ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
Regulation
Purpose and application
1. Purpose
2. Application
National Electricity Grid Code
3. Provisions of the National
Electricity Grid Code
Wholesale electricity market
4. Establishment of wholesale
electricity market
5. Market structure
6. Electricity market rules
7. Pricing
8. Registration
9. Compliance with electricity
market rules
Functions and responsibilities
of the Electricity Transmission
Utility
10. General functions
11. Planning, expansion and
safety criteria
12. Operation and maintenance
13. Safety and protection of
national interconnected
transmission system
14. Utility's compliance with
the National Electricity Grid
Code
15. Electricity market
administration functions
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel
16. Establishment of Electricity
Market Oversight Panel
17. Composition of Electricity
Market Oversight Panel
18. Functions of Electricity
Market Oversight Panel
19. Tenure of office of
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel
20. Meetings of Electricity
Market Oversight Panel
21. Expenses of Electricity
Market Oversight Panel
22. Disclosure of interest
23. Appointment of committees of
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel
24. Allowances to members
Dispatch process
25. Pre-dispatch scheduling
26. Real time dispatch
27. Compliance with dispatch
instructions
Wholesale electricity market
settlement
28. Requirement for billing in
wholesale electricity market
29. Settlement of account
30. Balancing
31. Audit of settlements
Monitoring compliance and
enforcement
32. Market monitoring
33. Investigations
34. Enforcement
35. Reporting
36. Complaints and resolution of
disputes
Energy Conservation
37. Energy conservation
programmes
38. Funding of energy
conservation programmes
Miscellaneous provisions
39. Offences and penalties
40. Transitional provisions
41. Interpretation
SCHEDULE
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(LI 1937)
IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Minister for
Energy by section 56 (1) (a) (i)
to (vi) and (c) of the Energy
Commission Act, 1997 (Act 541),
and on the advice of the Board
these Regulations are made this
5th day of June, 2008.
Purpose and application
Purpose
1.
The purpose of these Regulations
is to provide for
(a) the planning, expansion,
safety criteria, reliability and
cost effectiveness of the
national interconnected
transmission system;
(b) the regulation of a
wholesale electricity market;
(c) the market operations of the
electricity transmission
utility;
(d) the technical operations of
the electricity transmission
utility;
(e) minimum standards and
procedures for the construction
and maintenance of facilities
and installations;
(f) the protection of the mains
and electrical installations and
services;
(g) the protection of life and
property and the general safety
of the public in respect of
electricity services;
(h) minimum reserve margins to
satisfy demand; and
(t) the development and
implementation of programmes for
the conservation of electricity.
Application
2.
(1) These Regulations apply to
(a) the Electricity Transmission
Utility in respect of the
provision of fair, transparent
and non-discriminatory
transmission services in the
wholesale electricity market;
and
(b) the following market
participants
(i) wholesale electricity
suppliers licensed by the
Commission under section 25 of
the Act;
(ii) electricity distribution
utilities licensed under section
26 of the Act; and
(iii) bulk customers of
electricity duly authorised by
the Commission.
(2) The Utility shall not act as
or be considered as a market
participant.
National Electricity Grid Code
Provisions of the National
Electricity Grid Code
3.
(1) The Commission shall prepare
the National Electricity Grid
Code which shall
(a) govern the technical
operations of the Utility, and
(b) guide the operations of the
national interconnected
transmission system.
(2) The Grid Code shall provide
for matters specified in
paragraphs (a) and (d) to (h) of
regulation 1.
Wholesale Electricity Market
Establishment of wholesale
electricity market
4.
(1) There is established by
these Regulations a wholesale
electricity market to facilitate
wholesale electricity trading
and the provision of ancillary
services in the national
interconnected transmission
system.
(2) The operator of the
wholesale electricity market
shall ensure the procurement and
dispatch of electricity from any
facility of a wholesale supplier
to a bulk customer and
distribution company in a fair,
transparent and
non-discriminatory manner.
Market structure
5.
(1) The wholesale electricity
market consists of
(a) a spot market; and
(b) bilateral contracts.
(2) Electricity generated from
the Akosombo and Kpong hydro
electric dams shall not be the
subject for a bilateral
contract.
(3) Copies of the bilateral
contracts shall be lodged by the
respective market participants
with the Utility, the Commission
and the Public Utilities
Regulatory Commission.
Electricity market rules
6.
(1) The wholesale electricity
market shall be governed by
electricity market rules.
(2) The Utility shall within six
months of the commencement of
these Regulations prepare
electricity market rules to
govern the following:
(a) wholesale market procedures,
including invoicing, payments,
adjustment of payments with
interest for late or over
payments, and monetary
penalties;
(b) the market manual; and
(c) procedures for settling
complaints and disputes among
market participants.
(3) The procedures and manuals
under subregulation (1) shall be
subject to the approval of the
Commission.
(4) For the purpose of this
regulation, "over payment" means
any payment made that exceeds
the actual amount owing.
Pricing
7.
(1) Transmission charges in the
wholesale electricity market
shall be uniform throughout the
country.
(2) The spot market price for
electricity shall be based on
the system marginal cost of
supply and merit-order dispatch.
Registration
8.
(1) A person shall not
participate in trading in the
wholesale electricity market
unless that person has
(a) an operating licence or
permit issued by the Commission,
(b) registered with the Utility,
and
(c) entered into a contractual
arrangement with the Utility.
(2) The contractual arrangement
with the Utility, the market
rules, the National Electricity
Grid Code and these Regulations
shall define the rights and
obligations of a market
participant in the wholesale
electricity market.
(3) The Utility shall maintain a
register of market participants.
Compliance with electricity
market rules
9.
A market participant shall
comply with the electricity
market rules.
Functions and responsibilities
of the Electricity Transmission
Utility
General functions
10.
The Utility shall operate and
administer the wholesale
electricity market and perform
the functions assigned to it
under
(a) the Act,
(b) these Regulations,
(c) the electricity market
rules, and
(d) the National Electricity
Grid Code.
Planning, expansion and safety
criteria
11.
(1) The Utility shall plan and
operate the national
interconnected transmission
system in a safe, reliable and
transparent manner and in
accordance with the provisions
of the National Electricity Grid
Code
(2) The Utility shall
co-ordinate with asset owners
for the timely and consistent
expansion of the transmission
system infrastructure to ensure
adequate and reliable operations
of the national interconnected
transmission system.
Operation and maintenance
12.
(1) The Utility shall operate
the facilities and installations
constituting the national
interconnected transmission
system.
(2) The Utility shall coordinate
with the asset owners for the
timely and consistent
maintenance of facilities and
installations constituting the
national interconnected
transmission system.
Safety and protection of
national interconnected
transmission system
13.
(1) The Utility shall take the
necessary action to protect each
facility and installation that
constitutes the national
interconnected transmission
system.
(2) Despite subregulation (1), a
person shall not tamper or
interfere with any facility or
installation that constitutes
the national interconnected
transmission system.
(3) A person shall not encroach
on a right of way lawfully
acquired or assigned for the
purpose of the construction,
installation and smooth
operation of the national
interconnected transmission
system.
Utility's compliance with
National Electricity Grid Code
14.
In the performance of its
functions, the Utility shall
comply with the National
Electricity Grid Code
established by the Commission.
Electricity market
administration functions
15.
The functions of the Utility in
respect of market administration
include
(a) the development of
electricity market rules for
approval by the Commission to
govern the wholesale electricity
market;
(b) the provision of guidelines
for scheduling the dispatch of
electricity;
(c) the dispatch of electricity
generators; (d) monitoring
electricity generators;
(e) monitoring pricing; and
(f) the facilitation of the
settlement of accounts of market
participants in respect of
electricity market transactions.
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Electricity Market Oversight
Panel Establishment of
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel
16. (1) The Commission shall
establish an Electricity Market
Overrsight Panel to supervise
the administration and operation
of the wholeesale electricity
market.
(2) The Electricity Market
Oversight Panel shall carry out
its functions and operations
independently of the Utility.
(3) The Electricity Market
Oversight Panel shall advise the
Commission regarding the
operation and administration of
the wholesale electricity
market.
Composition of the Electricity
Market Oversight Panel
17. (1) The Electricity Market
Oversight Panel consists of (a)
the chairperson,
(b) the Executive Secretary of
the Commission,
(c) the Executive Secretary of
the Public Utilities Regulatory
-Commission,
(d) the Chief Executive Officer
of the Utility,
(e) the head of Systems
Operations and Control of the
Utility, (f) one representative
nominated by each of the
following
(i) the distribution licensees,
and (ii) the bulk customers,
(g) two representatives
nominated by the wholesale
suppliers, (h) one person
responsible for the
administration of the
Elecctricity Market Oversight
Panel, and
(i) one other person with
knowledge and experience in
matters relevant to the
wholesale electricity market.
(2) The members of the
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel shall be appointed by the
Minister.
Functions of the Electricity
Market Oversight Panel
18. (1) The functions of the
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel are (a) to monitor the
general performance of the
market adminisstration functions
of the Utility,
(b) to ensure the smooth
operation of the wholesale
electricity market,
(c) to review the operation of
the wholesale electricity market
and studies related to the
development of the market,
(d) to review procedures,
manuals and electricity market
rules for the operation of the
wholesale electricity market,
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(e) to monitor pre-dispatch
schedules,
(f) to resolve disputes referred
to it by market participants in
respect of transactions in the
wholesale electricity market,
(g) to ensure the effective and
consistent application by the
Utility of the rules and
standards of the wholesale
electricity market,
(h) to ensure the long-term
optimization of
hydro-electricity supply sources
in the country,
(i) to make appropriate
recommendations to the
Commission in respect of the
Panel's functions, and
(j) to perform any other
function conferred on it by the
CommmISSIOn.
(2) The Electricity Market
Oversight Panel shall submit
quarterly reports of its
activities to the Commission and
the Public Utilities Reguulatory
Commission on its assessment of
the Utility's governance and the
administration of the
electricity market rules.
Tenure of office of the
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel
19. (1) A member of the
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel other than an ex-officio
member shall hold office for a
period not exceeding three years
and is eligible for
reappointment but a member shall
not be appointed for more than
two terms.
(2) A member of the Electricity
Market Oversight Panel who is
absent from four consecutive
meetings of the Panel without
sufficient cause ceases to be a
member of the Electricity Market
Oversight Panel.
(3) A member of the Electricity
Market Oversight Panel may at
any time resign from office in
writing addressed to the
Minister through the
chairperson.
(4) The Minister may by letter
addressed to a member revoke the
appointment of that member.
(5) Where a member of the
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel is, for a sufficient
reason, unable to act as a
member, the Minister shall
determine whether the inability
would result in the declaration
of a vacancy.
(6) Where there is a vacancy
under sub regulations (2), (3)
and (4) or by reason of the
death of a member, the.
chairperson of the Electricity
Market Oversight Panel shall
notifY the Minister of the
vacancy through the Commission
within two months of the
occurrence of the vacancy and
the Minister shall appoint a
person to fill the vacancy.
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Meetings of Electricity Market
Oversight Panel
20. (1) Except as otherwise
provided in this regulation, the
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel shall regulate the
procedure for its meetings.
(2) The Electricity Market
Oversight Panel shall meet at
least once every month for the
despatch of business at the
times and in the places
determined by the chairperson.
(3) The chairperson shall at the
request of not less than one
third of the membership of the
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel convene an extraordinary
meeting of the Panel at the
place and time determined by the
chairperson.
(4) The quorum at a meeting of
the Electricity Market Oversight
Panel is six members of the
Panel or a greater number
determined by the Panel in
respect of an important matter.
(5) The chairperson shall
preside at meetings of the
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel and in the absence of the
chairperson a member of the
Panel elected by the members
present from among their number
shall preside.
(6) Matters before the
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel for determination shall be
decided by a majority of members
present and voting and .in the
event of an equality of votes,
the person presiding shall have
a castlng vote.
(7) The Electricity Market
Oversight Panel may co-opt a
person to attend its meeting but
a co-opted person is not
entitled to vote at the meeting.
(8) The proceedings of the
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel shall not be invalidated
by reason of a vacancy among the
members or a defect in the
appointment or qualification of
a member.
Expenses of Electricity Market
Oversight Panel
21. (1) The Utility shall
recover the cost of any
oversight activity for each
fiscal year through the levy of
fees on each market participant.
(2) The fees levied by the
Utility in respect of the cost
of an overrsight activity shall
be calculated based on a formula
approved by the CommmlSSlOn.
(3) The Utility shall publish in
the Gazette the approved formula
and schedule of fees chargeable
for the oversight activities of
the Elecctricity Market
Oversight Panel.
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(4) The monies accruing from
fees shall be lodged in a
separate account opened by the
Board of the Commission and with
the approval of the Controller
and Accountant General.
(5) The monies accruing from
fees shall be applied
exclusively for the purposes of
the Electricity Market Oversight
Panel.
(6) The annual programmes and
budget of the Electricity Market
Oversight Panel shall be
approved by the Commission.
Disclosure of interest
22. (1) A member of the
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel who has an interest in a
matter for consideration by the
Electricity Market Overrsight
Panel shall disclose in writing
the nature of that interest and
unless the meeting otherwise
directs, is disqualified from
participating in the
deliberations on and voting on
that matter.
(2) A member who contravenes sub
regulation (1) ceases to be a
member.
Appointment of committees of
Electricity Market Oversight
Panel
23. The Electricity Market
Oversight Panel may appoint
committees consisting of members
of the Electricity Market
Oversight Panel or nonnmembers
or both to perform a function.
Allowances to members
24. The chairperson and members
of the Electricity Market
Oversight Panel shall be paid
the allowances approved by the
Minister in consultation with
the Minister responsible for
Finance on the recommendation of
the Commission.
Dispatch process
Pre-dispatch scheduling
25. (1) The Utility shall define
the pre-dispatch schedule and
furnish each market participant
with advance information
necessary to plan the physical
operation of the respective
registered facility and to
manage load.
(2) The Utility shall prior to
each day, issue a dispatch
schedule which shall be followed
until it is reviewed or updated.
Real-time dispatch
26. (1) The Utility shall ensure
that real-time dispatch
corresponds with rile 1
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schenules.
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(2) The Utility shall publish
information in respect of each
dispatch
period, including the following:
(a) total load;
(b) total transmission losses;
(c) total reserve requirements
by reserve class;
(d) total regulation
requirements and regulation
prices; (e) energy prices
associated with each network
node;
(f) security constraints and
generation fIxing constraints
applied.
(3) The Utility shall issue the
information published in
sublation (2) to every market
participant, the Commission and
the Public Utilities Regulatory
Commission.
Compliance with dispatch
instructions
27. A market participant shall
comply with the dispatch
instructions issued by the
Utility.
Wholesale electricity market
settlement Requirement for
billing in wholesale electricity
market
28. (1) The Utility shall
determine billing and payments
arising from any transaction in
the wholesale electricity
market, in accordance with the
provisions of these Regulations
and other applicable laws.
(2) The Utility shall in
determining billing and
payments, take into
consideration the following:
(a) capacity and energy;
(b) bilateral contracts
administered by the Utility; (c)
ancillary services; and
(d) Electricity Market Oversight
Panel administrative expenses.
(3) The Utility shall in
accordance with the metering
code determine and issue
settlement invoices to each
market participant relating to a
transsaction in the wholesale
electricity market.
(4) For the purpose of this
regulation, "metering code"
means the code of practice that
sets forth requirements relating
to meters and metering in the
wholesale electricity market and
which is provided as part of the
National Electricity Grid Code.
Settlement of account
29. (1) The Utility shall
(a) establish procedures for the
electricity market in respect of
the settlement of accounts of
each market participant; and
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(b) open a settlement account in
respect of each market
participant.
(2) A market participant and the
Utility shall fulfil their
respective financial obligations
towards each other in accordance
with their contractual
agreement.
Balancing
30. The Utility shall undertake
the balancing in respect of an
invoiced transaction of a market
participant at least once a
month.
Audit of settlements
31. (1) The Utility shall
institute the necessary control
measures to ensure the
effectiveness of a settlement
process.
(2) The settlement process of
the Utility shall be subject to
an annual audit by an external
auditor.
Monitoring, compliance and
enforcement Market monitoring
32. (1) The Utility shall
monitor and investigate the
conduct of each market
participant and the structure
and performance of the wholesale
electricity market including the
conduct and activities that
provide an indication of any of
the following:
(a) a breach of the electricity
market rules;
(b) non-compliance with the
market manual or the system
operation manual;
(c) the inefficient application
of the market rules; and
(d) an observed design flaw in
the structure of the wholesale
electricity market.
(2) The Utility shall evaluate
market behaviour in the
wholesale electricity market in
a manner necessary for the
fulfIlment of the objecctives
under subregulation (1).
Investigations
33. (1) The Utility may initiate
an investigation into any
activity in the wholesale
electricity market or the
conduct of a market participant
where
(a) an issue is referred to the
Utility by way of a complaint,
and (b) the Utility determines
that certain conduct or activity
of a market participant warrants
investigation.
(2) The Utility shall formally
record findings of fact in
respect of an investigation.
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Enforcement
34. (1) The Utility shall
enforce compliance with the
market rules, market manual and
the system operation manual.
(2) The Utility may impose a
penalty, issue a compliance
order, directive, suspension
order, revocation order or any
other order to ensure compliance
with the market rules, market
manual and system operation
manual.
Reporting
35. The Utility shall provide
information to the Electricity
Market Oversight Panel, Public
Utilities Regulatory Commission
and the Commmission on the
performance of the wholesale
electricity market.
Complaints and resolution of
disputes
36. (1) The procedure for filing
complaints and the resolution of
disputes between the Utility and
market participants shall be
specified in the electricity
market rules.
(2) Subject to these
Regulations, a dispute that
arises under the electricity
market rules shall be settled at
the first instance by
negotiation between the parties.
(3) Where the dispute cannot be
resolved by negotiation, the
parties shall refer the matter
to the Electricity Market
Oversight Panel for mediation.
(4) Where the mediation fails,
the matter shall be referred to
the Commission which shall set
up an arbitration panel under
the Arbitration Act, 1961 (Act
38) and settle the dispute.
Energy Conservation Energy
conservation programmes
37. (1) The Commission shall, in
consultation with the Minister,
develop energy efficiency and
conservation programmes and
annual targets, which shall be
implemented by all market
participants and the Utility.
(2) An energy conservation
programme may include (a) the
conduct of an energy
conservation audit;
(b) the installation of power
factor correction equipment; (c)
retrofitting of inefficient lamp
systems;
(d) rebate schemes for energy
efficient appliances; and
(e) any other energy efficiency
measure required to reduce
energy losses.
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Funding of energy conservation
programmes
38. (1) The sources of money for
the energy conservation
programmes are:
(a) the power factor surcharge
imposed under rule 10(3) of the
Electricity Supply and
Distribution (Technical and
Operaational) Rules, 2005 (LI
1816), and
(b) moneys approved by
Parliament for the purpose.
(2) The moneys provided under
subregulation (1) shall be
applied exclusively for energy
conservation programmes.
Miscellaneous provisions
Offences and penalties
39. (1) Where a market
participant or the Utility
contravenes any obligation
imposed under these Regulations,
the Commission may impose a
penalty on the market
participant or the Utility as
specified in the Schedule.
(2) A person who contravenes a
provision of these Regulations
commits an offence and is liable
on summary conviction to a fine
of not more than two hundred and
fifty penalty units or term of
imprisonment of not more than
one year or to both.
(3) Where an offence under these
Regulations is committed by a
body corporate, a partnership or
other firm, every director or
officer of that body corporate
or any member of the partnership
or firm or other person
concerned with the management of
the market participant or the
Utility shall be considered to
have committed the offence and
is on summary conviction, liable
to pay a penalty not exceeding
one thousand penalty units or to
a term of imprisonment not
exceeding five years or to both.
Transitional provisions
40. (1) The public utility
registered under the Companies
Act, 1963 (Act 179) as the Ghana
Grid Company Limited, shall
apply for a transsmission
licence in accordance with
section 23(2) of the Act within
six months after the
commencement of these
Regulations.
(2) The Commission shall
pursuant to section 23 (2) of
the Act, grant the transmission
licence subject to conditions
that the Commission determines.
(3) A market participant shall
submit copies of every valid
bilateral contract to the
Utility, the Commission and
Public Utilities Regulatory
Commission within thirty days
after the commencement of these
Reguulations.
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Interpretation
41. In these Regulations, unless
the context otherwise requires:
"Act" means the Energy
Commission Act, 1997, (Act 541);
"ancillary service" means a
service required to support the
transsmission of energy from a
generation resource to a load
while maintaining reliable
operation of the transmission
system;
"asset owner" means a person who
owns in whole or in part the
transmission system
infrastructure or any facility
connected to the national
interconnected transmission
system; "bilateral contract"
means a contract of financial
settlement between two parties
for a transaction in the
wholesale elecctricity market;
"bulk customer" means a customer
that purchases or receives
electric power of an amount or
level that the Commission may
specify;
"Commission" means the Energy
Commission established under the
Act;
"distribution utility" means a
person licensed under the Act to
distribute and sell electricity
without discrimination to
connsumers in an area or zone
designated by the Commission;
"electricity market rules" means
the published document developed
and adopted by the Utility and
market participants and approved
by the Commission to govern the
operation of the market for the
wholesale supply of electricity
by the national interconnected
transmission system;
"facility" includes a part of or
the whole of the National
Interrconnected Transmission
System, off-take equipment, or
any infrastructure that is
connected to the National
Interconnnected Transmission
System;
"market clearing engine" means
the computer-based mathematical
model designed to determine the
optimum level of scheduled
energy reserve and regulation
required from each available
registered facility to match the
anticipated system demand
requirements during a scheduled
dispatch period;
"market manual" means a
published document that is
created and adopted by the
Utility and that contains
requirements to be followed, met
or performed by one or more of
the
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market participants and the
Utility in support of the
obliigations contained in the
electricity market rules
relating to the operation of the
wholesale electricity market;
"market participant" includes a
wholesale electricity supplier,
a distribution utility and a
bulk customer;
"market rules" means the
electricity market rules;
"merit order" means the ranking
in order of which a generation
plant should be used, based on
the ascending order of price in
correlation with amount of
electricity that will be
generated; "Minister" means the
Minister responsible for Energy;
"National Electricity Grid Code"
means the technical and
operational rules of practice
and standards of performance
rules developed and approved by
the Commission;
"National Interconnected
Transmission System" means all
electricity plant and equipment
within the borders of the
country that function or are
operated at any voltage higher
than 36 Kilovolts and any
associated figure or supply
equippment that is shared for
common use;
"network node" means a point in
the national interconnected
transmission system where real
or reactive power or energy can
be injected or off taken;
"oversight activity" means any
act of overseeing or supervising
the wholesale electricity
market;
"Panel" means the Electricity
Oversight Panel established
under regulation 16;
"person" includes a body
corporate, whether corporation
aggregate or corporation sole
and an unincorporated body of
persons as well as an
individual;
"pre-dispatch schedule" means a
pre-determined hourly schedule
produced by the market clearing
engine that contains the
predicted quantities of energy
reserve and regulation schedule
in respect of a registered
facility;
"Public Utilities Regulatory
Commission" means the Public
Utilities Regulatory Commission
established by Public Utilities
Regulatory Commission Act, 1997
(Act 538);
"real-time dispatch" means a
schedule determined by the
marrket clearing engine that
contains the actual quantities
of energy reserve and regulation
schedule in respect of a
regisstered facility;
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"regulation" means the frequent
adjustment to a generator's
output that facilitates the
correction of any power system
frequency variation or imbalance
between a load and the output
from a generation facility;
"reserve" means an ancillary
service that consists of a
generation capacity that is
available, or a load that can be
interrupted by the Utility in
the event of an unexpected
outage of a scheduled plant;
"reserve class" means a class of
reserve differentiated on the
basis of the response time
required of reserve providers
for that class;
"reserve margins" means the
difference between an electric
utility's system capability and
anticipated peak load during a
specific period, measured in
megawatts or as a percentage of
peak load;
"reserve requirements" means the
types and levels of reserve
required by the National
Interconnected Transmission
System determined for a given
dispatch period;
"settlement" means the process
of calculating settlement
amounts and transferring
payments from those required to
make payment to those required
to be paid under the electricity
market rules;
"settlement account" means an
accounting balance that the
Utility maintains for each
market participant for the
purpose of accounting for the
settlement of any amount
determined in accordance with
the market rules;
"settlement amount" means an
amount of money to be credited
to, debited from or paid by or
to a market participant as
determined by the Utility;
"settlement invoice" means the
invoice periodically issued by
the Utility that states the
settlement account for each
market participant in respect of
a transaction in the wholesale
electricity market;
"spot market" means the
real-time market that comprises
an hourly auction of electricity
by a generator to meet the
projected demand;
"spot market price" means the
real-time price of electricity
on the spot market as determined
by the Utility;
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"system marginal cost" means the
additional cost of producing one
more unit of electricity in the
national interconnected
transmission system;
"system operation manual" means
a manual setting out the
policies, procedures, practices
or system adjustments that may
be automatically or manucilly
implemented by the system
operator within a specified time
frame to maintain the
operational integrity of the
national interconnected
transsmission system;
"transmission service" means the
safe and reliable operation of
high voltage electrical
circuits, transformers and
substations to ensure the cost
effective dispatch and movement
of electricity from the facility
of a wholesale supplier to a
bulk customer or distribution
company;
"Utility" means the public
utility granted a licence under
section 23(2) of the Energy
Commission Act, 1997 (Act 541)
for the transmission of
electricity throughout the
country;
"wholesale electricity market"
means an electricity market
established by market rules
approved by the Commission for
bulk trading of electricity,
ancillary services or any other
related electricity supply
product or service;
"wholesale electricity trading"
includes electricity sales,
purchases and settlements in the
wholesale electricity market
between a wholesale supplier and
a distribution utility or bulk
customer; and
"wholesale supplier" means a
person licensed under the Act to
install and operate a facility
to procure or produce
electricity for sale to a bulk
customer or to a distribution
company for distribution and
sale to consumers.
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Category
Utility
Wholesale Distribution utility
Bulk customer
SCHEDULE
Regulation 39(1)
Amount (GH¢) 3,000 2,500 2,000
2,000
RON. FELIX OWUSU-ADJAPONG, M.P.
Minister responsible for Energy
Date of Gazette notification:
20th June, 2008.
Entry into force: 21st October,
2008.
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