Guidelines for determination of tariff & SBD for ... - Ministry of Power

Standard PPA for … [Insert ‘medium’ or ‘long’, as applicable] term power procurement under Case -1
5.5 Demonstration of Power Station’s Net Capacity
5.5.1 The Procurer(s) ………………… [Insert “(jointly)”, in case of multiple Procurers] may
from time to time during the Operating Period, but only if the Available Capacity with
respect to the Procurer(s) has not been one hundred percent (100%) of the Aggregate
Contracted Capacity even for one continuous period of at least three (3) hours during any
last three (3) continuous months, request the relevant Control Centre to assess the Power
Station’s Net Capacity. Such capacity assessment of the Power Station, by the Control
Centre at the request of the Procurer(s), shall not be done more than once in a continuous
period of six (6) Months.
5.5.2 If the Power Station’s Net Capacity after such capacity assessment is determined to be
less than the sum total of all contracted capacities of the Power Station having duration of
contracts in excess of one year, then the provisions of Article 5.6.1 shall apply and the
……………………….. [Insert “Seller” if Seller is NOT a Trading Licensee, or “Seller
or Developer” if Seller is a Trading Licensee] shall have a right to demonstrate to the
satisfaction of the Control Centre the Power Station’s Net Capacity only after a period of
six (6) Months from the date of such assessment..
5.5.3 If the …………………… [Insert “Seller” if Seller is NOT a Trading Licensee, or
“Developer” if Seller is a Trading Licensee] wishes to take any unit of the Power Station
or the Power Station, out of service for repair before any assessment by the Control
Centre, it shall inform the Control Centre in writing before its scheduled start of the
repairs and the estimated time required to complete the repairs. The Parties shall then
schedule a maintenance outage in accordance with the Grid Code to enable the Seller to
carry out those repairs and in such a case, the Procurer(s) requiring the Control Centre to
conduct the assessment, shall defer such assessment until such unit or the Power Station
is returned to service following that maintenance outage.
5.6 Derating
5.6.1 Based on the assessment carried out by the Control Centre, if the Power Station’s
Assessed Capacity is less than the sum total of all contracted capacities of the Power
Station having duration of contracts in excess of one year, the ………………….. [Insert
“Seller” if Seller is NOT a Trading Licensee, or “Developer” if Seller is a Trading
Licensee] shall not be permitted to declare the Available Capacity of the Power Station at
a level greater than its Assessed Capacity, in which case:
a) The Power Station’s Net Capacity shall be reduced to its most recent Assessed
Capacity and Quoted Capacity Charges for the Aggregate Contracted Capacity shall
be paid with respect to such reduced Power Station’s Net Capacity until the next
assessment by the concerned Control Centre.
b) Further, the Quoted Non–Escalable Capacity Charge shall be reduced by the
following:
Rs. 0.25/kwh x [1 – (Assessed Capacity of the Power Station)/Power Station’s Net
Capacity)];
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