PowerMin seeks Goyal's help for coal supply to 9940 MW
plants
25/06/2014 15:39
With Coal Ministry rejecting the Power Ministry's request to provide fuel to 9940 MW plants of companies like Essar Power, GMR and Power, the latter has sought intervention of Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal into the matter, reported PTI. A list of "similarly placed projects" of 4095 MW was sent to the coal ministry for supply of coal...Further 5845 MW has coal blocks, but mining is delayed by one-two years...Hence tapering linkages needs to be given for one-two years, but Ministry of Coal has rejected it on the ground that they have coal blocks," an official document said. The Cabinet had in June, last year decided that coal may be supplied to similarly placed projects without affecting 78,000 MW of power projects. The criteria for similarly placed, among other things, state that the plants should be commissioned before March, 2015 and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) should be signed, it said. The four units for 4095 MW include, GMR's Raikheda TPP (Thermal Power Plant) in Chhattisgarh and Monnet's Malibrahmani TPP in Odisha, it said. The six units of 5845 MW under the category of "similarly placed power plants" expected to be commissioned by March, next year that require tapering linkage include Essar Power's Mahan TPP and GVK Power's Govindawal Sahib, among others, it added.
25/06/2014 15:39
With Coal Ministry rejecting the Power Ministry's request to provide fuel to 9940 MW plants of companies like Essar Power, GMR and Power, the latter has sought intervention of Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal into the matter, reported PTI. A list of "similarly placed projects" of 4095 MW was sent to the coal ministry for supply of coal...Further 5845 MW has coal blocks, but mining is delayed by one-two years...Hence tapering linkages needs to be given for one-two years, but Ministry of Coal has rejected it on the ground that they have coal blocks," an official document said. The Cabinet had in June, last year decided that coal may be supplied to similarly placed projects without affecting 78,000 MW of power projects. The criteria for similarly placed, among other things, state that the plants should be commissioned before March, 2015 and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) should be signed, it said. The four units for 4095 MW include, GMR's Raikheda TPP (Thermal Power Plant) in Chhattisgarh and Monnet's Malibrahmani TPP in Odisha, it said. The six units of 5845 MW under the category of "similarly placed power plants" expected to be commissioned by March, next year that require tapering linkage include Essar Power's Mahan TPP and GVK Power's Govindawal Sahib, among others, it added.
