Registered No. WB/SC-247 No. WB(Part-I)/2020/SAR-1184 The Kolkata Gazette 2444 Extraordinary Published by Authority PAUSA 1] TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2020 [SAKA 1942
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1.2. These extend to the whole of West Bengal.
Housing Society.
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eligible consumer for executing a Net Billing arrangement;
Net Meter means a bidirectional energy meter, which is capable of recording both the import and export of electricity;
eligible consumer for executing a Net Metering Arrangement;
Rabl energy Sur means all hydro installations as approved by the MNRE;
Ralat R lu out in regulations 3.1 to 3.4 of these Regulations;
the Principal Regulations shall be as follows:
| Year | Minimum quantum of purchase (in %) of total consumption from Renewable energy sources | Solar | Non-Solar | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 3.00 | 9.00 | 12.00 | |
| 2021-22 | 4.50 | 10.00 | 14.50 | |
| 2022-23 | 6.00 | 11.00 | 17.00 |
RPO target notified by the Government of India from time to time:
hydro sources of power other than small hydro sources:
Energy plants located in their respective supply area:
particular year:
year:
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Regulation 3.3 of the Principal Regulations shall be deleted.
Solar Energy Coating Ind Limited Competitively determined where tariff is discovered in accordance with section 63 of the Act;
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o o en C ho iv bidding in pursuance of section 63 of the Act.
The new billing may allow any customer purchasing power to invest.
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also be considered for meeting the RPO of the distribution licensee. The open access customers and the person using power from own captive power plant based on conventional fossil fuel with installed capacity of 1 MW and above, shall quarterly submit a report containing actual consumption, energy sourced through open access / from captive plant, purchase / sourcing from renewable energy sources and solar & non-solar RPO compliance to the connected distribution licensee. The renewable energy which is being considered as a part of distribution loss during wheeling through the distribution network of any licensee at injection end or drawal end of open access or as intervening network and for which in the wheeling agreement of open access such loss is accounted in kind or price then such amount of energy against distribution loss shall also be considered while calculating the RPO of the distribution licensee:
Provided that if any renewable energy is registered for renewable energy certificate, that energy shall not qualify for fulfilment of RPO:
Provided further that licensee shall consider the excess renewable purchase/ generated by an entity /consumer obligated under regulation 3.1 after completion of the financial year subject to annual RPO fulfilment of the obligated entity/consumer:
Provided further that, renewable energy drawl by a user of renewable based captive power plant shall be considered for meeting the RPO of the distribution licensee in whose area of supply such user is located.
"4.2 Purchase of Power from fossil fuel-based co-generation plants: Distribution licensee may purchase energy from conventional fossil-fuel based co-generation plant located in the State at a mutually agreed price subject to the ceiling price specified in these Regulations. However, purchase of electricity from fossil fuel-based co-generation plant would not qualify for fulfilment of RPO."
For regulation 5. of the Principal Regulations the following regulation shall be substituted:
"5.3 Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in any other regulations, distribution licensee shall purchase solar power through competitive bidding only except purchase from grid-connected solar projects below the notified capacity for competitive bidding located within the State. However, the solar power purchased from any source under JNNSM bundled power or SECI which are selected through competitive bidding or from power exchange, will not be required to go through any separate competitive bidding by the licensee:
Provided that purchase of power from grid-connected solar projects below the notified capacity for competitive bidding located within the State shall be within the limit of feed-in-tariff to be notified by the Commission from time to time. Till such notification is made by the Commission tariff for such solar projects will be determined by the Commission on case to case basis."
For paragraph (c) of clause (v) of regulation 6.1 of the Principal Regulations the following paragraph shall be substituted:
(Solar PV Generation System can be installed for injecting into the distribution system of a licensee by any eligible consumer in its premises:
Provided that total installed capacity in such premises does not exceed the sanctioned load (in kW) or contract demand (in kVA) of the consumer, as applicable:
Provided also that eligible consumers having sanctioned load/ contract demand upto 5 kW may set up solar PV system under the Net Metering Arrangement specified in Schedule-1 of these Regulations and eligible consumers, except agriculture consumers, having sanctioned load/ contract demand above 5 kW may set up the solar PV system only under Net Billing Arrangement specified in Schedule-2 of these Regulations. All eligible agriculture consumers may set up solar PV under Net Metering Arrangement:
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Feeder-wise first come first serve basis to eligible consumers:
Immediately for violation of agreement.
And financially suitable by the licensee:
Transformer capacity, as applicable:
Me shall be installed in the H i the nsr's tanm n
Regulations 2013 and its subsequent amendments thereof.
T within a reasonable time.
An connected inverters.
Shall also have to be provided.
Device if it is inherently built into the inverter.
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the system of the distribution licensee. The Total Voltage Harmonic Distortion (THD) shall be within the limits specified in the Technical Standards for Connectivity of the Distributed Generation Resources (Amendments), 2019 of CEA and its subsequent amendments thereof and Indian Electricity Grid Code (IEGC)/ IEEE technical standards:
Provided that, if the presence of harmonics is beyond the limits specified mentioned above it may be treated as "the event of threat/damage" under regulation 7.2 (d) of these Regulations, and the utility shall have the right to disconnect the solar PV generating system.
The consumers who have installed grid-connected roof-top solar generator under net-metering / net-billing arrangement shall have to furnish certificate of fitness conforming correct generation standing generation of harmonics and other Power Quality parameters as per limits mentioned above. Consumer can arrange such testing by their own in presence of representative of distribution licensee or request the connected distribution licensee for arranging such tests on cost basis. The periodicity and the procedure for such testing will be specified in the detailed procedure developed by the licensee under regulation 16.9 of these Regulations. The cost for such testing will be uploaded in the website of the distribution licensee.
(i) The Net Metering Arrangement shall include a single-phase or a three-phase Net Meter, as per the existing subfragment tel consumer, a e po ncoetion would scri bye distribution licensee. The solar-generation meter and net meter shall be procured and installed by the distribution licensee against the cost to be borne by the consumer. However, if any consumer wishes to procure the generating meter with standard specification to be by the distribution licensee he may procure and present that/those to the distribution licensee for testing and installation:
Provided that, if the eligible consumer is within the ambit of Time-of-Day (ToD) Tariff, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in any other Regulations of the Commission, the Net Meter installed shall be capable of recording ToD consumption and generation:
Provided that, in case of Net Billing arrangement a check meter of appropriate class shall be installed by the distribution licensee for the solar-PV generation meter against the cost to be borne by the consumer:
Provided that all meters shall comply with the CEA (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006 and subsequent amendments thereof and the meters shall have Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) facility with RS 485 (or higher) communication port:
Provided further that distribution licensee shall be responsible for the testing, installation and maintenance of the metering equipment, and its adherence to the applicable standards and specifications.
In regulations 8.0 and 8. the phrase 'unscheduled interchange' shall be substituted with the phrase 'deviation settlement'.
After regulation 16.8 of the Principal Regulations the following regulation shall be inserted:
"16.9 Each distribution licensee shall, within 30 days, prepare a detailed procedure for receiving and disposal of applications for connectivity to the solar generation system by the eligible consumer and submit it before the Commission for approval. The detailed procedure shall specify the application fees, standard formats and procedure, manner & timeline for processing the application and granting connectivity, manner and process for applying for certificate of fitness, model net-metering and net-billing connection agreement for processing the applicant to the eligible consumer Net Billing Connection Agreement or a Net Metering Connection Agreement with the distribution licensee, as the case may be."
After regulation 20.2 of the Principal Regulations the following Schedules are to be inserted:
"Schedule-1: Net Metering - Energy Accounting and Settlement
The accounting of electricity exported and imported by the eligible consumer shall become effective from the notification of these Regulations or date of connectivity of the solar generating system with the distribution network, whichever is later.
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all eligible consumers, according to the regular metering cycle.
eligible consumer:
period within that year.
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from earlier billing period(s) of that year.
the following process shall be followed:
with the electricity generation in the same time block;
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earlier.
considered as inadvertent injection by the distribution licensee.
Net billing is the arrangement where solar-PV generating system is:
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useful life of the project.
licensee.
Where:
than the value of all other components of consumer bill.
I the next billing cycle within a financial year.
licensee.
consumer:
Billing Credit carried forward from the last billing period;
Billing Credit carried forward to next billing period.
By order of the Commission,
Place: Kolkata
Date: 21.12.2020
T.K.MUKHERJEE
Secretary of the Commission
Becn (Government of West Bengal Enterprise), Kolkata 700 056.