The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has notified draft CERC (Indian Electricity Grid Code) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2024.
As per the draft amendment, injection of infirm power shall not exceed one year from the date of first synchronisation for generating stations other than renewable energy generating station and energy storage system. Additionally, injection of infirm power shall not exceed 45 days from the date of first time charging approval for REGS and ESS. Further, the third and fourth proviso to Clause 12 of Regulation 45 of the Principal Regulations shall be substituted as-“Provided further that the regional entity thermal generating stations whose tariffs are adopted under Section 63 of the Act shall be compensated for part load operation, that is, for generation below the normative level of operation, in terms of the provisions of the contract entered into by such generating stations with the beneficiaries or buyers, or in the absence of such provision in the contract, as per the mechanism already in force under the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Indian Electricity Grid Code) Regulations, 2010.”