Section 67: System operation license.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and such terms and conditions as the System operation Commission may specify in the license, a system operation license shall authorise license the licensee to carry on system operation, including the following activities as may be specified in the license -
(a) generation scheduling, commitment and dispatch;
(b) transmission scheduling and generation outage co-ordination;
(c) transmission congestion management;
(d) international transmission co-ordination;
(e) procurement and scheduling of ancillary services and system planning for long term capacity;
(f) administration of the wholesale electricity market, including the activity of administration of settlement payments, in accordance with the market rules; and
(g) such other activities as may be required for reliable and efficient system operation.
(2) All contracts for procuring ancillary services shall be awarded according to an open, transparent and competitive manner, under a procedure established by the Commission, unless the circumstances require otherwise, and the Commission allows or requires an alternative method.