Section 8 in Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Open Access) Regulation, 2005
8. Criteria for allowing open access to intra-state transmission and/or distribution systems.
(1)Long-term access shall be allowed in accordance with the transmission and distribution planning capacity criteria stipulated in the Orissa Grid Code and/or the Orissa Distribution (Planning and Operation) Code, as the case may be.(2)Short-term access shall be allowed if the request can be accommodated by utilising;(a)Inherent design margins;(b)Margins available due to variation in power flows and unutilised capacity, if any;(c)Margins available due to in-built spare capacity in transmission and/or distribution systems created to cater to future load growth.
