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PRACTICE DIRECTION ON Submission of Application: 1. Application for setting up of Generating stations shall be made in the prescribed form Annex-II enclosed herewith. When the Commission decides to dispose the application through a proceeding, it may require the applicant to file an affidavit in the form of Annex-IV. 2. The application shall be accompanied by proof of payment of the processing fee as prescribed at Clause-5 below. 3. While submitting the application to the Commission in triplicate with the required enclosures containing the particulars as listed in Annex-1, an additional copy (If proposed generating station is to be connected to the Transmission System,* two additional copies) shall be sent by the applicant to the Distribution and Retail Supply Licensee (the Licensee)'s authorised Supply Engineer of the area. Classification of Generating Stations : 4. For the purpose of granting permission, the Generating station may be grouped to 4 categories as below: Small : Below 100 KW capacity 5. Application fee : 5.1 Each application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable processing fee as given below for the generating station under para 6 :- Small - Rs. 750/- The application fee may be deposited through Treasury Challan under the Head of Account : "0801 - Power - 80 - General - 800 - Other receipts (a) Licence fees (b) other fees (c) fines" or by Bank Draft payable to OERC at Bhubaneswar. 5.2 Renewal of validity: Each application for revalidation of any previous consent order to install generating station, after lapse of its original validity period, shall be accompanied with processing fee @25% of the prevailing rate structure stated above. * Out of two copies the Distribution and Retail Supply licensee shall send one copy to the Transmission and Bulk Supply Licensee (GRIDCO) to get the view of GRIDCO. 6. The applicant must furnish proof to establish that the generating station and the industrial unit consuming the generated electricity are under the same ownership. 7. In case of co-generating stations : The proposed generating station may be a part of an integrated industrial system, using the industry's waste and or bye-products, and supplying steam for process requirement, in addition to electricity. In such cases the applicant must furnish full system details indicating how the generating station is integrated into the industrial system, indicating quantities and parameters of the steam required and of the waste heat or bye-product. Any auxiliary fuel or heat source procured from outside the plant must be set forth and sources and costs indicated. The applicant should also submit a calculation clearly bringing out the sharing of energy between the process and power generation and apportioning the annual cost accordingly. 8. View of the Licensee on the applicant's proposal : 8.1 The Licensee shall send its views on the applicant's proposal to reach the Commission within one month of the receipt of the application. If no report is received within a month, it will be presumed that the Licensee has no objection to grant of permission. 8.2 If the licensee has objection to the grant of consent, the detailed reasons for withholding the consent must be furnished. 8.3 If the Licensee has issued a no objection statement and the application contains full information of the proposal to the satisfaction of the Commission, the Commission may grant consent without conducting hearing. 8.4 If the Licensee has conveyed to the Commission any objection for granting consent, he shall send a copy of such objection to the applicant for filing rejoinder, if any by the applicant. The Commission may in its discretion issue a notice of inquiry and the procedures to be followed in such cases shall be as laid down in Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (Conduct of Business) Regulations, 1996. 9. Others : 9.1. For generating sets of capacity not exceeding 10 KVA, it will be deemed to have consent after receipt of application duly filled in, accompanied by necessary fee as per clause No.5. 9.2 Consent shall be granted or withheld by the Commission within three months of receipt of application complete in all respects. For the purpose of time limit, the date of application shall be reckoned from the date when all documents and information as required in the application form and those required by the OERC have been furnished in full. 9.3 In case of generating station with generating capacity exceeding 25000 KW final consent/order shall be issued only after consultations with the Central Electricity Authority. Application for captive/co-generation power plant shall furnish the salient data of captive/co-generation power plant in the enclosed format (As per Annexure-III). 10. Guidance Note: 10.1 In case of parallel operation with the system : 10.1.1 In case of parallel operation, the applicant's generating station must comply with the Grid Code and Distribution Code as applicable. All the requirements of these Codes shall be construed as a part of the conditions of the Commission's consent under Section 21(3) of the OER Act, 1995, and violation may entail disconnection of the applicant's installation from the Transmission System/Distribution System to which it is connected (the System). 10.1.2 Applicant should clarify that the installation of generating capacity is not in excess of his requirement. The applicant may note that surplus capacity available during a period, when all of its generating plant is available, and/or its load requirement is less than planned or for any other reason can be sold to the Transmission and/or Bulk Supply licensee/Distribution and Retail Supply Licensee, only with the consent of respective licensee and approval of the Commission. [Note - 1 : The tariff rates for such infirm supplies may be negotiated with the respective licensee, but shall not exceed the variable charges and a mark-up thereon, towards incentive. No part of the fixed charges shall be included in such tariff for supply of infirm power to grid as inadvertent flow during parallel operation.] [Note - 2 : Back-up supply may be required by the industry owning the generating station. The Licensee's tariff rates for such supplies shall be as approved by the Commission in the Licensee's tariff rates.] 10.1.3 The respective licensee may require emergency assistance following an extensive failure in the system. Subject to technical feasibility, the applicant may, if requested by the respective licensee, extend power supply from the generating station to the System. [Note : The tariff for such supplies shall be the same as applicable for Licensee's Supply of back-up power under Para 10.1.2 Note - 2 above.] 10.1.4 The applicant must make suitable provisions in his installation for isolation to ensure that no harm/damage is suffered by him in the event of inadvertent frequency and voltage variations from the specified standards in the System. 10.2 General 10.2.1 Consent granted under Section 21(3) of the OER Act, 1995 referred with Section 44 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 does not constitute any exemption from the requirement to have a license to supply electricity to any customers/consumers. 10.2.2 The consent shall be subject to provisions of other laws for the time being in force. The Commission may at his discretion set the terms and conditions applicable to the generating station with the reasons. [Note : Such terms and conditions may include the period during which the generating station is to be installed. If the generating station is not installed during the period so specified, the consent shall be deemed to have lapsed automatically.] 10.2.3 Every Very Large generating station will be required to submit the monthly return of electricity within 15 days from the end of every month to the Transmission Licensee. 10.2.4 Persons seeking consent to run standby sets should show that they are not in arrears of Electricity dues to the Licensee The application must contain the following enclosures: GENERATING STATION CATEGORIES
Note -A :- As prescribed in O.M. No. 2/94/Gen/95-PAC dt.17.08.95 of Central Electricity Authority. Note - B :- Project Report as per CEA's "Guidelines for Formulation of Project Reports for Power Projects in Private Sector", June, 1995. Note -C :- As per CEA guideline vide No. CEA/Plg/IRP/414/33/99-1348 dt.23 July, 1999. APPLICATION FORM FOR GRANT OF PERMISSION BY 1. (a) (i) Name/s of the applicant : (b) Registered Office Address : (c) Postal Address for Communication : (d) Processing fees paid with deposit particulars (Original evidence to be sent to OERC with application) in Rs. : (e) Location of the proposed generating station : (f) (i) Existing capacity of the generating, if any : 2. Type of Generating Station Proposed. (a) Thermal - Coal/Gas/Naptha/Others : 3. Tie Ups (i) Fuel/Coal : 4. Generation Capacity 5. Purpose of application for Generating Station 6. If power supply for the applicant has been availed from the Licensee 7. If power supply for the unit has not been availed by the applicant then indicate 8. If a requisition has been made to the Licensee to supply power is not available - give details. : OTHER PARTICULARS OF THE GENERATING STATION *9. For all stand-by Generating Stations to run in emergency only [Sl-5(i)] *10. All other Generating Stations (Sl-5(ii) to 5(v) : 11. Concluding remark about the reason of installation of the generating station. Date : Signature : Place : (with designation, if any) Enclosure : Three copies of the following to be enclosed with the application to be submitted to OERC and one copy (or two copies as applicable) along with the application to be submitted to the Licensee's authorised supply Engineer. (1) Treasury Challan/Bank Draft 12. Copy to the Executive Engineer, (of the Licensee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for necessary action. Signature of Applicant 13. Views of GRIDCO (to be submitted to the licensee) in case of connection to the Transmission System. 14. Views of Distribution and Retail Supply Licensee. DESIGNATED OFFICER SALIENT DATA OF CAPTIVE/CO-GENERATION POWER PLANT 1. Name of Scheme : 2. Name of Promoter : 3. Whether the CPP is required for existing or how proposed industry 4. Type of Industry 5. Location 6. Fuel 7. Source of Supply of Fuel & its tie up 8. Requirement of Fuel (MT) 9. Transportation of Fuel 10. Zero Date 11. Gestation Period (Months) 12. Year of Commissioning 13. Details of Estimated Cost Incl. IDC, 14. Cost per MW 15. Generation cost per unit at Bus bar 16. Present & Future Power Demand of the industry from SEB 17. Type of proposed plant 18. Capacity of proposed plant (MW) 19. Total surplus power over and above it own requirement. 20. Power Supply Position in the State 21. Justification for setting up of CPP, If state is already Surplus. 22. Whether un-interrupted power supply is required ? 23. Whether the industry requires stringent tolerance in voltage & frequency. 24. Whether captive plant is able to generate power at a price lower that the tariff
charged by Board. 25. Any other relevant information for justification of the proposal. AFFIDAVIT FORM In the Court of the Executive Magistrate, ......................................(indicate here the place). or Before the Notary Public ................................................................ (indicate here the place). In the matter of an application to/for .................................................................... (indicate here briefly the purpose as well as the provision of law and the case reference for which the affidavit is filed) and In the matter of A, Versus X, AFFIDAVIT I, ....................................................................................................................., (indicate here the name who swears affidavit) Son of Shri ............................................................., aged ............ years residing at present at .................................................................................. (indicate here the full and complete postal address) do hereby, solemnly affirm and state as follows :- 1. That,I am a/an ......................................................................................................... (indicate here the designation of the deponent which he holds in the company) of ...................................... ...................., (indicate here the name of the company), the petitioner in the above matter and am duly authorised by the said petitioner to swear this affidavit for and on behalf of the aforesaid petitioner. 2. That, I am a principal officer of the petitioner within the meaning of Indian Companies Act, 1956. Note : If the petitioner is a public or Pvt. Ltd. Company, para 1 & 2 shall be a part of the affidavit; otherwise not. or 1. That, I am the sole proprietor/Managing Partner/Partner (strike out whichever is not applicable) of .................................................................................................................(indicate here the name of the partnership firm or the sole proprietorship concern) the petitioner in the above matter and am entitled under the law/duly authorised (strike out whichever is not applicable) to swear this affidavit for and on behalf of the aforesaid petitioner. 2. That I am the sole proprietor/Managing Partner/Partner of the petitioner. (strike out which ever is not applicable) Note Note : The above paragraph will find place in the affidavit as paragraphs 1 and 2 if the petitioner is a proprietorship concern or a partnership firm as the case may be. : The above paragraph will find place in the affidavit as paragraphs 1 and 2 if the petitioner is a proprietorship concern or a partnership firm as the case may be. 3. That the statements made in the petition, in support of which this affidavit is filed, are true to the best of my knowledge, information and belief/based on records (strike out whichever is not applicable) Place : Signature & Date of Deponent The deponent having been identified to me by Shri ................................................. (indicate here the name of the advocate)/ being personally known to me (strike out whichever is not applicable) has solemnly affirmed before me that the contents of the petition are true to the best of his/her (strike out whichever is not applicable) knowledge, information & belief as stated above. Executive Magistrate ............................................ (indicate here the name of place to which the Magistrate belong) or (indicate here the name of the Notary Public & the Place) Note : |