Section 6(ix) in The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Open Access in Inter-State Transmission) Regulations, 2004
(ix)The Regional Load Despatch Centres shall lay down a detailed procedure for reservation of transmission capacity to the short-term customers after obtaining prior approval of the Commission, which shall include the detailed procedure for inviting bids, advance reservation, reservation on first-come-first-served basis, usage of alternate route through other regions if direct inter-regional links between two regions are congested or constrained and any other residual matter. Any further revision of the procedure shall be carried out only after obtaining prior approval of the Commission.]
