The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission on 25th July 2022, has notified the draft PSERC (Harnessing of Captive Power Generation) Regulations, 2022 and has invited comments and suggestions from the public which shall be addressed by post or through e-mail at secretarypsercchd@gmail.com within 16th August 2022.
The Regulations shall be applicable to all the Captive Generating Plants (CGP) connected to the intra-state transmission and/or distribution system of the State, Provided that the captive user, who is a consumer of distribution licensee, shall not be eligible for availing Net Metering or Net Billing or Gross Metering arrangement under PSERC (Grid Interactive Rooftop Solar Photo Voltaic Systems) Regulations, 2021 in his premises.
A person may construct, maintain or operate a captive generating plant and dedicated transmission lines. The supply of electricity from the captive generating plant through the grid shall be regulated in the same manner as the generating station of a generating company.
The person, who has constructed a captive generating plant, maintains and operates such plant, shall have the right to open access for the purposes of carrying electricity from his captive generating plant to the destination of his use subject to availability of adequate transmission and/or distribution facility determined by the State Transmission Utility or the distribution licensee, as the case may be. Any dispute regarding the availability of transmission and/or distribution facility shall be adjudicated upon by the Commission.
A CGP intending to supply electricity to a distribution licensee will bear all the cost of power evacuation facility including the switch yard and interconnection facilities up to the point of injection into the grid substation including cost of bay/breaker of the Licensee’s grid sub-station.
The interconnection of CGP with the grid shall conform to the standards as provided in CEA(Technical Standards for connectivity to the Grid) Regulations, 2007, as amended from time to time and CEA(Technical Standards for connectivity of the Distributed Generation Resources) Regulations, 2013, as amended from time to time, as applicable.
