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Sub-station

Sub-station, means a station for transforming or converting electricity for the transmission or distribution thereof and includes transformers, converters, switch gears, capacitors, synchronous condensers, structures, cable and other appurtenant equipment and any buildings used for that purpose and the site thereof. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(69)...


Enclosed sub-station

Enclosed sub-station, means any premises or en-closure or part thereof, being large enough to admit the entrance of a person after the apparatus therein is in position, containing apparatus for trans-forming or converting energy to or from a voltage at or above medium voltage (other than trans-forming or converting solely for the operation of switchgear or instruments) with or without any other apparatus for switching, controlling or otherwise regulating the energy, and includes the apparatus therein. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, R. 2 (1) (t)]...


Generating station

Generating station, 'generating station' or 'station' means any station for generating electricity, including any building and plant with step-up transformer, switch-gear, switch yard, cables or other appurtenant equipment, if any, used for that purpose and the site thereof; a site intended to be used for a generating station, and any building used for housing the operating staff of a generating station, and where electricity is generated by water-power, includes pen stocks, head and tail works, main and regulating reservoirs, dams and other hydraulic works, but does not in any case include any sub-station. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(28)]...


Officer in charge of a police station

Officer in charge of a police station, includes, when the officer in charge of the police station is absent from the station-house or unable from illness or other cause to perform his duties, the police officer present at the station-house who is next in rank to such officer and is above the rank of constable or, when, the State Government so directs, any other police officer so present. [Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 2(o)]The sub-Inspector and other senior officers were away on other duty. A clerk attached to the station an 'officer in charge of the police station', Pyli Yaccob v. State, AIR 1953 Trav 466....


Dedicated transmission lines

Dedicated transmission lines, 'dedicated trans-mission lines' means any electric supply-line for point to point transmission which are required for the purpose of connecting electric lines or electric plants of a captive generating plant referred to in, s. 9 or generating station referred to in, s. 10 to any transmission lines or sub-stations or generating stations or the load center, as the case may be. [Electricity Act, (36 of 2003), s. 2(16)]...


Transmission lines

Transmission lines, means all high pressure cables and overhead lines (not being an essential part of the distribution system of a licensee) transmitting electricity from a generating station to another generation station or a sub-station, together with any step-up and step-down transformers, switch-gear and other works necessary to and used for the control of such cables or overhead lines, and such buildings or part thereof as may be required to accommodate such transforments, switch-gear and other works. [Electricity Act, 2003, s. 2(72)]...


Electricity system

Electricity system, 'electricity system' means a sys-tem under the control of a generating company or licensee, as the case may be, having one or more:-(a) generating stations; or(b) transmission lines; or(c) electric lines and sub-stations,and when used in the context of a State or the Union, the entire electricity system within the territories thereof. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(25)]...


Power system

Power system, means all aspects of generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity and includes one or more of the following, namely:-(a) generating stations;(b) transmissions or main transmission lines;(c) sub-stations;(d) tie-lines;(e) load despatch activities;(f) mains or distribution mains;(g) electric supply-lines;(h) overhead lines;(i) service lines;(j) works. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(50)]...


Grid

Grid, means the high voltage backbone system of inter-connected transmission lines, sub-station and generating plants. [Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), s. 2(32)]...


Station to station rate

Station to station rate, means a special reduced rate applicable to a specific commodity booked between specified stations. [Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), s. 2(38)]...


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