Section 4 in Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (Forecasting, Scheduling, Deviation Settlement and Related Matters for Solar and Wind Generation Sources) Regulations, 2018
4. To facilitate the above aspect, it is also paramount that the demand is forecasted properly, deviations in transmission, distribution and supply for the energy are properly settled, so as to avoid losses to the producers of the electricity more particularly generators. Due to the encouragement policies and magnificent targets set forth by the Governments, renewable energy generation more particularly wind and solar are being relied upon for generation and supply of power. The distribution licensees are also seeking to procure more and more power generated from these sources. As these are primarily natural sources and renewable for time immemorial to come, the same will be relied upon for meeting the demand for power supply. At the same time, the generation of power from these sources is also not on firm basis and is dependent on vagaries of nature. Therefore, there is a necessity of forecasting generation from these sources as well as proper settlement mechanism and allied aspects for deviations have to be provided for.
