Section 10(3) in Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Open Access) Regulation, 2005
(3)The licensees shall carry out load flow studies, system impact studies, etc. taking into account the existing capacity commitments and future projections of capacity requirements for open access customers, load growth as projected by distribution licensees, growth of generation, network topology and consumption pattern, network investments and repairs and maintenance programmes, etc. to determine the capacity available to accommodate open access transactions. While so determining the capacity available for open access transactions, capacity commitments to all existing customers of the network and the system reliability margin shall be deducted.
