Lok Sabha Question No. 1502 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-24
Subject: Power Plants in Bihar
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1502 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.11.2016

## POWER PLANTS IN BIHAR

1502.  SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the details of power generating units in Bihar, at present and the details of such units which are not working along with the reasons therefor;

(b) whether the Government is considering to construct new power plants in the State to overcome its power crisis;

- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to construct these power plants?

## 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 power generating units in Bihar and the details of units which are not working is given at Annex-I.

(b) & (c) : The  details  of  under  construction  power  generating  stations  in  Bihar  is given at Annex-II.

(d) : Generation  is  a  delicensed  activity  as  per  the  Electricity  Act,  2003. Accordingly,  the  generating  stations  are  constructed  by  the  respective  generating companies. However, the steps taken by the Government to facilitate the construction of these power plants, inter-alia, are:

- i. Advance planning of generation capacity addition.
- ii. Augmentation  of  domestic  manufacturing  capacity  of  power  equipment  through Joint Ventures.
- iii. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) have entered into technology collaboration  agreements  with  M/s.  Alstom  for  supercritical  boilers  and  M/s. Siemens  for  supercritical  turbine  generators  &  taken  up  augmentation  of  their manufacturing  capacity  and  have  achieved  a  manufacturing  capacity  of  20,000 MW/Years (13500 MW for large thermal projects). Apart from BHEL, several Joint Ventures (JVs) for manufacture of supercritical boilers and turbines have been set up in the country and the manufacturing capacity envisaged by the JVs is about 16,000  MW/year  for  supercritical  boiler  and  15,000  MW/year  for  supercritical Turbine Generator.
- iv. Efforts have been made to enhance the supply of domestic coal to power plants.

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ANNEX-I

ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1502 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 24.11.2016. ***********

Details of Power Generating units in Bihar:

| Station         | No. of   | Station Capacity (MW)   | Sector   | Utility    |
|-----------------|----------|-------------------------|----------|------------|
|                 | Units    |                         |          |            |
| Barh II         |          | 2x660                   |          |            |
|                 | 2        |                         | Central  | NTPC Ltd.  |
| Kahalgaon TPS   | 7        | 4x210+3x500             | Central  | NTPC Ltd.  |
| Muzaffarpur TPS | 3        | 2x110+1x195             | Central  | K.B.U.N.L* |
| Nabi Nagar TPP  | 1        | 1x250                   | Central  | BRBCL**    |
| Barauni TPS     | 2        | 2x105                   | State    | BSEB***    |
| Total           | 15       | 4535                    |          |            |

*Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited ** Bharatiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited ***  Bihar State Electricity Board

Details of units which are not working along with the reasons:

| Station         |   Unit |   Capacity (MW) | Outage Date   |   Outage Time (hrs) | Reason of Outage                   |
|-----------------|--------|-----------------|---------------|---------------------|------------------------------------|
| Barauni TPS     |      6 |             105 | 17-Mar-12     |                1315 | Under Renovation and Modernisation |
| Muzaffarpur TPS |      3 |             195 | 31-Mar-15     |                1943 | Unit under stabilization           |
| Nabi Nagar TPP  |      1 |             250 | 20-Mar-16     |                1959 | Unit under stabilization           |

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ANNEX-II ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (b)  &  (c)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1502 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 24.11.2016. ***********

Details of under construction power generating stations in Bihar

| SI. No.   | Name of Plant                         |   Capacity (MW) |
|-----------|---------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1         | Muzaffarpur Ext.(Kanti TPP) 1 x 195 = |             195 |
| 2         | Barh STPP-I 3 x 660 =                 |            1980 |
| 3         | Nabinagar TPP 3 x 250 =               |             750 |
| 4         | New Nabinagar TPP 3 x 660 =           |            1980 |
| 5         | Barauni TPS Extn. 2 x 250 =           |             500 |
| 6         | Jas Infra. TPP 4 x 660 =              |            2640 |
| Total     | 16 units                              |            8095 |

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