The Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC) has notified the Sixth Amendment to the MPERC (Terms and Conditions for Intra-State Open Access in Madhya Pradesh) (Revision-I) Regulations, 2021, introducing detailed provisions governing the treatment of open access demand, energy adjustment, surcharge applicability, and billing mechanisms.

The amendment substitutes Regulation 13.2 of the principal regulations. The revised regulation mandates that eligible consumers must specify at the application stage whether open access is required for their contract demand, beyond their contract demand, or both.

Scope and Regulatory Framework

The amendment modifies the operational, technical, and financial treatment of open access transactions, particularly regarding contract demand and the interaction between contract and open access demand.

Distribution licensees must provide renewable energy credit details in 15-minute time blocks to the Madhya Pradesh State Load Dispatch Centre (MPSLDC) on a weekly basis and submit monthly reports by the third day of each month.

Metering requirements mandate the installation of availability-based tariff (ABT) meters in accordance with the Central Electricity Authority Metering Regulations, 2006, as amended.

Open Access Within Contract Demand

For consumers opting for open access up to their approved contract demand, the Commission clarified that only an energy adjustment will be permitted. Demand adjustment for open-access power will not be included in billing demand calculations.

Energy adjustment will be based on the actual energy from intrastate renewable sources and the scheduled energy from conventional or interstate sources, computed in 15-minute blocks.

No additional surcharge will be levied in such cases. Demand exceeding the contract demand will be treated as supply from the distribution licensee and billed in accordance with the applicable Retail Supply Tariff Order.

Open access above contract demand

In cases where open access demand exceeds the consumer’s contract demand, technical feasibility assessment at the drawal end becomes mandatory.

The total load, including contract demand and open access demand, will be considered for network capacity evaluation in accordance with the MP Electricity Supply Code, 2021.

Both energy and corresponding demand will be adjusted in 15-minute blocks. An additional surcharge will apply to open-access energy, except where power is sourced from captive generating plants.

Demand exceeding the combined contract and open access demand will be treated as supply from the distribution licensee and billed accordingly.

Hybrid Open Access Structure

The amendment also provides provisions for consumers opting for a combination of open access within and above contract demand. In such cases, energy adjustment will apply to the portion within contract demand without any demand adjustment or additional surcharge.

For the portion exceeding contract demand, both energy and demand adjustments will be applied, and an additional surcharge will apply only to the energy corresponding to the excess demand.

Captive power consumption remains exempt from additional surcharge. A technical feasibility assessment will be conducted based on total demand, and billing will follow the Retail Supply Tariff Orders.

In December 2025, MPERC released the fifth draft amendment to the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (Co-Generation and Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources of Energy), (Revision-II), Regulations, 2021.

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