GERC Gujarat Electricity Grid Code, 2026

Gujarat's regulator has notified a new state grid code for intra-state generators, transmission and distribution, replacing the 2013 code. It tightens commissioning, protection audits and transmission planning, and sets the order in which transactions are curtailed.

What changes

1. RE and storage plants may inject power for only 7 days after first-time charging approval before being declared commercially operational.
2. Substations of 132 kV and above need a third-party protection audit every five years, plus annual self-audit reports by 31 July.
3. The STU must publish a rolling 10-year transmission plan by 30 September each year.
4. RE generators above 200 MW join the State Operation Coordination Committee by rotation.
5. For grid security, short-term open access and T-GNA are curtailed first, then long-term access, medium-term open access and GNA.
6. Takes effect on publication in the Gujarat Official Gazette; inter-state matters stay under CERC's IEGC.

Who is affected

RE developers in Gujarat · GETCO · Gujarat discoms · SLDC Gujarat · Open access consumers

Official copy not yet found on the commission's website. The date shown is when the item was reported, not a confirmed issue date.

Sources

• Power Peak Digest, 12 Oct 2026

Last checked 22 October 2026. Summary for information; rely on the official gazette text.