The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has notified CERC (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2023.
As per the notification, shut down of a transmission line due to shifting or modification of such transmission line or otherwise because of the project(s) of National Highway Authority of India, Railways, and Border Road Organisation, Member Secretary, Regional Power Committee (RPC) may restrict the deemed availability period to that considered reasonable by him for the work involved. Further, new sub-clause (iii) shall be added after sub-clause (ii) of Clause (5) under Appendix-II of the Principal Regulations as: The outage period which can be excluded for the purpose of sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause shall be declared as maximum up to one month by Member Secretary, RPC; beyond one month and up to three months after a decision at RPC; and beyond three months by the commission for which the transmission licensee shall approach the commission along with reasons, steps taken to mitigate the outage and restoration timeline.