The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has announced a further extension in the implementation timeline of its Deviation Settlement Mechanism and Related Matters Regulations, 2024 (DSM Regulations). This notification was issued on November 29, 2024.
It may be recalled that the CERC had introduced these new regulations to ensure grid security and stability by managing deviations in electricity drawal and injection schedules. The regulations were published on August 21, 2024. CERC had previously notified that DSM Regulations regarding charges for deviation by way of injection of infirm power would be effective from December 1, 2024.
However, by the present notification, CERC has once again postponed the dates on which various provisions of the regulations will come into force as follows:
I. Charges for deviation by way of injection of infirm power
The stipulation in DSM Regulations regarding charges for deviation by way of injection of infirm power will now come into effect on December 23, 2024.
Infirm Power means electricity injected into the grid prior to the commercial operation of a unit or block of the generating station.
The DSM Regulations state that charges for deviation by way of injection of infirm power shall be zero if infirm power is scheduled after trial run as specified in the Grid Code. However, the charges for deviation over the scheduled infirm power shall be as applicable for a general seller or WS seller, as the case may be.
II. Charges for deviation for injection of scheduled infirm power
Until December 22, 2024, CERC’s Order dated February 6, 2023, on charges for deviation for injection of scheduled inform power will remain in operation.
CERC’s Order stated that the charges for deviation for injection of infirm power shall be zero. However, where such infirm power was scheduled, the charges for deviation for such power shall be as applicable for a general seller.
