Reg.1 Short title and commencement

       (1) These regulations may be called the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Fixation of Trading Margin) Regulations, 2010.
       (2) These regulations shall come into force on expiry of thirty days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.

Reg.2 Applicability

       These regulations shall apply to the short term buy-short term sell contracts for the inter-State trading in electricity undertaken by a licensee.
       Provided that these regulations shall not apply to the intra-State trading in electricity undertaken by the licensee by virtue of the provisions of Rule 9 of the Electricity Rules, 2005, on the basis of the inter-State trading licence granted by the Commission.

Reg.3 Definitions and Interpretation

       (1) In these regulations, unless the context or subject-matter, otherwise requires -
       (a) "Act" means the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003);
       (b) "Commission" means the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission referred to in sub-section (1) of Section 76 of the Act;
       (c) "licensee" means the person who has been granted licence by the Commission to undertake inter-State trading in electricity;
       (d) "Short Term Buy- Short Term Sell contract" means a contract where the duration of the power purchase agreement and power sale agreement is less than one year;
       (e) "Ultimate buyer" includes a distribution licensee or a consumer.
       (2) Save as aforesaid and unless rep

Reg.4 Trading Margin

       The licensee shall not charge trading margin exceeding seven (7.0) paise/kWh in case the sale price is exceeding Rupees three (3.0)/kWh and four (4.0) paise/kWh where the sale price is less than or equal to Rupees three (3.0)/kWh. This margin shall include all charges, except the charges for scheduled energy, open access and transmission losses. The trading margin shall be charged on the scheduled quantity of electricity.
       Provided that trading margin specified under these regulations shall be the cumulative value of the trading margin charged by all the traders involved in the chain of transactions between the generator and the ultimate buyer, that is to say, trading margin in case of multiple trader-to-trader transactions shall not exceed the ceiling trading margin specified under these regulations.
       Explanation: The charges for the op

Reg.5 Repeal and Savings

       (1) Save as otherwise provided in these regulations, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Fixation of Trading Margin) Regulations, 2006 shall stand repealed from the date of commencement of these regulations.
       (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or purported to have been done under the repealed regulations shall be deemed to have been done or purported to have been done under these regulations.