(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the duties of a generating company shall be to establish, operate and maintain generating stations, tie-lines, sub-stations and dedicated transmission lines connected therewith in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder.
(2) A generating company may supply electricity to any licensee in accordance with this Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder and may, subject to the regulations made under sub-section (2) of section 42, supply electricity to any consumer.
(3) Every generating company shall—
(a) submit technical details regarding its generating stations to the Appropriate Commission and the Authority;
(b) co-ordinate with the Central Transmission Utility or the State Transmission Utility, as the case may be, for transmission of the electricity generated by it.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 10
Section 10 of the Electricity Act, 2003 delineates the affirmative statutory duties of generating companies, obligating them to establish, operate, and maintain generating stations, tie-lines, and substations, adhere to grid safety standards, and supply real-time technical and operational data to the CEA, RLDCs, and SLDCs.
When litigating backing-down disputes or deemed generation compensation before SERCs, generating companies must produce timestamped RLDC/SLDC communication logs establishing full compliance with Section 10 grid instructions to refute licensee claims of unit trip or operational default.