Lok Sabha Question No. 5824 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Allocation of Gas to Power
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5824

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.4.2017

## ALLOCATION OF GAS TO POWER

## 5824.     SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI:

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

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- (a)  whether  more  than  3000  Mega  Watt  gas  based  capacity  remain  idle/closed  in  the  State  of Gujarat due to inadequate availability of gas at affordable rate and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether the State Government has requested either to allocate Administered Price Mechanism Gas or provide subsidy on available gas in the market and to  facilitate the power purchase agreement  with  Public  Sector  Undertaking  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the response of the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्  य मंत्ररी ( स्  विंत्र प्राार ) ( श्ररी धमेन्द  र प्रधान )

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a): As per available information, 3898 MW gas based power generation capacity is stranded in the State of Gujarat. The details are at Annexure-I .
- (b): As per information provided by Ministry of Power, the Government of Gujarat has made a request  on  the  issue  related  to  support  for  running  Gas  Based  Idle  Capacity  in  the  State  of Gujarat. The State Government requested inter-alia to provide domestic gas for these Gas Based Idle Capacity.

Domestic gas is being supplied to the power sector as per current production levels. Domestic natural gas supply to power sector may improve in case production levels increase in future and as per the Gas Utilization Policy at that time.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5824 ANSWERED ON 10.4.2017

| STRANDED GAS BASED CAPACITY   | STRANDED GAS BASED CAPACITY   | STRANDED GAS BASED CAPACITY   | STRANDED GAS BASED CAPACITY                | STRANDED GAS BASED CAPACITY   | STRANDED GAS BASED CAPACITY   |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| S. No.                        | Name of Power Station         | Sector                        | Developer                                  | Installed Capacity (MW)       | Name of the State             |
| 1                             | DHUVARAN CCPP (GSECL)         | S                             | Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd. | 112                           | GUJARAT                       |
| 2.                            | UTRAN CCPP (GSECL)            | S                             | Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd. | 374                           | GUJARAT                       |
| 3                             | PIPAVAV CCPP                  | S                             | GSPC Pipavav Power Company Ltd.            | 702                           | GUJARAT                       |
| 4                             | DHUVARAN CCPP                 | S                             | Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd. | 376.3                         | GUJARAT                       |
| 5                             | HAZIRA CCPP EXT               | S                             | Gujarat State Energy Generation Ltd.       | 351                           | GUJARAT                       |
| 6                             | VATWA CCPP*                   | P                             | Torrent Power                              | 100                           | GUJARAT                       |
| 7                             | ESSAR CCPP                    | P                             | Essar Power                                | 300                           | GUJARAT                       |
| 8                             | UNOSUGEN CCPP                 | P                             | Torrent Power                              | 382.5                         | GUJARAT                       |
| 9                             | DGEN Mega CCPP                | P                             | Torrent Power                              | 1200                          | GUJARAT                       |

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