11. Amendment of section 11 of the principal enactment

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Section 11 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows: -

(1)

in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of that section –

(a)

by the substitution for the words and figures “mentioned in subsection (3),”, of the words and figures “specified by an

Order made under subsection (3),”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph by the substitution for the words and figures

“specified under subsection (3),”, of the words and figures “specified by an Order made under subsection (3),”; and

(c)

by the repeal of all the words from

“competitive and transparent procurement process:” to the end of that paragraph and the substitution therefor, of the words

“competitive and transparent procurement process;”;

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(2)

in subsection (2) of that section, by the substitution for the words “at its earliest convenience,”, of the words “within thirty working days of the date of receipt of any recommendation,”;

(3)

in subsection (3) of that section, by the substitution for all the words from “The

Minister” to “National System Operator:”, of the words “The Minister may by Order published in the Gazette, specify the maximum capacity of each renewable energy technology based power plant along with storage or ancillary services directly associated with such power plant, which may be permitted to enter into standardized power purchase agreements with the National System Operator and distribution licensees in accordance with the provisions of subsection (4) of section 30: ”; and

(4)

by the addition immediately after subsection (3) of that section, of the following new subsections: -

“(4) The National System Operator may forego the requirement to submit a tender in respect of procuring any new generation plant or the expansion of any existing generation plant to meet any emergency situation as determined by the Cabinet of Ministers during a national calamity or a long term forced outage of a major generation plant, where the potential benefit of procuring emergency capacity required to be provided by any person at least cost outweighs protracted bid inviting process.

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(5)

Such period of emergency power purchasing from generation plants without submission of a tender shall not extend beyond one year from the relevant determination from the Cabinet of Ministers unless a prior approval of the Cabinet of

Ministers is obtained as required with the existence of the emergency situation more than one year.

(6)

On and after the date on which the competitive Ancillary Services Market commences operations as specified by an

Order made under section 30, the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) shall cease to be in operation.”.

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