·           1. First priority: Distribution licensee, irrespective of open access term.

·           2. Long Term Open Access applicant.

·           3. Medium Term Open Access applicant (For applicants in the same month, longer term applicants shall get higher priority among the MTOA).

·           4. Short Term Open Access applicant.

·           In each category, the existing customer shall have priority over new customers.

• The open access charges for consumers availing net metering shall be settled in accordance with RERC Net Metering Regulations, 2015, as amended from time to time.
• As payment security towards wheeling charges, cross subsidy surcharge and additional surcharge, a deposit equal to 3 months billing of these charges for allotted open access capacity shall be maintained with the distribution licensee of the area of supply.

Transmission and Wheeling Charges

·         Payable on the basis of open access capacity contracted, or open access capacity utilized, whichever is higher. The excess open access capacity utilized up to 5% of open access capacity allocation, occurring to the extent of two time-blocks of 15 minutes each, during a month, shall be exempted.

• As payment security towards transmission charges, the customer shall deposit an amount equal to 3 months of the transmission charges for allotted open access capacity with the State Transmission Utility/distribution licensee.
• Interim Transmission Tariff (17-18) :
• Discoms, LTOA and MTOA : Rs. 154.37 /kW/month
• STOA : Rs. 5.08/kW/day
• Transmission tariff for use of State transmission system in intra-State Short Term Open Access bilateral transactions and collective power exchange transactions : Rs. 0.2986/kWh

Cross Subsidy Surcharge

• Renewable energy based power stations shall be governed as per relevant regulations in force for determination of tariff of such plants, and RERC Net Metering Regulations.
• Vide Oder 817/16 dated 01.12.2016.

Category of OA consumer

Voltage Level

CSS (Rs./Unit)

Non-Domestic Service

11kV

1.88

33 kV

2.41

132 kV and above

2.63

Mixed Load/Bulk Supply

11kV

0.53

33 kV

1.10

132 kV and above

1.34

Large Industrial Service

11kV

0.83

33 kV

1.39

132 kV and above

1.63

• Payable as determined by the Commission against petition by distribution licensee to whom the consumer is connected.
• Rs.0.80/kWh (vide order on petition 548/15, dated 24th Aug, 2016).

Scheduling

• SLDC fees as per RERC (levy of fee and charges by SLDC) Regulations, 2004.
• As  payment security towards SLDC charges, open access customer shall deposit an amount equal to 3 months SLDC fee and charges, including scheduling and operating charges for allotted open access capacity, with the State Load Dispatch Centre.
• The open access customer shall provide the injection/drawal schedule to SLDC, RDPPC and distribution licensee before 10.00 am of the day preceding day of scheduling.
• SLDC charges for LTOA, MTOA (Interim 17-18): 59.66 paise/kW/month
• SLDC charges for STOA (Interim 17-18)  : 1.96 paise/kW/Day.

Metering

• Customer shall provide main meters, check meters and standby meters based on voltage, point and period of supply/drawal and tariff category, as specified in CEA (Metering) Regulations 2006 and RERC (Metering) Regulations 2007.

Transmission Losses

• Transmission losses as approved in ARR and Tariff Order for the respective financial year and shall be adjusted by open access customer.
• Intra-state Transmission Loss: 4.11%(RGVNL Tariff Order).

Distribution Losses (FY 15-16)

• Distribution system losses, as approved by the Commission, for the voltage level at which the OA customer is connected.
• JVVNL: 15.19%.
• AVVNL: 16.36%.
• JdVVNL: 14.47%.

Imbalance Energy Charges

• Under-injection: Shall be settled at higher of the applicable deviation rates or energy charge at the rate of Temporary Tariff applicable for HT (NDS) category as determined by the Commission from time to time.
• Over-injection: Upto 5% in a time block of 15 minutes and averaging upto 1% over a day shall be compensated at the deviation charge rate at frequency of 50 Hz., or applicable deviation charge rate.
• Under-drawal: No compensation to consumer.
• Over-drawal/OA consumer who isnot a consumer of the distribution licensee:Shall be settled at higher of the applicable deviation rates or energy charge at rate of Temporary Tariff applicable for HT (NDS) category.
• Over-drawal/OA consumer who is also a consumer of a distribution licensee: Shall be considered as drawal from DISCOM and the open access consumer shall be required to pay charges for the excess capacity utilized.

Reactive Energy Charges : As per VAR rate specified by CERC

• Consumer pays for VAR drawal when voltage at the metering point is below 97%.
• Consumer gets paidfor VAR return when voltage is below 97%.
• Open access consumer gets paid for VAR drawal when voltage is above 103%.
• Open access consumer pays for VAR return when voltage is above 103%.

Banking

• Banked energy to be settled in 15-minute time blocks = Banked energy available at the end of previous month in kWh/{96 time blocks X (actual number of days in current month)}.

http://www.rerc.rajasthan.gov.in/Regulations.aspx

RERC (Terms and Condition for Open Access) Regulations, 2016

http://www.rerc.rajasthan.gov.in/Regulations/Reg89.pdf

Retail Tariff Order (FY 2015-16) and continued till next issued

http://www.rerc.rajasthan.gov.in/TariffOrders/Order250.pdf

Determination of CSS ( Petition 817/16, Dated 01.12.2016)

www.rerc.rajasthan.gov.in/TariffOrders/Order253.zip

Determination of Additional Surcharge ( Petition 548/15, Dated 24.08.2016)

http://www.rerc.rajasthan.gov.in/TariffOrders/Order247.pdf

Transmission Tariff Order (2017-18)

http://rerc.rajasthan.gov.in/TariffOrders/Order265.pdf