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Part V · National Transmission Network Service Provider

15. Responsibilities of the National Transmission Network Service Provider & c

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(1)

A Company referred to in subsection (1) of section 14 (in this Act referred to as the “National Transmission

Network Service Provider”) shall be responsible for the ownership and maintenance of the transmission assets owned by the Ceylon Electricity Board as of the appointed date.

(2)

The National Transmission Network Service Provider and additional transmission licensees under subsection (2)

of section 14 shall be responsible for the implementation of the functions of the Ceylon Electricity Board connected with the development, expansion and maintenance of the physical infrastructure of the National Grid of Sri Lanka and for the transmission of bulk electricity to distribution licensees, and other eligible entities in the domestic, regional or international market:

Provided that, the National Transmission Network

Service Provider shall not enter into any contract or otherwise engage in the generation, distribution, supply or trading of electricity.

(3)

Transfer of functions discharged by the Ceylon

Electricity Board in terms of section 18 on the day immediately preceding the appointed date connected with–

(a)

the development, expansion and maintenance of the physical infrastructure of the National Grid of

Sri Lanka and ensure an efficient, coordinated, reliable and economical integrated transmission system throughout Sri Lanka subject to subsection (2) of section 14;

(b)

the connection and transmission of electricity in bulk form to distribution licensees and high voltage consumers who are connected to the transmission system, shall be done, consequent to the vesting of the functions of the Ceylon Electricity Board specified in paragraphs (a)

and (b) in the National Transmission Network Service

Provider and after obtaining the required National transmission network service provider licence in the manner provided for in this section.

(4)

The National Transmission Network Service Provider shall –

(a)

commence the transmission of electricity under the instructions of the National System Operator in accordance with the terms of the National transmission network service provider licence and the provisions of this Act and Transmission

Service Agreement entered into with the National

System Operator;

(b)

provide inputs to the National System Operator to identify the transmission capacity requirements and to facilitate the preparation of the Long Term

Power System Development Plan;

(c)

invest in transmission assets, and where it is in the interests of the national economy, facilitate the

National System Operator in procuring private sector investment for new transmission capacity and the procurement shall be undertaken in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2)

of section 14;

(d)

undertake, in consultation with the National

System Operator to physically witness the commissioning tests of such transmission assets built by the private investors and thereafter, issue a Compliance Certificate which certifies that the grid code and all other applicable technical standards or parameters have been complied with.

Upon the issuance of the Compliance Certificate, the National Transmission Network Service

Provider shall enable interconnection by such transmission assets built by private investors to the National Grid of Sri Lanka on a non-discriminatory basis;

(e)

develop, expand and maintain an efficient, coordinated, reliable and economical integrated transmission system throughout the entire country;

(f)

connect and transmit electricity in bulk form, with the approval of the Regulator, in such manner as shall be prescribed, from generation licensees to distribution licensees and other eligible consumers and to connect the National Grid of Sri

Lanka to the transmission network of regional markets and recover transmission charges or any other charges as shall be prescribed;

(g)

provide open access of transmission services to all eligible consumers of the National Grid of Sri

Lanka upon compliance with the pre-conditions for the grant of open access as shall be prescribed subject to the payment of open access charges as determined by the Regulator and the approval for such open access shall not be unreasonably withheld;

(h)

liaise with the National System Operator to draft, implement and maintain the grid code and other technical and operational codes and standards in relation to the National Grid of Sri Lanka:

Provided that, the grid code shall be updated in a regular manner and be approved by the

Regulator;

(i)

facilitate whenever the need to do so arises, in consultation with the Regulator, the expansion of network in terms of the grid code and the duly approved Long Term Power System Development

Plan;

(j)

submit, from time to time, to the Regulator, proposals relating to the levying of transmission tariffs and other charges; and

(k)

maintain separate accounts for the transmission business carried on in terms of the transmission licence.

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Part IX

Wholesale Electricity Market

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Part X

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Part XII

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General

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Part XIV

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