Lok Sabha Question No. 2534 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Shortage of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2534 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## Shortage of Coal

## 2534. SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) has requested for provision of four more coal rakes from Mahanadi Coal Fields to meet the shortage of thermal production from Krishnapatnam in Nellore district, if so, the details thereof and action taken thereon;

(b) whether some thermal stations in AP are facing lot of difficulties due to lack of coal supply and consequent impact on production and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the steps being taken by the Government to tide over the difficulties so far in AP to meet the actual demand of rakes also;

(d) the reasons for short supply of coal to Andhra Pradesh power based station; and

(e)  the  other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  supply  atleast  80,000  tonnes of coal to these stations in future for Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) : Mahanadi  Coalfields  Limited  (MCL)  has  not  received  any  request  from  the Government of Andhra Pradesh for supply of four more rakes to power plant located at Krishnapatnam  in  Nellore  district.  However,  Andhra  Pradesh  Power  Development Company Limited (APPDCL) vide letter  dated  18.12.2017  has  requested  Chief  Freight Traffic Manager, East Coast Railways, Bhubaneswar for allocation of 2.5 rakes per day to  Sri  Damodaram  Sanjeevaiah  Thermal Power  Station  for  evacuation  of  washed  coal from washery receiving coal from MCL.

(b) : Coal  stock  at  some  of  the  power  plants  in  Andhra  Pradesh  slipped  below  seven days for some period due to the fact that some power Gencos had preferred to consume coal from their piled up stock and had regulated their coal intake in 2016-17 and in the initial months of this fiscal.  Details of coal receipt, consumption and PLF of these power plants during 2017-18 (April - November, 2017) are as under:

|                           | Receipt (MT)   | Receipt (MT)   |       |      | Consumption (MT)   | PLF Stock as on 27.12.2017   | PLF Stock as on 27.12.2017   |
|---------------------------|----------------|----------------|-------|------|--------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Plant                     | Domestic       | Imported       | Total |      | (%)                | (in thousand Tonnes)         | In Days                      |
| Dr. N. Tata Rao TPS       | 5.01           | 0.00           | 5.01  | 5.40 | 66                 | 163.35                       | 9                            |
| Rayalseema TPS            | 3.06           | 0.00           | 3.06  | 3.26 | 71                 | 46.38                        | 3                            |
| Damodaram Sanjeevaiah TPS | 1.54           | 0.17           | 1.71  | 1.79 | 33                 | 176.94                       | 13                           |

(c) : Coal supply to power plants is monitored regularly by an Inter-Ministerial Sub-Group comprising representatives of Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Railways, Central  Electricity  Authority  and  Coal  India  Limited  constituted  by  the  Infrastructure Review  Committee  of  Cabinet  Secretariat. The  Sub-Group  in  its meeting dated 05.12.2017 has decided to supply additional 1 rake/day to Andhra Pradesh from SCCL. Further, in its meeting held on 12.12.2017, it was decided to supply 5.5 rakes/day (4.0 rakes/day  from  MCL  and  1.5  rakes/day  from  SCCL)  to  Dr.  N.  Tata  Rao  TPS  and  5.5 rakes/day (1.5 rakes/day from MCL and 4.0 rakes/day from SCCL) to Rayalseema TPS. It has been decided to supply coal from MCL to Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah TPS as per delivery order.

(d): Due to spurt in demand for thermal power arising out of drop in power generation from other sources, like nuclear, hydro and wind energy during the 2nd quarter of 201718,  there  was  consumption  by  the  power  plants  from  their  coal  stock.  Unusual  heavy monsoon in mine areas also affected production, loading at mines and transportation of coal.

The total coal stock available with the power plants of APGENCO and APPDCL on last day  of  last  three  months  and  as  on  27 . 12 . 2017  are  as  under  (all  figures  are  in  '000 tonnes) :

| Plant                     |   Stock as on 30.09.2017 |   Stock as on 31.10.2017 |   Stock as on 30.11.2017 |   Stock as on 27.12.2017 |
|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Dr. N. Tata Rao TPS       |                    31.96 |                    38.94 |                    18.14 |                   163.35 |
| Rayalseema TPS            |                   109.83 |                    24.81 |                    28.66 |                    46.38 |
| Damodaram Sanjeevaiah TPS |                    11.85 |                    63.62 |                    57.17 |                   176.94 |
| Total Stock               |                   153.64 |                   127.37 |                   103.97 |                   386.67 |

(e): Standing Linkage Committee (Long Term) [SLC (LT)] recommended for grant of coal linkage  from  CIL  to  the  following  three  upcoming  TPPs  of  APGENCO  as  per  the provisions under para 1(B) (i) of SHAKTI Policy, for issuance of LOA:

|   Sr. No. | Name of the power plant recommended for grant of Coal Linkage as per SLC (LT) dated 21.08.2017   | Name of the Developer   | Location of the Plant         |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | Rayalseema U-6 100MW                                                                             | APGENCO                 | Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh        |
|         2 | NTTPS St-V (1x800MW)                                                                             | APGENCO                 | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh    |
|         3 | Damodaram Sanjeevaiah St-II (1x800 MW)                                                           | APGENCO                 | Krishnapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |

Supply from MCL to the power houses is based upon Annual Contracted Quantity and the provisions of Fuel Supply Agreements. MCL has taken up with the local Railways i.e. E.Co.  Railways  &  SEC  Railways  for  augmenting  rake  supply  for  raw  coal  as  well  as washed coal.

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