Lok Sabha Question No. 4800 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-15
Subject: Breakdown in NTPC Units
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4800 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2016

BREAKDOWN IN NTPC UNITS

†4800.  SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of units of NTPC set up in backward areas in the country;
- (b) the details of breakdowns occurred in the said units during each of the last three years and the date, unit-wise; and
- (c) the  corrective  measures  taken  for  providing  recurrence  of  such faults/ breakdowns?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) : The details of units of NTPC, set up in Backward areas in the Country, are given at Annex-I.

- (b) : The details regarding breakdowns (Forced Outages %) in the aforementioned units are  given at Annex-II.
- (c) : The corrective measures taken to prevent breakdowns (forced outages) at NTPC plants  are as follows:
-  Each failure is analyzed by an expert committee within the company and corrective actions are taken based on their recommendations. Wherever required, assistance of  Original  Equipment  Manufacturer is also taken.
-  Detailed  condition  monitoring  of  each  equipment  is  done  in  a scheduled manner. Based on the results, preventive and predictive maintenance are carried out to prevent such failures.

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ANNEX-I ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4800 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 15.12.2016. *********** Details of NTPC units set up in Backward Areas (Districts)

|   Sl. No. | Station    | District   | State          | Capacity (MW)   |
|-----------|------------|------------|----------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Ramagundam | Karimnagar | Andhra Pradesh | 2610*           |
|         2 | Bongaigaon | Kokrajhar  | Assam          | 250             |
|         3 | Sipat      | Bilaspur   | Chhattisgarh   | 2980            |
|         4 | Rihand     | Sonebhadra | Uttar Pradesh  | 3000            |
|         5 | Singrauli  | Sonebhadra | Uttar Pradesh  | 2015*           |
|         6 | Unchahar   | Raebareli  | Uttar Pradesh  | 1060*           |

* including solar capacity

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ANNEX-II ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4800 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 15.12.2016.

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Details of Breakdown (Forced Outage %) during the last three years and the current year of NTPC units set up in Backward areas (Districts)

| Sl. No.   | Station      | Breakdown (Forced Outage %)   | Breakdown (Forced Outage %)   | Breakdown (Forced Outage %)   | Breakdown (Forced Outage %)     |
|-----------|--------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|           |              | 2013-14                       | 2014-15                       | 2015-16                       | 2016-17 (April- November, 2016) |
| 1.        | Ramagundam   | 1.23                          | 1.29                          | 2.32                          | 1.56                            |
| 2.        | Bongaigaon** | -                             | -                             | -                             | 2.75                            |
| 3.        | Sipat        | 1.91                          | 1.22                          | 3.97                          | 3.54                            |
| 4.        | Singrauli    | 4.61                          | 5.92                          | 3.17                          | 1.93                            |
| 5.        | Rihand       | 2.76                          | 3.70                          | 5.44                          | 2.62                            |
| 6.        | Unchahar     | 0.96                          | 0.91                          | 0.61                          | 0.79                            |

** Commercial operation began in April, 2016.

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