2. Wheeling of power for Captive Use
a. In Case of wheeling of power to consumption site at 66 kV voltage level and above, normal open access charges and losses as applicable to normal open access consumer.
b. ?In case the injection of power is at 66 kV or above and drawl is at 11 kV, normal transmission charges and losses are applicable; however 50% of wheeling charges and 50% of distribution losses of the energy fed into the grid as applicable to normal open access consumers.
3.Wheeling of power to more than one locations
Wind power projects owners , who decide to wheel electricity for captive use / third party sale , to more than one location, shall pay 5 Paisa/KWh on energy fed in the grid to the distribution company concerned in addition to transmission charges and losses, as applicable.
4. Energy Metering
5.Banking of Surplus Wind Energy
As promotional measure, it is proposed to continue the banking facility for 1 billing cycle for the wind power captive projects wheeling electricity for own use.
In the recent tariff order released by Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) on 29th May, 2014, the cross-subsidy surcharge has been hiked significantly, as shown in the graph and table below:
Apart from the extremely high cross-subsidy surcharge, consumers have also been burdened with an additional surcharge of Rs 0.50/kWh. HERC has levied the additional surcharge with respect to the stranded capacity due to the open access consumer availing power from alternate sources.
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Contributed by Mithun Dubey.