{"id":4521,"date":"2018-07-27T15:49:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T10:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/blog\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2018-07-27T15:49:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T10:19:07","slug":"maharashtra-joins-the-list-of-states-with-final-forecasting-and-scheduling-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/maharashtra-joins-the-list-of-states-with-final-forecasting-and-scheduling-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra joins the list of states with final Forecasting and Scheduling regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently Maharashtra became the latest state to publish final Forecasting and Scheduling (F&amp;S) regulations. These regulations were published in the State Gazette on July 20, 2018. With this, all supposedly &#8220;RE rich&#8221; states except Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have finalized their F&amp;S regulations.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The detailed summary of the regulations is as below:<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Regulation Applicable on<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> All grid-connected Wind and Solar Power Generators with pooling station capacity not less than 5MW or that of an individual Generator connected to some other Substation, shall not be less than 5 MW.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Deviation Accounting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The deviation accounting can be either carried out based on the Available Capacity:- <\/span><br \/>\n<b>Available Capacity (AvC) = 100\/Actual Generation &#8211; Scheduled Generation AbsoluteError in %<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Point of Forecasting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Pooling Station or STU Feeder where injection is made.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Keypoints<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No Aggregation &#8211; Clause 5.13 specifies the aggregation of schedules at Pooling Substation level only, and not of multiple pooling station capacity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further charges in case of shortfall in DSM pool &#8211; Clause 12.1 (d) specifies that any shortfall in the aggregate amount of Deviation Charge payable by Solar and Wind Energy Generators at the State periphery and the amount receivable from them by the Pool Account shall be recovered in proportion to their deviation reflected at the State periphery.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Absolute Error in %age\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">terms in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15-minute time block\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deviation Charge payable to Pool Account for Wind\/Solar\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&lt; = 15%<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None*<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 <\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt;15% but &lt;=25% <\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Rs. 0.50 per unit for the shortfall or excess beyond 15% and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">up to 25%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt;25% but &lt;=35%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Rs. 0.50 per unit for the shortfall or excess beyond 15% and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">up to 25% + Rs. 1.00 per unit for the balance energy beyond\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25% and up to 35%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt;35%<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Rs. 0.50 per unit for the shortfall or excess beyond 15% and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">up to 25% + Rs. 1.00 per unit for the shortfall or excess beyond\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25% and up to 35% + Rs. 1.50 per unit for the balance of energy\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">beyond 35%<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Role of a QCA<\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Provide day ahead, weak ahead and intra-day forecast, schedules and periodic revisions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coordination with DISCOM\/STU\/SLDC for metering, data collection, communication\/issuance of dispatch\/curtailment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> De-pooling of charges among generators<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commercial settlement of DSM charges and all other ancillary and incidental matters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The QCA shall furnish weekly meter readings to the SLDC by 00.00 hours on Thursday of the previous week, in addition to the data provided to the SCADA Centre, for the purpose of energy accounting under these Regulations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Revisions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16 revisions are permitted starting from 00:00 Hrs of the day for Wind &amp; Solar Generators<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All revisions will be effective from the 4th time-block<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Important differences between intrastate and interstate transactions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sale of power within Maharashtra by Solar and Wind Energy Generators connected to the Intra-State Transmission Network shall be settled by the Procurers on the basis of their actual generation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sale or of power outside Maharashtra by Solar and Wind Energy Generators connected to the Intra-State Transmission Network shall be settled by the Procurers on the basis of their scheduled generation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Inter-State transactions at a Pooling Sub-station shall be permitted only if the concerned Generator is connected through a separate feeder. In that case, a separate Schedule will have to be provided for its energy generation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Generator shall pay the Deviation Charges applicable within Maharashtra in case of deviations in the State DSM Pool Account, the consequences of such deviation at the Inter-State level being governed by the CERC Regulations governing the Deviation Settlement Mechanism and related matters.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Maharashtra became the latest state to publish final Forecasting and Scheduling (F&amp;S) regulations. These regulations were published in the State Gazette on July 20, 2018. With this, all supposedly &#8220;RE rich&#8221; states except Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have finalized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[195,428,110,872],"tags":[852,762,114],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reconnectenergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}