Lok Sabha Question No. 1651 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Old Power Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1651 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## OLD POWER PLANTS

## 1651. SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  scrap  those  thermal  power  plants which are more than 25 years old and emit more gases which are dangerous to the environment;
- (b) if so, the details of the thermal power plants to be scrapped, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any effective steps to check the crises of power problem in case these thermal power plants are scrapped in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) to (d) : The  emission  of  gases  from  Thermal  Power  Plants  depend  on  its operation  &  maintenance,  condition,  technical  parameters,  quality  of  fuel  etc rather  than  the  age  of  the  plant.  In  order  to  conserve  scarce  natural  resources like  land,  water  and  coal,  Central  Electricity  Authority,  in  consultation  with various Power Utilities, have identified coal based plants of 10827.5 MW in Govt. Sector which are more than 25 years old, for retirement in a phased manner on the basis of their inefficiency and un-economic operation. Out of above capacity, 7730 MW have been retired so far. The State-wise details of various units retired / identified for retirement are given in the Annexure.

Furthermore,  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  &  Climate  Change (MoEF&CC)  has  notified  new  stringent  environmental  norms  on  7th  December, 2015 and 28th June, 2018 for thermal power plants for Particulate Matters (PM), SO 2 , NOx and Hg and water consumption.

Decision  to  retire  units  are  taken  by  respective  power  utility  after due  consultation  with  various  stake  holders  such  as  DISCOMS,  Transmission utilities  etc.  keeping  in  view  grid  stability,  alternative  source  of  power  among other aspects. There is no shortage of generating capacity in the country.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.    1651  TO  BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 20.12.2018.

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Coal based Thermal Units deleted from National Installed Capacity out of identified old & inefficient units for retirement since March'16 to October'18]

| Sl. No. Name of the Utility             | Name of the Station                  | Unit No.       | Capacity (MW)   | Date since when the unit is not in operation   | Date of deletion from National Installed Capacity   |                |
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| 1 MPPGCL                                | Amarkantak TPS (2x120 MW) 3 & 4      |                | 240             | 13.01.2015                                     | 04.03.2016                                          |                |
| 2 HPGCL                                 | PanipatTPS(4x110 MW)                 | 1 to 4         | 440             | 09.12.2015                                     | 12.04.2016                                          |                |
| 3 MSPGCL                                | Koradi TPS(4x105 MW)                 | 1 to 4         | 420             | 07.01.2011                                     | 02.08.2016                                          |                |
|                                         | Koradi TPS ( 200 MW)                 | 5              | 200             | 02.03.2017                                     | 24.04.2017                                          |                |
| 4 MSPGCL                                | Chandrapur TPS (2X210 MW)            | 1 & 2          | 420             | 20.02.2016                                     | 21.10.2016                                          |                |
| 5 MSPGCL                                | Parli TPS                            | 3              | 210             | 03.05.2016                                     | 21.10.2016                                          |                |
| 6 MSPGCL                                | Bhusawal TPS                         | 2              | 210             | 01.04.2017                                     | 31.08.2017                                          |                |
| 7 DVC                                   | Durgapur TPS                         | 3              | 140             | 10.03.2016                                     | 21.10.2016                                          |                |
| 8                                       | Chandrapur TPS                       | 1              | 130             | 06.01.2017                                     | 17.01.2017                                          |                |
| DVC                                     | Chandrapur TPS                       | 2              | 130             | 30.07.2017                                     | 04.09.2017                                          |                |
| 9 WBPDCL                                | Santaldih TPS (4x120MW)              | 1 to 4         | 480             | 01.04.2010                                     | 21.12.2016                                          |                |
| 10 PVUNL                                | Patratu TPS                          | 1,2,3,5,8      | 360             | 29.07.2016                                     | 21.12.2016                                          |                |
| 10 PVUNL                                |                                      | 4,6,7,9,10     | 455             | 30.10.2017                                     | 23.11.2017                                          |                |
| 11 TANGEDCO                             | Ennore TPS (2x60 + 2x110 MW)         | 1 2 3 & 4      | 340             | Dec., 2015 April, 2016 Dec., 2016              | 31.03.2017                                          |                |
| 11 TANGEDCO                             | Ennore TPS                           | 5              | 110             | 06.03.2012                                     | 12.01.2017                                          |                |
| 12 GSECL                                | Gandhinagar TPS (2x120 MW)           | 1 & 2          | 240             | 03.09.2016                                     | 12.01.2017                                          |                |
| 13 GSECL                                | Sikka TPS (2 x 120 MW)               | 1 & 2          | 240             | 01.04.2017                                     | 18.08.2017                                          |                |
| 14 GSECL                                | Ukai TPS (2 x 120 MW)                | 1 & 2          | 240             | 01.04.2017                                     | 18.08.2017                                          |                |
| 15 UPRVUNL                              | Harduaganj                           | 5              | 60              | 12.01.2017                                     | 18.08.2017                                          |                |
| 16 UPRVUNL                              | Obra TPS (2X50 MW)                   | 1 2            | 50 50           | Sept., 2016 July, 2017                         | 18.08.2017                                          |                |
| 16 UPRVUNL                              | Obra TPS (1x94 MW)                   | 8              | 94              | Aug., 2009                                     | 03.04.2018                                          |                |
| 17 UPRVUNL                              | Panki TPS (2 x 210 MW)               | 3 & 4          | 210             | Oct., 2017                                     | 16.03.2018                                          |                |
| 18 DPL                                  | DPL TPS (70 + 2x75 MW)               | 3,4 & 5        | 220             | 01.04.2014                                     | 20.02.2017                                          |                |
| 19 APGCL                                | Chandrapur TPS (2x30 MW)             | 1 & 2          | 60              | Before 2008                                    | 18.08.2017                                          |                |
| 20 PSPCL                                | GND TPS (Bathinda) (2 x 110 MW)      | 1 & 2          | 220             | 01.01.2018                                     | 31.08.2018                                          |                |
| 21 PSPCL                                | GGS STPS (Ropar) (2 x 210 MW)        | 1 & 2          | 420             | 01.01.2018                                     | 31.08.2018                                          |                |
| 22 NTPC                                 | Badarpur TPS (3x95 MW)               | 1 to 3         | 285             | 15.10.2018                                     | 30.10.2018                                          |                |
| 23 DVC                                  | Bokaro TPS (2 x 210)                 | 1 & 2          | 420             | 30.07.2017                                     | 04.09.2017                                          |                |
| 24 NTPC                                 | Badarpur TPS (2x210 MW)              | 4 & 5          | 420             | 15.10.2018                                     | 30.10.2018                                          |                |
| PRIVATE SECTOR                          | PRIVATE SECTOR                       | PRIVATE SECTOR | PRIVATE SECTOR  | PRIVATE SECTOR                                 | PRIVATE SECTOR                                      | PRIVATE SECTOR |
| 25 CESC                                 | New Cossipore TPS (2x30+2x50 MW) 1   | to 4           | 160             | -                                              | -                                                   |                |
| 26 Chinakuri                            | TPS (3x10 MW)                        | 1,2,3          | 30              | -                                              | -                                                   |                |
| India Power Corp. Ltd. (West Bengal) 27 | Dishergarh TPS (1x3 + 3x5 MW)        | 1,2,3,4        | 18              | -                                              | -                                                   |                |
| 28                                      | Seebpore TPS (1.5 + 1.88 + 2 + 3 MW) | 1,2,3,4        | 8.38            | -                                              | -                                                   |                |

Old & Inefficient Coal based Units in Govt. Sector which could be retired in F.Y.2018-19 / 2019-20

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Utility   | Name of the Station                       | Unit No.   |   Capacity (MW) | Remarks                                                                                                    |
|-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | IPGCL                 | Rajghat TPS (2 x 67.5 MW)                 | 1 & 2      |           135   | Closure Report submitted by M/s IPGCL to Govt. of NCT of Delhi. Decision by Govt. of NCT of Delhi pending. |
| 2         | MPPGCL                | Satpura TPS (200 + 210 MW)                | 6 & 7      |           410   | Retirement proposed in 2019-20. Replacement proposed.                                                      |
| 3         | MPPGCL                | Satpura TPS (2 X 210 MW)                  | 8 & 9      |           420   | Retirement proposed in 2019-20. Replacement proposed.                                                      |
| 4         | PSPCL                 | Ropar TPS (2 X 210 MW)                    | 3 & 4      |           420   | Utility is exploring possibility to set up 3x800 MW super-critical Unit as replacement.                    |
| 5         | CSPGCL                | Korba East TPS (4 x 50 MW)                | 1,2,3 & 4  |           200   | Units are proposed to be decommissioned in 2018-19.                                                        |
| 6         | NLC                   | NevyeliLigniteTPS-I (6 x 50 + 3 x 100 MW) | 1 to 9     |           600   | Units will be retired after commissioning of first unit of 2x500 MW TPS. (2019-20)                         |
| 7         | TSPGCL                | Kothadudem TPS (4 x 60 + 4 x 120 MW)      | 1 to 8     |           720   | Utility wants to run the plant till 2019- 20.                                                              |
| 8         | TSPGCL                | Ramagundem-B TPS                          | 1          |            62.5 | Utility wants to run the plant till 2019- 20.                                                              |
| 9         | DVC                   | Chandrapur TPS                            | 3          |           130   | To be retired after augmentation of Transmission scheme. Proposed to be retired in 2019-20.                |
|           |                       |                                           | Total      |          3097.5 |                                                                                                            |

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