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CERC has rejected Powericaโs attempt to commission its 50 MW Gujarat wind project in smaller tranches. The petition was framed as operational flexibility, but the Commission treated it as a contractual boundary question.
Normally, grid code relaxations are seen as technical tools. Here, contract primacy was reaffirmed.
โ Powerica sought trial runs below the first 50 MW aggregated threshold.
๐ The developer argued turbines would otherwise remain idle during phased readiness.
โ ๏ธ The SECI PPA explicitly fixes the first part commissioning minimum at 50 MW.
Smaller tranches are permitted only after that first acceptance.
โ The Grid Code already defers to PPA-specific commissioning design, but the contract locked the milestone.
Buyer willingness to take partial early power was noted, but the contract was not amended.
๐ CERC signalled that consent cannot substitute for formal modification.
โ ๏ธ The ruling highlights how commissioning rigidity remains embedded in standard renewable PPAs.
If phased execution is the construction reality, where does commissioning flexibility actually belong? And how many developers will discover these thresholds only after the turbines are already standing?
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