CERC notifies Indian Electricity Grid Code Regulations, 2023

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has notified the CERC (Indian Electricity Grid Code) Regulations, 2023. For stable, reliable and secure grid operation and to achieve maximum economy and efficiency of the power system, the grid code apart from provisions relating to the role of various statutory bodies and organisations and functional linkages among them, contains extensive provisions pertaining to reliability and adequacy of resources; technical and design criteria for connectivity to the grid; protection setting and performance monitoring of the protection systems including protection audit; integration of renewables; ancillary services and reserves; and cyber security.