Availability Based Tariff (ABT)

Submitted to: Dr. Suman Bhowmick Dr. Narendra Kumar

Submitted by:

Vipul Gupta 2k8/EE/889

POWER PLANT COSTS

Fixed Costs

Variable Costs

Interest on Loan

Fuel Cost

Return on Equity
Depreciation O & M Expenses Insurance Taxes & Interest on Working Capital

The Indian Version of ABT comprises of three components: a) Capacity Charge b) Energy Charge c) Unscheduled Interchange Charge

How do the Beneficiaries Share the Payments?

The Daily Scheduling Process 1 Central Generating Stations 4 RLDC 3

SLDCs 2

WHY ME???

Till recently regional power system operation was more frightening than an Alfred Hitchcock horror movie. Scholars could be excused for getting a shock of their lives by a mere glance at the daily frequency and voltage profile of any region. System operation was an endless jihad to prevent the system from collapsing.

UI Rate

System Marginal Cost

STATE

Region-Wide

Merit-Order in Generation

Threshold Frequency Generation Vs Scheduled Generation Depending on its variable cost, each generating unit has a threshold frequency, i.e. the frequency at which the UI rate equals the variable cost of the generating unit. The output of the generating unit should be maximized as long as the grid frequency is below the threshold frequency, irrespective of the schedule given out by the RLDC / SLDC for the unit. And the unit should be backed down when grid frequency climbs up and exceeds the above threshold frequency.

Frequency Based Dispatch of Generating Stations

Trading of States Surplus Generation Bilateral Sale Regional UI Pool

Optimum Utilization of Intra-State Resources

Unscheduled Interchange (UI) Charges

References

Steven Stoft, Power System Economics Designing Markets for Electricity, IEEE Press, Wiley Interscience; John Wiley & Sons Bhanu Bhushan, ABC of ABT_A Primer on Availability Tariff, 2005 S. K. Soonee, S. R. Narasimhan, V. Pandey, Significance of Unscheduled Interchange Mechanism in the Indian Electricity Supply Industry Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Unscheduled Interchange charges and related matters) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2012 Website: http://www.cercind.gov.in

THANKS