Saudi Arabian Grid Code May 2024

The Grid Code applies to the TSP and to all Users of the Grid, including all persons/parties to whom any individual section of the Grid Code applies. In specific the following: (i) The Transmission Service Provider (TSP); (ii) Generators; (iii) Distribution Entities; and (iv) Directly-connected Customers. 1.3.2 The provisions under this Code apply to Users seeking new Connection, or modification of an existing Connection, to the Transmission System. Users currently connected to the Transmission System may have been designed to different standards and, therefore, may not be able to comply in whole or in Chapter 1 - General Conditions The Saudi Arabian Grid Code Updated Version: May 2024 part with some or all of these conditions. Such Users should seek Derogation by following the procedure set out in (1.11). Grid Code Implementation and Enforcement 1.4.1 The TSP shall be responsible for the Grid Code implementation and enforcement. 1.4.2 For the above purposes, the TSP may need access to the services and facilities of Users or to issue instructions to Users in order to implement and enforce the Grid Code (for example, to isolate or disconnect Plant or Apparatus, etc.). All Users, therefore, are required not only to abide by the letter and spirit of the Grid Code, but also to provide the TSP with such rights of access, services and facilities and to comply with such instructions as the TSP may reasonably require to implement and enforce the Grid Code. 1.4.3 Each party shall, at all times in its dealings with the other parties to the Grid Code, act in good faith and in accordance with the established Good Industry Practices. Settlement of Disputes In case of a dispute between the TSP and a User about any provision of the Grid Code or any issue relating to that provision, the TSP and the User shall first try to settle it bilaterally by making all reasonable endeavors for resolving the dispute. If they cannot resolve the dispute bilaterally, the dispute parties will proceed to deal with the dispute according to the procedure prescribed for this purpose in the Electricity Law or guidelines issued by the Regulator. Unforeseen Circumstances If circumstances arise which the provisions of the Grid Code have not foreseen, the TSP shall, to the extent practicable, consult all Affected Users in an effort to muster consensus on the action required. If agreement between the TSP and such Users cannot be reached in the time available, the TSP shall determine the best course of action. Each User shall comply with all instructions given to it by the TSP following such a determination provided that the instructions are consistent with the then current technical parameters of the relevant User’s System registered under the Grid Code. The TSP shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of the unforeseen Chapter 1 - General Conditions The Saudi Arabian Grid Code Updated Version: May 2024 circumstance(s), notify all relevant details thereof to the GCSC for consideration as laid down in (1.10). Suspension of Grid Code Provisions The provisions (in part or in whole) of the Grid Code may be suspended under abnormal conditions or pursuant to any directions given by the Regulator or the Government. Illegality and Partial Invalidity If any provision of the Grid Code should become or be declared unlawful or partially invalid for any reason, the validity of all remaining provisions of the Grid Code shall not be affected. Force Majeure