Section 8 in Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Open Access) Regulations, 2005
8. Criteria for allowing Open Access.
(1)The long-term Open Access shall be allowed in accordance with the transmission system planning criterion and the distribution system planning criterion stipulated in the State Grid Code or as specified by the Commission from time to time.(2)The short-term Open Access shall be ordinarily allowed, if request can be accommodated without jeopardising the safety of the grid system by utilising :(a)Inherent Design Margins;(b)Margins available due to variation in power flows; and(c)Margins available due to in-built spare.transmission/distribution capacity created to cater to future load growth.
