on Methodology of Payment of Certificate Retainer-ship March 15, 2022.
The objective of this procedure is to lay down roles, responsibilities, eligibility criteria and methodologies to be followed by the appropriate load despatch centres (LDCs) and the certification agency for payment of certificate retainer-ship to eligible system operators. This procedure will be applicable to national load despatch centre (NLDC) and regional load despatch centres (RLDCs), state load despatch centres (SLDCs) including area load despatch centres (ALDCs)/ sub-load despatch centres (sub-LDCs) and the certification agency. The procedure is issued under CERC (Fees and Charges of Regional Load Despatch Centre and other related matters) Regulations, 2019 and will be applicable for the control period from April 01, 2019 to March 31, 2024.