Saudi Arabian Grid Code May 2024

Applicability of Schedules to each Category of Users Foreword The Saudi Arabian Grid Code Updated Version: May 2024 ix Foreword This May 2024 updated version of the Saudi Arabian Grid Code was issued to include the Authority’s recent Amendment No. 24A096 pertaining to the change in name from Water and Electricity Regulatory Authority (WERA) to Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority (SERA). The chronological order of all amendments to the SAGC are available in page 218. This Saudi Arabian Grid Code will continue to be a live working document. SERA is the final authority in approving the proposed amendments based on recommendations submitted by the Grid Code Supervisory Committee. As a user of this Grid Code, it is your responsibility to ensure that you acquire the most up to date issue of the Grid Code which can be downloaded from SERA’s website WWW.SERA.GOV.SA. This Foreword is provided to Users and to prospective Users for their information only and does not constitute as part of the Grid Code. List of Abbreviations The Saudi Arabian Grid Code Updated Version: May 2024 x Preface The Saudi Arabian Grid Code has been developed to define the rules and regulations for various Participants for accessing and using the Transmission System of the National Grid SA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Saudi Electricity Company. The Code has already established in the first issue the obligations of the National Grid SA and other Grid Users—Generators, Distribution Entities, and Directly-connected Customers—for accessing and using the Grid, in specific to: (i) define obligations, responsibilities, and accountabilities of all the parties towards ensuring open, transparent, non-discriminatory, and economic access and use of the Grid while maintaining its safe, reliable, and efficient operation; (ii) define minimum technical requirements for the Participants; and (iii) set out the information exchange obligations of the Participants. Through its 7 chapters, the Saudi Arabian Grid Code attempts to cover matters such as defining of technical, design, and operational criteria for Grid access and use, planning for Grid development and reinforcement, System operation criteria and standards, Scheduling and Dispatch of supply and demand resources, exchange of data and information, and metering policies and systems to account for the Power and Energy transactions in the Grid. Chapter 1, General Conditions, contains provisions which are of general nature and apply to all sections of the Grid Code. Their objective is to ensure that the various sections of the Grid Code work collectively and in harmony with each other for the benefit of all Participants. Chapter 2, Connection Code, specifies basic principles and establishes a set of technical, design, and operational conditions for the Users for connecting to and using the Grid. It also contains information about the performance characteristics of the Transmission System at the Connection Point to enable the Users to design their own facilities and schemes accordingly. Chapter 3, Planning Code, provides a framework for enabling the TSP and Users to interact in relation to planning and development of the Transmission System and also specifies the data and information that they have to exchange with each other for this