Lok Sabha Question No. 286 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Shortage of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 286.

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2018

## Shortage of Coal

## 286.    KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

## Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantum of coal required per day in Karnataka for its thermal plants;
- (b)  whether  power  generation  is  steadily  declining  in  all  the  three  thermal power plants of Karnataka   due to severe shortage of coal supply;
- (c)  if so, whether the Government of Karnataka has requested the Ministry to  ensure  supply  of   Fuel  Supply  Agreement  (FSA)  quantity  in  full  for sustainable power generation to the State's thermal power plants;
- (d)  if so, the response of the Union Government thereto and the quantum of coal supplied to TPSs in Karnataka during the last three years; and
- (e) whether coal is supplied to Karnataka from Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. (SCCL), Western Coalfields Ltd.(WCL) and Mahanadi coalfields Ltd.(MCL); and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF  RAILWAYS AND COAL (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) :  The  daily  coal  requirement  for  the  Thermal  Power  Plants  (TPPs)  in Karnataka as on 04.12.2018, based on the average consumption pattern of the last 7 days, is as under:

| Name of TPPs   |   Capacity (MW) |   Daily Coal Requirement ('000 Tonnes) |
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------|
| Bellary TPS    |            1700 |                                  14.59 |
| Raichur TPS    |            1720 |                                  16.55 |
| Yermarus TPS   |            1600 |                                   6.86 |

(b) :  In  the  year  2018-19  (up  to  30.11.2018),  2.595  MT  coal  has  been supplied by Coal India Limited (CIL).  Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL)  has supplied 3.23 MT to Raichur, Bellary and Yermarus TPPs. The power  demand  of  Karnataka  is  met  mainly  by  generation  from  thermal, hydro  and  nuclear  sources  apart  from  allocation  from  Central  Generating

Stations.  The  generation  from  coal  based  thermal  power  plants,  therefore, varies depending upon demand and generation from other sources viz. when hydro power generation in monsoon season increases, the generation from coal  based  power  plants  decreases. The  month-wise  generation  [in  million units (MU)] by the three TPPs of Karnataka is as under:

| Name of TPS   |   Capacity (MW) |   Apr- 18 |   May-18 |   Jun- 18 |   Jul-18 |   Aug- 18 |   Sep- 18 |   Oct-18 |
|---------------|-----------------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|
| Bellary TPS   |            1700 |     642.1 |    349.5 |       0   |      0   |       0   |     436.3 |    360.9 |
| Raichur TPS   |            1720 |     963.8 |    977.6 |     539.2 |    395.1 |     377.8 |     920.6 |    736.5 |
| Yermarus TPS  |            1600 |      68.2 |    150.7 |     224.2 |    120.7 |       0   |       0   |    156.4 |

As per CEA report of October, 2018, the total energy demand of Karnataka for  April-October,  2018 (39026 MU) has been met with 99.90% fulfillment with no notified power cuts.  Further, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited had injected  584.91  MU  in  IEX  during  April  to  October,  2018.   It  is  thus evident  that   there  was  no  loss  in  generation  in  the  power  Plants  of Karnataka due to shortage of coal.

(c) and  (d): The  total  quantum  of  coal  supplied  to  the  three  Karnataka based power station by CIL & SCCL for the last three years is as  under:

## (Fig in Million Tonnes)

(e): Coal supplied during 2018-19 (till Nov 18) from WCL, MCL and  SCCL is as under:

| Year    | Total coal supply   | Total coal supply   |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------|
|         | CIL                 | SCCL                |
| 2015-16 | 6.257               | 6.438               |
| 2016-17 | 4.643               | 7.148               |
| 2017-18 | 4.241               | 5.572               |

## (Fig in Million Tonnes)

| Period             | Subsidiary Company   |   Supply |
|--------------------|----------------------|----------|
| 2018-19 (till Nov) | WCL                  |    0.726 |
| 2018-19 (till Nov) | MCL                  |    1.869 |
| 2018-19 (till Nov) | SCCL                 |    3.23  |

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