Lok Sabha Question No. 964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Power Purchase Agreements
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-964

TO BE ANSWERED ON-08.02.2018

## POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS

## 964. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether there are standardised power purchase agreements that the Government has entered into with the solar power companies;
- (b) if so, the number of such agreements that have been entered, State-wise including Delhi;
- (c) whether any breaches have occurred with respect to any of the agreements so far and if so, the details thereof and if not, the measures taken to ensure the compliance; and
- (d) whether the Government is taking any further steps to attract better private players to enter into these agreements and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  &  (b)  The  Government  does  not  enter  into  Power  Purchase  Agreement  (PPA)  with  Solar Power companies directly. The Central Public Sector Undertakings e.g. Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) enter into Power Purchase Agreements  with  solar  power  developers. In addition,  Distribution  Companies (DISCOMS) of different States enter into PPAs.  The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has devised a model Power Purchase Agreement, which a procuring agency may adopt or modify as per their specific requirements. The State/UT-wise details of no. of projects wherein PPAs have been signed by SECI and NTPC are given in Annexure.
- (c) SECI and NTPC have reported that there is no breach of PPA.
- (d) Solar power developers are selected on the basis of transparent bidding process after taking into account the technical and financial strengths of developers specified in Request for Selection (RfS).

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  AND  (B)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED Q.NO. 964 FOR 08.02.2018

## (I) DETAILS OF PPAs ENTERED INTO BY NTPC

1. NTPC has developed 870 MW Grid connected Solar PV Projects under own capacity expansion plan and signed PPAs with State Utilities.
2.  105  number  PPAs  have  been  signed  with  various  Solar  Project  Developer  (SPD) under  NSM  Phase  II  Batch  II  Tranche  I  for  2750  MW  capacity.  State-wise  details  of these PPAs are as follows:
3. PSAs have been signed with State Utilities under NSM Phase II Batch II Tranche I for 3000 MW as per the following details:
4. Under NTPC owned solar power projects, 11 no. of PPAs totaling 870 MW have been signed with State utilities as per the following details:

|   Sl.No. | State          |   No. of PPAs |
|----------|----------------|---------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh |            14 |
|        2 | Rajasthan      |            29 |
|        3 | Uttar Pradesh  |            10 |
|        4 | Telangana      |            40 |
|        5 | Karnataka      |            12 |

|   Sl.No. | State          |   No. of PSAs |
|----------|----------------|---------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh |            05 |
|        2 | Rajasthan      |            10 |
|        3 | Uttar Pradesh  |            02 |
|        4 | Telangana      |            06 |
|        5 | Karnataka      |            08 |

|   Sl.No. | State            |   No. of PPAs |
|----------|------------------|---------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh   |             1 |
|        2 | Rajasthan        |             1 |
|        3 | Madhya Pradesh   |             2 |
|        4 | DVC              |             2 |
|        5 | A&N              |             1 |
|        6 | Odisha           |             2 |
|        7 | Himachal Pradesh |             1 |
|        8 | Telangana        |             1 |

(II) DETAILS OF PPAs ENTERED INTO BY SECI

| S. No.   | State          | NSM Ph-II, Batch-I (Nos)   | NSM Ph-II, Batch-III and NSM Ph-II Batch-IV (Nos)   |
|----------|----------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | -                          | 08                                                  |
| 2        | Chhattisgarh   | -                          | 02                                                  |
| 3        | Gujarat        | 04                         | 07                                                  |
| 4        | Karnataka      | 01                         | 24                                                  |
| 5        | Madhya Pradesh | 12                         | -                                                   |
| 6        | Maharashtra    | 03                         | 28                                                  |
| 7        | Odisha         | 01                         | 08                                                  |
| 8        | Rajasthan      | 21                         | 10                                                  |
| 9        | Tamil Nadu     | 1                          | -                                                   |
| 10       | Uttar Pradesh  | -                          | 07                                                  |
|          | Total          | 43                         | 94                                                  |