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1. Managing Director, AEGCL, Bijuli Bhawan, Guwahati 781 001 2. Director (Distribution), Me. ECL, Lumjingshai, Short Round Road,Shillong 793 001 3. CGM, (LDC), SLDC Complex, AEGCL, Kahelipara, Guwahati-781 019 4. Chief Engineer (WE Zone),Department of Power,Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh,Itanagar- 791 111 5. Chief Engineer (EE Zone),Department of Power,Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh,Itanagar- 791 111 6. Engineer-in-Chief (P&E), Department of Power, Govt. of Mizoram, Aizawl 796 001 7. Chief Engineer (P), Electricity Department, Govt. of Manipur, Keishampat, Imphal 795 001 8. Chief Engineer (P), Department of Power, Govt. of Nagaland, Kohima 797 001 9. General Manager, TSECL, Agartala 799 001 10. ED (O&M), NERTS, PGCIL, Dongtieh-Lower Nongrah, Lapalang, Shillong -793 006 11. ED (O&M), NEEPCO Ltd., Brookland Compound, Lower New Colony, Shillong-793003 12. ED (Commercial), NEEPCO Ltd., Brookland Compound, Lower New Colony, Shillong-793003 13. ED (O&M), NHPC, NHPC Office Complex, Sector-33, Faridabad,Haryana-121003 14. GM (Plant), OTPC, Badarghat Complex, Agartala, Tripura - 799014 15. AGM, NERLDC, Dongtieh-Lower Nongrah, Lapalang, Shillong -793 006 16. Member Secretary, ERPC, 14 Golf Club Road, Tollygunge, Kolkata-700033 17. Chief Engineer, GM Division, Central Electricity Authority, New Delhi 110066

Sub: Minutes of the 81st OCC Meeting held on 11th January, 2013 at Guwahati. The Minutes of the 81st OCC Meeting of NERPC held on 11.01.2013 at Hotel Grand Starline, Guwahati is enclosed for favour of kind information and necessary action please. The minutes is also available on the website of NERPC www.nerpc.nic.in Encl: As above

/ Yours faithfully,

(. /B. Lyngkhoi ) / Superintending Engineer (O)

Copy to:

1. Chief 2. Chief 3. Chief 4. Head 5. Head 6. Head 7. Head 8. Head 9. Head 10. Chief 11. DGM

Engineer, AEGCL, Bijuli Bhavan, Guwahati - 781001 Engineer, APGCL, Bijuli Bhavan, Guwahati - 781001 Engineer, DISCOM, Bijuli Bhavan, Guwahati - 781001 of SLDC, MeECL, Lumjingshai, Short Round Road,Shillong 793 001 of SLDC, Department of Power, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar- 791 111 of SLDC, Department of Power, Dimapur, Nagaland of SLDC, Electricity Department, Govt. of Manipur, Keishampat, Imphal 795 001 of SLDC, Department of Power, Govt. of Mizoram, Aizawl 796 001 of SLDC, TSECL, Agartala 799 001 Engineer(Elect), Loktak HEP,Vidyut Vihar, Kom Keirap, Manipur- 795124 (C&M), OTPC, 6th Floor, A-Wing, IFCI Tower -61, Nehru Place, New Delhi 110019.

North Eastern Regional Power Committee

MINUTES OF THE 81st OPERATION COORDINATION SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING OF NERPC
Date Time : 11/01/2013 (Friday) : 10:30 hrs

Venue : Hotel Grand Starline, Guwahati. The List of Participants in the 81st OCC Meeting is attached at Annexure I

The meeting was started with welcome address by Shri S.K. Ray Mohapatra, Member Secretary I/C, NERPC. He reviewed the performance of OTPC and informed the house that Unit #1 of OTPC had reached the full generation capacity (363MW) during trial operation on January 3, 2013, although the duration was very short. He requested OTPC to maintain their schedule as frequent changes in schedule makes it difficult for grid operator to co-ordinate with other utilities. He appreciated the full co-operation of NERLDC and constituent states in helping OTPC for trial operation. He also informed that due to full support of PGCIL, NEEPCO, NHPC and state constituents, the first phase of the independent third party audit of the protection system in the state of Tripura has been completed and rest of the audit of the NE Region is likely to be completed by end of February, 2013. He also stated that after the synchronization of Pallatana GBPP the NER grid has become more complex and hence all the constituents should cooperate with NERLDC for smooth operation of the system. He briefed the house that POWERGRID is going to install PMUs in all the five regions under Unified Real Time Dynamic State Measurement (URTDSM) scheme. He also requested all the utilities to submit the input data for preparation of LGBR for 2013-14 of NER. He requested all the participants to actively participate in the discussion for fruitful outcome.

Thereafter, Member Secretary I/C requested Shri B. Lyngkhoi, SE( O), NERPC to take up the agenda items for discussion.

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A.

CONFIRMATION

OF

MINUTES

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF 80th MEETING OF OPERATION SUBCOMMITTEE OF NERPC. SE (O), NERPC mentioned that the minutes of the 80th OCC meeting held on 10th November, 2012 at Guwahati were circulated vide letter No.

NERPC/OP/OCC/2012/6872-6904 dated 27th December, 2012.

No observations or comments were received from any of the constituents, the minutes of 80th OCC meeting was confirmed.

SE(O), NERPC requested NERLDC to give the presentation about the grid performance of NER during the month of December, 2012.

ITEMS

FOR

DISCUSSION

B. 1 OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND GRID DISCIPLINE DURING DECEMBER 2012

As per the data made available by NERLDC, the grid performance parameters for December, 2012 are given below: i) Average frequency during December, 2012 was 50.02 Hz as compared to 50.04 Hz in November, 2012. ii) Minimum frequency in December, 2012 was 49.25 Hz (25.12.12 at 10:11 hrs) as compared to 49.33 Hz recorded in the previous month. iii) Maximum frequency was 50.71 Hz (14.12.12 at 04:07 hrs) as compared to 50.64 Hz recorded in November, 2012. iv) System frequency remained within permissible range of 49.5 Hz to 50.2 Hz for 84.26 % of the time, below 49.5 Hz for 4.49 % and above 50.2 Hz for 11.25 % of the time as compared to 86.14 %, 3.26% and 10.60 % respectively in the previous month.

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v) Regional peak demand in December, 2012 was 1948 MW as compared to 1921 MW in November, 2012, an increase of 1.38 % over the previous month. vi) Regional peak availability was 1853 MW as compared to 1815 MW in previous month, an increase of 2.09 % over the previous month. vii) Energy requirement was 993.93 MUs in December, 2012 compared to 943.86 MUs in November, 2012, an increase of 5.3 % over the previous month. viii) Regional energy availability was 945.80 MUs compared to 882.75 MUs in the previous month, an increase of 7.14 % over the previous month. ix) Rise in demand met was recorded in Nagaland (13.23%), Mizoram (10.85%), Ar. Pradesh (6.3%), Tripura (6.22%), Meghalaya (5.61%), Manipur (5.31%) & Assam (3.89%) over the previous month. x) No Drop in demand met was recorded in any States over the previous month viz. November, 2012. xi) Over Voltages at 400 kV substations were observed at Misa where maximum voltage observed was 426 kV. No over voltage at 220 kV S/S was observed. xii) No over Voltages were observed at 132 kV S/S. xiii)Under Voltages at 400 kV S/S were observed at Balipara S/S where the minimum voltage observed was 372 kV, No under voltage was observed at 220 kV S/S. Under voltage, observed at 132 kV S/S at Aizawl, was 118 kV. xiv) Regional Generation & Inter-regional Exchanges during the month of December, 2012 compared to November, 2012 are given below: SN Parameter December, 2012 November, 2012 (in MU)

REGIONAL GENERATION & INTER REGIONAL EXCHANGES

1 2 Total Generation in NER (Gross) Total Central Sector Generation (Gross) Total State Sector Generation (Gross) Inter-Regional Energy Exchanges 3 (a) NER - ER (b) ER - NER (c) Net Import 3.07 307.36 304.29 664.116 373.919 290.197

691.344 405.132 286.212 1.23 216.61 215.38

The Sub-committee noted as above.

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FOLLOW UP ACTION

C.1

Synchronization of Pallatana Module -I During 79th OCC meeting, AGM, NERLDC informed that OTPC had synchronized their machine and generated around 30 MW during Durga Puja which was of great help to NER grid during puja. During 79th OCC meeting, GM, OTPC had informed that to ensure capability of plant and various equipment, auxiliaries & ancillaries associated with Block-1 / Unit-1 of Pallatana Generating station, trial operation is required with increase of loads in steps as per schedule and after unit stabilization run, machine needs to be run at full / base load and the continuous run of unit for minimum period of 72 hours is required for declaration of COD. SE(Com) informed that for declaration of COD, the running of machine continuously for 72 Hrs is not a mandatory requirement. But as per PPA of OTPC with the constituent states of NER, each block/unit is to operate seventy two (72) consecutive hours at or above 95% of the contracted capacity. OTPC had informed that after running of Block-1

continuously for 72hrs. at full / base load, the machine could be run at reduced load for fifteen (15) days. The running of Unit at full / base load is required to demonstrate gross generation, heat rate, auxiliary consumption, and NOX level including capability & reliability of various equipment, auxiliaries, ancillaries and associated control and protection system.

AGM, NERLDC stated that all tests required for commissioning of Pallatana U#1 will be facilitated by NERLDC as agreed in previous OCC meetings but the commercial issues with the stake holders i.e. NEEPCO/NHPC/Tripura have to be settled by OTPC.

POWERGRID informed that 400 kV Silchar- Pallatana-II tripped number of times on 07/11/12 on overvoltage due to some problem at OTPC end, the same needs to be checked.

OTPC informed that the investigation is going on and it will be rectified soon.

Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati NERLDC also informed that as per the previous decision in OCC meeting all constituents had agreed for 72 hours of continuous run of Palltana U#1 at full load (i.e. 300 MW). For evacuation of full generation of Pallatana U#1, Tripura, Assam, NEEPCo and NHPC have to back down their generation. Therefore, if OTPC requires continuous load more than 72 hours (3 days), all constituents should agree for such transaction and the commercial issues also needs to be resolved beforehand.

NERPC had given a presentation on the commercial implication of backing down of generation by NHPC, NEEPCO, Tripura, and Mizoram due to injection of generation by Unit-1 of Pallatana taking into account the previous load flow study on case to case basis. Assam stated that backing down of generation may be allowed, but frequent ramping up/down of generation is not desirable as it may lead to cascading effect resulting in a grid disturbance. Further they stated that the generation status at Pallatana should be integrated with the SCADA system of all SLDCs. Tripura also stated that the commercial implication should be settled beforehand. NEEPCO also informed that for running of Unit-1 for more than 72 hours, prior approval from their management would be required. NEEPCO requested for steady injection of power for the whole day to manage their gas supply. OTPC informed that it is difficult to maintain steady injection of power to the grid during trial operation. OTPC informed that since all constituents are not agreeing for full load generation for 15 days, reduced generation of 250-280MW may be allowed after continuous run of Unit-1 for 72 hrs. at full / base load.

During discussion POWERGRID was requested to inform the committee about the present status of 400kV Silchar Byrnihat line and the 400kV substation at Byrnihat. Committee requested for commissioning of line and substation by the end of November 2012. But POWERGRID informed that it is difficult to commission the GIS substation before December 2012. In the 79th OCC meeting, after detailed deliberation the committee reiterated its earlier decision to allow continuous run of the Unit-1 for 72 hours at full load. 5

Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati Further OTPC should furnish its schedule at least 48Hrs beforehand to enable all the stake holders to carry out proper planning. However, the commercial matter regarding running of Unit-1 beyond 72 hours at full / reduced load needs to be discussed in commercial committee and NERPC meeting to settle the commercial implications. During 80th OCC meeting, Committee requested POWERGRID to inform the house about the status of 400kV Silchar Byrnihat line and the 400kV substation at Byrnihat. POWERGRID informed the committee that the stringing work of 400kV Silchar Byrnihat line is under progress and is likely to be completed by January, 2013. Regarding 400kV GIS substation at Byrnihat it was informed that Reactor oil filteration is in progress and one transformer has also reached the site. The precommissioning tests will be completed as early as possible. The commissioning of 400kV GIS cannot be completed before January, 2013 although most of the erection commissioning activities on 220kV side will be completed by December, 2012. GM (Plant), OTPC informed that synchronization of Unit -1 would be done again on 14.12.12 for further tests and COD and submitted the schedule to NERLDC. The committee deliberated the generation schedule of OTPC Pallatana w.e.f. 14.12.12 and after detail discussion it was decided that: i) On 14.12.12 OTPC should synchronize Unit-1 before Peak Hours (i.e. 17:00 Hrs) and the generation should be in the range of 50 to 80 MW so that it will help NER grid during Peak hours and moreover, start-up power should be drawn from the Grid during off-peak hours, which will help the TSECL system. Afterwards the load may be increased gradually. ii) On 15.12.12 OTPC should plan to generate about 300 MW (for 2 hours) during Peak hours so that such quantum of generation can be easily accommodated. iii) From 15.12.12 to 24.12.12 OTPC should generate around 230 to 250 MW continuously. However, the generation needs to be rescheduled, if required, depending on real time grid conditions and as per the advice of NERLDC. iv) If OTPCs generation would be found to be stable, then generation of 230 to 250 MW can be continued further till 02.01.2013 to support the grid during Christmas and New Year eve. v) From 03.01.2013 onwards, OTPC may plan for generation of 363 MW (full load/base load) continuously for 72 hours in consultation with NERLDC.

Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati Deliberation of the Committee The incorrect & misleading statement relating to generation from GBPP at Palatana and Associated Transmission System (ATS), published in some Newspaper on 28/12/12, was brought to the notice of sub-committee. The committee was of the opinion that matter other than press release in newspaper relating to generation at Palatana / its ATS should not be discussed in this forum. The Sub-committee enquired about the status of commissioning of Unit#2 of GBPP at Palatana from OTPC and also the status of the ATS from POWERGRID. OTPC informed that the commissioning schedule of Pallatana U#2 is May/June, 2013. Further, OTPC requested to facilitate for following schedule of generation. i) Generation of 300 MW for 4-5 hours on 11.01.2013 for DLN testing

ii) Continuous Generation of 250 MW for seven (7) days for trial operation. iii) Generation of 360 MW for three (3) days to meet the requirement of COD.

POWERGRID informed that the commissioning schedule of ATS is as follow: a) 400 kV Silchar Byrnihat Transmission line By end of January, 2013 b) 400 kV GIS Byrnihat S/S- By end of January, 2013 c) 400 kV Byrnihat Bongaigaon Transmission line By May/June, 2013. TSECL and Assam representatives requested NERLDC not to issue ATC violation message as States were overdrawing continuously to match the load requirement with generation from OTPC. They also requested for some action to avoid UI drawl at higher rate as it effects commercially.

After detailed deliberation the committee decided that: i) On 11.01.2013 OTPC will inject 300 MW for five (5) hours during peak hours to perform the DLN testing. ii) Subsequently generation of OTPC will be restricted to 250 MW during peak hours and 150 MW during off-peak hours till 400 kV Byrnihat S/S and 400 kV Silchar Byrnihat line is commissioned. iii) However, in case of any contingency, OTPC will have to back down generation as per advice of NERLDC. The Sub-committee noted as above.

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C.2

Independent third party audit of protection system and self-certification in respect of operationalisation of Under Frequency Relay (UFR) and df/dt relay

The Chairperson, CEA vide his D.O letter No. 7/AI/GD/GM/2012/397-407, addressed to Honble Chairperson, NERPC had requested for completion of independent third party audit of protection system and to ensure operationalisation of Under Frequency Relay (UFR) and df/dt relay based automatic load shedding within one month. In response to had above letter NERPC of vide CEA letter & No.

NERPC/OP/OCC/2012/5687-702

circulated

extract

CERC

regulation and some formats, with typical example (which can be downloaded from NERPC website), to help in collecting various information. No. of groups need to be formed to carry out the protection audit. The action plan needs to be discussed so that the work can be completed as early as possible.

However, the self-certification (by STUs / CTU) in respect of operationalisation of Under Frequency Relay (UFR) and df/dt relay based automatic load shedding may please be submitted in the prescribed format to NERPC and CEA at the earliest.

During 79th OCC meeting, SE (Comml), NERPC informed that as recommended by Enquiry Committee, the third party independent audit for the Protection systems in NER is to be completed as early as possible and presently Ministry of Power and CEA are also monitoring the progress in various regions it very closely. Therefore, for the benefit of the NER, the upgradation of protection system is very much required for smooth and reliable operation of grid and action should be initiated at the earliest. Further, he informed that third party independent audit of Protection systems for Northern region has already been completed by PGCIL in association with CPRI and other regions have also started their action plan. He informed that in NER there are about 135 Nos. of substations/ generating stations of 132kV and above voltage class and also proposed to carryout protection audit for all these substations / generating stations as 132kV system forms the backbone of NER unlike other regions. Since arrangement of funds is the major constraint in NE region, small groups /teams have to be formed taking representation from NER constituents. The committee decided to form teams comprising of four (4) members from different state utilities/owner, PGCIL/NEEPCO/NHPC and NERPC/NERLDC. 8

Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati NERPC was to co-ordinate the audit and to prepare the further course of action in consultation with NERLDC and POWERGRID. The nominated member of

NERPC/NERLDC will be the co-ordinator of each group. Further, NERPC, in consultation with POWERGRID and NERLDC, had prepared the detailed plan for carrying out the audit of protection system of all 132 kV and above voltage class substations/generating stations in NER. NERPC vide letter dated 26th November, 2012 and 30th November, 2012 had requested PGCIL and other constituents to provide logistic support inform of road transport and stay at various places in NER. During 80th OCC meeting, Member Secretary I/C, NERPC informed that

POWERGRID has agreed to provide required support for carrying out the audit of protection system. He also informed that the protection audit for Tripura is likely to be completed before Christmas and from second week of January, 2013, other teams would proceed for the audit and entire audit is likely to be completed by February, 2013. Further, he requested all the constituents to nominate their representatives for the audit. Assam submitted their nominations for audit team. Other constituents agreed to nominate their persons for audit team. After detail deliberation all the constituents agreed to the proposed dates and to extend their supports to complete the audit in time bound manner. MS I/C informed that Protection Audit of most of the substations/generating stations in the state of Tripura had been completed. He requested all the constituents to extend their supports to complete the audit by February 2013 as per Schedule.. The Sub-committee noted as above.

C.3

Details of Installations and self-certification (by STUs and CTUs) in respect of operationalisation of Under Frequency Relays (UFRs) in NER systems and additional requirement of UFR and df/dt relays: During 79th OCC, Manipur had informed that the UFRs have been installed on 33 kV Yurembum-Leimakhong radial feeder as advised by the committee. In the process installation of all UFRs in the NER has been completed as per earlier decision of the committee. Further all constituents (STUs and CTUs) were 9

Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati requested to furnish the relevant information in the format prescribed by CEA. It was also discussed that the requirement of UFR and df/dt relays need to be reviewed based on the recommendation of the enquiry Committee constituted by the Ministry of Power headed by Chairperson CEA. During 80th OCC meeting, MS (I/C) informed that after the grid disturbance, the Ministry of Power and CEA are closely monitoring the progress in implementation of recommendations of Enquiry Committee. CEA is also asking the operation details of UFRs every now and then. Therefore, all constituents are requested to submit the requisite data at the earliest. Constituents, who have not submitted the required information, have agreed to submit the same at the earliest. Further, he informed that the frequency band has been tightened further by CERC to 49.7 to 50.2 Hz, therefore the frequency settings and quantum of load relief is further required to be reviewed. NERLDC informed that the Committee for Security of grid constituted by Ministry of Power has revised the quantum of under frequency based load shedding at various frequency bands. Therefore, the under frequency based load shedding in respect of NER needs to be reviewed. The Committee requested NERPC to finalize the UFR based load shedding in consultation with NERLDC. However, for finalization of UFR based load shedding, further detailed discussion would be required. The Sub-committee noted as above. C.4 Construction Power to NEEPCO NEEPCO requested TSECL to provide construction power up to 900 KVA for combine cycle plant. Accordingly NEEPCO created arrangement by putting 1 No, 6.6/0.4 KV step-down Transformer in their plant. The transformer is charged from station auxiliary transformer of rating 5 MVA, 132 KV/ 6.6 KV. Therefore, it is necessary to work out the modalities for metering & billing of quantum of power selling to NEEPCO by TSECL. The committee requested TSECL to do the necessary arrangement of metering and billing for supply of construction power to NEEPCO. TSECL and NEEPCO agreed to resolve the matter bilaterally.

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Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati TSECL informed that NEEPCO is drawing power through auxiliary transformer (6.6/0.4 kV) of AGTPP. Therefore, it has to be reflected in REA for billing based on the readings of SEM available in the system. The Committee noted as above. C.5 Lines under long outages

The following lines are under long outages (a) 220kV BTPS Agia (one ckt) since Novemeber, 1997 (b) 132kV Mariani Mokokchung since April, 2008. (c) 39km of 132kV Rengpang Jirbam since October, 2002 (d) 132 kV Dimapur-Dimapur-II During 80th OCC meeting, Assam representatives informed that 220 kV BTPS-AgiaII is under stringing stage and it was delayed as the tender was terminated because contractor could not complete the said job in time. The tendering is in progress and it will be completed at the earliest. Regarding Mariani-Mokokchung line the Assam side is ready; the Nagaland side is required to be checked. Regarding 132 kV Rengpang-Jiribam line the Manipur representatives had informed that the work is in progress and the same will be completed by January, 2013. During 80th OCC meeting, the committee had requested NERPC to take up the matter with the concerned State for early restoration of these lines for better grid operation. MS I/C informed that NERPC Secretariat has written letter vide dated 14.12.2012 to the concerned States for taking up early action to restore the above mentioned lines. Assam informed that 220 kV BTPS-Agia will be restored by September, 2013. Manipur informed that commissioning of 132 kV Rengpang-Jiribam line will be completed by January, 2013. As representative from Nagaland was not present, the Committee requested NERPC to take up the matter with Nagaland. The Committee noted as above. 11

Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati C.6 High Tripping rate & Long Duration Outage of dedicated 11KV Feeder for Auxiliary Power Supply to 132KV Badarpur Substation The 11 KV HT dedicated feeder emanating from Panchgram Lower Substation (AEGCL) & connected to 132KV POWERGRID Badarpur Substation was constructed by ASEB (as a deposit work) for catering to the Auxiliary Power/station load requirement of 132KV Badarpur Substation. However, service of the said feeder has been found to be considerably unreliable. On an average, the feeder has been found to trip 10-15 times a day with cumulative outage hours up to 5hrs per day. The matter has been taken up & repeatedly pursued with ASEB (CAEDCL) on a number of occasions but there has been no improvement in reliability of the feeder. The 132KV Badarpur Substation is a vital node for catering to the power requirement of the 132KV pocket & is connected to major substations viz. 400KV Silchar Substation & 132KV Panchgram Substation (AEGCL) in addition to 3 other key substations. Further, the station is playing a significant role for evacuation of power from Pallatana GBPP to the rest of the 132KV pocket. Hence uninterrupted auxiliary power supply to the station is of utmost requirement for maintaining a healthy Protection & Communication System at the station. ASEB (CAEDCL) may kindly treat the above-said issue with priority & take necessary action for ensuring uninterrupted power supply through the 11 kV dedicated feeder connected to POWERGRID Badarpur Substation.

During 80th OCC meeting, Assam representatives informed that there is some temporary tapping from the 11 kV feeder connected to POWERGRID and necessary action will be taken to resolve the issue at the earliest. Assam representatives stated that as 11 kV is distribution level, there are number of tappings in the above feeder. POWERGRID may draw power using dedicated 33kV line so that problem of tapping at such voltage level is not likely to be there. The Committee requested POWERGRID to resolve the matter with AEGCL/APDCL.

The Sub-committee noted as above.

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Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati C.7 Loadability Enhancement of 132KV Transmission lines NERLDC has requested POWERGRID, vide their letter No.NERLDC/GM/547 dtd 14.11.2012 for enhancement of loading capacity of the following lines: a) 132KV S/c Badarpur-Khliehriat Line b) 132KV S/c Loktak-Jiribam-II Line c) 132KV S/c Dimapur-Imphal Line

d) 132KV S/c Imphal-Loktak-II Line NERLDC has stated that enhancement of loading capacity of the above lines is required for higher load dispatch, particularly in the context of evacuation of power from Pallatana GBPP. Accordingly, POWERGRID has already taken the following actions for increased loadability:

Upgradation of existing CTs Upgradation of the terminal CTs of 132KV S/C Loktak-Jiribam_II line, 132KV S/c Dimapur-Imphal line is being taken up by POWERGRID for which the required number of CTs of higher capacity (600/1) had already been ordered by POWERGRID & subsequently dispatched from the manufacturer premises in the month of July-12. However, 10Nos. CTs were damaged during transit. The matter has been taken up with the concerned manufacturer for replenishment of the damaged CTs. The new CTs expected to arrive at site by January13. Installation of the same shall be carried out on arrival of the new CTs. As for 132KV Badarpur-Khliehriat line, the terminal CTs installed are of 600/1 capacity.

Further, NERLDC requested to include following lines for enhancement of loading capacity: i) ii) 132 kV Khandong- Khlerehiet I 132 kV Khandong - Haflong

During 80th OCC meeting, the committee requested POWERGRID to complete the CT replacement of the above lines at the earliest to increase the loadability of these lines.

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Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati POWERGRID informed that the Khandong end CTs are having ratio of 300/1 and belongs to NEEPCO. The Committee requested NEEPCO to replace the CTs with higher ratio depending on system requirement at the earliest.

Fixing of Additional Jumpers:

Fixing of additional jumpers at Tension Locations of 132KV Dimapur-Imphal line has been completed while that for 132KV Jiribam-Loktak_II line is planned for execution in the month of January-13.

In addition to the above, additional jumpering is now planned to be taken up for 132KV Loktak-Imphal-II & Badarpur-Khliehriat lines in line with NERLDCs observation.

The required Special Connectors/Clamps for the purpose are under procurement by POWERGRID. A tentative schedule for execution of Additional Jumpering Works in the subject lines is appended below:
Sl. No. 1 2 Name of Line No. of Tension Locations for Additional Jumpering 38 Loc. 176 Loc. Proposed schedule

132KV LoktakImphal- II 132KV BadarpurKhliehriat

10th February13 to 20th Feb13 25th Feb13 to 10th Mar13

POWERGRID shall accordingly propose for the required daytime shutdown of the respective lines in the preceding OCC Meetings

Constituents agreed to support POWERGRID for carrying out the modification required for the lines. The committee requested POWERGRID to plan for additional jumpering.

The Committee noted as above.

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D.

NEW

ITEMS

D.1

Proforma for Operational Statistics The operational Statistics as given below was not furnished in the meeting. (i) Schedule Vs Actual Generation.

(ii) Peak Demand: Schedule Vs Actual. (iii) Integrated Operation of the system. (iv) Details of DC, schedules and injections from Central sector stations, drawal schedules and entitlements of constituents. (v) Details of major reservoirs in NER. The operational statics were shown in the presentation by NERLDC.

The Sub-committee noted as above. D.2 State-wise anticipated peak demand/requirement, shortage for December2012, January, February, March & April- 2013. The sub-Committee reviewed & finalized the anticipated peak

demand/energy requirement/Availability (without Pallatana generation) for the months of January to May-2013. A. Peak Demand
Peak S.No. State Demand (MW) Jan 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ar. Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura Region 105 1200 105 280 75 110 240 2115 Peak Demand (MW) Feb 13 105 1210 105 280 75 115 230 2120 Peak Demand (MW) Mar 13 105 1230 100 280 70 110 230 2125 Peak Demand (MW) Apr 13 110 1250 110 290 75 120 240 2195 Peak Demand (MW) May 13 119 1250 110 280 70 115 230 2165

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Peak S.No. State Availability (MW) Jan 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ar. Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura Region 80 950 80 190 60 85 155 1600

Peak Availability (MW) Feb 13 75 920 75 180 55 75 145 1525

Peak Availability (MW) Mar 13 70 900 70 175 50 75 140 1480

Peak Availability (MW) Apr 13 65 850 70 170 45 75 130 1405

Peak Availability (MW) May 13 65 850 70 170 45 70 125 1395

The Committee noted as above.

D.3

PMUs requirement in North Eastern Region

Unified Real Time Dynamic State Measurement (URTDSM) was approved in the joint meeting of all the five Regional Power Standing Committee of Power System Planning chaired by CEA, held on 05.03.2012. Under this project, PMUs shall be installed at 400 kV & above Sub-Stations, HVDC Sub-Stations and 220 kV generating stations and hardware & software shall be installed at control centres.

MS I/C highlighted the importance of URTDSM in present scenario and informed that all the five RPCs except NERPC has approved the scheme and POWERGRID will implement the scheme. NER should also consider for implementation of the scheme for the benefit of the region.

The Committee noted as above. D.4 LGBR for 2013-14 The LGBR for 2013-14 for NE region is required to be finalized. All the constituents are requested to submit the data for preparation of LGBR at the earliest.

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Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati SE(O), NERPC informed that the formats for submitting the detail data for preparation of LGBR for 2013-14 is available in NERPC website. All the utilities are requested to submit the data at the earliest. All constituents agreed to submit the data. The Committee noted as above. D.5 Generation Planning (ongoing and planned outages) The daily availability for hydro stations as given in the meeting is given below. Khandong Kopilli Kopili- IIRanganadi Doyang Loktak 0.144 MU 1.575 MU 0.06 MU (subject to inflow) 0.177 MU 2.52 MU

The shutdown proposal of NEEPCO/NHPC as approved by the committee is enclosed at Annexure D.5. The Sub-committee noted as above.

D.6

Outage Planning Transmission elements

After detail discussion the sub-committee approved the shutdown proposal for January/February, 2013 as given in Annexure D.9. The Sub-committee noted as above. D.7 Estimated Transmission Availability Certificate (TAC) for the month of November, 2012. The Estimated Transmission/System Availability for the month of December, 2012 furnished by PGCIL is 99.935% as per details at Annexure D.7. NER constituents were requested to give their comments and observations, if any, by 30th January, 2013 so that Final TAC for the month of December, 2012 can be issued. The sub-Committee noted as above.

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D.8

Major grid disturbances in the previous month (December, 2012 ) As intimated by NERLDC, there was one major grid disturbances during the month of December, 2012. The detail of the occurrence is enclosed at Annexure D.8. The sub-Committee noted as above.

D.9

Additional Agenda Additional Agenda: by Assam Enhancement of the present ATC limit substantially to improve the overall power scenario of the NE states as the same has come in the way of importing bulk power from outside through STOA to manage the drought like situation in the NE region this year. (ii) Necessary arrangements may be made to get the monthly declared anticipated generation of the CS generating stations for the next financial year for preparation of LGBR and power trading purposes. (iii) (iv) Frequent tripping of 400 KV Balipara Bongaigoan D/C line OTPC should maintain their schedule commitment. of ATC, NERLDC explained about transmission

D.9.1. (i)

Regarding enhancement

constraint in NER and ER and also suggested for further discussion with ERPC. The reason for tripping of 400 KV Balipara Bongaigoan D/C line was brought to the notice of constituents by POWERGRID and such scenario is unlikely to be repeated in future. The Committee noted as above. D.9.2. Additional Agenda: by NERLDC

1. Persistent overdrawal by Arunachal Pradesh It is observed that Arunachal Pradesh continuously overdraw from the grid inspite of repeated requests from NERLDC to reduce the over drawal. As a result on many occasions NERLDC is compelled to open 132 kV RHEP-Ziro and Balipara - Khupi lines. SLDC, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh is requested to take the matter very seriously so as to avoid frequent opening of aforesaid lines. 18

Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati The representative from Ar. Pradesh was not present in the meeting. The committee suggested that in general over drawal should be avoided by the constituent states for the safety and security of the grid. 2. Palatana Generation It has been observed that Palatana is frequently changing their generation schedule resulting in co-ordination problems. However, NERLDC always agreed to their generation schedule and allowed them to generate as per their requirement with the co-operation of the constituents. Palatana achieved maximum generation of 365 MW at around1902 Hrs of 03.01.12. Palatana may intimate their plans well in advance for better system co-ordination for greater interest of system security. Expected date of commissioning of Palatana Block II may please be intimated. GM, OTPC informed that Unit # 2 is likely to be commissioned during May/June 2013. The committee requested OTPC to provide generation schedule to NERLDC well in advance so that proper co-ordination can be done with constituents of the region. 3. Furnishing of Requisition for scheduling by the constituents on daily basis. All constituents are requested to furnish their requisition for day ahead scheduling on daily basis by 3 p.m. as first step towards streamlining of requisition based scheduling. The requisition based schedule is the need of hour and all constituents of the region was requested to follow requisition based scheduling. 4. Reply to Record of Proceeding on CERC sou muto petition 167/ Suomotu/2012 on Grid disturbance 31.07.12 NERLDC submitted a reply to Honble CERC on 17th December 2012 on its Suo- motu petition 167/ Suo-motu/ 2012 on Grid disturbance 31.07.12. A copy of reply was also sent to all constituents /ISGS. Continuity of monitoring & furnishing of information/data on different issues are required for future purposes. All constituents of the region agreed to furnish the required

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Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati 5. Restoration procedure of the States. All users/STU/CTU are requested to furnish their restoration procedures to NERLDC. This is as per CERC IEGC clause 5.8.b. STUs informed that they do have any document relating to restoration procedures. All constituents of the region agreed to prepare their own restoration procedures taking the help of NERLDC. 6. Quarterly submission DG set testing report. All users/STU/CTU are requested to test their DG set on weekly basis and furnish their test report to NERLDC on Quarterly basis. This is as per CERC IEGC clause 5.8.b. All constituents of the information to NERLDC. region agreed to furnish the required

7. States monthly Generation outage Report. States are requested to furnish their generation outages on monthly basis as required by MOP. The prescribe format given from MOP is hereby enclosed as annexure-1.Kindly send the report to NERLDC on nerldc_cr@yahoo.co.in in the prescribe format. All constituents of the information to NERLDC. region agreed to furnish the required

8. Mock Black start exercise of Generating station. As per CERC, IEGC clause 5.8.b Mock Black start of generating station is required to be done. The committee requested all generating companies (state & central sector) to provide details of the Mock Black start exercise of generating station (if carried out so far) or to discuss the action plan in next meeting. 9. RGMO Status of generating station. With reference to CERC order petition no 191/2011(Suo-motu) dt 31.12.2012 for compliance with the regulation 5.2(f) of CERC (IEGC) regulations 2010 regarding restricted governor mode of operation by the generating companies. As per Grid code all thermal generating units of 200MW and above and all hydro units of 10 MW and above , which are synchronized with the grid, shall

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Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati be required to have their governors in operation at all times. The Honable regulatory commission had taken the matter seriously during hearing on 30-10-2012 (against Suo-motu Petition No. 191/2011), particularly about the attitude of generating companies. All generating companies and constituent states of the region were requested to furnish status of implementation of RGMO in generating units to NERLDC. 10. Assessment of Total Transfer Capability (TTC), Transmission Reliability Margin (TRM) and Available Transfer Capability (ATC) by SLDC on respective Inter-State Transmission Corridor: As per Clause No. 4.1 of Detailed Procedure for Relieving Congestion in Real Time Operation, SLDC shall assess TTC, TRM and ATC on its inter-state transmission corridor considering a mesh intra-state corridor for import or export of power with the Inter-state Transmission system (ISTS). SLDCs of NER are requested to assess the above on monthly basis, 5 months in advance (eg: TTC/TRM/ATC for the month of November to be calculated by 15th of July), for further assessment of TTC, ATC and TRM of NER ER corridor by NERLDC and for assessment of TTC / ATC for a group of control areas, individual control areas with the region and state-control-area to statecontrol-area by NERLDC, if required. Power Utilities are requested to send the results of calculations along with assumptions and *.sav (PSS/E saved case format) files to NERLDC by 15th of the month. The committee requested SLDCs to take initiatives for assessment of TTC, TRM, ATC for their inter-state transmission system 11. Submission of Protection System Details With the commissioning of Palatana GBPP, NER Grid has become more complex. It is required to review relay settings (reach and time) of protection systems for generation and transmission elements for proper relay coordination. Power utilities of NER are requested to furnish relay setting details (for DP, OC, EF, REF, OV, Overflux, etc relays) for above purpose. The committee felt that after the completion of protection audit, relay setting of protection systems for generation and transmission elements in the region would be available and settings etc. needs to be reviewed in PCC / OCC meeting for standardization. 21

Minutes of 81 st OCC meeting held on 11 th January, 2013 at Guwahati 12. Submission of Protection System Mal-operation details Power Utilities of NER are requested to submit tripping details of elements due to relay mal-operation, non-operation of switchgear, operation of Distance Protection relays on Z3, LBB protection operation and due to Bus - faults. For the benefit of the region as well as for system improvement, MS(I/C) requested constituents to bring to the notice of committee the issues relating to mal-operation of relays, non-operation of switchgear, operation of Distance Protection relays on Z3, LBB protection operation etc. so that matter can be discussed in PCC / OCC meetings and remedial measures can be taken accordingly. 13. Data for POC: For calculation of POC charges & losses, data for 1st Quarter of 2013-14 may please be furnished at the earliest. All constituents of the region agreed to furnish the required

information to NERLDC.

14. Non fulfillment of N-1 criteria, conceptualization of SPS With the integration of the largest unit i.e Palatana Block-I a need is felt for conceptualization of a SPS to mitigate the problem associated with the outage of this unit as well as the non existence of N-1 criteria in 132 kV pocket. The committee requested NERLDC for conceptualization of a SPS to mitigate the problem associated with the outage of unit and the scheme will be discussed in next OCC/PCC meeting. D.10 Date & Venue of next OCC meeting

It is proposed to hold the 82nd OCC meeting of NERPC on 8th February, 2013 (Friday). As per roster, Mizoram is the host for 82nd OCC meeting. The exact date and venue will be intimated accordingly. The meeting ended with thanks to the Chair.

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Annexure-I List of Participants in the 80th OCC meeting held on 10/12/2012

SN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.

Name & Designation No Representative N.C. Das, CGM Sh. B.C. Bordoloi, DGM, SLDC Sh. P. C. Sarma, DGM, APGCL Sh. H.K. M. Baruah, DGM Sh. A. K. Saikia, AGM Sh. G.K. Bhuyan, AGM (Protection) Sh. S. Goswami, OSD to MOP, Assam Sh. D.C. Das, Mgr. SLDC Sh. P.P. Saikia, Asst. Mgr. SLDC Sh. N. Jasobanta Singh, AE Sh. T. Gidon, AEE, SLDC No Representative Sh. A. Jakhalu, EE (Trans) Sh. Solomon Sekhose, SDO (TC) Sh. M. Debbarma, AGM (SO) Sh. Bikram Debbarma, DGM, SO Sh. N.R.Paul, DGM Sh. Anupam Kumar, Engineer. Sh. P. Kanungo, DGM Sh. B. B. Das, Sr. Mgr. (E) Sh. R.C. Singh, Mgr.(E) Sh. Mukul Banerjee, GM (Plant) Sh. S.K. Ray Mohapatra, MS I/C Sh.B. Lyngkhoi, SE (O) Sh. D.K. Bauri, EE

Organization Ar. Pradesh Assam Assam Assam Assam Assam Assam Assam Assam Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Nagaland Tripura Tripura NERLDC NERLDC NERTS NEEPCO NHPC OTPC NERPC NERPC NERPC

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