• Policy
• Manual on Planning Criteria

The Manual on Planning Criteria is prepared by CEA and covers the transmission network planning philosophy, the information required from various entities, permissible limits, reliability criteria, broad scope of system studies, modelling and analysis etc. and gives guidelines for transmission planning. The manual was initially prepared in 1985, revised in 1994 and again in 2013. A completely revised manual was released in 2023, the summary of which can be found below.