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Additional Agenda for the 35th TCC & 36th SRPC Meetings -11.07.2019&12.07.2019 Page 1

SOUTHERN REGIONAL POWER COMMITTEE

BENGALURU

ADDITIONAL AGENDA FOR THE 35th TCC & 36th SRPC MEETINGS TO BE

CONDUCTED ON 11th & 12th JULY 2019 AT CHENNAI

1. AGENDA ITEMS PRPOSED BY NPCIL

NPCIL vide letter dated 25th June 2019 (Annexure-AA1) has requested to include the

following issues for discussion:

(A) Delay in payment of the outstanding amount by beneficiaries:

Beneficiary Total dues

including

surcharges

(Rs. in

crore)

Total dues

including

surcharges

for more than

60 days (Rs.

in crore)

Total dues

including

surcharges

for more than

1 year (Rs. in

crore)

Remarks

TNEB 1162 839 289 The power is supplied to

these beneficiaries from

KKNP, KAIGA and

MAPS and details of

outstanding due

including surcharge are

attached as Annexure A.

HESCOM 454 417 151

TELANGANA 333 249 8

APTRANSCO 276 220 80

(B) Opening of Letter of Credit:

Beneficiary LC Amount (Rs. in crore) Remarks

HESCOM Nil HESCOM has not opened LC for the

power supplied from Kudankulam

HESCOM 6.33 HESCOM has only provided LC for

Rs.6.33 crore against requirement of

Rs.14.75 crore wrt power supply

from Kaiga

2. AGENDA ITEMS PRPOSED BY PGCIL

PGCIL vide email dated 03rd July 2019 (Annexure-AA2) has proposed the following items for

discussion:

i. Default in payment of outstanding dues by beneficiaries

The details of outstanding dues for more than 45 days as on 03.07.2019 in line with

extant tariff regulation (2019-24) in respect of defaulting beneficiaries of POWERGRID

are as under:

(Rs in Crores)

Name of the DIC 45-90 days >90 days

Telangana 256.06 107.43

AP (AP TRANSCO) 161.58 0

KSK Mahanadi (AP) 32.98 0

Thermal Powertech 33.63

Simhapuri Energy Ltd. 11.37 148.32

Kerala (KSEBL) 0 3.87


Karnataka (CESCO) 44.19 21.06

Karnataka (GESCOM) 26.98 0

Karnataka (HESCOM) 36.59 0

KSK Mahanadi (TNEB) 1.68 18.80

Jindal SR MTOA 3.24 0

Coastal Energen (MTOA) 0 23.52

The concerned utilities to liquidate the outstanding dues on top most priority.

ii. Opening/Enhancement of Letter of Credit by Beneficiaries

The following beneficiaries have to open/enhance LC as listed below:

(Rs in Crores)

DIC Name LC Required LC Available

GESCOM 19.79 18.97

HESCOM 29.32 28.78

MESCOM 12.11 11.85

KSEBL 42.62 38.95

Puducherry 9.99 5.14

BALCO 6.32 6.18

Coastal Energen 21.65 0.00

The beneficiaries are requested to open/enhance LC for the requisite amount in favor of

POWERGRID to comply with regulatory provisions.

iii. Utilization of 2x240 MVAR line reactors of Vemagiri – Chilakaluripeta 765kV D/c

as bus reactors at Vemagiri end

iv. Switching of Bus Reactors & Switchable Line Reactors

v. Through fault short circuit current of ICTs

vi. Taking over of 2 nos. bays at Edamon in respect of Kayamkulam-Edamon D/c line

by KSEB

vii. Outstanding dues payable by M/s BHAVINI towards ISTS charges

viii. Long duration outage requirement on 400KV Nelamangala –Hoody & Yelahanka –

Hoody line.

ix. 400kV NNTPS-Ariyalur TL

x. Dedicated Auxiliary supply for STATCOM at Trichy & Udumalpet stations

xi. The schedule for commissioning of ongoing projects

xii. Transmission elements being established by POWERGRID Southern

Interconnector Transmission System Limited (PSITTL)

3. AUXILIARY POWER CONSUMPTION OF M/s NTECL VALLUR FOR 2019-24

CERC had allowed Auxiliary Power Consumption (APC) of 6.69 % (0.94% more than

normative APC for 500 MW units) for NTECL Vallur for the period 2014-19.

As per CERC (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) Regulations, 2019, the normative APC

applicable to 500 MW units with IDCT is 6.25%.

NTECL, Vallur vide letter dated 18th April 2019 had requested to consider Auxiliary Power


Consumption (APC) of 7.19% for the period 2019-24 and furnished Indemnity Bond.

Accordingly, APC is provisionally taken as 7.19% for scheduling and energy accounting,

subject to the condition that NTECL obtain necessary regulatory order for APC rate of 7.19%

expeditiously.

Subsequently, TANGEDCO vide letter dated 20.06.2019 had informed that the APC 6.69% is

provisionally considered in the April, 2019 invoice and an amount of Rs.1,05,63,830/- is

deducted from the claim. Till the submission of CERC order, APC of 6.69% will be

considered.

4. CONDUCTION OF PROTECTION AUDIT OF VARIOUS 220 KV & ABOVE

STATIONS (SUBSTATIONS AS WELL AS GENERATION SWITCHYARDS) IN

SOUTHERN REGION

In the 35th Meeting of SRPC, the Committee had approved the proposal to undertake protection

audit of all identified stations at 220 kV & above, which are yet to be protection-audited, by

regional teams drawn from various SR-Constituents including SRLDC & SRPC and SRPC

Secretariat was asked to take necessary action to take up the exercise in the second half of 2019.

It was agreed that these audits could be conducted using common formats like the ones being

presently used by SRPC teams, and in accordance with the extant standards/ regulations/

guidelines, and could take place under the overall supervision & co-ordination of SRPC

Secretariat.

The composition for constituting Regional Teams for Protection Audit is as given below:

SR-Constituent / Organization No. of Members

Andhra Pradesh: APGENCO (4) and APTRANSCO (6) 10

Karnataka: KPCL (4) and KPTCL (6) 10

Kerala: KSEBL 8

Tamil Nadu: TANGEDCO (4) and TANTRANSCO (6) 10

Telangana:TSGENCO (4) and TSTRANSCO (6) 10

PGCIL: SRTS-I (5) and SRTS-II (5) 10

CGS: NTPC (1), NLCIL (1), NPCIL (1) 3

Member IPP’s (1 each)

(CEPL, HNPCL,IL&FS TPCL,SEIL & UPCL)

5

SRLDC 5

SRPC Secretariat 3

In this regard, SRPC vide letter dated 19.06.2019 (Annexure-AA3) has requested utilities to

nominate members in order to chart schedule of the Audit.

Subsequently, in the Meeting of Protection Sub-Committee held on 26th June 2019, the utilities


were requested to expedite nomination.

5. RAMP RATES/TECHNICAL MINIMUM/ STARTUP FROM HOT/WARM/COLD

(Refer Item No.9 of Main Agenda)

SRPC vide letter dated 17th June 2019 (Annexure-AA4) has requested Regional ED (SRHQ),

NTPC to expedite the expert view of the OEM(s) on the issues of ramp rates, technical

minimum and startup from hot/warm/cold conditions.

NTPC vide letter dated 27th June 2019 (Annexure-AA5) informed that the matter has already

taken up with OEM and response from them is awaited. Meanwhile based on the revised 1%

ramp rate, NTPC is working on the modalities for complying the same and they will revert

back shortly.

6. IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATIC METER READING (AMR) IN SOUTHERN

REGION (Refer Item No.10 of Main Agenda)

SRPC vide letter dated 26th June 2019 (Annexure-AA6) has requested POWERGRID to

examine the cost sharing aspect of the scheme and suitable options may be proposed for

deliberation in the SRPC/TCC meetings.

7. URTDSM (PMU) PROJECT IN SOUTHERN REGION (Refer Item No.26 of Main

Agenda)

SRLDC vide letter dated 01st July 2019 (Annexure-AA7) requested PGCIL to look into the

issues and take necessary actions to make all analytical applications operational at SRLDC.

PGCIL vide letter dated 04th July 2019 (Annexure-AA8) has furnished point wise reply to the

SRLDC letter dated 01st July 2019.

SRLDC vide letter dated 03rd July 2019 (Annexure-AA9) sought SRTS-II, PGCIL to ensure

that the required tools are installed at SRLDC control center for effective management of PMU

integrated in URTDSM system under substation package.

In the 156th Meeting of OCC, the forum had requested to explore the possibility of installing

PMU’s at SATCOM substations (GHANAPUR, UDUMALPET, and TRICHY) in SR and

other important substations by optimizing the existing PMU’s available under URTDSM

project. The Proposal is at Annexure-AA10

8. IMPLEMENTATION OF CERC ORDER IN PETITION No.26/MP/2017 dated

06.11.2018 – NTPC Kudgi Evacuation (Refer Item No.32 of Main Agenda)

This was discussed in the 41st Meeting of Commercial Sub-Committee held on 20.06.2019,

wherein all the constituents had expressed concern for the delay in compliance of the part of

the CERC order.

SRPC vide letter dated 27th June 2019 (Annexure-AA11) has requested POSOCO to kindly

examine and furnish the necessary details to facilitate SRPC Secretariat to proceed further. In


reply to this letter POSOCO vide letter dated 28th June 2019 (Annexure-AA12) informed that

Implementing Agency had carried out the PoC rate recomputation exercise and submitted the

results to CERC. The revised PoC rates order is pending with CERC.

9. INCLUSION OF ALL BILATERAL BILLING (INCLUDING RE GENERATORS) IN

RTA (Refer Item No.34 of Main Agenda)

SRPC vide letter dated 04th July 2019 (Annexure-AA13) requested NLDC and PGCIL to

communicate all bilateral billings (including RE) for inclusion in RTA to comply with CERC

orders.

10. COMPLIANCE OF CEA REGULATIONS FOR GRID CONNECTIVITY OF

RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (Refer Item No.40 of Main Agenda)

Committee to discuss Renewable Energy Generation data management

A meeting was held at Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), New Delhi on

05.04.2019 to discuss Renewable Energy Generation Data Management, wherein it was

decided that a committee comprising representatives from MNRE, MoP, POSOCO,

specific SLDCs and RPCs and to be chaired by the Member (Planning), CEA may look

into following issues:

Determining the present gap in RE generation data collection

Support required for creating an institutional mechanism at CEA

Framework for collection of inter-state Sale and purchase of RE power

Factoring of REC data in overall mix of RE generation data

Mechanism for collection of RE data on monthly basis and real time data

The 1st meeting of the Committee is scheduled on 10.07.2019 at New Delhi..

11. KARNTATAKA ESCOMs OUTSTANDING DUES TO NTPL, NPCIL & NLCIL (Refer

Item No. 21 & 34 of Main Agenda)

PCKL vide letter dated 02nd July 2019 (Annexure-AA14) has requested for kind intervention

of GOK in issuing directions to ESCOMs to clear the outstanding arrears in respect of the

generators.

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