Section 3(3) in The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Distribution Open Access) Regulations, 2014
3.2Nodal Agency3.2.1. The nodal agency for grant of connectivity, for Long-term Open Access, Medium-term Open Access and Short-term Open Access to the Distribution system shall be the Distribution Licensee to whom the consumer and or the generating station is connected. In case both the generating station and the consumer are connected to the distribution system of a Distribution Licensee, the nodal agency in such a case will be the Distribution Licensee to whose network the consumer is connected. In case neither the consumer or the generating station are connected to the network of a Distribution Licensee, then the Nodal Agency shall be in accordance with the CERC (Grant of Connectivity, Long-term Access and Medium-term Open Access in inter-State Transmission and related matters) Regulations, 2009 and as amended from time to time, if applicable, otherwise the Nodal Agency shall be the Distribution Licensee in whose area of supply the consumer is located.
