1. E-bidding for Short Term Open Access by – S
E-bidding for Short Term Open Access by – S. Lakra, DGM (Market Operation) NRLDC, POSOCO, New Delhi 1 1

2. DEFINITION OF “OPEN ACCESS” IN THE ELECTRICITY ACT, 2003 (Section 2(47) of Electricity Act 2003)
“Open Access” means the non-discriminatory provision for the use of transmission lines or distribution system or associated facilities with such lines or system by any licensee, or consumer, or a person engaged in generation in accordance with the regulations specified by the Appropriate Commission”.
Generation already connected to the grid and harnessing margins available in transmission capacity for its optimal utilisation – Short Term Open Access

3. Short Term Open Access
Transmission Users/Customers are offered numerous products to suit requirement
Advanced reservation
Congestion Management thorugh explicit auction
First-cum-first served
Day ahead
Contingency

4. Regulation: 10 Congestion Management : e- Bidding Procedure
Invitation of Bids from the concerned applicant
period of congestion
RTS/IR corridor expected to get over stressed
Only Registered Users
User ID & Password
Electronic submission
Bid Closing time as specified
Single Price Bid
No Modification/withdrawal once submitted
Bid Price
– In addition to Open Access Transmission charges
- Multiples of Rs. 10/ MWh . ( Min. Rs. 10/MWh)
Mandatory - Non-participation (Deemed to withdrawl of Application)
Acceptance - Decreasing order of Price Quoted
Applicant getting approval=request  Charges as paid by last applicant getting approval for full quantum of request
Applicant getting approval < request  Charges as quoted
Equal Price Bids – Pro-rata of balance margin

5. E-Bidding Corridor Allocation Example

6. E-bidding Statistic for FY 2017-18
No. of E-bidding conducted nos.
Average No. Participants (Applicant/Trader) – 6
No. of E-bidding Approvals – 74

7. Brief of E-bidding Experience for this Year
NRLDC successfully conducted the e-bidding 13 times for allocation of transmission corridor (NR import and Punjab Import) for the month of June-17 to Sept-17 using NIC e-procurement Portal.
All traders/applicants were asked to confirm their registration on NIC e-P-Portal
Instructions for online Bid submission, Terms and Conditions and Bidding template were digitally signed and uploaded by NRLDC.
Window time for biddings was by minimum 5 days by default.
The system generated automatic alert to the selected applicants and authorized persons of NRLDC.
Digitally signed congestion message and BOQ were downloaded by applicants. And then applicants placed upload their bids.
Bids were opened online by NRLDC after 5 days and which was also viewed online by the applicants.
Approvals were uploaded after evaluation and calculation as per the Regulation.

8. Sample Congestion Messages

9. Sample BOQ file

10. Sample E-bid Approval (with two E-biddings i. e
Sample E-bid Approval (with two E-biddings i.e. on NR import and Punjab Import)

11. Specific requirement for STOA e-bidding through CPPP :
Need for Shorter Bidding Window:
Present Provision - minimum 5 days
NRLDC to process the STOA application in time bound manner as per CERC Regulation
Congestion in Multiple corridor – requires multiple bidding sessions
Required provision : Maximum 3 Hours ( earlier this provision was available in CPP portal)
Procedure for processing bids on NIC portal shall be simple.
Template Customization as per STOA e-bidding requirement
BOQ file could be designed as per user requirement and can be uploaded in NIC portal where bidder shall quote the rate
Step wise instruction may be available on web site with flow chart
An Example of procedure for complete process of bidding shall be available.
Letter Ref. No. NRLDC/C&M/614/20l3-2014/ 304 dtd 28th March 2014

12. Thank You