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ED (Commercial & RC)/ED (NR-I)/COO (BDD)/GM (Engg-TL & SS)

Distribution List: Northern Region.

Joint Secretory MNRE Block 14, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003

Chief Engineer (PSP&A – I) Central Electricity Authority Sewa Bhawan, R.K.Puram, New Delhi-110 066

Member Secretary

NRPC 18A, Shaheed Jeet Singh Sansanwal Marg, Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi – 110 016

Director (MO)

POSOCO, B-9, Qutab Institutional Area, Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi-110 016

ED

NRLDC 18-A, Qutab Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Sansanwal Marg, Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi– 110 016

Director (Operations)

Delhi Transco Ltd. Shakti Sadan, Kotla Road, New Delhi-110 002

Director(W&P)

UPPTCL Shakti Bhawan Extn, 3rd floor, 14, Ashok Marg, Lucknow-226 001

Director(Technical)

PSTCL Head Office, The Mall, Patiala 147001, Punjab.

Managing Director

HP Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. Barowalias, Khalini, Shimla-171002

Director (Projects)

PTCUL Vidyut Bhawan, Near ISBT Crossing, Saharanpur Road, Majra, Dehradun.

Director (Technical)

RRVPNL

Vidyut Bhawan, Jaipur,

Rajasthan-302005.

Chief Engineer(SO&C)

HVPNL Planning Directorate

Shakti Bhawan,Sector-6,

Panchkula-134109, Haryana

Development Commissioner (Power)

Power Development Department

Grid Substation Complex,

Janipur, Jammu

Member(Power)

Bhakra Beas Management Board

Sector-19 B, Madhya Marg,

Chandigarh - 160019

Chief Engineer (Operation)

Ministry of Power

UT Secretariat,

Sector-9 D, Chandigarh - 161009

Director (Power Systems)

Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd.

D-3, 1st Floor, A wing,

Religare Building, District Centre,

Saket, New Delhi-110017

Distribution List: Connectivity/Long-term Access Applicants

Shri Sidharth Malik Senior Manager Acme Solar Holdings Limited Plot No. 152, Sector-44, Gurgaon-122002, Haryana Ph.: 8744060601, 9891759725 Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

Shri Subhash Thakur

AGM(PE-Electrical)

NTPC Ltd.

Engineering Office, Complex,

A-8A, Sector-24, Noida-201301, UP

Ph : 9650991067

Email : [email protected],

[email protected]

Shri Amrik Singh Chief Manager Chenab Valley Power Projects [P] Limited Chenab Jal Shakti Bhawan, Opposite Saraswati Dham, Rail Head Complex, Jammu-180012, J&K Ph.: 9560455326, 9650193202 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Shri Mohit Khanna Associate General Manager Fatehgarh Bhadla Transmission Limited 3A, Sambhav House, Judges Bungalow Road, Bokadev, Ahmedabad-380015 Ph.: 9711733252 Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

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Minutes of 16th Northern Region constituents meeting regarding Connectivity/LTA Applications in NR held on 24/10/2018 at POWERGRID, Gurgaon

1.0 The List of the participants is enclosed at Annexure-I.

2.0 COO (CTU-Plg & SG), POWERGRID welcomed the participants to the 16th meeting of Northern Region constituents regarding

connectivity/LTA applications in Northern Region and requested CGM (CTU-Plg) to take-up the agenda for discussions.

3.0 Minutes of 15th Meeting of Northern Region constituents regarding Connectivity / Long Term Access applications

It was informed that the minutes of 15th Meeting of Northern Region constituents regarding Connectivity and Long Term Access

applications held on 11/09/2018 at NRPC, New Delhi were issued vide letter dated 28/09/2018. As no comments were received

from the stakeholders, the minutes were confirmed as circulated.

4.0 Proposal for grant of connectivity to the applications received from Renewable Energy Sources

It was informed that one no. of Stage-I Connectivity application has been received in the month of September, 2018 from ACME

Solar Holdings Limited for 300MW connectivity at Fatehgarh S/s for its proposed ACME-VI (Fatehgarh) Solar Power Plant.

It was mentioned that with the receipt of above application for connectivity at Fatehgarh S/s, total 6 nos. of applications from M/s

ACME Solar Holdings Limited for Stage-I (total – 1800 MW, 300 MW each) and 4 nos. of applications for Stage-II(total – 1200 MW,

300 MW each) have been received. Stage-II Connectivity for ACME-I, II, III, IV (Fatehgarh) has been granted through 400 kV S/c

line with minimum line capacity of 1200 MW at nominal voltage.

On the query about total Generation Capacity planned near Fatehgarh area, the representative of ACME Solar Holdings Limited

informed that as of now total of 1800 MW generation capacity has been envisaged which are proposed to be connected at

Fatehgarh S/s. It was observed that as per the envisaged generation capacity, Stage-I applications for entire capacity of 1800 MW

(out of which 1500 MW is granted) have been received and Stage-II application for 1200 MW have also been received & granted.

The representative of ACME Solar Holdings Limited further informed that they would be submitting Stage-II Connectivity

applications for additional 600 MW shortly.

Minutes of 16th meeting of NR for Connectivity & LTA Applications

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After detailed deliberations, it was agreed to grant Stage-I connectivity for ACME-VI (Fatehgarh) with 400 kV S/c (with minimum

capacity of 900 MW at nominal voltage) line. It was also agreed that Stage –I connectivity of ACME- and VI (Fatehgarh) shall be on

common 400 kV S/c line by pooling from ACME–V & VI(300 MW each) (Fatehgarh) Solar Power project at common pooling station

of applicant. Applicant was requested to confirm the details of transmission system from each of the generating station to common

pooling station of applicant. Subsequent to the meeting applicant submitted a sketch indicating plan of pooling of power, wherein it

has been proposed that power from different phases of their project shall be pooled at 400 kV level for onward transfer to

Fatehgarh Pooling station.

Gist of connectivity upto the ISTS pooling point is detailed below:

i) ACME III and IV (Fatehgarh) solar power plants (600MW) shall be pooled at pooling station located at ACME I and II

(Fatehgarh) through 400kV S/c line.

ii) ACME I and II (Fatehgarh) solar power plants (600MW) along with 600MW power from ACME III and IV (Fatehgarh)

solar power plants (total 1200MW) shall be pooled to Fatehgarh ISTS substation through 400kV S/c line.

iii) 600MW power shall be pooled from ACME V and VI (Fatehgarh) solar power plants to Fatehgarh ISTS substation

through 400kV S/c line.

Stage-I Connectivity applications

Table 1.0

Sl. No.

Application No.

Applicant Location Date of Application

Connectivity Sought (MW)

Nature of Applicant

Proposed primary location for Connectivity

Dedicated Tr. System

Proposed Alternative location

for Connectivity / Tr. System under

ISTS

Dedicated Tr. System for alternative

connectivity

1. 1200001700

Acme Solar Holdings Limited

Jaisalmer,

Rajasthan

12.09.2018 300 Generator

(Solar)

Fatehgarh (400kV Pooling Station along

Pooling of power

from ACME – V

(1200001688)& VI

Pooling of power

from ACME– V

(1200001688) &


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It was informed the grant of Stage-I Connectivity shall not create any right in favor of the grantee on ISTS infrastructure including

bays. Stage-I Connectivity grantee shall be required to update the quarterly progress of development of their generation project and

associated transmission infrastructure as per format RCON-I-M. Further Stage-I Connectivity grantee is required to secure the

Stage-II Connectivity for physical connectivity with the ISTS grid within 24 months. The Stage-I Connectivity grantees who fail to

apply for Stage-II Connectivity within 24 months from grant of Stage-I Connectivity shall cease to be Stage-I grantee and their

Application fees shall be forfeited.

The new substation/location, if needed, shall be planned in consultation with CEA, MNRE and other stakeholders. Further, the

proposed primary/alternative locations for connectivity which are yet to be taken up for implementation, shall be firmed up, if

needed, in consultation with CEA and other stakeholders. Implementation of new substations and other infrastructure shall be

with Fatehgarh-Bhadla765kV D/c line to be operated at 400kV : under implementation by Transmission Licensee)

(1200001700)

(Fatehgarh) Solar

Power Plants at

Common Pooling

Station of ACME–

V & VI (Fatehgarh)

Solar Power

Plants

Common pooling Station of ACME -V (Fatehgarh) & ACME –VI (Fatehgarh) Solar Power Plants - Fatehgarh 400kV S/c line (with minimum capacity of 900 MW at nominal Voltage)

Fatehgarh-II (New)

Establishment of 400kV Pooling station at Fatehgarh-II (New)

Fatehgarh – Fatehgarh-II (New) 400kV D/c (Quad)

VI (1200001700)

(Fatehgarh) Solar

Power Plants at

Common Pooling

Station of ACME–

V & VI (Fatehgarh)

Solar Power

Plants.

Common pooling

Station of ACME -

V & ACME -VI

(Fatehgarh) Solar

Power Plants -

Fatehgarh – II

(New) 400kV S/c

line (with minimum

capacity of 900

MW at nominal

Voltage)


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undertaken only after grant of Stage-II Connectivity and fulfillment of all terms and conditions by the applicants including

submission of BG.

Further, grant of Stage-I/Stage-II Connectivity shall not entitle an applicant to interchange any power with the grid unless it obtains

LTA/MTOA/STOA for power transfer requirements. In case of LTA, it may require further transmission system strengthening.

Therefore, applicants were advised to apply for the LTA to enable power transfer to its beneficiaries on long term basis. Also as per

the prevailing Transmission Planning Criteria of CEA, ‘N-1’ contingency criteria may not be applied to the immediate connectivity of

wind/solar farms with the ISTS/Intra-STS grid.

Chief Engineer (PSP&A-I), CEA stated that for some of the renewable projects, connectivity has been granted through 220 kV S/c

line, however, while applying for approval under Section 68 developers are seeking approval for S/c on D/c line, which is at

variance with the grant by CTU. It was deliberated that by agreeing to their proposal, such developers may construe as

commitment or additional bay at a later date, at the ISTS substation at which connectivity has been granted, which may not be

available in most of the cases. After detailed deliberations, it was agreed that proposal for grant of approval under Section 68 of EA

2003 for above referred cases may be deliberated further.

5.0 Revision in Grant of LTA to M/s NTPC Ltd. for Tanda TPS Stage-II (2x660 MW) for transfer of 356.78 MW power to NR

Beneficiaries.

It was informed that LTA was agreed for grant to NTPC for transfer of 356.78 MW power from Tanda Stage-II (2x660MW) TPS

located in Uttar Pradesh to Northern region beneficiaries during 40th Standing Committee Meeting of NR and 12th meeting of NR

constituents regarding Connectivity/LTA Applications held on 22/06/2018 .

During the above meetings, NTPC informed that their 1st unit of Tanda TPS Stage-II generation is expected to be commissioned by

31/03/2019 and 2nd unit by 31/07/2019. Accordingly, it was agreed to grant the LTA of 356.78 MW to NTPC with following unit wise

transmission system of UPPTCL:

(i) 1st Unit (178.39 MW LTA with proportionate quantum of NR beneficiaries w.e.f. 01/04/2019 or availability of following UPPTCL Transmission system, whichever is later) :


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i) LILO of Azamgarh–Sultanpur 400 kV S/c line at Tanda TPS by UPPTCL

ii) 400/220 kV, 2x315 MVA ICTs at Tanda TPS by NTPC

iii) Tanda (NTPC)-Tanda (New) (UPPTCL) 220 kV D/c line including 220 kV bays Tanda (NTPC) by UPPTCL

(ii) 2nd Unit [balance 178.39 MW (cumulative 356.78 MW LTA) w.e.f. 01/08/2019 or availability of following UPPTCL transmission system, whichever is later]:

During the meeting, it was informed by UPPTCL that implementation of Tanda- Gonda- Shajahanpur 400 kV D/C Quad line

may take time and there may be mismatch w.r.t. commissioning of 2nd Unit of NTPC project. Accordingly, following alternate

transmission system till availability of Tanda- Gonda- Shajahanpur 400 kV D/C Quad line was agreed:

i) Establishment of 400/220/132 kV, 2x500 + 2x200 MVA GIS substation at Basti

ii) Construction of Tanda TPS–Basti 400 kV D/c quad line

iii) On completion Tanda-Gonda 400 kV D/c Quad line, one ckt. of Tanda (400) Basti 400 kV D/C line and one ckt of Tanda-

Gonda would be connected bypassing Tanda TPS 400 kV switchyard (due to limited 400 kV bays at Tanda TPS),

resulting in following configuration:

a) Tanda TPS–Gonda 400 kV S/c Quad line.

b) Tanda TPS–Basti 400 kV S/C Quad line.

c) Gonda–Basti 400 kV S/c Quad line.

Further, NTPC vide letter dated 03/10/2018 has submitted that as per work progress at Tanda Stage-II TPS, the expected COD

dates of Unit-I & II are Jun’19 and Dec’19 respectively. Accordingly, they have requested to grant LTA for 1st and 2nd units from

01/07/2019 and 01/01/2020 respectively with aforementioned transmission system.

CTU stated that UPPTCL vide email dated 24/10/2018 has informed that transmission system of UPPTCL associated with 1st unit

of Tanda TPS Stage-II shall be available much before Mar’19 and UPPTCL needs Tanda Power at the earliest. The matter may be

postponed for detailed discussion with UP STU (UPPTCL).


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In view of above, it was agreed that the subject matter may be discussed in the next Connectivity/LTA meeting in the presence of

representative of UPPTCL.

6.0 Connectivity Application from Pakal Dul Hydro Electric Project

It was informed that one no. of Connectivity Application, as detailed below has been received from Chenab Valley Power Projects

[P] Limited, which is in conformity with CERC Regulations/Detailed Procedure:

Sl. No. Application No. & Date (Online/Physical)

Applicant Location Connectivity Sought (MW)

Connectivity Sought From

Nature of Applicant

1. 1200001689 (31/08/2018)/ (14/09/2018)

Chenab Valley Power Projects [P] Ltd.

(Pakal Dul HEP Project)

Kishtwar, J&K

1000

01.02.2024

Hydro

It was further informed that earlier a composite transmission scheme was evolved for evacuation of power from projects namely

Kiru HEP (660MW), Kwar HEP (560MW) and Pakal Dul HEP (1000MW). Considering serious RoW constraints, due to difficult

mountain terrain, a 400kV D/c (Triple HTLS Conductor –Equivalent to about 2300MW) line from Kiru HEP – Kishtwar Pooling

station was planned. Establishment of pooling station at Kishtwar was proposed with hydro projects (1500MW) located in

Chandrabhaga basin in Himachal Pradesh along with Kirthai-I HEP (350MW) & Kirthai-II HEP (990MW). The scheme was

discussed in 31st and 40th Standing Committee Meeting of Power System Planning for Northern Region held on 03.01.2013 and

22.06.2018 respectively.

During 40th SCM of NR, it was informed that Kiru and Kwar HEP projects are under PIB approval stage, whereas GoI approval for

Pakal Dul HEP has been received and first major package of the project has been awarded in Feb’18. After deliberations, it was

decided that various activities like identification of suitable site for establishment of Kishtwar Switching station, phasing of the

identified evacuation system etc. would be taken up only after application for connectivity / LTA by the project developer.


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Applicant was enquired about status of Kiru HEP (660MW) & Kwar HEP (560MW) generation project to which representative

informed that they are still under PIB approval stage. It was further informed by the applicant that in addition to Pakal Dul HEP, Kiru

and Kwar HEP are also be developed by them.

CEA informed that considering various generation projects in Chenab basin and RoW constraints, the master plan for the basin

envisage high capacity transmission line for evacuation of power from these projects to Kishtwar pooling station. Further,

establishment of Kishtwar pooling would be required to be developed under ISTS considering transfer of power from generation

projects in J&K and Himachal Pradesh. In view of the above, following transmission system was agreed in-principle for

connectivity:

400 kV D/c (Triple HTLS Conductor) line from Pakal Dul HEP – Kishtwar Switching station along with associated bays

at both ends – under scope of applicant

Establishment of 400 kV switching station at Kishtwar by LILO one circuit of Kishenpur – Dulhasti 400kV D/c (Quad)

line (Single Circuit Strung).

GIS switchyard equipment and XLPE cables may be designed for current carrying capacity of 4000 Amps.

420 kV, 125 MVAR Bus Reactor each at Pakal Dul HEP and Kishtwar Switching Station

It was also decided that the matter may be taken up in the next NRSCT to finalise the configuration of transmission system taking

into account future hydro projects in Chenab and Chandrabhaga basins.

Meeting ended with vote of thanks.

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Annexure-I

List of participants of 16h Meeting of Northern Region Constituents regarding LTA and Connectivity applications in Northern Region held on 24/10/2018.

Sl. No. Name and Organization Designation

Central Electricity Authority (CEA)

1. Shri Pardeep Jindal Chief Engineer (PSP&A-II) 2. Shri Ravinder Gupta Chief Engineer (PSP&A-I)

3. Shri Pranay Garg Asst. Director (PSP&A-I)

NRPC

1. Shri M.A.K.P. Singh MS 2. Shri R.P. Pradhan SE

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID)

1. Shri Subir Sen COO (CTU-Planning) 2. Shri Ashok Pal CGM (CTU-Planning) 3. Shri. Mukesh Khanna CGM (CTU-Planning) 4. Shri. Kailash Rathore CGM (Engg-S/s) 5. Smt. Jyoti Prasad GM (CTU-Law) 6. Shri Rajesh Verma DGM (CTU-Planning) 7. Smt. Trupti Panigrahi DGM (CTU-Planning) 8. Shri. VMS Prakash Yerubandi Manager (CTU-Planning) 9. Shri. Sandeep Behera Dy. Manager (CTU-Planning) 10. Shri Yatin Sharma Asst. Manager (CTU-Planning)

HPPTCL

1. Shri Abhinav Sharma Dy. Manager


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Fatehgarh-Bhadla Transmission Limited

1. Shri Praveen Tamak Manager

Connectivity/LTA Applicants

1. Shri Navneet Choudhary AGM Acme Solar 2. Shri Yogesh Sanklecha DGM Acme Solar 3. Shri Sidharth Malik Sr. Manager Acme Solar 4. Shri. Parimal Piyush DGM NTPC 5. Shri. Subhash Thakur AGM (PEE) NTPC 6. Shri. S.P. Kesarwani DGM (Commercial) NTPC 7. Shri. Manoj Kumar Sharma DGM (Commercial) NTPC 8. Smt. Sandhya Gupta Dy. Manager CVPPP Ltd 9. Shri. Mir Akhtar Altaf Sr. Engineer CVPPP Ltd

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