In exercise of powers conferred under clause s of subsection 2 of section 178 of the Electricity Act

EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 858] NEW DELHI, TUES DAY , DECEMBER 26, 2023/ PAUS HA 5, 1945 CG-DL-E-26122023-250908 CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 15th December , 2023 No. L-1/236/2018/CERC .—In exercise of powers conferred under clause (s) of subsection (2) of section 178 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003) read with Section 61 thereof and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, and after previous publication, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission hereby makes the following regulations, to amend the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Cond itions of Tariff) Regulations, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as “the Principal Regulations”), namely: - 1. Short Title and Commencement: (1) These regulations may be called the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) (T hird Amendment) Regulations, 2023. (2) These regulations shall come into force from the date of publication of these Regulations in the official Gazette. 2. Amendment to Clause (4) under Appendix -II “Procedure for Calculation of Transmission System Availability Factor for a Month” of the Principal Regulations: 2.1 New sub -clause (iii) shall be added after sub -clause (ii) of Clause (4) under Appendix -II of the Principal Regulations as under: “(iii) Shut down of a transmission line due to shifting or mo dification of such transmission line or otherwise because of the Project(s) of NHAI, Railways , and Border Road Organisation. Member Secretary, RPC may restrict the deemed availability period to that considered reasonable by him for the work involved; Prov ided that DICs are not affected by the shutdown of such a transmission Line;” 3. Amendment to Clause (5) under Appendix -II “Procedure for Calculation of Transmission System Availability Factor for a Month” of the Principal Regulations: 3.1 Provisos to sub -clause (ii) to Clause (5) under Appendix -II of the Principal Regulations shall be deleted. 3.2 New sub -clause (iii) shall be added after sub -clause (ii) of Clause (5) under Appendix -II of the Principal Regulations as under: “(iii) The outage period which can be excluded for the purpose of sub -clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause shall be declared as under: a) Maximum up to one month by Member Secretary, RPC b) Beyond one month and up to three months after a decision at RPC c) Beyond three months by the Commission for which the transmission licensee shall approach the Commission along with reasons , steps taken to mitigate the outage and restoration timeline.” HARPREET SINGH PRUTHI , Secy. [ADVT. -III/4/Exty./ 641/2023 -24] Note : (1) The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2019 were published in Part III - Section 4, No.144 of the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) dated May 3, 2019. (2) The Central Electricity Regulatory Com mission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2020 were published in Part III - Section 4, No.53 of the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) dated Feb 3, 2021. (3) The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021 were published in Part III - Section 4, No.394 of the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) dated September 13, 2021. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Publish ed by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.