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1 I i i~'''7fl BEFORE THE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION NEW DELHI PETITION NO.: , i IN THE MAITER OF: Application under Section. 14 of the Electricity Act, 2003 read with Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Procedure, Terms and Conditions for grant of Transmission licence and other- related maners) Regulations, 2009 with respect to Transmission Licence to Vemagiri Transmission System Limited. Vemagiri Transmission System Limited. (A 100% wholly owned subsidiary ofpower Grid Corporation of India Ltd.) Regislered office: 8-9, Qutab Institutional Area, Katwaria Sarai. New Delhi and Address for correspondence : Room No. 60I, 6th Floor, # , Kavadiguda, Secundrabad , Andhra Pradesh And Samalkol Power Limited Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledg Floor- North Wing, Thane - Belapur Road, Koparkh i Navi Mumbai And Others GO, eg ~ABI~~~'P I * I I, B.C,Pant, Slo Shri C.S. Pant, working as Deputy General Manager (POWERGRID) in -yi-h.----,

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3 the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., having its registered Office at B 9, Institutional Area, Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi-liD 016, do hereby solemnly affinn and state as under: 1. I am the Dy. General Manager (POWERGRlD) of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., the representative of the Petitioner in the above matter, and am duly authorized to make this'affidavit. 2. On the' direction of CERC under Record of Proceedings against petition no. 127/2012, CTU filed a7 affidavit dated 2 nd August 2012 (Copy enclosed as Eltel-} from Page>- to -_~). In the above affidavit, CTU inter-alia stated that As per the CEA Advisory dated , no additional domestic gas is likely to be available till 20 I 5-16 and the advisory further stated that developers not to plan projects based on domestic gas till 20 I The above advisory states the uncertainty of gas for power plants till and beyond this also, quite uncertain. The scheduled commissioning date for the Vemagiri Transmission System is April 2015 and the transmission system shall not be utilized atleast till Srikakulam -Vemagiri 765kV DIC transmission line (for import ofpower IPPs in Orissa to southern Region) has also been recommended by Empowered Committee on Transmission under Tariff Based Competitive Bidding and that the same is expected to be commissioned by In the situation of gas not being available beyond , Vemagiri Transmission System shall remain un-utilized for about 2 years till availability of Srikakulam - Yemagiri 765kY ole transmission line. 3. After the submission of Affidavit in August 2012, the following developments have taken place subsequently: (i) No change in uncertainty of gas for power plants. (ii) Spectrum Power Generation Limited, the long-tenn transmission customer for Vemagiri Transmission System Limited, has requested for tennination of BPTAffSA citing non~availability ofgas and filed petition in CERC. (iii)the RfQ process for Srikakulam Yemagiri 765 kv Ole line has just comm :\ ERG~~ and it is likely to get materialized in ~,~ ~I ~~tv l: (iv)during the 15th Meeting of SR constituents regarding LTA and Conne ~J~:,- Applications/35th Meeting ofstanding Committee on Power System Plannin ~l]ril '/ Southern Region held on (Copy of the Minutes of Meeting enclosed as Ellcl- 2 from Page n to '3L) wherein the implementation of Vemagiri Transmission system meeting: ~0 TA IT )-'. cussed and following issues emerged during the...s'; The uncert and the lenders of IPP have put restriction ennination of dedicated line at Yemagiri

4 IPPs in Vemagiri area have reluctance in signing the agreement with POWERGRlD for implementation of bays at Vemagiri Pooling Station Levy of transmission char es towards LTA which docs not get operationalised in absence of firm beneficiaries Payment of transmission charges in the event of generation plant not operating due to non~availability ofgas IPPs are taking Step by Step approach to the transmission system in view of restrictions put by lenders. (v) Further Samalkot Representative has stated that in the above meeting Quote "He clarified that as the generation project is financed on its own merit, they shall not be in a position to pay transmission charges in case it does not operate due to non~availabilityof gas." Unquote 4. Looking into the position of Samalkot Power Limited's that they shall not be in a position to pay transmission charges in the event of non~availabilityof gas has raised an apprehension about the non~realization of taritt and legal disputes thereon. 5. Looking into the pre.sent situation and the present circumstances, it may be appropriate that implementation of Vemagiri Transmission Limited may be taken up matching with the implementation schedule ofsrikakulam~vemagiri 765 kv Dlc line (under implementation through TBCB process). 6. It is, therefore, Hon'ble Commission may consider for: (a) Looking into the CEA advisory that developers not to plan projects based on domestic gas till 2015~16 and no infomlation of gas beyond 2015~16, it is necessary to review the time frame of requirement of Vemagiri Transmission System; (b) The issues emerged out during the 15th Meeting of SR constituents regarding LTA and Connectivity Applications/35th Meeting of Standing Committee on Power System Planning in Southern Region held on and the position taken by IPPs in Yemagiri Area needs careful examination in terms ofti of requirement of Vemagiri Transmission System. In this regard, ~ ~ affidavit dated 02~ indicated that in the event ofgas not ava ~ 1? Yon b the Vemagiri Transmission system shall get utilized 0 fr witi] the -: availability ofsrikakulam~vemagiri 765 kv Dlc line, which is likely '~2 I~~. ~.. (c) Accordingly looking into the present situation and the present circumstances, it may be appropriate t entation of Vemagiri Transmission System may be taken up matc en ementation schedule of Srikakulam~Vemagiri 765kYD/ciin vh is likely 2 6~17.

5 .... (d) Defer the implementation of Transmission System being implemented by Vemagiri Transmissiol1'System Limited looking into gas uncertainty and eventual uncertainty in generati9n; (e) The implementation schedule matching with the commissioning schedule of Srikakulam- Vemagiri 765 kv Ole which is under bidding process. Cf) Pass such further order or orders as this Han'ble Commission may deem just and proper in the circumstances ofthe case. 7. The statements made herein now are based on petitioner company official record maintained in th ordinary course ofbusiness and I believe them to be true (DEPONENT) ~-- VERIFICAnON Verified at Gurgaon on this day of Feb'2013 that the facts stated in the above affidavit are true and correct to my knowledge. No part of it is false and nothing material has been concealed there from...3~---- (DEPONENT) ~'\o. GU",,,, r@j 1.1; _..- 11'0 ~ _-0'_ - ~ :t- 0\---_* 0-.,t: I1z. ATT~~ ~.<~! MAHENDER S. PUNIA ADVOCATE & NOTARY olsn GURCAON (HalfanoJ Injif 15 FEB 2013

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7 I F Application under Section 14 of th'e Electricity Act, 2003 read with Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (pr~ure. Terms and Conditio~ -for grant of Transmission Licence and other rdated mattej:s) Regulations, 2009,with respect to Transmission Licence. _. '-'._~.. toye~a~iri-transm!ssionsyst.em.limit_ed :-,~.",. '.",",. :::_"::.:;,;;:;_. ~:~~;_:._._. _~..,./-.,.' ". -..._ - '. _ '::::~::.:.. l:--:, ',~..'.!"-_:::":'-'-:::":'-'-'-'-"--'Ve~agiri-'Fra~~misSioD"System~bhnited.. f - -<..,,-:._--' (A 100% wholly ow.ned subsidl~ry ofpower.grid CireonitiOD of India lj imited). I! I I- Registered office: B-9, Qutab Institutional Area, KatJria.sarai. New-Delhi Address for correspondence: Room No~6cif;6'" Fleet, #" 6-6-8/32, Ka"vadigUqa Secundcrabad , Andhra Pradesh...:... :.:~......C:::-.-=-::-APPmAN'F '-_,-,:;':'~---"J I r I' Xlj. ~>_!.Il' " AND Samalkot Power Limited ~, -! _ o3 AUG 20~2 Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City. I Block _~JSI Floor -North Wing, Thane - Belapur Road, Koparkhaime, -._--. It.. R E C E JV E D Navi Mumbai ; RESPONDENT~)'3 L v.. And others 1:~FL~(: ;:.. H f.. i " -' r --._ i-'--! l h!',,, '~ t AFFIDAVIT I, S S Raju, SIO Sh S. B Raju, wor~ihg ~. Dy. General Manager- (Commercial) in the Power-grid Corporation of India Ltd., lu.lyitfg..}!s-r'egistered.office at B~9, Institutional Mea, Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi~110016, do hereby solemnly afftnn and state as under: -~. 1. That I am the Deputy General Man~~;of Power Grid Corporation of I~~~i ~,.. -"~ ~....' f.~. Z ~. r -j~ T~,",',~ )"

8 l~e representative of Central Transmission Utility, in the above matter, and am duly authorized to make this affidavit. 2. The Hon'ble Commission in the record of proceeding of hearing dated 12-O7~20l2 in the Petition No has directed the cru to submit the following details on affidavit (a) the status ofgenerating stations linked with the transmission project. (b) as to how th~ Proposedtransmission line is going to be tu)iy utilized. 3. The information as directed by the Hon'ble is descnbed in the following paragraphs. 4. 'The Co~n Transmission System for ISGS projects in Vemagiri area of Andhra Pradesh was initially plajuled for evacuation of power from the following generation projec~ who had applied for ConnectivilylLTA 51. Name oftbe proj~d IDstalled LTAq~.ntum No: - alpadty (MW). tmwi'.1. SamalkOl Power Limited {51'LI Spectrum Power -Generation Ltd lS0 {SPOLI - 3. GVK Gautami Ltd GVKPower J u} Pvt. ua Hinduia National Power Ltd GMR Raiahmundrv Pvt. Ltd Total : For evacuation of power from the above projects following comprehensive transmi~jon was planned. a: Two ri~mber of 765 kv Dlc transmission. corridor from Vemagiri upt9. Hyderabad via Khammam viz. Vemagiri - Khammam - Hyderabad 765kV 2xD/c Jines b. One no. 765 kv DIe transmission corridor from Hyderabad upto Jabalpur via Wardha viz.. Hyderabad - Wardha- Jabalpur 76SkV Ole lines c. Associated substations and their interconnectivity to the grid 6. The above transmission system was granted regulatory approval by the Hon'ble CERe vide order dated wherein the Commission had directed to implement the above transmission system in phases matching with the progress of generation projects. While considering phasing ofthe above planned transmission system only 2 nos IPPs SPL (LTA-2200MW) & 5POL (LTA-ll50MW) had signed BPTA and fum~hed isite Bank Guarantee as per the regulations. Accordingly, for the purpose of Tariff "~:;:~.competitive bidding process only SPL and SPGL were considered as Long Term it. mission Customer (LDC) for the Vemagiri transmission system and accordingly ;(01"",>1 to Bid Process coordinator vide letter dated IS* December, 2011 with whom,jlh<ll'r:sa was signed. ~Considering above, out of the two 76SkV Vemagiri - Khammam - Hyderabad transmission corridors, only one was taken up for implementado n that too w~'planned to be initially charged at 4OOkY..4:. ~'\ _'". ~ "'lt~~,~ -' ~

9 9. Subsequently, GMR Rajahmundry (LTA-775MW) was also granted LTA utilizing the above corridor and they had furnished the Bank Guarantee and signed revised annex-ures to the BPTA in Feb, From the above it may be seen that againstthe total LTA of4325 MW ( ) the transmission system had been taken-up for implementation with a tratjs(er capacity of about MW without N-I contingency criteria. The SPGL has since requested for withdrawal of LTA, thereby the remaining LTA quantum for evacuation shall be 2975 MW, 11. Further, to provide thc requisite (N-l) contingcncy to the planned transmission system, the proposal for implcmentation of 2 nd 76Sk'V V.emagiri :- Khammam - Hyderabad transmission corridors was proposed in the 29 th Meeting ofthe Empowered Committee on Transmission held on 15, , wherein in view of the uncertainty of"ltlc availability of gas, concern were raised regarding utilization of the first Vemagiri transmission corridor itself. It was decided by the Committee that a team ofcea & POWERGIWJ officials should Visit generation proje~t sites in Vemagirhma tq get the firs(haod informati~non,their progress.,. 12. Ateam ofcea and POWERGRID officials visitect gej,lerat,ion project sites i~' Vemagiri. during. the 30 lb June - lsi July, 2012: A copy of the site visit report is enclosed at Annexure - T, wherein following may be observed.- " Status ofgeneration Projects SPL llta:2200 MW) is partially completed & the works for the balance is under progress, Two Gts of 250MW each were synchronized once and are idl.e for ~ant of gas. SPGL (LTA : 13S0MWl : No physical progress citing nonwavailability ofgas. GMR (LTA 77SM\Yl : First module of Gas & Steam turbine were synchronized with, Ule grid in Aug & Dec, un 1 respectively and remaining idle since then for want of gas allocation. Second Module has also completed first fire and FSNL test and waiting for permission for diversion ofgas: to carry out synchronization test. 13. Utilisation Of Vemagiri TransmiSsion System -. The utilization of the subject transmission system shall depend on the generation of power in the V.emagiri area which in-turn shall depend on the availability ofga~ for the eneration projects. It is evident from the above that no additional domestic gas is likely to be available till 2015-/6. Hence, tkvelopers are advised,liot to pia" projects based on domestic gas till 201S 16. When Mop'~!,,!G, indicates w availabilityofgas, develqpers will be intimated. " /~~ -,!.i>~>=~;\ ().-"",. 'C'.' ~ ~ I,'i'" \ Jr...11'< 1i.,.; ',\ ~,. I :"C."" {, '~"",,..:.\.,,\ 1!,~ /"," ~ ---"/ '~~0<:'~:.' ~D, GlJ. 4l@''I'<?,!i' regard it is worthwhile to mention that OEA in its advisory dated ~ ~ "".'» g Gas Availability for New Gas Based Power Plants have informed that o-*~,'i s per the information made available by MoP&NG regarding NELP s. the production is likely to go down by mmscmd in a~d 'dditional 3.42 mmscmd in 20/3-14 agc4inst rhe availability of 42,67 mmscmd gas in year 2011-/2. MoP&NG has not given any projections for the year 2014-/5 and ',

10 From the above it is secn that till 2015~16 gas is not available for the power plants and b'cyond this also quite uncertain, Here it would be pertinent to mention that the schedule commissioning date for the subject transmission system is April, 2015 which would mean that transmission system shall not be utilized atleast for a year till March, 2016 and beyond which also utilization shall be subject to availability ofgas to the power plants. 14. However it is also a fact that GMR (768MW) is already completed and SPL (2400MW) is partially completed & work on balance is under progress. Therefore, ifavailability of gas is declared without giving atleast 3-4 years of time which is required for development of planned transmission system then the' entire generation capacity shall be bottled which may not be desirable in the present deficit scenario. 15. Further it is to be mentioned that additional, intenegional transmission link viz. Srikakulam - Vimagiri 765kV Dlc line has been recently recommend,cd by Empowered Committee in its 29 1ll meeting held on ISill,June, for implementation through TaritfBased Competetive Bidding route This link in conjunction with the Angul - Srikakulam 76SkV Ole!.ine "(un'der implementation ~ a part of Transmission Syst~m for Srikakulam IPPs) shall facilitate import of powe.r from IPPs i!1 Orissa to Southern region,. However the Gazette Notification for the same is yet to be made and- taking into consideration the Bid Processing & Impl~mentation time, this link. is expected to be available by ' - Therefore in the situation ofgas not available even after beyond 20IS-16. the Vemagiri transmission system can be utilized by 20!6-17 which in 'other words shall mean that the Vemagiri transmission system shall remain under utilized for about 2 years from its schedule COD ofapril, 20lS till availability of Srikakulam - Vimagiri 765kV Ole line Iik~ly by 2016~ From ~he above it may be concluded that even though.one generation project" with LTA MW is already completed and other with LTA:-: MW is partially"completed, hpwever, in the absence ofcertainty ofgas for power generation the system may not be utilized tiii Orissa interconnection is available The statements made hereln are'based on petitioner c~mpany official ~ord maintained in the ordinary course of business and I believe them to be true. attached with this affidavit are legible copies. The documents 18. Solemnly affinned at Gurgaon on this 2 nd day of August'2012 that the contents ofthe above affidavit are true to my knowledge and belief and no part of it is false and,j ~ o--r~teri'lhas been concealed there from.. w' ~.~~ o~ou.~ ~ ga"ansj~g~ ~~.. GURG~' ~1 ~ST. (DEPONENT) f.f.;;\ '.!i'lld. N@'l652~1 ~ ~''''(' ~ =-:---. 'llllf ~ 0 v "V e~c~'%~" ~'-",-o-..-,g N:.~f. m:'j~"f>\."?; _ "D~~~::::g kv.p'7~~\ ;rio""""/ GU"O"'..,_y"'"'li.\ ~,. i J'. ":?'~

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12 I Report ofsite Visit to the IPPs generation Projects in Vemagiri Area In the 29 lh meeting of the Empowered Committee on transmission held on June 15, 2012 at New Delhi, it was decided that a tcam of CEA and POWERGRID officials would visit the lpps generation projects sites in Vemagiri area to get first hand infonnation on the status of generation projects. Accordingly, following officials of CEA and POWERGRID visited generation project ~ites ofvarious IPPs in Vemagiri area on' 30'" June and I A July 2OJ2. POWERGRID Sh. Pankaj Kumar, ED (SEF,CE, ERP & IT) Sb. Di.lip Rozekar, DGM (Engg.-SEF) Sh,"P. S. R. Yadav, eh. Manager (Vemagiri) Sh. Srinivas Rao;Sr. Elig,r (Vemagiri) Sh. Satyanarayan. Engr (Veruagiri) CEA Sh. Ravinder Gupta., Di~tor Following generation sites. which have availed LTAlConnectivity, in the Vemagiri 8fC3. were visited SI. Name ofthe Project Installed L~AlConneetivity No Canacil~ (MWI uantum 1 Samalkot Power Proiect GMR Ra"ahmundrv Enefl1'V Limited RVK Energ:-v Limited SnPrlrum Power Generation 1.td Samalkat Power Project LLd. There is a existing 220 MW gas based generating station which is COnnected to AP State grid through 220kV lines.. Samalkot has planned to setup 2400 MW in the present phase of development comprising of 3 modules (2 GTs + I 8T) of 800 MW each. though there is a space provision for enhancing the capacity by additional 2 modules of similar capacity. It has been infonned that 2 GTs (250 MW each) has already been synchronized once and is presently idle for want of gas allocation. Further, 2 nos GTs has completed Full Speed No Load (FSNL) test and as per schedule is planned for synchrs!.~jzati~m!'y '/:sr"d TflUE cee August, " :.:::<-0 ;J~/ _ 10 _.A~o=,n"o'Y. ~~PO,..,leQ.. ( Jl!~.Gu~12200I

13 I II has been observed that physical work for 1st Steam turbine has been commenced '" and has been scheduled for synchronization lest by March, 2013 The 400kV GIS switchyard has 23 nos. of bays out of which 16 nos. of bays have already been erected and work on balance 7 nos. of bays is under progress which is scheduled for commissioning in next 2 3 months. The construction of dedicated lines from switchyard to VemagioMII Pooling slation has also been commenced and about 20 nos. of towers out of 39 nos. for line- J has been completec. General observation - the worked at the generation was observed to be going 011 fuji swing with number of large cranes deployed at the project site. It was intonned that... about workers are presently working at site and construction work is goint on as.. per scltedules. The photographs ofthe site is given at Annexure -I. 2. Gl\fR Rajahmundry Energ)! Limited There is a existing 380 MW generating station (1 GT + 1 S1) which is connected by a 400kV Ole line to exis~dgvemagiri substation of A.P'I'RANSCO. GMR has plans to setup 768 MW in the present phase of development comprising of 2 modules (1 GT + I ST) of384 MW each. Proposed GTG#2 & STGn were synchronized With the grid. in Aug & Dec, 2011 respectively. Si~i1ar1y 01'0#3 &. STG#3 have als~ completed first.fire and FSNL test and. waiting for pcnnission for diversion of gas to carry out synchronization test. Entire switehyard including Bus reactor have also been test charged. It was informed that 400 kv dedicated line to Vemagiri Pooling Station of Powergrid would be completed byjuly The photographs of the site is given at Annexure - I. 3. RVK Energy Limit~ [j "'O' GlI",,,... ~ tf: "0 ~ >.-. ;t ~. Presently there is 37 MW of Gas Engines (like 00 sets that run on Gas instead of diesel). 1bese Gas Engines comprise of 3 nos. of new units of9 MW each and 3 nos. of 3.25 MW each shifted from their project al Maehilipattnam. It was informed that since erection these units have not been operat~ due to nonp.vaijability ofgas. -11 ~

14 f In the second phase additional 37 MW Gas Engines had been planned and their foundation has been constructed but it was not pursued further due to non-availability of gas. In!.he Phase-IU. 360 MW of plant was proposed for which Connectivity was granted by POWERGRID as the proje<.1 deveioper had most of LIte necessary clearances available.. H,pwever in view of non-availabilityofgas. no physical activity has been observed at site for Ute phase-iii project. The photographs of~e site is given at Annexure-I. 4, Spectrum Power Generation Ltd. (SPGL) ~ently there is existing 208 MW generating station which is connec:ted ~o AP State.'grid ~ugh 220kV lines. It was infonned that for past some time the plant is running at very less PLF due to limited availability'of Gas. In the present phase of development. SPGL h.as planned to augment lhe existing.. capacity by 1400 MW gas based generation project. It- was informed that the placement of award for BTG & BoP were about 10 be made. wh~n non-a.vaiiability of gas (or coming 34 years was notified by the Govt. After that.. ~I.the ~ivjties ha.ve been pul on hold. In fact SPGL had requested PO\YERGRID to cancerthe earlier signed BPTAffSA and return their Bank Guarantee.' The team did not observe any activity going on at site towards implementation of the proposed augmentation ofthe generation project. 5. Conclusion From.the site visit of above 4 number of Gas based IPP generation projccts, it was seen that GMR project of 768 MW is already completed and Samalkot project of2400 MW is partially complet~. Tp,erefore. these two projects with a cumulative capacity of about 3200 MW is likely to be available with good certainty. Commissioning of the balance two projects viz. SPGL & RVK with cumulative capacity of 1760 MW shall depend on availability of gas and till that time uncertainty about these projects would rem ain.

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19 . POIVER GRID COIlPOIl,' no:'\ OF INDIA Wilrm ~i---;, ~[ ""~ I ", f7f?'u." lfr. '::;.>~li~" 'f f ".",.!7u~,m '. COrpoll1l80'hrl' Sau\l!-m'/l'- j 1 t, It<h.9 Gut\,j"'O~l'l:::;'>OU' 1f.')'.oIH Tel. : ~,ni~~ "'9 rl~,s71'f.u.2s'17fil GIaJTI 'NATr,rUD C/ENG/SEF/S/OOILTA 07 February 2012 As per Distribution List Sub: IS lh meeting or Southern Region constituents rcgardin~ LTA and Connectivity applications in Southern Region - Minutes or the meeting Dear Sir. Please find enclosed the Minutes of ls 1h meeting of Southern Region constituents regarding LTA and Connectivity applications in Southern Region held on 4 lh January at Gurgaon. The mimllcs arc also available at our website Access & Medium Tenn Opcn Access information. Long Tcnn Thanking You, Yours failhfljlly ~.D\bf-0 (V K Sehgal) ChicfOpcrating OOieeT (CTU) Copy to: CEO (I'OSOCO) I ED (Commercial) I ED (SRTS-I)I ED (SRTS-II) Encl. : Minutes - /7_ lluflf\1 4'Tclt:rll: ~ 9. ~-("ll!r~tl~l"r-f<il \'ftl:;l. 4',C:<lIi)r.n lmtl '" ~ ~: 26S60 121!f;-lm: ar.~. R&1jIII.rld OlUce : 8-9. Ol.'1.ab!nltitutional Aru. Katwa,ilI Stll.i. New Oelhl 11ool6 Tel. : Fall : Q Gram: NATGRIO «Ifm'! 1fil ~fm'! ii i3>vif 'fiilli Save Entrgy [I)C Benefit of Self and Nalioll

20 Distribution List Member CPS) 2. Chief Engineer (SP & PAl Central Electricity Authority Central Electricity Authority Sewa Shawan, R.K.Puram, Sewa Shawan, R.K.Puram, New Delhi-11 a 066. New Delhi FAX: FAX: Member Secretary 4. Director (Transmission) Southern Regional Power Committee Transmission Corp. of Andhra Pradesh lid. 29, Race Course Cross Road Vidyul Soudha BangaJore Hyderabad - SOD 082. FAX : FAX: Member (Transmission) 6. Member (Transmission) Karnataka State Power Transmission Corp.lid. Kerala Stale Electricity Board Cauvery Shawan Vidyuthi Bhawanam, Pattarn, p.e. No Banga/ore Thiruvananthapuram FAX: FAX: Director (TANTRANSCO). Superintending Engineer-I Tamil Nadu electricity Board (TNEB) First Floor, Electricity Department 611\ Floor, Eastern Wing, 800 Anna Salai, Gingy Salai Chennai Puducherry FAX: FAX: n Director (Power) O. Director (Operations) Corporate Office, Block - I NPCIL, 12-.Floor.Vikram Sarabhai Bhawan, Neyve~ Ugnite Corp. Ltd. Anushakti Nagar, Neyveli, Tamil Nadu Mumbai FAX: FAX: Director (Projects) National Thermal Power Corp. Ltd. (NTPC) NTPC Bhawan, Core-7, Scope Complex Lodhi Road, New Oelhi FAX

21 Distribution List 2 (Conneclivity/LTA Applicants) 1. Shri Rakesh Kumar Gupta 2. General Manager (Projects) Chief Operating Officer Simhapuri Energy Private Limited Lanco Kondapalli Power Private Limited Madhucon Greenlands, , Plot #4, Software Units layout 3rd Floor, Begumpet. HITEC City, Madhapur Hyderabad (A.P.) Hvderabad Shrl N P Hanagodu 4. Shrl S Arounassalame Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Meenakshi Energy Private Limited Empee Power & Infrastructure Private Limited Meenakshi House, , Road #7 ~Empee Tower", No. 59, Harris Road, Pudupel Baniara Hills H derabad Chennai Shri M Subramanyam 6. ShrilM.l. Jadhav Business Head Chief Engineer (Transmission) Sindya Power Generating Co. Pvt. Ltd. MIs Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited 2nd Floor, 77-Potti pati Plaza VS Bhavan, Anushaklinagar Nunganbakkam High Road, Nunganbakkam, Mumbai Chennai Sh. Oileep Mehta 8. Shrl S N Barde Director Executive Vice President AES Naganadu Power Private Limited GMR Rajahmundry Energy Limited 9th Floor, DLF Bldg. No th floor, D Block, IBC Knowledge, Cyber City, Phase-II Bannerghatla Road, Bangalore Guroaon Sh. S Narayanan 10. $h. B. $. Rao Managing Director General Manager PPN Power Generating Company Private Ltd. Mis NSL Nagapatnam Power and lnfratech Private Jhaver Plaza III Floor, 1-A, Limited Nungambakkam High Road, NSL ICON, 4 th Floor, # a-2-684/2/a, Road No. 12, Chennai Ban'ara Hills, Hvderabad Sh. Abhishek Dubey 12. Sh. V Chandramoleeswaran Manager (Commercial) Director Hinduja National Power Corporation Limited Cheltinad Power Corporation Private Limited HNPCL, Hinduja House, h Floor, Rani Seethai Hall BUilding, 603 Dr. Annie Besant Road Mumbai B. Anna Salai Chennai Shri K S N Murthy 14. Shrl B. Naraslmha Rao, Vice President Vice President (Projects) Samalkot Power Limited East Coast Energy Private Limjted, Camus Capri Apartments, /A, #7-1-24, B Block, 5th Floor, Raj Bhavan Road, Somaijiguda Roxana Towers, Green Lands, Begumpet, HVderabad Hvderabad Sh. C.R. Srlnivas 16. Sh. Naresh Panchal Associate Vice President - Projects Head & GM MIs Mytrah Energy (India) Ltd Samimeru Windfarms Pvt. ltd. 8001, Q-City, S.No:109,Nanakramguda, One Earth Opp. Magarpatla City, Gachibowli, Hyderabad , India Hadapsar, Pune , Maharashtra, India 17. Sh. Naresh Panchal '"...,... Head & GM ~. Chief Executive Officer GURo Suzlon Power Infrastructure ltd. Mis RS India Global Energy Li. "10 One Earth Opp. Magarpatta City, 3 m Floor, GL Complex, Opp. U V«~ ~ Hadapsar, Pune , (Dundahera), Old Delhi Gurga i~)i Maharashtra India Gumaon Harvana 0. ".:~. J..?1,..,J., _

22 "'inults of J.5" MUling ofsr comtiful'nu rt'garding LTA {Illd COlllrer:til'iry upi,!icatiolls Minutes of 15 th Meeting of Southern Region constituents Regardin! Long Term Access and Connectivity Applications in Southern Region held on 4 January, 2013 at Gurgaon. List of Participants is enclosed at Annexure-I. 1.0 COO (cru), POWERGRID welcomed the participants for the 15 lh Meeting of Southern Region (SR) constituents regarding Long Term Access and Connectivity applications of SR. In his opening remarks, he infonned thnt as per the earlier circulated agenda, POWERGRlD have received 5 nos. of new connectivity applications from Wind generation developers. He infonned that there is no bay space in the existing POWERGRID substation in the area to accolllmodate these wind generators. Further these wind generators have not applied for LTA so there is no commitment under LTA for development of new transmission system. Therefore, these applications need to be discussed in details to work Ollt their connectivity system. COO (CTU), POWERGRID requested CDE (CTU), POWERGRID to proceed with the agenda for the meeting. 2.0 Confirmation of the minutes of 14 th Meeting or Southern Region constituents regarding Long Term Access and Connectivity applications 2.1 POWERGRID stated that, there were no comments received on the minutes of the 14 lh Meeting of Southern Region constituents regarding Long Tenn Access and Connectivity applications issued vide letter dated and the minutes are confinned. Copy of the minutes is available at POWERGRID website ( 3.0 Common Transmission System Assochlted with IPP Ilrojccts ill Srikakulam Area, Andhra ]lradesh 3.1 POWERGRID informed that the transmission system for evacuation of power from IPP projects in Srikakulam area was earlier planned to be developed under 2 phases viz. the 765/400 kv SrikakuJam Pooling Station along with SrikakuJam - Angu] 765 kv Dlc line to be initially charged at 400 kv under the "Common Transmission System Associated with lpp projects in Sri kakul am Area Pan - A" and subsequently upgraded to 765 kv level in "Common Transmission System Associated with IPP projecls in Srikakulam Area Part - e". 3.2 During the 33 rd Meeting of Standing Committee on Power System Planning in Southern Region held on 20 lh October Srikakulam Pooling Slation - Vemagiri Pooling Station 765 kv Dlc line was approved to facilitate import of power to Southern Region due to changed load generation scenario and this is being implemented through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding. Pq I era 'Z.A

23 Mj"utts ofj5'" Muting ofsr constifu~ms rtgarding LTA and COlln~fil'iJyapplications POWERGRJD also infomled that they are in the process of Land Acquisition for Srikakulam Pooling Sration and it has becn Icarnt from the site that locating suitable site avoiding physical factors like watcr b<xiies. wet land, small holding fanners, forest area. hillocks etc is extremely difficult. Further, there is lot of resistance from local people also. From about 20 nos. of sites surveyed, we have zeroed on one of the most suitable site but the same is not enough to accommodate nonnal 765/400 kv AIS substation. Considering all these factors he proposed that Srikakulam Pooling Station may be constructed with 400 kv ponion as AIS and 765 kv portion as GIS. 3.3 POWERGRJD further infomled that in this regard, CEA vide its letter dated has already conveyed their in-principle clearance for constructing Srikakulam Part - A and Pal1 - C together in the same time frame and Srikakulam Poolinp Station with 400 kv portion as AIS and 765 kv portion as GIS subject to regularisatlon in the next Standing Committee Meeting. 3.4 After discussion it was agreed for constructing of Srikakulam Part - A and Part - C together in the same time frame and Srikakulam Pooling Station with 400 kv portion as AIS and 765 kv portion as GIS. with suitable deletion of elements meant for initial charging the system at 400 kv from the scope of Part - A. 4.0 Implementation of CODuIlon Transmission System Associated with IPPs in Vemagiri Area, Andhra Pradesh & Request of GMR Rajahmundry Energy Limited for connectivity through LILO of Vijayawada - Gazuwaka 400 kv SIc line as an interim arrangement till the commissioning of Vemagiri Pooling Station. 4.1 PQWERGRID infomled that the Common Transmission System Associated with lhe lpps in Vemagiri area, Andhra Pradesh interalia comprised of two nos. of 765kV Ole line from Vemagiri to Hyderabad via Khammam. Looking into the unccrtainty of lhe availability of Gas only onc 765kV Ole line was under taken for implementation through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding route which was planned 10 be initially charged at 400kV level. It was also informed that during the joint visit by CEA & POWERGRID, it was gathered that GMR project of 768 MW is already commissioned & Samalkot project of 2400 MW is partially commissioned and arc waiting for gas allocation. Also Srikakulam - Vemagiri 765kV Ole line has been planned to facilitate import to Southern Region for meeting future load demand. 4.2 Considerating all these factors PQWERGRID have proposed to charge the Ve agiri _GAo+ Khammam - Hyderabad 765kV Ole line at its rated voltage of 765kV right ~~' tb beginning. for which CEA vide its leher dated 17 th September, 2012 ha 'e' i conveyed its in-principle approval subject to regujarisation in the next m' 0 Standing Committee. Oct.~ 4.3 POWERGRID. further stated Ihat the Common Transmission System inter-alia also comprised of Hyderabad - Wardha 765kV Ole, which upon the decision of Empowered Committee on Transmission, POWERGRID is implementing this line. It has been learnt from the site that as per the preliminary survey the line length of this line is becoming more then 500 kms. The increase in line length is due to line routing, to avoid Hydcrabad City limits and Forest stretches. P 8' I"I~ 1.-1

24 Minut~s of J~ Muting ofsr comtitu~nts rtgording LTA ond Con/J«tivit)' OppliCUliQns In view of the above, POWERGRID proposed to establish a 765/400 kv substation al intennediate location enroute Hyderabad - Wardha 765 kv Ole line making Hyderabad - intennediate substation - Wardha 765 kv Dlc line and the intennediate substation at 400kV level shall be connected to Southern Grid which shall be decided later based upon the Joint studies ofaptransco, POWERGRID & CEA. 4.4 After discussion following transmission system was agreed a} Vemagiri - Khammam - Hyderabad 765kV Dlc line shall be charged at its rated voltage of 765kV level right from the beginning. b) Establish a 765/400kV substation at intennediate substation enroute Hyderabad Wardha 765kV D/c line making Hyderabad - intennediate substation - Wardha 765 ky D/c line with suitable interconnection at 400kY level to southern regional grid. It was further decided that the location of intennediate 765/400kV substation and its interconnection at 400kY level to SR grid shall be decided separately in association with APTRANSCO. 4.5 GMR Rajahmundry Energy Limited (OREL) infonned that their 768 MW Gas based power plant is ready; however there is no generation due to un-availability of Gas. Further they have indicated that they are implementing the connectivity line 400 kv quad line from their power plant to kv Yemagiri Pooling Station as per the revised intimation issued by POWERGRID. The Vemagiri Pooling station is targeted for commissioning by April, 2015 matching with commissioning of TBCH lines. Considering the timeline of Vemagiri Pooling station, GREL have requested LILO of Gazuwaka~Vijayawada 400 kv SIc line at their power plant by joining their connectivity 400 ky line as an interim arrangement till the commissioning of Vemagiri Pooling station of POWERGRlD. 4.6 POWERGRID representative stated that as per revised connectivity granted to GMR on their request, the connectivity line to be constructed by GMR is to terminate at Vemagiri pooling stalion. POWERGRID has completed all the preliminary activities for taking up construction of Vemagiri pooling station. As this is a GIS substation various issues of equipment compatibility are involved hence POWERGRID had been repeatedly requesting GMR and Samalkot for signing of agreement for implementation of bays at Vemagiri pooling station for tennination of their dedicated line. However both the generation developers are not agreeing for the same and are delaying it. In view of this, it may be appreciated that if POWERGRID starts working on implementation of Vemagiri pooling station without waiting for...p agreement for implementation bays for tennination of dedicated line. a the IPPs tenninate their connectivity transmission line then not only Ve station shall remain unutilised but shall also lead to compatibility issue 0 a later date when these generation developers decide to tenninate their tkl!lliilli'']j;t~ line. 4.7 Samalkot representative stated that uncertainty with respecl to availability of gas is known yet they have made investment in the generation project and it is not that there is no gas, it is just time frame of its availability is uncertain. He explained that though there is no conslraint on availability of funds for construction of bays but they are in j;j, ::::::::::;; JJ!!;R'ii!)R;ii~qj;ia~ ,,1-

25 Mimlles 0/ /5 'h Meeling ofsr COflstiful'nts regor(ling LTA alld COIIl/ecli!'i!)' applicatiolls light situation as their lenders have put restriction in such an uncertain situation. He stressed that utility of Vemagiri substation is coupled with the availability of Vemagiri - Khammam - Hyderabad line, however, the order from CERe on the license application of PQWERGRlD is yet 10 come. This adds 10 the uncertainty with respect to availability of Vemagiri - Khammam - Hyderabad line also DGM ectu) staled that taking into consideration Ihat the generation project of GMR is already on the ground and that of Samalkot is partially completed, it would be required that Vemagiri Pooling station and the Vemagiri - Khammam - Hyderabad line are implemented as per schedule. He further mentioned as the generation developers are not facilitating implementation of Yemagiri pooling station which may lead to delay in Yemagiri Transmission system and under such situation if availability of gas is announced at a short notice the generation shall be bottled leading to disputes especially in the light of LTA already granted to both Samalkot and GMR. Samalkot representative mentioned that the application for LTA has been made with tentative/target beneficiaries hence as per their understanding of present CERe regulations their LTA cannot get operationalised until the beneficiaries are tied up. Under such situation he questioned the relevance/validity of the BPTA signed with CTU. He further stated even question of levying transmission charges is very vital. He clarified that as the generation project is financed on its own merit, they shall not be in a position to pay transmission charges in case it does not operate due to nonavailability of gas. Therefore, they arc taking step by step decision as the question here it not only for transmission charges on account of bays for termination of dedicated line at Yemagiri pooling station but also that of entire Vemagiri transmission system corresponding to 2200 MW. He stated that in the background of uncel1ainty of availability of gas and time frame of commissioning of onward Vemagiri - Khammam - Hyderabad due to delay in disposal of license application by CERe they don't find any merit is agreeing to sign the agreement with POWERGRlD for implementation of bays at Vemagiri pooling station. Regarding levy of transmission charges, CTU clarified that Samalkot Power is liable for payment of charges in the event of commissioning of transmission system even when LTA cannot get operationalise due to beneficiary not tied up. In fact many generators are presently paying transmission charges in this category. Towards this, the representative of Samalkot had indicated that their understanding as indicated above (at the beginning of para) remains same. Based on the discussions, the following issues emerged out: The uncertainty of gas still remains and the lenders have put restriction even for the baysjqr-t~{mjnation of dedicated line at Vemagiri Pooling GURG...,O t:~i ~o. IPPs in Vemagiri area have reluctance in signing the agreem ~. PQWERGRlD for implementation of bays at Vemagiri Pooling Station Levy of transmission charges towards LTA which does not get operationalised in absence of finn beneficiaries Payment of transmission charges in the event of generation plant not operating due to non-availability of gas... _..,, P B ' E 1Q. '--' -

26 Mimllts of/5" Met/in!: ofsr CQlIs/;llteIllS regardill!: LTA tlnd Ctmneclil';ly applicatiolls IPPs are taking Step by Step approach to the transmission system In view of restrictions put by lenders Member (PS), CEA stated that views of Samalkot and GMR has been carefully considered but there is also a predicament with respect to implementation of Vemagiri JX>Oling station and onward Vemagiri - Khammam - Hyderabad transmission line. Jt was decided that a separate meeting shall be convened in CEA for addressing this issue As regards the request of GMR for interim LJLO the matter was deliberated and as the constituents were not in agreement the same was not agreed to. 5.0 Request of Lanco Kondapalli Power Limited (LKPL) for reduction of Long4erm Open Access granted from their Phase-II power plant from 250 MW to 75 MW 5.1 POWERGRlD infonned that LANCO KondapaJli Power Limited (L.K.PL) was granted Long-term Open Access (LTOA) for a quantum of 350 MW in June for a period of 25 years and the same was to become effective from date of commissioning of the generation project. The LTOA was granted for target beneliciaries in WR MW and NR MW. Subsequently. in January LKPL submitted request for reduction of LTOA quantum by 100 MW. The above proposal was discussed and approved in the 33 rd meeting of Standing Committee on Power System Planning in SR and 19 lh meeting of SRI'C. 5.2 Further vide letter ref. no. LKPL:PGCL:4489:2012 dated 14 August, 2012 and subsequent reminder dated 4 September, 2012, LKPL have requested for reduction of LTOA qu<lntum from 250 MW to Zcro MW. )- The major reasons mentioned by the LKPL for secking reduction of LTOA qu<lntum to Zero MW are as below: o Non- av<lil<lbility of g<ls due to reduction of gas from KG D6 basin. CEA in its notilication d<lled 20 lh March, 2012 h<lvc indicated that quote o which d on the IQe S.12 '>.'1

27 Mi"uus of15'" Muting ofsr co'ulitu~nls "garding LTA Imd Ct.lllll«,il'ily ap"lications o In the present scenario of dwindling gas supplies from KG D6 basin, LKPL may not get qualified to participate in the medium/long tenn power procurement bids called by State utilities because of non-availability of FSA which is a pre-requisite for any generator to participate in the Case-I bids. Hence they are bound to sell electricity in Andhra Pradesh only and that too through short tenn route only. 5.3 The issue was deliberated during the 20th meeting of SRPC held on 28 September, 2012 in Hyderabad and the decision is reproduced as below: "Tile Committee agreed with the recommendation oftcc that in view ofthe petition filed before l'lon'ble CERC by POSOCO. statlls quo of presem billing may be continued Subsequently LKPL vide their lettcr dated 29 November 2012 has requested for reduction of LTA from 250 MW to 75 MW and request for change in the target region from WR, NR to SR. Further vide above letter LKPL had indicated that reduction of LTA is sought due to the continuous reduction in the output of KG 0-6 basin, Also vide above referred letter LKPL has indicated change in target region from WR & NR to SR because electricity supply to home state has been made a pre-condition for supply of gas. 5.5 LKPL representative said that though they have been granted LTOA for 350 MW, however in absence of PPA with beneficiaries their LTOA is not getting effected and they are not getting any benefit of LTOA regulations in priority, scheduling etc. for their generation. However in absence of PPA they are resorting to STOA for power transfer from their generation projeci. Further they are not getting full capacity gas and also have given undertaking to MOP for sale of power to Andhra Pradesh, therefore the LTOA may be reduced to 75 MW and target regions may be changed to Southern Region. 5.6 APTRANSCO representative statcd that they are not agrecable to reduce the quantum from 250MW to 75 MW, 5.7 KPTCL was of the opinion that the quantum & target regions should remam unchanged ,0 6.1 SRPC was of the opinion that the direction from MOP in this regard may be followed for the gas based generation projects. ED (SRLDC), POSOCO said that the target region should not cha ed against another target region and therefore should remain unchanged. 9' ~G\)RGA04r _ Q1 Member (PS), eea & POWERGRID stated that matter is to i. urther meetings with all the SR constituents. ~o ~~. of :'- Long-term Access or Simhapuri & Meenakshi Energy Private L-:l,... iftt/ POWERGRIO informed that Long-tenn Access (LTA) was granted to Simhapuri Energy Privatc Limited (SEPL) for a quantum of 546 MW from their generation capacity of 600 MW (4x150 MW) in Krishnapatnam Area, Andhra Pradesh. In this ABg 6 i I~...;;..$.-. J ;;;==-

28 MinUI~S of 15'" MUlinK ofsr COfUlillWnlS "garding LTA wid COIl1I«liI'il)' upplicaliolls area, POWERGRID has also granted Long-tenn Access to Meenakshi Energy Private Limited (MEPL) for a quantum of 910 MW from their generation capacity of 1000 MW (2x x350 MW). 6.2 The above LTA was subject to dedicated line from SEPUMEPL to Nellore 400 kv Ole (quad) line and strengthening of transmission system. The dedicated line to Nellore was proposed while granting LTA, keeping view the generation schedule. availability of bays at Nellore & conservation of the Right-of-way for the corridor. The common transmission System for LTA is under implementation by POWERGRID and is expected to be commissioned by September, Under this system it was proposed to LILO both circuits of SEPUMEPL-Nellore 400 kv Ole line at Nellore Pooling Station. 6.3 Both these generation projects SEPL & MEPL have commissioned their first unit and during the commissioning they faced difficulties in scheduling, dispatch, metering, energy accounting including UI etc. Therefore. MEPL has approached the Hon'ble CERe vide their petition no. 205/MP12011 and while disposing the petition on the commission directed as below: "The generating stations ojthe petitioner (MEPL) and Respondelll No.5 (SEPL) shall be treated by SRLDC as separate (Ind independem emitiesjor the p"rpose 0/ schedllling and dispatch, metering. energy accounting i"cluding VI computation by opening the inter-connection line between the genero/ing Sl(ltion5 and installing separate meters af the illlercollllel't;oll points at Ne/lore. We order accordingly... In view of the direction of CERC to open the interconnecting line betwecn these generation projects, the generation projects are gelling radially connecting to Nellore through 400 kv SIc (quad) line. This arrnngement has lead to failing in N-I reliability criteria for both the generation projects. 6.4 However for meeting N-I criteria, additional 400 kv Dlc linc to Nellore Pooling Station is proposed from anyone of the power plant. Upon commissioning of proposed line the existing dedicated MEPUSEPL - Nellore 400kV DIe line may be re-routed forcmanating from one power plant only. 6_5 The MEPL representative stated that they have gone to Appellate Tribunal for Electricity against the order of CERe and made presentation & proposed two options that committee may consider for the metering arrangement or the dedicatcd transmission line may be taken over by the POWERGRID. 6.6 POWERGRID infomled that it can not take over a transmission line developed by a private party P.~.,6.?2 ")...6

29 Minutts of15" MUlin& ofsr ("OfISlil"~n1S r~kqrdjn8 LTA and Conn«IMry appficlllions prevailing CERC Regulations, As per the intimation for grant of LTOA the applicant was granted LTOA at Hassan bus for 939 MW [Kamataka (845 MW) and Punjab (94 MW)]. In this regard. he explained that UPCL generation is an ISGS having allocation to more than Olle State who have sought and granted LTOA to Inter State Transmission System (lsts). 7.2 The transmission system identified for grant of LTOA included NPCL switchyard Hassan 400 kv quad Dlc as dedicated line and Hassan - Mysore 400kV Dlc line as system strengthening. However, subsequently. dedicated transmission line was constructed by KPTCL as State sector line. He further infonned that the applicant despitc repeatcd efforts have not signed requisite agreement for sharing of applicable transmission charges. 7.3 Director (KPTCL) expressed that they are not agreeable for seeking LTOA for their share of power from the UPCL generation project. 7.4 Member Secretary (SRPC) mentioned that this issue has been regularly appearing as agenda item in SRPC meetings with no resolution. He expressed that pending rcsolution of LTOA quantum of Karnataka, the LTOA 10 Punjab for 94 MW may be regularised as per their request. 7.5 After deliberations it was decided that in view of the request of Punjab their LTOA for 94 MW with Hassan substation as injection point may be regularised for which Punjab shall sign requisite agreement with POWERGRID for sharing of applicable ISTS transmission charges. Further regarding the LTOA quantum of Karnataka shah be discussed separately. 8.0 Connecth'ity applications of wind farm established by various lpp developers 8.1 POWERGRID proposed to consider grant of Connectivity to 4 nos. of applicants & I no. lead generator on behalf of 4 nos. wind generation developers' who have applied for grant of Connectivity as per CERC (Grant of Connectivity, Long-term Access and Medium-term Open Access in inter-state Transmission and related matters) Regulations, 2009 as per details given below in Table. Application from IPP developers Applicant Time Localion Ie ConnectiYity No fmme (MW) Sought for (]\1WI I. Mytrah Energy Mar, 2013 Tirunelveli Dist (India) Limited Tamil Nadu 2. R.S. India Global Mar, 2014 Tirunelveli Dist., irg?i Enefl!v Limited Tamil Nadu 3. Suzlon Power Mar, 2014 Tirunelveli Dist., Infrastructure Limited Tamil Nadu ~~~ 4. Suzlon Power Ooc,2012 Coimbatore Dis!.. Infrastructure Limited Tamil Nadu 5. SISL Green Infra Dec,2012 Tirunelveli Dis!.. Limited Tamil Nadu ~ ;/5 6. Samimeru Windfanns Dec,2012 Tirunelveli Dis! pta ft 02 27

30 MinUles ofj.s- Meeling ofsr cons/iiuelll! regardill!: LTA a",1 COIII/eel;I'ir}' {/pplications 81. Applicant Time Location IC Connectivity No frame (MW) Sought for (MWl Private Limited ** Tamil Nadu 7. Sam iran Udaipur Mar, 2013 Tirunelveli Dist., Wind fanns Ltd. *. Tamil NOOu 8. Shivam Filaments Mar, 2013 Tirunelveli Dist., Private Limited Tamil NOOu. Total Note - MIs 5amimeru Windfanns Pvt. Ltd. shall be the lead generator for connectivity application's of wind generators mentioned in table at 51. No Member (PS), CEA stated that all these Connectivity applicants are wind generation developers and may not remain the owner of the generation plant, once Connectivity is granted. Therefore POWERGRID shoujd seek necessary legal opinion whether these applicants are legal entities to apply for Connectivity as per the prevailing CERC regulations. It was decided that the mater regarding grant of connectivity to these applicants shall be considered after the legal opinion is available. 9.0 Long pending Connectivity applications due to non-satisfactory progress discussed in earlier meetings. 9.1 POWERGRID stated that the grant of Connectivity and LTA as per the CERC reguhllion, 2009 is a time bound actjvity (connectivity to be granted in f)() days and LTA in days). Further it is directed by Hon'ble CERe that the transmission system development should be phased to uvoid creation of any redundant transmission capacity. In the past, to facilitate project dcvelopment activities POWERGRlD had granted connectivity/lta even to projects who had not achieved importmh milestones but in such cases it is seen that such IPPs arc repeatedly delaying the signing of BPTA and fumishing Bank Guanll1tee. Such delay in the BPTAlBG complicates the mauer, especially in the scenario of implementation of transmission system through competitive bidding, where the selected bidder is not liable to delay/advance the commissioning schedule to match with the generation progress. 9.2 In this regard, at present there are number of Connectivity & LTA applications pending for about I to 21h years. These applications had been taken lip sillce last 3-4 meeting with not much progress observed in respect of project development. In view of the forgoing and to avoid unrealistic planning, POWERGRID proposed to close these applications and they may apply afresh whenever the projects have progressed in getting requisite clearances. GAON.,'1' 9.3 After discussion the committee agreed for Connectivity & LTA appljc' ;;. ~ in thefullowing table ~. 81. Connectivity & LTA No A licallt I. Sindya Power Gen. Com n Pvt Ud Time frame Juo, 2014 Connectivity I LTA uantum Conn MW LTA-I06OMW Decision Extension of 6 months Page 9,rJ'1. -.-G-

31 MillultS of 15" Mttting ofsr constilutnls rtgarding LTA and Conntclil'ity applications 81. Connedivity & LTA Time Connectivity I Decision of the Committee No Aoolicant frame LTA Quantum 2. Empee Power & Apr Conn MW Close the applications as no InfraslrUcture Pvl. LTA MW representative was available to Ltd. uodate the status. 3. NPCIL 2016 Conn 2000MW Conneclivity may be granted Kudankulam-lJ through KudankuJam-lJ- Tuticorin pooling station 400kV Ole (Quad) line and with suitable re-arranl?ements 4. AES Naganadu Dec, Conn MW Close the applications as no Power Pvl. Ltd renresentative was nresent. 5. Lallco Kondapalli Dec, LTA-550MW Extension of 6 months Power Ltd. (Ph-III) 2012 LTA applications (J..TA granted but yello sign LTA agreement) 6. PPN Power Dec, LTA-360MW Matter under CERe review. Generating Company 2012 Ltd. 7. NSL Nagapatnam Oct, 2014 LTA-1240MW Extension of 6 months Power & Infratech Pvl. Ltd. 8. Cheuinad Power Dec. LTA-IIIOMW Extcnsion of 6 months Corporation Pvl. Lid Hinduja National Jan,2013 LTA-725MW Close the applications as no Power Corporation representative was available to Ltd upciatc the status Meeting ended with vote of th~mks x x x P b Ie den "--'1

32 Minut~s of IS" Muting o/sr cotutilunrls ugarding LTA and COfIn«til'if)' applications Annexure-l List of participants of the 15 th Meeting of Southern Region regarding Connectivity and LTA applications ofsr held on at Gurgaon 51. No. Name and Organization Designation Central Electricity Authority (CRA) I Ravinder K K Arya Pardeep Jindal Member (Power Systems) CE(CEA) DireclOr (SP&PA) Southern Region Power Committee (5RPC) 4. S R Bhal Mcmber Secretary 1/e Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (powergrld) II. Y K Sehgal R K Chauhan Dilip Rozckar R V M<ldan Mohan Rao Anil Kumar MeeHl! Amrcndra Kishore Singh Ankush Patel coo (CfUi GM (CfU) DGM(CfU) CDE(CfU) DCDE(CTU) DE(CTU) EET(CTU) l)ower System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO) P R Raghurnm N Nall:.trasan S P Kumar G Madhukar ED, SRLDC DGM,NLDC Chief Manager, SRLDC Sr. Engineer, SRLDC NTPC Limited (NTPC) Dinkar Dcvate S S Mishra GM AGM Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) 18. K P Singh CE Transmission Corp. of Andhra Pradesh Ltd. (APTRANSCO) P Sri Rama Rao C V Subba Rao V V Ramana Murthy Director SE (SP) DFlSystem Studies Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) 22. S Pratap Kumar Director (Transmission) Pc' J I lie t2,,0

33 , Afinurt!S of I~ Mutil'lg ofsr conslitlun/s ffg!jrding LTA and Ccmn«tMry applications D Chethan A J Hosamani EE (PSS) CEE(P&C) ConnectivitylLTA Applicant'll I II Rakesh Gupta Bharal Saxena R. Parthasarathy A K Asl.hana Madan Mohan Kiran V Naresh Panehal I NSM Rao K Balachandra V Chandramo Leeswanw N P Hanagodu S N Sunkari Rajnish Mahajan Rajpal Singh COO Laneo Kondapalli Power Ltd. Sr. VP (Op) Lanco Kondapalli Power Ltd. ED (Op) Lanco Kondapalli Power Ltd. Adv.(RPTL) Samalko! Power Ud. GM Mytrah Energy India Ltd. DGM Mytrah Energy India Lid. Head-PE Suzlon Power India Pvt. Ltd. GM (Grid) Suzlon Power India Pvt. Lid. YP (Projects) Sindya Power Generating Company Ltd. Director Chcttinad Power Corporation Pvt. Lid. CEO Meenakshi Energy Pvt. Ltd. GM (frans) GMR Energy Limited AGM (Trans) GMR Energy Limited GM (Elec) Nalional SEZ Infra Services Pvl. Ltd. 3/