Section 92 in Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Determination of Tariff) Regulations, 2009
92. Banking.
(1)Energy shall be allowed to be banked at consumption end within the State only.(2)Period of banking;(a)In respect of third party sale and/or captive use of non firm energy, the banking and drawal shall be on six monthly basis i.e. April to September and October to March.However, during the months of December, January & February utilisation of the banked energy shall not be permitted.(b)For firm energy from biomass power plants banking and drawal be accounted for in the same month.(3)Energy accounting and treatment of banked energy at consumption end within the State in case of Non-Firm RE power Sources be as hereunder;(a)Available energy at the beginning of any particular month shall be the sum of banked energy carried forward from the previous month including energy banked out of generation during previous month and the delivered energy from the generating station during the previous month after accounting for sale to discom and wheeled energy to captive or open access consumer adjusted for applicable wheeling losses, as the case may be.(b)Non-firm RE power station shall intimate to SLDC and to concerned distribution licensee on 1st of every month, out of available energy for that particular month, the quantum of energy;(i)it wishes to bank,(ii)it wishes to distribute amongst third party and(iii)it wishes to captive use during that month out of available energy for that particular month. Where no such intimation is received on or before 1st of the month the intimation last received become applicable for the month.Where no such intimation is received on or before 1st of the month the intimation last received become applicable for the month.(c)The unutilised available energy and the banked energy shall be considered as banked energy as per sub regulation 3(a) above and shall be carried forwarded for the next month.(4)In case, the energy drawal from the grid is more than the sum of energy banked wherever applicable and energy generated during any month, upon adjustment for applicable wheeling losses, the treatment of such excess energy drawal shall be in accordance with RERC (Terms and Conditions of Open Access) Regulations.(5)Payment of unutilised banked energy adjusted for applicable wheeling losses shall be settled with RE power generation in the month of April and October of each financial year at the rate of 60% of energy charges including fuel surcharge (if any) applicable for Large Industrial Power tariff.
