Section 14 in The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Distribution Open Access) Regulations, 2014
14. Allotment Priority.
- 14.1 The priority for allotment of Open Access in Distribution system shall be decided on the following criteria:(a)A Distribution Licensee shall have the highest priority in allotment of Open Access capacity irrespective of whether the Open Access request is for Long-term, Medium-term or short-term.(b)The Long-term Open Access applicants shall have the priority next to the Distribution Licensee.(c)The Medium-term Open Access applicants shall have the priority next to the long-term Open Access applicants.(d)The short-term Open Access applicants shall have the priority next to the medium-term Open Access applicants.(e)Allotment priority for short-term Open Access applicants shall be decided subject to capacity availability.(f)When the requirement projected by an applicant is more than the available capacity and the said applicant is not able to limit his requirement to the available capacity, the request of applicant having next lower priority shall be taken up for consideration.
