This presentation discusses about Electricity Laws and Regulations. It primarily focuses on India, but a reference to other countries is made at few places.

1. E LECTRICITY L AWS AND
R EGULATIONS

2. O VERVIEW
 20261000000000 KwH (20,261 TwH), was the
total annual electricity generation in world in
2008
 India consumes 4% of global power to lighten up
lives of 17% of the global population (1.2 billion
approx)

3. L AWS IN I NDIA
 Indian Electricity Act, 1910
 Electricity(supply) Act, 1948
 Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998
 Electricity Act, 2003 (Amendments in 2003 and 2007)
 The Atomic Energy Act, 1962 Atomic Energy (Arbitration Procedure) Rules, 1983
 Atomic Energy (Working of mines, minerals and handling of prescribed substances) Rules,
1984
 Atomic Energy (Safe Disposal of Radioactive Wastes) Rules, 1987
 Atomic Energy (Factories) Rules, 1996
 Radiation Protection Rules, 2004
 The Civil liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010
Power Ministry handles all the affairs in the Power sector

4. Generation Transmission Distribution

5. G ENERATION

6. G ENERATION
 182344000000 W (182.344 GW) is the total
installed capacity in India (2011)
 The estimated demand for 2021 is 1915 TWh and
peak demand of 298 GW
 Majority of which is still thermal – which is
primarily coal

7. S ETTING U P N EW P LANTS
 The Electricity Act, 2003 in India has made it
possible for any company to establish, operate,
and maintain a generating station without
obtaining a license if it complies with the
technical standards relating to connectivity with
the grid
 Some companies in this sector are Moserbaer,
Lanco Infratech

8. S ETTING U P N EW P LANTS

9. S OLAR E NERGY
 Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission aims to
capture 20 GW of solar power by year 2022
 Aims at ramping up the on grid installation of
solar power
 Promotes the off-grid installation of the various
measures capture energy
 Trying to achieve the above said numbers mainly
by Solar Thermal Collectors
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10. W IND P OWER
 Current installation of Wind Power is around
15000 MW
 India ranks 5th in the Global Wind capture
 Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan are the major
states
 Central Government gives Rs 0.5/kWh incentive
to state governments, including other tax
holidays, and loan facilities

11. N UCLEAR E NERGY
 India’s progress into civil nuclear space has not
been considerable since last 34 years
 India was not allowed to trade nuclear plants or
materials on the global stage
 After NPT-2009, India decided not to promote
further development of the nuclear weapon field
 Since then, civil nuclear energy space is
developing very fast

12. N UCLEAR E NERGY
 India expects to have 20 GW nuclear capacity by
2020 and 63 GW capacity by 2032 and aims to
supply 25% of electricity from nuclear power by
2050
 Current total Nuclear Power Plant installed
capacity is 4780 MW
 Atomic Energy Commission looks after the
implementation of rules and regulation in this
sector

13. T RANSMISSION

14. T RANSMISSION
 Edison’s DC vs Tesla’s AC
 In 1891, at International Electro-Technical Exhibition,
Tesla’s AC won
 On November 16, 1896, electrical power was
transmitted to Buffalo from the AC hydroelectric
generators at Niagara Falls, built by Westinghouse
Electric Corporation

15. T RANSMISSION IN I NDIA
 The electricity transmission in India is controlled
by a number of organizations
 The main Act that controls these organizations is
the Electricity Act, 2003
 Power Ministry looks after the implementation of
the policies
 Power Grid Corporation of India, is the public
sector company which has installed the India
wide electricity grid

16. D ESPATCH C ENTERS
 National Load Despatch Centers
 Regional Load Despatch Centers
 State Load Despatch Centers

17. N ATIONAL L OAD D ESPATCH C ENTER
 Established by Central Government
 Looks for optimum scheduling and despatch of
electricity among Regional Load Despatch
Centers
 It should not engage in the business of electricity,
and must do only the transmission
 It should be operated by a government company
or private company as notified by the
government

18. R EGIONAL D ESPATCH CENTER
 Responsible for optimum scheduling and despatch of
electricity within the region
 Enters into the contract with the various generating
companies in the region
 Monitor grid operations
 Keeps account of the electricity transmitted through the
grid
 Exercise supervision and control over the inter-state
transmission
 In India there are four regional despatch centers, which
are North, East, West, South

19. H IERARCHY
National Load
Despatch Centre
Northern Region North Eastern South Region
East Region Load West Region Load
Load Despatch Load Despatch Load Despatch
Despatch Centre Despatch Centre
Centre Centre Centre
West Bengal Chattisgarh State Kerela State Load
Punjab State Load
State Load … Load Despatch … Despatch Centre …
Despatch Centre
Despatch Centre Centre (SLDC)

20. V ILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION
 56% of Indian population still remains without power
 Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)
is the programme of Government of India which
began in April 2005
 It aims to accelerate the pace of village electrification
programme in the country
 Ministry of Power is the nodal agency in
implementing this scheme
 Rural Electrification Corporation objective is to
finance and promote rural electrification projects all
over the country.

21. V ILLAGE ELECTRIFICATION
 As per the latest definition, even if 10% of the
homes in a village have access to electricity then
that village is declared electrified
 This leads to a great confusion, as the
government is speedily electrifying villages
 But, still many people continue to remain in dark

22. D ISTRIBUTION

23. P OWER D ISTRIBUTION
 This deals with the end level consumer, who is
the real consumer of electricity
 The Electricity Act, 2003 governs the distribution
licences, electricity consumption etc.

24. N ET M ETERING
 It refers to a system in which a consumer can feed electricity
back into the grid and get paid for it
 There are two pricing models
 Government pays you for any amount of electricity you
generate by harnessing renewable sources of energy
 Government buys the surplus renewable power from the
consumer
 It has been seen that people become more conscious to the use
of electricity, after Net Metering
 Promotes the capture of renewable source of energy
 Implemented in United States, Australia, Canada, Germany etc.

25. C APTIVE P OWER
 Refers to the generation from a unit set up by industry for its exclusive
consumption
 It is estimated that over 30% of the total energy requirement of the Indian Industry
is met by captive power
 Many of the big industries use in-house power generation system mainly due to
the following reasons
 Non availability of adequate grid supply
 Poor quality and reliability of grid supply
 High tariff as a result of heavy cross loading
 The state governments are concerned about the increasing adoption of captive
power, because industrial customers are a major source of revenues
 Even the industry, as they are not able to focus fully on running their industries

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