Section 29 in Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Open Access) Regulations, 2005
29. Curtailment Priority.
- When because of system constraint or otherwise, it becomes necessary to curtail the Open Access service of the customers, subject to terms of State Grid Code, the short-term Open Access customers shall be curtailed first followed by the long-term Open Access customers. Within a category, the Open Access to distribution licensee shall however be the last to be curtailed. Subject to this, the curtailment shall be on pro rata based on allocated/reserved capacity.In case of curtailment of more than 50% of the reserved capacity by the State Load Despatch Centre on any particular day on account of system constraints, the transmission and/or wheelling charges for that day shall be payable by the short-term customers on pro rata basis in accordance with the capacity actually provided.
