National Open Access Registry (NOAR)
Source : PIB
GS III : Infrastructure
What is discussed under National Open Access Registry (NOAR) ?
- About the NOAR
Why in News ?
National Open Access Registry (NOAR) has successfully gone live.
Key Facts
- NOAR has been designed as an integrated single window electronic platform accessible to all stakeholders.
- These including
- Open access participants
- traders
- Power exchanges
- National/regional/state load despatch centres for electronic processing of short-term open access application
- NOAR platform act as a repository of information related to short term open access in inter-state transmission.
Photo by Pixabay - It includes standing clearance issued by RLDCs or SLDCs and short-term open access granted to the open access customers etc.
- Payment gateway provided for making payments and integrated with NOAR shall facilitate financial accounting and tracking of short-term open access transactions.
- Implementation agency National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) operated by Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO).
- Key to facilitate faster electricity markets and enable integration of Renewable Energy (RE) resources into the grid.
- NOAR will enable seamless market participation by the open access consumer with easier and faster access to the short-term electricity market, comprising of about 10% of all India demand.
- NOAR is part of the Ministry of Power, Government of India’s initiative and the required regulatory framework has been notified by the CERC through operationalization of the 5th Amendment Regulation of Open Access in inter- State Transmission.
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