Empowering Energy Management: The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission’s Grid Code Regulations for Enhanced Electricity Transmission

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission recently released electricity grid code regulations to address the management of various aspects of Bangladesh’s electricity transmission system.

Structure

The Grid Code is divided into the following sections:

i. Grid code management: This section outlines the responsibilities of the transmission licensee, the establishment and functioning of the grid code review panel, and the processes for reviewing and revising the grid code.

ii. Planning: This section details the technical and design criteria and procedures that the transmission licensee must adhere to in planning, designing, and developing the transmission system. it also applies to other users connected to or seeking a connection to the transmission system.

iii. Connection: This section specifies the technical design criteria and standards that must be followed by the licensee and other users connected to or seeking a connection to the transmission system.

iv. Outages: This section outlines the procedures for coordinating outages, particularly for scheduled maintenance of the transmission system, generating unit, and distribution system utilizing the transmission system.

v. Scheduling and dispatch: This section outlines the procedures that the system operator, the licensee, and users must follow concerning the scheduling and dispatch of generating units to meet electrical demand.

vi. Operations: This section specifies the conditions under which the licensee and system operator will operate the transmission system. Additionally, it details how other users of the transmission system should operate their plant and/or systems for electricity generation and distribution. This is necessary to safeguard the security and quality of the supply, ensuring the safe operation of the licensee’s transmission system under both normal and abnormal operating conditions. Information under this section generally encompasses:

• Frequency and voltage management
• Contingency planning
• Cross-boundary safety
• Operational event and accident reporting tests
• Numbering and nomenclature
• Data registration

vii. Protection: This section outlines the coordination responsibilities and establishes the minimum standards of protection that users of the transmission system must install.

viii. Metering: This section specifies the minimum operational and commercial metering requirements to be provided by the single buyer, the licensee, and the users. It also includes communication requirements and data acquisition.

ix. Performance standards: This section specifies the technical standards, uniform accounting system, and financial standards and reporting indices that the licensee must implement in relation to performance standards.