Lok Sabha Question No. 1919 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-27
Subject: New Power Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1919 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2017

## NEW POWER PLANTS

1919. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of proposals received by the Government for setting up of power projects in various States, particularly from Gujarat, during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(b) the  number  of  proposals  sanctioned  during  the  above  period  and those still pending for approval with the Government;

- (c) the reasons for pendency of the proposals; and

(d) the time by which these proposals are likely to be approved by the Union Government?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) : As per Section 7 of the Electricity Act, 2003, any generating company  may  establish,  operate  and  maintain  a  generating  station without obtaining a license/permission under this Act, if it complies with the technical standards relating to connectivity with the grid. Accordingly, sanction of the Government is not required for setting up of thermal power projects.  However,  for  setting  up  of  Hydroelectric  Power  Projects,  the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) are required to be submitted for concurrence of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

.........2.

During  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  DPRs  of  6 Hydroelectric  Power  Projects,  which  are  costing  more  than  Rs.  1000 crores each, with an aggregate installed capacity of 5,865 MW, have been received by CEA for accord of concurrence/appraisal.  All these proposals have been concurred/appraised by CEA; the state-wise details of the same are given at Annex.  No DPR for Hydroelectric Power Projects in the state of Gujarat has been received by CEA for accord of concurrence during the last three years and the current year.

(b) to (d) :   During  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  DPRs of 18 Hydro  Electric  projects,  with  an  aggregate  installed  capacity  of  11,321 MW,  which  are  costing  more  than  Rs.  1000  Crores  each,  have  been accorded concurrence/appraisal, whereas DPRs of 09 Hydroelectric Power Projects,  with  an  aggregate  installed  capacity  of  3,924  MW  are  with various  appraising  group  of  Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA)/Central Water  Commission  (CWC)/Central  Soil  and  Materials  Research  Station (CSMRS)/ Geological Survey of India (GSI).

CEA  endeavours  to  accord  concurrence  to Hydroelectric Power Projects, as far as practicable, within a period of 150 working days excluding time taken by the Developer for compliance of observations of the  appraising  agencies,  from  the  date  of  submission  of  complete  DPR. However,  the  concurrence/appraisal  in  case  of  DPRs  of  some  of  the Hydroelectric  Power  Projects  is  delayed.  The  main  reasons  for  delay  in concurrence of the DPRs are the delay on the part of the developers to make  a  bankable  DPR,  not  carrying  out  the  requisite  studies  including geological  investigations,  mathematical  model  studies,  hydro  fracture tests,  Micro  Earthquake  Studies  (MEQ)  etc.  and  not  furnishing  timely clarifications to the comments raised by the various appraising groups.

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ANNEX ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1919 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 27.07.2017. ***********

Details of  DPRs for Hydro Electric projects received by CEA during last three years and current year

| Sl. No.   | Name of Hydro Electric Project   | State             | Sector         | Developer   |   Installed Capacity (MW) |
|-----------|----------------------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------|---------------------------|
| 1.        | Kirthai-II                       | J&K               | State          | JKPDC       |                       930 |
| 2.        | Kwar                             | J&K               | Joint- Venture | CVPP        |                       540 |
| 3.        | Dugar                            | Himachal Pradesh  | Private        | DHPL        |                       449 |
| 4.        | Dibang                           | Arunachal Pradesh | Central        | NHPC        |                      2880 |
| 5.        | Turga PSS                        | West Bengal       | State          | WBSEDCL     |                      1000 |
| 6.        | Loktak Downstream                | Manipur           | Central        | LDHCL       |                        66 |
|           |                                  |                   |                | Total       |                      5865 |

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