Lok Sabha Question No. 5453 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-06
Subject: R&M/LE of Power Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5453 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2017

R&M/LE OF POWER PLANTS

5453. SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  have  undertaken  any  works  in  regard  to Renovation, Modernization and Life Extension (RoM/LE) of old and inefficient generating units;

(b) if so, the details of above said works undertaken during the last three years and the current year;

(c) the  details  of  uncompleted  works  out  of  above  pending  after  the stipulated time period;

(d) whether any responsibility has been fixed on any erring officer in this regard; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) : R&M (Renovation & Modernization) and Life Extension works are carried out by the concerned State and Central power utilities depending on their  requirement.    The  R&M  and  Life  Extension  programme  is  primarily aimed  at  generation  sustenance,  obsolescence  of  equipment's/systems, inadequacies due to poor quality of coal, compliance of prescribed environmental conditions and to extend  the life beyond the design economic life of 25 years.

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(b) & (c) : The  details  of  R&M  and  Life  Extension  works  undertaken  in Thermal Power Plants during the last three years are as under:

|   Sl. No. | Unit No. (MW)   | Name of Station   | Utility   | State          | Date of start   | Actual/ Expected date of commissioning   |
|-----------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|
|         1 | GT-1 (111.19)   | Auraiya GT        | NTPC      | Central Sector | 15.05.2014      | 22.06.2014                               |
|         2 | GT-1 (131)      | Gandhar           | NTPC      | Central Sector | 15.05.2014      | 06.07.2014                               |
|         3 | GT-2A (106)     | Kawas GT          | NTPC      | Central Sector | 24.06.2014      | 22.08.2014                               |
|         4 | GT-2 (111.19)   | Auraiya           | NTPC      | Central Sector | 12.09.2014      | 28.10.2014                               |
|         5 | GT-3 (111.19)   | Auraiya           | NTPC      | Central Sector | 10.11.2014      | 25.12.2014                               |
|         6 | GT-4 (111.19)   | Auraiya           | NTPC      | Central Sector | 27.01.2015      | 02.03.2015                               |
|         7 | GT-2 (131)      | Gandhaar          | NTPC      | Central Sector | 25.02.2015      | 15.04.2015                               |
|         8 | 6 (210)         | Koradi TPS        | MAHAGENCO | Maharashtra    | 25.08.2015      | 30.05.2017                               |
|         9 | 12 (200)        | Obra TPS          | UPRVUNL   | UP             | 01.10.2016      | 31.12.2017                               |

(d) & (e) : Question does not arise.

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