PDFIn these Regulations, unless the context Otherwise requires—
“Act” means the Energy Commission Act,'1997, (Act 541);
“Ancillary service” means a! service necessary to support the while maintaining reliable operation of the transmission system;
“asset owner” means, a person who owns the whole or part of the transmission system infrastructure or any facility connected to the national interconnected transmission system
“black start” means the start-up of a generating unit from a Source other than the grid such as a diesel generator,
“ bulk customer” means a customer that purchases or receives electric power of such amount or level that the commission may specify,
“Commission” means the Energy Commission established under the Act;
“Committee” means the Electricity Technical Committee;
“connection agreement” means an agreement between the utility and a grid participant that seeks connection of its facilities to the national interconnected transmission system: that sets out the rights, obligations and liabilities of both parties;
"connection point” means the point of physical linkage to or with the transmission system for the purpose, of enabling the flow of electricity as the boundary between the transmission system and; a facility or other equipment;
“dispatch” means the operating control; of an integrated electric system to assign specific generating units and other sources of supply to meet the relevant demand as the load rises or falls;
“distribution utility”; means a person licensed under the Act to distribute and sell electricity without discrimination to consumers in an area or zone designated by the Commission;
“Electricity Technical Committee” means the Electricity sub-committee of the Electricity and Natural Gas Technical Committee established under section 29 of the Act;
“Grid Code” means National Electricity Grid Code;
“Grid development plan” means, a ten-year transmission development plan developed; and continuously updated by the Electricity Transmission Utility to ensure a coordinated development of the national interconnected transmission. System to provide adequate transmission transfer capacity without discrimination;
“grid participant” means a wholesale supplier, distribution utility or bulk customer with .facilities that are connected to the national interconnected transmission system;
“merit order” -means ranking in order of which a generation plant should be used, based on ascending order of price together with amounts 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 of 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 as well as any associated feeder or supply equipment that are for shared or common use;
“Performance Reliability Standards’’ means a Set of standards established in the National Electricity Grid-Code for the purpose; of monitoring the performance of the Electricity Transmission Utility in the delivery of its services;
“person” includes a body corporate, whether, corporation aggregate or corporation sole and an unincorporated body of persons as well as an individual;
“prudent utility practice” means the generally accepted design, practice, method and operation of a power system, to achieve safety, dependability, efficiency and economy, and to meet utility and industry codes, standards and regulations;
“real-time dispatch” means a schedule determined by the market clearing engine that contains the actual quantities of energy, reserve and regulation schedule in respect of a registered facility;
“Regulation” means the frequent adjustment to a generator’s output so that any power system frequency variation or imbalance between load and the output from connection.
“reserve” means an ancillary service consisting of generation capacity that is available to, or load that can be interrupted by the Electricity Transmission Utility in the event of an unexpected outage of a scheduled plant;
“System operation manual” means a manual that sets out the policies, procedures, practices or system adjustments that may be automatically or manually implemented by the system operator within a specified timeframe to maintain the operational integrity of the national interconnected transmission system;
“transmission system”: means the national interconnected transmission system;
“Utility” means the public utility granted a licence under section23(2) of the Energy Commission Act, 1997 (Act 541) to transmit electricity' throughout the, country;
“vested1 owner” means a person granted authority to take ownership control over an item or asset;
“West African Power Pool “means the ECOWAS sub-regional organization established to create a pool and associated interconnection and other relevant infrastructure to facilitate cross border electricity trading among participating member countries with the objective of optimizing the production and utilization of energy resources in the sub-region; 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.