Central Electricity Authority Regulations

Central Electricity Authority Regulations

This 2025 edition of the Central Electricity Authority Regulations compendium assembles—in a single, authoritative volume—every regulation issued by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) that is essential to India’s generation, transmission, distribution and metering ecosystem. Each regulation is printed verbatim as notified in the Gazette and updated through the latest amendments up to 30 March 2025, with crisp short comments highlighting key technical thresholds, recent harmonisations with the Grid Code, and digital-metering mandates—while retaining complete Bare-Act integrity for examinations and official reference.

Regulations consolidated in this volume

• CEA (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006 – as amended by CEA/01-3/2023 (w.e.f. 25-12-2023)
• CEA (Measures for Safety and Electric Supply) Regulations, 2010 – latest 2024 earthing-resistance and arc-flash updates
• CEA (Technical Standards for Connectivity to the Grid) Regulations, 2007 – including 2024 renewable-integration amendments
• CEA (Technical Standards for Construction of Electrical Plants & Electric Lines) Regulations, 2010
• CEA (Grid Standards) Regulations, 2010 – frequency band, RoCoF, and power-quality limits (rev. 2023)
• CEA (Cyber Security in Power Sector) Guidelines, 2021 (notification extract)
• CEA (Flexible Operation of Coal-fired Thermal Power Generating Units) Regulations, 2023
• CEA (Safety in Coal & Lignite Mines) Rules, 2022 – cross-referenced for captive-mine power projects
• CEA (Duty to Supply Electricity on Request) Regulations, 2018 & CEA (Distribution System Planning) Regulations, 2021 – for discom capex approval
• CEA (Cybersecurity Reporting & Incident Response) Regulations, 2024 (new)

What this compendium covers

• Design, connectivity and commissioning standards for generating stations (thermal, hydro, RE) and HVDC/SVC systems
• Metering protocols—smart/AMI specifications, TOD requirements and remote data-acquisition standards
• Grid-code-aligned operating norms—frequency response, reserve margins, islanding, black-start capability
• Safety & earthing provisions—clearances, PPE, energy-storage installations and EV-charging infrastructure
• Cyber-security obligations—incident reporting timelines, CERT-In interface and mandatory VAPT cycles
• Flexibilisation & R&M mandates—coal plant ramp-rate, start-up curves and emission-norm readiness
This edition is indispensable for

• Power-sector lawyers, consultants and compliance officers navigating technical-standard citations in PPAs and regulatory petitions
• Generation EPC contractors, OEMs and O&M teams responsible for grid-code compliance and safety audits
• Transmission licensees, SLDCs, RLDCs and POSOCO operators implementing grid-reliability protocols
• Discom engineering & metering departments rolling out AMI, EV-charging, and loss-reduction projects
• AIBE candidates, law students and competitive-exam aspirants studying energy-law and infrastructure-regulation modules
• Policy analysts, ESG assessors and financiers evaluating project compliance with CEA technical benchmarks