Lok Sabha Question No. 302 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Procurement of Power from Large Wind Power Projects
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION NO. 302

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2017

## PROCUREMENT OF POWER FROM LARGE WIND POWER PROJECTS

## *302.   DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT: Will the Minister of NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  a  scheme  to  source  power  from  large  wind power projects  to  enable  nonwindy  States  to  meet  their  non-Renewable  Purchase  Obligations (RPOs) thereby enlarging the wind power market and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether some State utilities have expressed interest in purchasing wind power and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  PTC  India  has  entered  into  a  Power  Purchase  Agreement  (PPA)  with successful bidders for supplying power to the utilities and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the tariff has been fixed through the wind power auction and the competitively priced  wind  power  is  likely  to  encourage  the  consumers  to  switch  over  to  cleaner  sources  of energy and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the non-windy States are likely to secure wind based power from States that are rich in wind resources and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) :

A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  302  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  23.03.2017.  REGARDING PROCUREMENT OF POWER FROM LARGE WIND POWER PROJECTS.

(a) to (e): The wind power potential in the country is concentrated in 7-8 windy States namely, Andhra  Pradesh,  Gujarat,  Karnataka,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Rajasthan,  Tamil  Nadu  and Telangana.

To  enable  Discoms  of  the  non-windy  States  to  fulfil  their  non-solar  Renewable  Purchase Obligations  (RPOs),  through  purchase  of  wind  power  at  a  tariff  determined  by  transparent bidding process, a Scheme for Setting-up of 1000 MW Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) connected Wind Power Projects was sanctioned in June 2016.

The Scheme is being implemented through Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). PTC India Ltd. is the trading company selected by SECI to sign the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with successful bidders and to sign back-to-back Power  Sale Agreement  (PSA)  with State utilities/bulk  consumers.  The  duration  of  PPA  and  PSA  will  be  25  years  from  Commercial Operation Date (COD) of the project.

In the first wind power auction conducted by SECI, the non-windy States will get wind power from wind resource rich States. The State utilities of Bihar, Delhi and Dadra & Nagar Haveli have expressed their interest in purchasing such wind power.

The  e-reverse  auction  for  selection  of  the  bidders  was  held  on  23.02.2017  and  the  price discovered was Rs. 3.46 per unit. Such low tariffs will encourage the consumers to switch over to cleaner sources of energy.

SECI is in the process of issuing Letter of Award (LoA) to the successful bidders. PPA is to be signed within a period of six months from the date of issue of LoA.