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 Electricity is non-storable commodity, which indicates

the electricity generated should be consumed timely.
 Competitive environment, the prices determined by
stochastic supply and demand functions. The price can
Introduction change at any time.
 As a consequence of increased volatility, a market
participant could make trading contracts with other
parties to hedge possible risks and get better returns.

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As per the Electricity Act 2003 the definition of

Open Access is
“Open access” means the non-discriminatory
provision for the use of transmission lines or
distribution system or associated facilities with such
What is Open lines or system by any licensee or consumer or a
Access? person engaged in generation in accordance with the
regulations specified by the Appropriate
Commission.”

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 Open access is the key to free and fair electricity market.

 Power producer(seller) and dealers/ customers (buyers)
have to share a common transmission network for
wheeling the power from the point of generation to the
point of consumption.
What is Open
 Thus interconnected transmission system is considered to
Access? be the natural monopoly so as to avoid the duplicity, the
problem of right of the way, huge investment for new
infrastructure and to take the advantage of the
interconnected network viz. reduced installation capacity,
increase system reliability and improved system
performance.

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India has 5 power grid

regions
1. North Region(NR)
Power Grid 2. East Region (ER)
Regions of 3. South Region(SR)
India 4. West Region (WR)
5. North East Region
(NER)

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1. Intra State Open Access

When buying and selling entity belongs to different
states. In this case CERC (Central Electricity
Types of Open Regulation Commission) regulations are followed.
Access 2. Inter State Open Access
When buying and selling entity belongs to same state.
In this case SERC (State Electricity Regulation
Commission) regulations are followed.

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1. Short Term Open Access (STOA)

Open access allowed for the period of less than one
month.
If suppose you require open access for two months,
then you should re – apply for STOA before the
expiry of first month.
Categorize
Open Access 2. Medium Term Open Access (MTOA)
Open access allowed for a period of 3 months to 3
years.
3. Long Term Open Access (LTOA)
Open access allowed for a period of 12 years to 25
years.

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1. Bilateral Transactions
In bilateral transactions a PPA is signed between the
Types of buyer and seller, which is generally facilitated by a
trader for a little margin.
Transactions
in Open 2. Collective Transactions
In case of collective transactions the electricity is
Access traded through exchanges, by exchange members for
a very small margin fixed by commission. Currently
India has two exchanges PXIL and IEX.

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1. Captive Power Plant

Types of A captive power plant, also called auto
producer or embedded generation, is an electricity
Generating generation facility used and managed by an industrial
Plants or commercial energy user for their own energy
consumption.

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2. Group Captive Power Plant

The “Group Captive” model is based on the
Electricity Act, 2003. As per the Electricity Act, 2003,
Types of a Group Captive power plant, unlike an individual
Generating captive power plants, is a structure where a developer
sets up a power plant for collective use of many
Plants industrial consumers who must have at least 26 per
cent of the equity in the plant and must consume at
least 51 per cent of the electricity produced.

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3. The Third Party Power Plant

In Third Party the power supplier is called a Solar /
Types of Wind/Thermal Independent Power Producer (IPP)
and the mechanism for power sale is termed as 3rd
Generating Party Sale of Power. Here the supplier brings the
Plants capital, commissions, operates & maintains the power
plant and then bills the consumer for the sale of
power. This acts as a win-win situation for both the
parties.

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The charges that applicable in open access are as given

below
 Connectivity Charges
 Point of Connection (POC) Charges
 Transmission Charges
Open Access  Transmission Losses
 Wheeling Charges
Charges  Wheeling Losses
 Cross Subsidy Surcharge
 SLDC Charges
 RLDC Charges
Note:- The above charges will be as per the state policies.

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