generating station or transmission system or communication system shall have the same meaning as

defined in the Grid Code, as amended from time to time:

Provided that Date of Commercial Operation of integrated mine(s) shall have the same

meaning as specified in Regulation 5 of these regulations;

(18) 'Date of Operation' or 'ODe' in respect of an emission control system means the date of

putting the emission control system into use after meeting all applicable technical and environmental

standards, certified through the Management Certificate duly signed by an authorised person, not

below the level of Director of the generating company;

(19) 'Date of Commencement of Production' in respect of integrated mine(s) means the date of

touching of coal or lignite, as the case may be, as declared by the generating company;

(20) 'Declared Capacity' or 'DC in relation to a generating station means, the capability to deliver

ex-bus electricity in MW declared by such generating station in relation to any time-block of the day

as defined in the Grid Code or whole of the day, duly taking into account the availability of fuel or

water, and subject to further qualification in these regulations;

(21) 'De-capitalisation' for the purpose of the tariff under these regulations, means a reduction in

Gross Fixed Assets of the project as admitted by the Commission corresponding to the inter-unit

transfer of assets or the assets taken out from service;

(22) 'De-commissioning' means removal from service of a generating station or a unit thereof or

transmission system including communication system or element thereof, after it is certified by the

Central Electricity Authority or any other authorized agency, either on its own or on an application

made by the project developer or the beneficiaries or both, that the project cannot be operated due to

non-performance of the assets on account of technological obsolescence or uneconomic operation or

due to environmental concerns or safety issues or a combination of these factors;

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(23) 'Design Energy' means the quantum of energy which can be generated in a 90% dependable

year with 95% installed capacity of the hydro generating station;

(24) 'Element' means an asset which has been distinctively defined under the scope of the

transmission project in the Investment Approval, such as transmission lines, including line bays and

line reactors, substations, bays, compensation devices, Interconnecting Transformers which can be

put to use.

(25) 'Emission control system' means a set of equipment or devices required to be installed in a

coal or lignite based thermal generating station or unit thereof to meet the revised emission standards;

(26) means the account for deposit and withdrawal of mine closure expenses of

integrated mine(s), maintained in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Coal Controller,

Ministry of Coal, Government of India;

(27) 'Existing Project' means the generating station and the transmission system which has been

declared under commercial operation on a date prior to 1.4.2024;

(28) 'Expansion project' shall include any addition of new capacity to the existing generating

station or augmentation of the transmission system, as the case may be;

(29) 'Expenditure Incurred' means the fund, whether the equity or debt or both, actually deployed

and paid in cash or cash equivalent, for the creation or acquisition of a useful asset and does not

include commitments or liabilities for which no payment has been released;

(30) 'Extended Life' means the life of a generating station or unit thereof or transmission system or

element thereof beyond the period of useful or operational life, as may be determined by the

Commission on case to case basis;

(31) 'Force Majeure' for the purpose of these regulations means the events or circumstances or

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combination of events or circumstances, including those stated below, which prevent the generating

company or transmission licensee from completing or operating the project, and only if such events

or circumstances are not within the control of the generating company or transmission licensee and

could not have been avoided, had the generating company or transmission licensee taken reasonable

care or complied with prudent utility practices:

(a) Act of God including lightning, drought, fire and explosion, earthquake, volcanic

eruption, landslide, flood, cyclone, typhoon, tornado, geological surprises, or

exceptionally adverse weather conditions which are in excess of the statistical measures

for the last hundred years; or

(b) Any act of war, invasion, armed conflict or act of a foreign enemy, blockade, embargo,

revolution, riot, insurrection, terrorist or military action; or

(c) Industry wide strikes and labour disturbances having a nationwide impact in India; or

(d) Delay in obtaining statutory approval for the project except where the delay is attributable

to the project developer;

(32) 'Fuel Supply Agreement' means the agreement executed between the generating company and

the fuel supplier for the generation and supply of electricity to the beneficiaries;

(33) 'Generating Station' shall have the same meaning as defined under sub-Section 30 of Section

2 of the Act and, for the purpose of these regulations, shall also include stages or blocks or units of

a generating station;

(34) 'Generating Unit' or 'Unit' in relation to a thermal generating station (other than combined

cycle thermal generating station) means steam generator, turbine-generator and auxiliaries, or in

relation to a combined cycle thermal generating station, means turbine-generator and auxiliaries or