Section 2 in Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (Demand Side Management) Regulations, 2013
2. Definitions.
(1)In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,-(a)"Act" means the Electricity Act, 2003 (Central Act 36 of 2003);(b)"Baseline data" means the initial base level consumption and/or demand for electricity before a Demand Side Management (DSM) programme begins to provide a starting point for comparison for assessing the programme impact;(c)"Bureau" means the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) established under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of The Energy Conservation Act, 2001 (Central Act 52 of 2001);(d)"Commission" means the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission;(e)"Cost Effectiveness Index" means an indicator of the attractiveness of any investment in DSM programme or when compared to the costs of energy produced and delivered in the absence of such an investment;(f)"Demand Side Management" means the actions of a Distribution Licensee, beyond the consumer's meter, with the objective of altering the end-use of electricity - whether it is to increase demand, decrease it, shift it between high and low peak periods, or manage it when there are intermittent load demands - in the overall interests of reducing Distribution Licensee's costs;(g)"DSM Resource Acquisition" means a mechanism to implement DSM projects through consumers, Energy Service Companies, Non- Government Organisations, manufacturers/suppliers of electrical equipment and instruments, or other private sector organizations, with payment made to them by the Distribution Licensee for the resultant energy and load reductions;(h)"Energy Services Company" means a company which is in the business of providing energy efficient and load management equipment or services to end-use consumers and is approved by Bureau;(i)"Evaluation, Measurement and Verification (EM&V)" means activities which evaluate, measure and verify performance or other aspects of DSM or energy efficiency programs or their market environment; and(j)"Monitoring and Reporting" means activities which monitor and evaluate the progress of DSM or energy efficiency programs of the Distribution Licensee.
