THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, JUNE 26, 2010 (ASADHA 5, 1932) — THE ELECTRICITY ACT, 2003

## Page 1 6365 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, JUNE 26, 2010 (ASADHA 5, 1932) ART III-SEC. 4] No. 12/X/STD(GRID)/GM/CEA - Whereas the draft of the Central Electricity Authority (Grid Standards) Regulations, 2006 was published, as required by Sub-section (3) of Section 177 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), read with rule 3 of the/Electricity (Procedure for Previous Publication) Rules, 2005; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section177 read with Section 34 and clause (d) of Section 73 of the Electricity Act, 2003, the Central Electricity Authority hereby makes the following regulations, namely:- Short Title, commencement and application.-(1) These regulations may be 1. called the Central Electricity Authority (Grid Standards) Regulations, 2010. (2) Save as otherwise provided in these regulations, they shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette,. (3) These regulations shall apply to the Entities, Appropriate Load Despatch Centres, and, Regional Power Committees. 2. Definitions.- (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Act" means the Electricity Act, 2003; (b) "Appropriate Load Despatch Centre" means the National Load Despatch Centre, Regional Load Despatch Centre or State Load Despatch Centre or Area Load Despatch Centre as the case may be; (c) "Area Load Despatch Centre" means the centre as established by the State Transmission Utility or licensee for load despatch and control in a particular area of the State; (d) "Bulk consumer" means a consumer who avails supply at voltage of 33 kV or above; ## Page 2 (e) "condition based maintenance" means a set of maintenance actions based on continuous or frequent assessment of equipment condition, which is obtained from either