Section 15A(1) in Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Grant of Connectivity, Long-term Access and Medium-term Open Access in inter-State Transmission and related matters) Regulations, 2009
(1)Where the entire or part of the Power Purchase Agreement(PPA) of the long term access customer is terminated in accordance with the provisions of the said agreement or through determination by a court or tribunal or commission of competent jurisdiction, it shall be incumbent on the long term access customer to give intimation about such termination of PPA to the nodal agency immediately but not later than two weeks from the date of such termination;Provided that in the event of mutual termination of PPA or non utilization of long term access by the long term access customer for a period exceeding one year from the scheduled date of commencement of long term access, the Central Transmission Utility or the transmission licensee, as the case may be, may ask such long term customer to surrender the long term access after being satisfied that because of such long term access, any other generation project, which has applied for long-term access, is likely to get stranded:Provided further that Central Transmission Utility or the transmission license, as the case may be, may approach the Commission for appropriate directions in this regard:Provided also that on termination of the Power Purchase Agreement or surrender of long term access in terms of the preceding two provisos, the long term access customer shall be liable to pay the transmission charges as required under Regulation 18 of these regulations.
