11 Customized India Newsletter April 2012 9 May 2012 - Issue 11

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APRIL, 2012

Issue 11

Power Ministry for amendments to Electricity Act, 2003

In a bid to remove anomalies in the implementation of Electricity Act, 2003 Power Ministry has proposed large

number of amendments. It has been proposed to amend the Section 11 in order to curb the alleged misuse by

State Government. Section 11 have been used quite often by States like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

to prohibit the sale of surplus power from generating units to entities outside a state.

Under Section 11 of Electricity Act “an appropriate government may specify that a generating company shall, in

extraordinary circumstances, operate and maintain any generating station in accordance with the direction of that

government”.

However, the actual interpretation by Power Ministry is, “For Section 11, ‘extraordinary circumstances’ mean

those arising out of threat to the security of a state, a public order or a natural calamity, or other circumstances

arising in public interest, except for the implementation of open access, as envisaged in the Act.”

The ministry’s proposal is also supported by the Forum of Regulators, an apex body of power regulators. The

forum said, “The Act may be amended to provide greater clarity on the meaning of the ‘extraordinary

circumstances’ mentioned in Section 11.”

Inside This IssueNo Wheeling Charges on Solar Generation in Karnataka for FY13 2Karnataka Issues Tariff Order for fY13 2Residential Sector Lightning Program in the State of Keral under BLY PoA 3SecureNet-RT Combined with SCATA-RT 4Review of REC Trading – March 2012 5Possibilities for next trade session 6Monthly Analysis of OTC contracts for the month of April 2012 7Useful Data – India 8 & 9

Customized Energy Solutions iscommitted to working with each

of our clients to analyze their

needs, simplify the solutions, and

implement an informed, fiscally

responsible plan to help them to

navigate the complex energy

markets.



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No Wheeling Charge on Solar

Generation in Karnataka for

FY13

Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) has

decided that solar power will be free from Wheeling

Charges.

However, the wheeling of other non-conventional energy

sources, within the state, the existing wheeling charges at

5% of the injected energy will be applicable for FY13.

For wind and mini-hydel sources of energy, additional

banking charges of 2% will also be charged, irrespective of

the network used.

If energy from renewable sources is wheeled from the state

to consumers outside the state, normal wheeling charges

ranging from Rs 0.21 per unit to Rs 0.69 per unit will apply.

Source: KERC

ToD Tariff

18:00 – 22:00 hrs 1.00 Rs / kWh

22:00 – 06:00 hrs -1.25 Rs / kWh

Cross Subsidy HT Industrial HT Commercial

66kV and above 0.43 2.05

33/11 kV 0.11 1.73

State Open

Access

Wheeling

Charges

Distribution

Losses

BESCOM 0.10 4.02%

HESCOM 0.19 8.57%

MESCOM 0.21 4.32%

GESCOM 0.22 5.88%

CESC 0.19 5.20%

KPTCL Transmission Losses 3.96%

Short Term Transmission Charges (Rs/MW) FY13

More than 12 hrs & upto 24 hrs in a day in one block 922.39

More than 6 hrs & upto 12 hrs in a day in one block 461.19

Upto 6 hrs in a day in one block 230.6

Source: KERC

Karnataka Issues tariff order

for fy13

KERC have come up with the Tariff Order for FY13. The

Charges determined under the New Tariff order have been

outlined below:

HT Tariff

5.10 Rs / kWh for 1st 1 lakh units

5.50 Rs / kWh for rest of the units




Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) was constituted on March 31, 1957 by the Government of Kerala

under the Electricity (Supply Act), 1948. KSEB is in the business of Generation, Transmission and

Distribution of electricity in the State of Kerala. In 2008-09, KSEB had a consumer base of 93,63,461

out of which domestic category accounted for 79.9%, whereas commercial and agricultural consumersaccounted for 14% and 5% respectively. Other Licensees and Railway Traction accounted less than 1.5%

of total consumer base. In terms of energy consumption, domestic category accounted for 48% followed

by Industrial and Commercial categories of nearly 26% and 17% of total energy consumption

respectively. Energy requirement of the State has increased from 13628 MU in FY 2002-03 to 17645

MU in FY 2008-09 due to fast economic growth of the State. Similarly, Peak demand has increased from

2803 MW to 3188 MW during the same period. The State suffered energy shortfall and peak demand

shortfall of around 11.89% and 13.77% in FY 2008-09 respectively. The State experienced the peak

demand during morning period of 0600 to 0730 hours and evening period of 1900 hours to 2230 hours.

The morning peak does not deviate significantly from the avg. load; however there is a substantial

difference in load during morning and evening peak. Considering the occurrence of peak load during

evening period and maximum consumer being the domestic users, KSEB decided to implement efficient

lighting DSM program targeting residential consumer category.

In order to improve the lighting energy efficiency in the residential sector at national level, BEE has

initiated Bachat Lamp Yojna (BLY) efficient lighting program targeting residential sector with in-builtCDM benefit and successfully registered as Bachat Lamp Yojna as a Clean Development Mechanism

Program of Activities (CDM PoA) with UNFCCC. In order to supplement National Level efforts of BEE

and Ministry of Power, KSEB decided to implement residential sector lighting DSM program under BLY

PoA and made Energy Management Centre, Kerala responsible for the implementation of the same.

EMC decided to replace 60 W Incandescent Bulbs with 14 W CFL. EMC also decided to distribute two

CFLs per households to all grid connected households located in three regions of the Kerala State. EMC

& KSEB selected Philips Electronics (I) limited for the supply of CFLs. KSEB had 7709691 residentialconsumers as on December 2009 in three regions of the Kerala State. Out of total residential consumers,

around 82% of the consumers participated and purchased two CFLs under this scheme. EMC and KSEB

successfully distributed around 12.614020 million CFLs to grid connected residential consumers in the

State of Kerala. Total twenty CPA DDs have been developed covering the three regions of the Kerala

State and included in BLY PoA at UNFCCC after validation by DoE. Implementation of this program

will result in net energy savings of around 2154554 MWH over a period of project life of around four

years. It will also help in emission reduction of around 1944993 tonnes of CO2e over a project life.

Residential Sector Li htin Pro ram in the State of Kerala under BLY PoA




Customized Energy Solutions worked with industry leading data, voice and internet encryption providers, to develop a

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high security and ease of use and installation. SecureNet-RT can utilize the internet for secure low cost data

transmission, or can support communications to customer sites using private data networks. The menu of data

acquisition services is scalable and flexible to meet each individual customer requirements. SecureNet-RT can be used

for real-time energy and capacity telemetry to an ISO (United States) or SLDC (India), frequency and voltage regulation

in an Ancillary Service Market, or Synchronous Reserves and Usage data for Demand Response.

SecureNet-RT is an industrial-grade, real-time, integrated voice and data communication tool. Its unparalleled

performance, high security, and ease of use are scalable and can grow with the customer's changing needs. All of this

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SecureNet-RT Service Functions:• ISO/SLDC Energy/Capacity Data:

Provide the capability to supply all of the real-time and revenue telemetry required by an ISO or SLDC for participation in Energy andCapacity Markets.

• Remote Startup/Shutdown:

Provides asignal that when integrated into a generators start-up logic, can remote start and stop a generator. This same signal can also beused to alarm or trigger a response within a process control logic scheme.

• Voltage monitoring:

Monitors the local power supply voltage and notifies customer of any abnormal conditions, enabling the customer to take protectivemeasures.

• Real-Time Bidirectional Telemetry:

Includes MW, MVar, KV, MWH, MVarH, breaker and alarm status, dispatch signals for use by generation and demand response resourcesfor ISO Energy, Capacity, Regulation and Synchronous Reserves

• Protocol Support:

SecureNet-RT supports a wide variety of TCP and Serial RTU and IED protocols. These protocols include DNP over TCP and Serial, IEC60870-5 101 and 104, Modbus over TCP and Serial and BACNet over TCP and Sreial. Multiple RS-232 and RS-485 ports are alsoavailable.

• ISO/SLDC Private Network Alternative:

Low cost alternate to ISO/SLDC private network data connectivity. SecureNet-RT combined with SCADA-RT provides direct dataintegration with an ISO / SLDC, without burdening the customer. SecureNet-RT can be installed in a fraction of the time it takes toinstall a traditional ISO/SLDC data communications system.

• Remote Support and Monitoring:

All aspects of SecureNet-RT can be remotely maintained and modified

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PJM ISO RTU Functionality: SecureNet-RT supports the RTU protocol (DNP) and encryption technology for direct connection to PJM’s Internet SCADA System.

• Market Pricing Information:

Can transmit RT or DA Locational Marginal Pricing information and ISO/SLDC dispatch instructions allowing customers to act on a pricethreshold for generation or demand response

• Voice communications:

Allows secure encrypted point-to-point VOIP communications from Customized Energy’s 24-Hour Market Operations Center toCustomer Control Room

SecureNet-RT combined with SCADA-RT, provides secure, real-time integratedvoice and data communications around the corner or around the world.

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Review of REC Trading – APRIL 2012

On 25th April 2012, trading session of REC was conducted on both the Power Exchanges for the month of April. TotalVolume cleared in this trading session was 53% of the total volume available for Sale. RECs available for sale haddecreased by 43% as compared to previous trading session.

A total of 160,914 Non-Solar RECs were available for trading, however, actual participation was for 132,686 RECsonly. A total of 71,226 RECs were traded (53%) at an average price of Rs 2,201 per Non-Solar REC. Both the clearedprice and quantum have decreased vis-à-vis previous trading session. There were 514 Solar REC buy bids on the PowerExchanges.

Compared to previous month, numbers of participants were much less. Total number of participants in this month wasaround 187. Some of the important cues of this Trading Session are summarized below:

• Out of 160,914 RECs issued, 71,226 (82%) RECs participated in this trade session (IEX+PXIL).

•

Of 160,914 RECs that were available for sale (IEX+PXIL), 71,226 (44%) RECs got sold. Total buy bid forRECs was 263,913 (3.7 times).




Possibilities for next trade session

• Total No. of RE Generators who have been registered by NLDC are 493, with total aggregated capacity o2822.39 MW. Another 105 RE Generators are pending for registration with a total capacity of 397.46 MW.

• The Clearing price of RECs is expected to be on the lower side as there is no hurry from the Buyer side tfulfill the compliance.

• First Solar PV project of 6 MW in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu have been Registered.

Source: Recregistryindia / IEX / PXIL




Monthly Analysis of the OTC Contracts

for April 2012

1. The reported short-term contract volume for the month of April was 3240.76 MUs whereas the same wa

1647.71 MUs for the month of March. There is a substantial increase of 97% in reported contract volume.

2. 8 % of total volume has been contracted at the price above Rs. 4/kWh.3. Total number of contracts (including swap & Banking) in April was 132 by 5 traders whereas in March it wa

110 by 3 traders.

Observation:

1. In the month of April, OTC contract prices were lower than the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and Powe

Exchange of India Ltd. spot prices.

2. The minimum price in the exchanges during 26th March 2012 – 29th April 2012 was Rs. 3.40 / kWh (IEX, 29t

Apr 2012) while that in the OTC market it was Rs. 2.96 / kWh (26th March – 22nd April). Maximum price in

Day-Ahead Exchange reached Rs. 5.85 / kWh (PXIL, 5th

Apr 2012) while in OTC Market it was Rs 5.05 /kWh (26th Mar) which was a RTC power contract.

3. There has been no contract signed for more than three months duration of power delivery.

4. The number of contracts entered above Rs 4/kwh were 25 out of total 93 contracts. There were a total 132

contracts including swap & banking during the month.

5. The cumulative volume trade above Rs 4/kWh was 172.93 MUs which is 8% of total OTC contracts for th

reported period (26th March 2012 – 29th April 2012).

Source: CERC




Useful data

All India Region-wise Generating Installed Capacity (MW) Of Power Utilities Including Allocated

Shares in Joint and Central Sector Utilities (As on 31 March 2012)

Sr.No.

RegionThermal

NuclearHydro R.E.S.@

TotalCoal Gas DSL Total (Renewable) (MNRE)

1 Northern 28357.50 4171.26 12.99 32541.75 1620.00 15122.75 4391.40 53675.90

2 Western 38924.50 8254.81 17.48 47196.79 1840.00 7447.50 7909.95 64394.24

3 Southern 22882.50 4690.78 939.32 28512.60 1320.00 11338.03 11569.30 52739.93

4 Eastern 21797.88 190.00 17.20 22005.08 0.00 3882.12 398.71 26285.91

5 N. Eastern 60.00 824.20 142.74 1026.94 0.00 1200.00 228.00 2454.94

6 Islands 0.00 0.00 70.02 70.02 0.00 0.00 6.10 76.12

7 All India 112022.38 18131.05 1199.75 131353.18 4780.00 38990.40 24503.46 199627.04Captive Generated Capacity Connected to Grid (MW) = 19509

Fuel Mix – India

All IndiaThermal

NuclearHydro RES@

GrandTotal

Coal Gas Diesel Total (Renewable) (MNRE)

MW112022.38 18131.05 1199.75 131353.18 4780.00 38990.40 24503.46 199627.04

%age 56.12 9.08 0.60 65.80 2.39 19.53 12.27 100.00

Power Supply Position March’12

Power supply Position 2011-12(MAR,12)

Region Energy (MU) Requirement Deficit % Peak Demand (MW) Deficit %

Northern 22458 -5.6 35159 -9.4

Western 24923 -9.1 40773 -10.5

Southern 25766 -16.9 38121 -15.6Eastern 9242 -5.2 14338 -4.8

North Eastern 858 -10.1 1859 -12.6

All India 83247 -10.2 130250 -11.1

Source: CEA: http://www.cea.nic.in/

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Useful data

Source: CERC

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