1. Settlement system of Bilateral transactions under Open Access
-V.Balaji
Chief Manager
SRLDC

2. Terms & meaning Open Access – Non-discriminatory Access to Tr. System
Nodal RLDC – RLDC where the Drawee
utility is located
Applicant - Who applies for OA
Customer - Who is granted OA

3. Category of OA Tx.
Advance - Reservation of Cap. up to a max. of 3 months (for each month)
First Come First Serve – Reservation of Cap. if any, after allotment to Adv. Applicants (upto a max of next 3 months)
Day Ahead/ Reservation of Cap. On Day ahead/
Contingency - Reservation of Cap. On Day ahead/ same day basis, if any after allotment to Day Ahead

4. Philosophy To avoid pan-caking of charges
Reduce cost of power/ burden on end user
Encourage transactions
Reasonable levy of charges for the usage
Fair compensation to the Long term user of Tr. System
Fair compensation to the Owner of Tr. System
Reasonable charges to RLDC/SLDCs

5. Curtailment in case of Tr. constraintNo
No refund
Yes
Refund
Pro-rata
Charges
of Curtailed
Capacity

6. Settlement of Energy Charges
Trader
Energy
Charges
Seller
Buyer
Trader
Trader’s
commission
charges

7. Settlement of STOA Charges
Nodal RLDC
CTU
Application
fee
STU/
licensee
charges
All STUs
involved
75% to Long term
Customers
Nodal
RLDC
ISTS+
IR link
charges
CTU
25%of ISTS
to CTU for
Augmentation
Is OA
Granted?
Yes
Operating
Charges
For RLDCs
All RLDCs
involved
Operating
Charges
For SLDCs
All SLDCs
involved

8. Bilateral Transaction charges
1) Application fee Rs.5000 per each transaction (Non-refundable)
Along with application for Adv/FCFS
Within 3 working days for DA/Contingency
2) Transmission Charges
a) Regional/CTU Tr. Ch.
Rs.80/MWh (ps 8/u) for within region
Rs.160/MWh (ps 16/u) for b/w adjoining regions
Rs.240/MWh (ps 24/u) for wheeling by one or more regions
b) STU/SEB/Tr. Licencee Tr. Ch.
To be paid only if the Tx is not internalised.
as specified by SERC or
Rs.80/MWh (ps 8/u)

9. Bilateral Transaction charges
Operating Charges
Rs. 2000/day for each Tx.
For each RLDC involved
For each SLDC involved (only if not internalised)

10. Mode of payment to Nodal RLDC
Bank draft/ at par cheque/ electronic money transfer
No outstation cheque
Within 3 working days
Transaction-wise payment details to be submitted in Format -VII

11. Default 0.04% simple interest for each day of delay/default
Nodal RLDC may not
schedule the Transaction
Entertain further application in future
till dues are cleared

12. Other Charges 1) Energy charges
As negotiated mutually based on market conditions, demand-supply position
Rate need not be disclosed to RLDCs
To be directly settled between buyer /seller
Trader to collect and disburse
May be influenced by losses, trading marigin etc.
Charged on energy as reflected in monthly REA
REA to furnish periphery, IR periphery, Peak/offpeak , Discomwise etc.

13. Other Charges Trading marigin
@4ps/u if cost of power =< ps350/u
@ 7ps/u if cost of power > ps350/u
To be collected by Trader directly from the Buyer

14. Revision in OA schedule
Only for Advance/ FCFS
Min. 2 days notice/request excluding the day of revision
Scheduled OA charges for 2 days to be foregone
OA charges corresponding to Downward revision to be refunded
To be reconciled for previous month and refunded within 15 days of current month

15. Disbursement Nodal RLDC to Reconcile all charges for previous month
Disburse to all stake holders within 10 days in current month
Disbursement of
CTU charges to concerned RTS
STU charges to concerned STU/SEB
Operating charges to concerned RLDCs
Operating charges to concerned SLDCs

16. Disbursement RTS to retain 25% of CTU transmission charges
Balance 75% to give credit in their Transmission Bill (as per weighted Average entitlement to each Long term customer)

17. Refund
When to refund ?
A) Incase of curtailment due to transmission constraints
B) Incase of revision in Schedule
How much to refund ?
A) Pro-rata charges for the energy curtailed
B) Retain a minimum of five days of OA charges(Tr and Op ch.)
and Refund balance OA charges (transmission charges and operating charges) for the reduction in Energy
Deadline for Refund :
Within 15 days of current month for Tx curtalied/revised in previous month

18. Indemnification No responsibility to Nodal RLDC In case of Default
Indemnify RLDC/ SLDC harmless from
All damages/ losses/ claims/ costs etc.

19. Internalization As Declared in the Application
Buyer/Seller is said to be internalised :
If they are Directly connected to CTU (ex. SEBs, CGS etc.)
In case of an Embedded Customer where The Connected STU is not yet unbundled
In case of organizations where full commercial separation is not in place
When STU charges and losses are not published
If the power purchase rate includes the Tr. Ch. And Losses
Implications if internalised :
No Transmission charges
No Scheduling/ operating charges
No Normative Losses

20. Non-Internalization As Declared in the Application
Buyer/Seller is said to be Not Internalised
If Buyer/Seller is embedded customer (CPP, IPP, HT consumer etc.)
in a not-yet unbundled SEB
In an unbundled state setup case
If Buyer/Seller is a Power purchase centre, Discom in an unbundled setup
Implications if Not internalised :
Transmission charges to be paid
Scheduling/ operating charges to be borne
Normative Losses applicable