Section 3 in Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Transmission Standards of Performance) Regulation, 2007
3. Objective.
- This Regulation lays down the performance standards to maintain certain critical grid parameters within the permissible limits. These standards shall serve as guidelines for State Transmission Utility (STU)/Transmission Licensee to operate the Intra-State Transmission System for providing an efficient, reliable, co-ordinated and economical system of electricity supply and transmission. The main objectives of these performance standards are:(a)To ensure that the grid performance meets minimum standards essential for the Users' system demand and proper functioning of equipment;(b)To enable the Users to design their systems and equipment to suit the electrical environment that they operate in; and(c)To enhance the quality standards of the State Transmission System in order to move towards standards stipulated in or established under the authority of National and State Acts and Rules in the short term and gradually towards the international standards in the long term.
