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fied in the PPA, the offtaker can terminate
the agreement.
4. GRID AND
GRID CONNECTION
3.3 Examples of actual and future tariffs
As indicated above, the Offshore Wind
Policy contemplates tariff determination
pursuant to the bid process and in terms
of Section 63 of the Electricity Act, the
tariff discovered through a transparent and
competitive bid would be applicable for the
relevant project.
4.1 Legal framework for the connection
to the onshore grid and the establishment of the grid connection
In terms of the Offshore Wind Policy, the
CTU and/or STU would be responsible for
undertaking onshore evacuation of electricity and connection to the electricity
grid. Further, for all the models proposed
in the Strategy Paper, the Strategy Paper
indicates that evacuation of power from
the offshore pooling delivery point to the
onshore interconnection point would be
the responsibility of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. 32 The Offshore Wind
Policy also indicates that the concerned
transmission utility/state government may
facilitate allocation of land onshore proximate to the wind farm site "[...] to enable
establishments of substations to evacuate
power generated from OWFs."33 The Draft
Tender provides that there would be an
onshore pooling substation/pooling point
from where a common transmission system
would be constructed and maintained by
the CTU and losses in the transmission line
would be apportioned among developers
sharing such pooling arrangement as per
their generation.
4.2 Consequences of delays and disruptions of the grid connection system
Wind power projects are accorded ‘must
run’ status and as such are to be compensated by the offtaker in case of any back down
32 Ibid at 9.
33 Supra note 9.
