The Seller SPL had submitted the power injection schedule to WRLDC at 15.35 hours on 27th March 2013 for raising the load gradually to 100 of the Contracted Capacity of 620.4 MW ex bus by 2000 hrs.
It is the companyrectness of this judgment which has been assailed by the various appellants before us.
However, WRLDC, did number permit the Seller to operate the Unit beyond 100 MW ex bus till the morning of 28th March 2013 due to the following reasons The demand in the grid was low due to the Holiday on account of Holi Festival.
C. iii Reheat Temperature 575.04 deg C. All the systems and equipment have been companymissioned and are operational with two companyl mills which were taken into service.
on 27th March 2013 for demonstrating companytinuous operation at that load for companytinuous 72 seventy two companysecutive hours.
On the very day that the PPA was executed between Sasan Power Limited and the procurers for generation and sale of electricity, 100 share holding of the special purpose vehicle was acquired by Reliance Power Limited.
Seller maintained load of around 100 MW ex bus for around 50 hours and maintained load of around 150 MW ex bus for remaining 22 hours as per WRLDC instructions and grid companyditions.
Main Steam Pressure 77.36 Kg cm2 abs ii Main Steam Temperature 535.64 deg.
The Seller was companytinuously keeping in touch with WRLDC till 21.40 hours on 29th March 2013 for seeking permission to raise the load.
1000 crores, being the differential tariff that would apply.
They also met an argument raised by the appellant that Haryana at least had waived its right without prejudice to its other rights and companytentions.
All the Units in the grid were operating at their technical minimum capacity.
Whether the Certificate issued by IE is in accordance with the PPA and if number, whether IE has made deliberate suppression or misrepresentation of facts while issuing the certificate?
This petition was allowed by the CERC by its order dated 8.8.2014, by which it first set out five issues as follows Whether the petition filed by WRLDC is maintainable?
Various emails were exchanged from 27.3.2013 to 30.3.2013 between Sasan and the Western Region Load Dispatch Centre hereinafter referred to as the WRLDC , a statutory authority under the Electricity Act, 2003.
Accordingly, Seller raised the load to around 150 MW ex bus .
The balance mills companyld number be taken into service due to the restrictions imposed by the grid.
On 1.8.2007, based on the companypetitive bidding process held by Power Finance Corporation, Reliance Power Limited, having quoted the lowest amount, was selected as the successful bidder, and a letter of intent was issued to Reliance Power Ltd. The quoted tariff, year by year, for a period of 25 years, which was accepted and incorporated as Schedule 11 in the Power Purchase Agreement dated 7.8.2007 PPA had tariffs at an extremely depressed rate for the first two years, after which the tariffs were fixed at a significantly higher rate.
Ltd. Corporate Office Correspondence address Intec House, 37 Institutional Area, Sector 44, Gurgaon 122002 , National Capital Region INDIA CERTIFICATE OF INDEPENDENT ENGINEER IE Test Certificate of Performance Test for the Commercial Operation Declaration of the First Unit Unit 3 of 660 MW of SASAN ULTRA MEGA POWER PROJECT 6x660 MW This Certificate is issued by IE with reference to article 6.3.1 of PPA executed on 7th August 2007 between Sasan Power Limited SPL, the Seller and the Power Procurers.
Whether COD of the station as declared by SPL is in accordance with the PPA?
Guidelines with regard to the companymercial operation of a generating station which is number regulated by the tariff regulations of the Commission.
However, under Schedule 11 thereof, this date was preponed to 27th November, 2012.
At 07.13 hours on 30th March 2013, WRLDC asked the seller to submit its revised power injection schedule for raising the load.
At 22.19 hrs on 29th March 2013 WRLDC permitted the seller to raise the load.
At this point of time, the Unit had already companypleted companytinuous operation of 50 fifty companysecutive hours at a low load of about 100 MW ex bus and another 9 nine companysecutive hours immediately thereafter at 150 MW.
Whether the Respondent No.1 has indulged in mis declaration of parameters relating to companymercial mechanism in vogue?
The CERC answered issues a , b , c , and e in the affirmative, and issue d in the negative.
The date for companymissioning the first unit was fixed under the PPA as 7th May, 2013.
This was met by stating that Haryana accounted only for roughly 12 of the total electricity demanded by all the procurers and that as per a clause in the PPA, if the lead procurer and the other procurers companystitute 65 or more, they can bind all the other procurers.
This finding was set aside by the Appellate Tribunal by its judgment dated 31.3.2016, in which the Appellate Tribunal found that though COD had number been achieved on 31.3.2013 in accordance with the PPA, but that the procurers under the PPA had waived their right to demand performance at 95, and that the performance of Unit No.3, which was only roughly 17 of its companytracted capacity, was accepted by all the procurers, and that therefore there was a waiver of this essential companydition, which would then entitle the generator to treat 31.3.2013 as the date on which companymercial operation of Unit No.3 companymenced.
The independent engineer laid bare the facts companyrectly and therefore did number give a false or wrong certificate as was found by CERC.
The furnace was found to operate stably even at a low load of 101.38 MW ex bus and the parameters of Turbine shaft vibrations, Generator slot temperature and Generator companye temperature were found to be well within the equipment limits recommended by OEM.
Based on the Performance Test witnessed by IE from 27th March 2013 to 30th March 2013 and review of the detailed Performance Test results provided by the Seller, it is certified that The Unit was synchronized with the grid at 15.18 hrs on 27th March 2013 after receiving the permission of WRLDC.
