Compliance requirement under the Act

• Registration of Electricity generating units (Electricity Act, 2003, Section 74; Regulation 4 & 5 of CEA (Furnishing of statistics, returns and information) Regulations, 2007)

All electricity generating units of the country of capacity 0.5 MW and above have to get registered with CEA and get a unique registration number from CEA.

• License for transmission of electricity (Electricity Act, 2003, Section 12(a))

No person shall transmit electricity unless he is authorised to do so by a licence issued under section 14, or is exempt under section 13.

• License for distribution of electricity (Electricity Act, 2003, Section 12(b))
  No person shall distribute electricity unless he is authorised to do so by a licence issued under section 14, or is exempt under section 13.
• License for trading of electricity (Electricity Act, 2003, Section 12(c))
  No person shall undertake trading in electricity unless he is authorised to do so by a licence issued under section 14, or is exempt under section 13.
• Obligations of Licensee for transmission/distribution/trading of electricity (Electricity Act, 2003, Section 17)

A licensee shall not, without prior approval of the Appropriate Commission, acquire or merge with another licensee’s utility, unless the utility is in a different State.
i) Every licensee shall, before obtaining the approval give not less than one month’s notice to every other licensee who transmits or distributes electricity in the area of such licensee who applies for such approval.

1. ii) No licensee shall at any time assign his licence or transfer his utility, or any part thereof, by sale, lease, exchange or otherwise without the prior approval of the Appropriate Commission.
   iii) Any agreement, relating to any transaction specified in Section 17(1) to (3) unless made with the prior approval of the Appropriate Commission, shall be void.

• Compliance of Directions issued by Regional Load Despatch Centres (Electricity Act, 2003, Section 29(2),(3))

Every licensee, generating company, generating station, sub-station and any other person connected with the operation of the power system shall comply with the directions issued by the Regional Load Despatch Centres under Section 29(1).

All directions issued by the Regional Load Despatch Centres to any transmission licensee of State transmission lines or any other licensee of the State or generating company (other than those connected to inter State transmission system) or sub-station in the State shall be issued through the State Load Despatch Centre and the State Load Despatch Centres shall ensure that such directions are duly complied with by the licensee or generating company or sub-station.

• Compliance of Directions issued by State Load Despatch Centre (Electricity Act, 2003, Section 33(2))

Every licensee, generating company, generating station, sub-station and any other person connected with the operation of the power system shall comply with the directions issued by the State Load Despatch Centre under Section 33(1).

The State Load Despatch Centre shall comply with the directions of the Regional Load Despatch Centre.

• Compliance of Grid Standards (Electricity Act, 2003, Section 34)
  Every transmission licensee shall comply with such technical standards of operation and maintenance of transmission lines, in accordance with the Grid Standards, as may be specified by the Authority.

Every transmission licensee shall comply with such technical standards of operation and maintenance of transmission lines, in accordance with the Grid Standards, as may be specified by the Authority.