CEN NTRAL ELE ECTRICITY Y REGULA ATORY COMMISSION N NE EW DELHI

Coram m: Dr. Pra amod Deo, , Chairpers son Shri S. . Jayarama an, Membe er Shri V.S.Verma, Member Shri M.Deena M Da ayalan, Member

Date of o Hearing: 7.6.2012 Date of o Order: 3.5.2013

Petition No. 47/ /MP/2012 In th he matter of: o

Enforcing g adequate frequency re esponse from all the co ontrol areas to t the Indian n Grid through availability of primary p resp ponse from all generatin ng stations in i the grid in n term ms of Regula ation 5.2 of the Indian Electricity E G Grid Code re ead with Regulations 24 4 (Conduct of and 111 of the e Central Electricity E Re egulatory Commission C o Business) Regulations, 199 99.

And d In the t matter of:

Eastern Regional R Lo oad Despatch h Centre, Ko olkata

Petition ner

Vs
1. Oriss sa Power Tra ansmission Corp. C Ltd., Bhubaneswa B ar 2. West t Bengal Sta ate Electricity y Transmission Corp. Ltd d., Kolkata 3. Bihar r State Elect tricity Board, , Patna 4. Jhark khand State Electricity Board, B Ranch hi of Sikkim, Gangtok 5. Energ gy and Powe er Deppt., Government G G 6. Damo odar Valley Corporation, Kolkata 7. Sterli ite Energy Ltd., Bhubane eswar 8. Maith hon Power Ltd., L Noida 9. ER-I, , HQ, NTPC, Patna 10. ER-II I, HQ NTPC, Bhubanesw war 11. NHPC C Ltd., Farid dabad 12. ERTS S-I, PGCIL, Patna ..Re 13. ERTS S-II, PGCIL Kolkata espondents s Order in Petition Nos.47/M MP/2012; 49/M MP/2012;
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Petition No. 49/MP/2012 In th he matter of: o

Enforcing g adequate frequency re esponse from all the co ontrol areas to t the Indian n Grid through availability of primary p resp ponse from all generatin ng stations in i the grid in n term ms of Regula ation 5.2 of the Indian Electricity E G Grid Code re ead with Regulations 24 4 and 111 of the e Central Electricity E Re egulatory Commission C o Business) (Conduct of Regulations, 199 99.

And d In the t matter of:

Northern n Regional Load L Despat tch Centre, New N Delhi

Pet titioner

Vs
1. Uttar Pradesh Po ower Transm mission Corp poration Ltd. Lucknow 2. Powe er Developm ment Deptt., Jammu J 3. Rajas sthan Rajya Vidyut Pras saran Nigam m Ltd., Jaipur r 4. Punja ab State Ele ectricity Transmission Co orp. Ltd., Pat tiala 5. Harya ana Vidyut Prasaran P Nig gam Ltd., Pa anchkula 6. Delhi i Transco Ltd d., Delhi 7. Hima achal Prades sh State Elec ctricity Board d, Shimla 8. Powe er Transmiss sion Corpora ation of Uttarakhand Ltd d., Dehradun n 9. UT of f Chandigarh, Chandiga arh 10. NRTS S-I, PGCIL, New Delhi 11. NRTS S-II, PGCIL, Jammu 12. Powe erlink Transm mission Ltd., New Delhi 13. Jaype ee Powergri id Ltd., New Delhi n Co. Ltd., Gurgaon 14. Parba ati-Koldam Transmissio T G 15. Bhak kra Beas Management Board, B Chand digarh. 16. Singr rauli Super Thermal T Pow wer Station, Shakti Naga ar, Uttar Pradesh 17. Rihan nd Super Th hermal Powe er Station, Distt. D Sonebh hadra, Uttar Pradesh 18. Firoz ze Gandhi Un nchahar The ermal Power r Project, Dis stt. Rai Bare eilly, UP 19. Natio onal Capital Thermal T Pow wer Project, Gautam Bu udh Nagar, Uttar U Prade esh 20. Auraiya Gas Pow wer Project, Distt., Etawa ah, Uttar Pra adesh 21. Anta Gas Power Project, Raj jasthan ower Station n, Distt. Bula andshahar, Uttar U Prades sh 22. Narora Atomic Po 23. Rajas sthan Atomic c Power Sta ation (B&C), Anu Shakti Nagar, Raja asthan 24. Rajas sthan Atomic c Power Sta ation A, An nu Shakti, Ra ajasthan 25. Sewa a - II, Hydro o Electric Pro oject, NHPC Ltd., HP Order in Petition Nos.47/M MP/2012; 49/M MP/2012;
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26. Salal Hydro Elec ctric Project, NHPC Ltd., Jyotipuram, J&K 27. Dhau uliganga Hyd dro Electric Project, P NHP PC Ltd., Utta arakhand 28. Uri Power Station n, NHPC Ltd d., Gingle, J& &K 29.Cham mera Hydro Electric E Proje ect I, NHPC Ltd., Distt t. Chamba, HP H 30. Cham mera Hydro Electric Proj ject II, NHPC Ltd., Dis stt. Chamba, HP 31. Baira a Siul Hydro Electric Pro oject, NHPC Ltd., Surang gini, HP 32. Dulha asti Hydro Electric E Proje ect, NHPC Lt td., J&K 33. Satlu uj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd., Himachal Pradesh P 34. Tana akpur Hydro Electric Proj ject, Uttarak khand 35. Kotes shwar Hydro o Electric Pro oject, Tehri Garwa;Uttar rakhand 36. Tehri i Hydro Deve elopment Co orp. Ltd., Ris shikesh, Utta arakhannd 37. Jhajja ar Thermal Power P Proje ect, Noida 38. Allain n Duhangan HEP, Kullu Distt., Hima achal Prades sh 39. Karch ham Wangto oo HE Project, Tapri, Him machal Prad desh 40. Malana Hydro Electric Projec ct, Stage - II, Himachal Pradesh ..Resp 41. Shree Cement Lt td., Banngur r Nagar, Ajm mer pondents

Petition No. 50/MP/2012 In th he matter of: o

Enforcing g adequate frequency re esponse from all the co ontrol areas to t the Indian n Grid through availability of primary p resp ponse from all generatin ng stations in i the grid in n term ms of Regula ation 5.2 of the Indian Electricity E G Grid Code re ead with Regulations 24 4 (Conduct of and 111 of the e Central Electricity E Re egulatory Commission C o Business) Regulations, 199 99.

And d t matter of: In the

North Ea astern Regio onal Load De espatch Cen ntre, Shillong g

Petition ner

Vs
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. SLDC, S Assam m Electricity Grid Corp. Ltd., L Guwahati Meghalaya M E Electricity Co orp. Ltd., Shillong Tripura T State Electricity Corp. C Ltd., Agartala A Deptt. D of Pow wer, Governm ment of Arun nachal Prade esh, Itanaga ar Deptt. D of Pow wer and Elec ctricity, Gove ernment of Mizoram, M Aiz zawl Deptt. D of Pow wer and Elec ctricity, Govt. of Nagalan nd, Kohima Deptt. D of Pow wer, Governm ment of Man nipur, Imphal NEEPCO N Ltd d., Shillong Loktak Projec ct, NHPC, Manipur M

Order in Petition Nos.47/M MP/2012; 49/M MP/2012;

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10. NERTS, N POW WERGRID, Shillong S

Re espondents s

Petition No. 51/MP/2012 In th he matter of: o

Enforcing g adequate frequency re esponse from all the co ontrol areas to t the Indian n Grid through availability of primary p resp ponse from all generatin ng stations in i the grid in n ms of Regula ation 5.2 of the Indian Electricity E G Grid Code re ead with Regulations 24 4 term (Conduct of and 111 of the e Central Electricity E Re egulatory Commission C o Business) Regulations, 199 99

And d In th he matter of: o

Western Regional Lo oad Despatc ch Centre, Mumbai M

.Petitioner Vs
1. KSTPS I & II, NTPC Ltd., Korba STPS Stage 1 e 1 and 2, Chhattisgarh C 2 VSTPS-S 2. STG-I, NTPC C Ltd., Vindh hyanchal ST TPS Stage 1, Madhya Pr radesh 3 VSTPS-S 3. STG-II, NTP PC Ltd., Vind dhyanchal ST TPS Stage 2, 2 Madhya Pradesh P 4 VSTPS-S 4. STG-III, NTP PC Ltd., Vind dhyanchal STPS S Stage 3, Madhya Pradesh P 5 Kawas NTPC 5. N Ltd., Surat S Distt., Gujarat G 6 Gandhar 6. r NTPC Ltd., , Bharuch Di istt., Gujarat t 7 SIPAT Sipat TPS, NT 7. TPC Ltd., Chhattisgarh 8 KAPS Nu 8. uclear Powe er Corp. of In ndia Ltd., Gu ujarat 9 TAPS 1 and 9. a 2 Nucle ear Power Co orporation of India Ltd., Maharashtra a 1 TAPS 3 and 10. a 4 Nucle ear Power Co orporation of India Ltd., Maharashtra a 1 SSP, Narmada Cont 11. trol Authority y, Madhya Pradesh 1 KSTPS III NTPC Ltd., Korba STP 12. PS Stage 3, Chhattisgar rh 1 Coastal Gujarat 13. G Pow wer Ltd., UMP PP Mundra, Kutch, Guja arat 1 JINDAL Jindal 14. J Powe er Ltd., Raiga arh, Chhattis sgarh 1 LANCO Lanco 15. L Powe er Ltd., Gurgaon 1 ARYAN Coal 16. C Benefic ciary, ACB (India) Ltd., Chhattisgarh C h 1 SLDC Gu 17. ujarat, Vado odara 1 SLDC Ma 18. aharashtra MSETCL, M Ne ew Mumbai 1 SLDC, MPPTCL, 19. M Jab balpur 2 SLDC, CSPTCL, 20. C Chhattisgarh 2 NSPCL, NTPC-SAIL 21. L Power Co. Pvt. Ltd., Bh hilai 2 RGPPL, Ratnagiri Gas and Pow 22. wer Pvt. Ltd., Noida 2 BALCO, Korba, Chhattisgarh 23. pondents .Resp Order in Petition Nos.47/M MP/2012; 49/M MP/2012;
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Petition No. 52/MP/2012 In th he matter of: o

Enforcing g adequate frequency re esponse from all the co ontrol areas to t the Indian n Grid through availability of primary p resp ponse from all generatin ng stations in i the grid in n term ms of Regula ation 5.2 of the Indian Electricity E Gr rid Code rea ad with Reg gulations 24 4 and 111 of th he Central Electricity E R Regulatory C Commission (Conduct of o Business) Regualtions,199 99

And d he matter of: o In th

Southern n Regional Load L Despat tch Centre, Bangalore B

P Petitioner

Vs
1. RAMAGU 1 UNDAM STG G I AND II, NTPC, N Andh hra Prdaesh 2 RAMAGU 2. UNDAM STG G III, NTPC, , Andhra Prd daesh 3 NTPC TA 3. ALCHER ST TG II, Odisha a 4 NLC TPS 4. S II STG I, Tamil T Nadu 5 NLC TPS 5. S II STG II, Tamil T Nadu 6 NLC TPS 6. S EXPANSIO ON, Neyveli, Tamil Nadu u 7 NPCIL, Madras 7. M Atom mic Power Station, Kalpa akkam, Tam mil Nadu 8 KGS UNITS 1 & 2, NPCIL, 8. N Kaiga a Generating g Station, Ka arnataka 9 KGS UNITS 3 & 4, NPCIL, 9. N Kaiga a Generating g Station, Ka arnataka 1 LANCO Kondapalli 10. K P Power Pvt. Ltd., L Mandal 1 APTRAN 11. NSCO, Hyde erabad 1 Karnatak 12. ka Power Tra ansmission Corp. Ltd., Bangalore B 1 Kerala State Electric 13. city Board, Trivandrum 1 TANTRA 14. ANSCO, Che ennai 1 Pondiche 15. erry Electrici ity Deptt., Po ondicherry 1 Goa Elec 16. ctricity Board d, Governme ent of Goa, Goa G 1 SRTS-I, PGCIL, Sec 17. cuderabad Re 1 SRTS-II, PGCIL, Ban 18. ngalore espondents s

Following wer re present: :

1. Shri S.K.Soonee, POSOCO V Suresh, POSOCO 2. Shri V. POSOCO 3. Shri R.K.Bansal, R 4. Shri P. P Pentayya, , POSOCO 5. Ms. Joyti Prasad, POSOCO Order in Petition Nos.47/M MP/2012; 49/M MP/2012;
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6. Shri V.K.Agarwal V , NLDC 7. Shri N. N Mishra, NLDC 8. Shri S. S Narsimhan n, NLDC .9. Shri Pradeep P Red ddy, NLDC 10. Shri Debasis D De, , NRLDC 11. Shri V.V V Sharma a, NRLDC 12. Ms. Gayatri G Devi, NRLDC 13. Shri C.S. C Bobade e, WRLDC 14. Shri R. R Raina, ER RLDC 15. Shri Sandeep S Sa arwate, NPC CIL 16. Ms. Elizabeth E Py yrbot, NEEPC CO 17. Shri Amrik A Singh h, NHPC 18. Shri B.B B Mehta, SLDC, S Guja arat 19. Shri P.P.Francis, P , NTPC 20. Shri A Basu Roy, NTPC 21. Ms. Shilpa S Aggar rwal, NTPC 22. Shri Udai U Shanka ar, NTPC 23. Shri Vivek V Kumar, NTPC 24. Shri Rajeev R Kum mar, NTPC 25. Shri Sudhir S Kapa adia, CPDCL L.

O ORDER p ha ave been filed f by Ea astern Reg gional Load d Despatch h These petitions Cen ntre, Northe ern Region nal Load Despatch D C Centre, Nor rth- Easter rn Regiona al Load d Despatch h Centre, Western W Reg gional Load d Despatch h Centre an nd Southern n Reg gional Load d Despatch h Centre fo or enforcing g adequate e frequency y response e from m the all control c area as to the e grid thro ough availability of the t primary y

resp ponses from m all the ge enerating stations in the grid in n terms of Regulation n 5.2 of the Central Elec ctricity Regu ulatory Com mmission (Indian ( Elec ctricity Grid d Cod de ) Regulat tions, 2010 0. 2. The com mmon subm missions of f the petition ners are as s follows:

Order in Petition Nos.47/M MP/2012; 49/M MP/2012;

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(a)

The T Commission has taken seve eral initiatives

durin ng the last

one dec cade to ens sure that th he system frequency f i maintaine is ed within a narrow range. Star rting from the first In ndian Elect tricity Grid Code with h effect fr rom 1.2.2000, there is gradual frequenc cy band as s under: (i) (ii) (ii) (iii) (b) 1.2.2000 onwards-49.0 0-50.5 Hz (1 1.5. Hz vari iation) 2-50.3 Hz (1 1.1. Hz vari iation) 1.4.2009 onwards-49.2 3.5.2010 3 onwards-49.5 5-50.2 Hz (0 0.7 Hz varia ation) 17.9.2012 onwards-49.7-50.2 Hz (0.5 Hz var riation) Apart A from the t frequen ncy band tig ghtening, th here has be een a curb b in n narrowing g of the permissible e

on the Unschedul led Intercha ange (UI) volume v thr rough price e signal

order to encourage e utilities to o forecast their t loads and go for scheduled d contract ts. (c) Despite D the e above me easures, th he absolute e variations in system m

frequenc cy are still high. As th he load generation ba alance in th he system is s continuo ously chang ging, the sy ystem frequ uency also varies. The e frequency y variation ns over a day is still of the order of 1.2 Hz H which needs to be e curbed; (d) In n the India an context, enforceme ent of primary respo onse from m

generato ors and periodic moni itoring of control c are ea frequenc cy response e
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vis--vis s ideal cond ditions (response) is required r as loss/l load of gen neration gre eater than 1000 1 MW; (e) There T is a requireme ent to mandate

fo or large events e such h

target for r frequency y the Ind dian power

respons se for different contro ol areas without w whic ch

system is extreme ely vulnerab ble and pr rone to cas scading failure in case e of large events. (f) In n the conte ext of sync chronization n of Southe ern Grid wit th the NEW W

Grid by the end of 2013-14, operating o su uch a large e grid of ov ver 125 GW W without primary res sponse wou uld make the system m highly vulnerable in n the case e of conting gency; (g) The T issue of frequency y response e merits fu urther attention in view w

of increa asing penetrations of renewable generation n in the sys stem as its s intermed diate nature e would necessitate adequate a fr requency response r in n all contr rol areas to maintain grid security y; (h) As A the India an Power System S is getting g syn nchronized with Nepal, for

Bhutan and Bangla adesh and may result t in South Asian A Association al Regiona Cooperation (SAR RRC) Grid, absence

y response e of primary

would have an im mportant bea aring on the security of the ent tire SAARC C grid;

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(i)

Absence A of f primary re esponse is s a great impedimen i t to proper regime n is an

signals for the ele ectricity ma arket. A st table frequ uency equirement t for the ele ectricity mar rket. urgent re 3.

In view of o above, th he petitione ers have ma ade the follo owing pray yers: "8.In view w of the po oor frequenc cy response from gener rators and consequently c y
the differ rent control areas, a it is prayed p that the t Hon`ble Commission n may kindly y order: ntrol areas-w wise frequen ncy response e for all events involving g (1) Monitoring of con dden 1000 MW M load/generation loss s through pe eriodic repor rts submitted d a sud by co ontrol areas, SLDCs an nd RLDCs to o CERC; and gent enforce ement of th he primary response fr rom generat tors through h (2) String RGM MO/FGMO with no exemptions to any y generator.

o directio on as deeme ed fit in the circumstanc c se." es of the cas (3) Any other

4.

Replies to the pet titions have e been filed d by the NTPC, N NHP PC and the e

DCs of Guja arat, Madhy ya Pradesh h, Chhattisg garh, Andh hra Pradesh h and Uttar SLD Prad desh. 5. ng on 7.6.2012, the e Commiss sion after noting the e During the hearin

subm missions of f CEO, PO OSOCO and d the repre esentatives of NTPC, SLDCs of Guja arat, Maharashtra, Ma adhya Prad desh and Chhattisga arh and rep presentative e of Nuclear N Pow wer Corporation of India Limit ted, directe ed CEO, POSOCO to o form mulate a pro ocedure for r ensuring primary res sponse in consultation c n with Load d
Order in Petition Nos.47/M MP/2012; 49/M MP/2012;
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Des spatchers and a invite parties

comment ts/suggestio ons/objectio ons of all concerned d

thereo on and finalize and submit the e draft proc cedure alo ong with al ll

vant docum ments for ap pproval of th he Commis ssion. relev 6. Power System S Op peration Corporation Limited L (PO OSOCO) vid de its letter

date ed 13.7.20 012, has submitted s the draft "Procedure e for Asse essment of o Freq quency Response Ch haracteristic c (FRC) of f Control Areas A in Ind dian Power Syst tem" for considerati ion and app proval of th he Commission. POS SOCO has s

subm mitted that t the draft procedure was circu ulated and discussed in the 7th h mee eting of Fo orum of Lo oad Despat tchers (FOLD) held on 14.6.20 012 at New w Delh hi. Based on o the comments rece eived in the aforementioned FOL LD meeting, revis sed proced dure was circulated by b RLDCs to its users s (SLDC/IST TS, etc.) by y e-mail/post . It has been stated s that comments have been received from Punjab b Stat te Transmission Corp poration Lt td. which mainly per rtain to the e status of gove ernor opera ation in the State. Afte er considering the com mments, PO OSOCO has s subm mitted a final draft procedure. 7. o the Grid Code C provid des as under: Regulation 5.2 (f) of " All the ermal gener rating units s of 200 MW and abo ove and all hydro units s of 10 MW and abo ove, which are synchr ronized with h the grid, irrespective e of their ownership, shall have e their gove ernors in op peration at all times in n accorda ance with th he following provisions s:.."

8.

The proc cedure sub bmitted by the POSOC CO has bee en develope ed by NLDC C

to monitor m the complianc ce of Regu ulation 5.2 (f) of the Grid Code as quoted d
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abov ve. The ob bjective of the procedu ure has bee en stated "to develop a common n unde erstanding among all control centres and other o entitie es respons sible for the e relia able operati ion of the each e inter-c connection in India". The T proced dure clearly y deal ls with various roles being perfo ormed by NLDC, RLDCs and SLDCs S and d the need and suitability of o the monitoring of the FRC at t the contro ol area leve el and submissio on of quar rterly repor rt in this regard. r We e have exa amined the e cedure. We e are of the e view that the proced dure will he elp in clearly y assessing g proc and monitoring g the the FRC C at the co ontrol area level. Accordingly, we w approve e

"Procedure for Asse essment of Frequency y Response e Characteristic (FRC)

of Control C Area as in Indian Power Sys stem" as appended to o this order.

9. up

As a fo ollow up of f the recom mmendation ns of the Enquiry E Com mmittee set by Government of India to look into the t recent grid distu urbance on n

30.7 7.2012 and d 31.7.2012 2, a task force f unde er the Chairmanship of Member (The ermal), Central Electr ricity Autho ority has been b constituted for judging j the e prim mary respon nse from ge enerating un nits.

10.

The "Pr rocedure fo or Assessm ment of Freq quency Re esponse Ch haracteristic c

C)" shall be subject to mo odifications, if requir red, in th he light of o (FRC reco ommendatio ons of the aforementio a oned Task Force. F

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11.

We dire ect the POS SOCO to give g wide publicity p to the proced dure for the e

rmation of and a complia ance by all concerned d. infor

12.

We again directs s that all generatin ng stations s shall co omply with h

Reg gulation 5.2 (f) of the Grid Code e and failin ng which appropriate proceeding g shal ll be initiat ted agains st them for r non-comp pliance with h the provis sions of the e Grid d Code and directions of the Com mmission.

13.

Accordin ngly, the pe etitions are disposed of. o

Sd d/sd/ /sd/sd/(M. Deena Day yalan) ( (V.S.Verma a) (S. Jayaraman) (Dr.Pramod Deo) Member rMemberMem mberChairperson

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