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9 Fsir1 ~ tm=tR ~ <1itJt 3 ITT' 3cl 3"QTlrr Q"{ ~ ffe ~ fcn < ,1$J (;i~c11 $ 3f~ (~.1) 3fr{ (R2) ;il ~<ITT~~<);" R1ll fcnv ~I"; {" ). ~ $ IV<);"~ 6 $ ~ Q"{ Wlc1-c1~R!lct ~ ~ ~. 3f~:-6. ~-~ ~~4m<fal 3l'R~<lT~3l rffl~ ~'i:11 Pla ~~<lT~~~.'lil'3TI!'-~ffl~ ID"(T ~ a:fqcff ffi"ZOT ~ ~ 3,~frl c\ ~ ~ ~ cf<fi~ 9lffl <i f ~I 31-j#l.~mft ~ "ffiq' ~ m ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .f .f?r llt ~ I ~-~-!ft.~ ~-lll/4/3'!ID~/150113J ~- ft,;qvr :~~mm~~ ~ ft. 12/1:!;'ffiiQ,tic:.1i1M3f" Q,1~~. "ITT& 21 ~. 2007 m-u ~ ~ ~ ~ I ' ,, ' ,I [iwr III-~ 4] MINISTRY OF POWER (Central Electricity Authority) NOTIFICATION 7 New Delhi, the 15th October, 2013 (CONN)/ the draft of the Central Electricity Authority ( Technical Standard for Connectivity to the Grid) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 were published, under sub-section (3) of section , 177 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003) and rule 3 of the Electricity (Procedure for previous Publication) Rules, 2005 on 16th March, 2012; Now, therefore, in exercise of powers conferred by section 7 and clause (b) of section 73 read with sub-section (2) of section 177 of the Electricity Act, 2003, the Central-Electricity Authority hereby makes the following regulations to amend the Central Electricity Authority ( Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) Regulations, 2007, namely:--1.}}}}

10 Short title and commencement. -(l)These regulations may be called the Central Electricity Authority ( Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) Amendment Regulations, 2013. (2) These Regulations shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official gazette . 2. In the Central Electricity Authority ( Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) Regulations, 2007 1 (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations), in regulation 2, -(a) for clause (10) the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-"Earthing" means electrical connection between non-energized conducting parts and the general mass of earth by an earthing device"; (b) in clause (14) the following parag~aph shall be added at the end, namely:-"In case of Solar Photo voltaic generating station, each inverter along with associated modules will be reckoned as a separate generating unit"; (c) for clause (17) the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-"Interconnection point" means a point on the grid, including a sub-station or a switchyard, where the interconnection is established between the facility of the requester and the grid and where electricity injected into -or drawn from the grid can be measured unambiguously for the requester".