Lok Sabha Question No. 3844 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Increase in Power Tarrif
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: VEENA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3844

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2019

## INCREASE IN POWER TARRIF

†3844. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  consumer  tariff  of  power  generated  by  projects  fuelled  by imported coal have been increased in certain States of the country;
- (b) if so, the facts in this regard and the place-wise names of these projects; and
- (c) the project-wise increased consumer tariff fixed?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) to (c) : The generation tariff of some of the major Thermal Power Stations fueled by imported coal from various states of the Country for the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 is given below:

| Sl. No.   | Name of Thermal Power Station   | Capacity (MW)   | Location       | Rate of sale of power (paisa/kWh)   | Rate of sale of power (paisa/kWh)   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|           |                                 |                 |                | 2015-16                             | 2016-17                             |
| 1         | Sikka TPS                       | 500             | Gujarat        | 529                                 | 588                                 |
| 2         | Trombay TPS                     | 500 800         | Maharashtra    | 404 401                             | 440 440                             |
| 3         | Ratnagiri TPS                   | 300 900         | Maharashtra    | 286 360                             | 265 390                             |
| 4         | Torangullu SBU-I                | 260             | Karnataka      | 503                                 | 433                                 |
| 5         | Torangullu SBU-II               | 600             | Karnataka      | 504                                 | 428                                 |
| 6         | Mundra TPS                      | 1320 1320 1980  | Gujarat        | 285 235 323                         | 286.71 234.95 320.90                |
| 7         | Udupi TPP                       | 1200            | Karnataka      | 423                                 | 425                                 |
| 8         | Mundra UMPP                     | 4000            | Gujarat        | 232.8                               | 239                                 |
| 9         | ESSAR (Salaya)                  | 1200            | Gujarat        | 286                                 | 360                                 |
| 10        | Simhapuri TPS                   | 600             | Andhra Pradesh | 514                                 | 391                                 |
| 11        | Thaminapattnam TPS              | 300             | Andhra Pradesh | 471                                 | 499.40                              |

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