NOTIFICATION Gurgaon, 11 th February, 2010

NOTIFICATION Gurgaon, 11 th February, 2010 No. JERC-9/2009-- In exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 181 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003) and all the powers enabling it in this behalf, the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for the State of Goa and the Union Territories, after previous publication, hereby makes the following regulations, namely :- 1. Short Title, Commencement and Extent (i) These regulations may be called the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for the State of Goa and Union Territories (Open Access in Transmission and Distribution) Regulations, 2009. (ii) These regulations shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. (iii) These regulations extend to the whole of the State of Goa and the Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Puducherry and Chandigarh. 2. Definitions In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Act" means the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003); (b) "Commission" means the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for the State of Goa and the Union Territories; (c) "existing beneficiary" means a person who is a user of the transmission system or distribution network on the date of commencement of these regulations either as a generating company or as a transmission licensee or distribution licensee; (d) "nodal agency" means the nodal agency defined in Regulation 8 of these regulations; (e) "open access user" means a person permitted to use intra-State transmission system or receive supply of electricity from a person other than the distribution licensee of his area of supply, and the expression includes a generating company and a licensee, who has availed of or intends to avail of open access;

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