Section 5 in Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions for Open Access) Regulation, 2005
5. Categorisation of open access customers.
- (i) The transmission/ distribution customers shall be divided into two categories namely :(a)Long-term customers, and(b)Short-term customers.(ii)The persons availing or intending to avail access to the intrastate transmission or distribution system for a period of twenty-five years or more shall be long-term customers :Provided that the existing beneficiaries of the State transmission and distribution systems owned or operated by the State Transmission Utility (STU) and existing distribution licensee shall be deemed to be long-term customers of the particular system.(iii)The customers other than the long-term customers shall be the short-term customers ;Provided that the maximum duration for which the short-term access allowed at a time shall not exceed one year:Provided further that short-term customers shall be eligible and re-eligible to obtain fresh reservation after expiry of their terms.
