Saudi Arabian Grid Code May 2024

This chapter provides a framework for enabling the TSP and Users to interact with each other in relation to planning and development of the Transmission System. It also specifies the information and data that the Users shall provide to the TSP or the TSP shall provide to the Users for this purpose. 3.1.2 All Users, existing as well as prospective, will be bound by the planning conditions laid down in this chapter prior to generating, transmitting, distributing, or consuming electricity, as the case may be. Objectives The objectives of this chapter are to specify: (i) the responsibilities of the TSP and Users towards Grid planning; (ii) the mechanism for the TSP and Users to interact with each other with respect to any proposed development on the User System that may have impact on the Transmission System; (iii) the Power System studies required and the planning criteria and standards to be followed by the TSP to ensure efficient, safe, reliable, and economic operation of the Grid; (iv) the data and information required from Users for use by the TSP to plan for Grid development; and (v) the data and information to be provided by the TSP to Users to aid them to plan and decide for their own facilities. Grid Planning 3.3.1 Grid Planning Responsibility 3.3.1.1 The TSP shall have the primary and lead responsibility for planning the Grid development, including carrying out of all necessary studies, assessments, and evaluations. 3.3.1.2 In planning for Grid development, the TSP may require a User, or a group of Users, to modify or install new Plant and/or Apparatus, where the TSP Chapter 3 - Planning Code The Saudi Arabian Grid Code Updated Version: May 2024 reasonably considers that it is prudent or necessary to do so to ensure continued compliance with the requirements of the Grid Code. 3.3.1.3 The time required for the planning and development of the Grid will depend on the type, complexity, and extent of the necessary reinforcement and/or extension work, the time required for conducting appropriate studies/evaluations, and the necessary approvals and permissions from relevant agencies. 3.3.2 Grid Planning Process 3.3.2.1 Users, existing as well as prospective, will be able to assess conditions for connecting to, and using of, the Grid through the following: (i) a forecast statement, prepared by the TSP, showing for each of the 5 succeeding years, the opportunities available for connecting to, and using of, the Grid and indicating those parts of the Grid that are most suited to new Connections and transport of further quantities of electricity; or (ii) an offer by the TSP to enter into a Connection Agreement with a User for Connection to, or use of, the Grid. 3.3.2.2 To enable the TSP to properly plan for Grid development, Users will be required to submit to the TSP all data that the TSP may require from them for this purpose. The details of the data requirements from Users for planning purposes are set out in (3.3.3). 3.3.2.3 Any User proposing to close, retire, withdraw from service, or otherwise cease to maintain and keep available for Dispatch in accordance with Good Industry Practice any Generating Station or Generating Units with Registered Capacity greater than ten (10) MW in aggregate shall give the TSP at least twenty-four (24) calendar months’ notice of such action.