Lok Sabha Question No. 1718 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Shutdown of Coal based Power Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1718 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2021

## SHUTDOWN OF COAL BASED POWER PLANTS

1718.  DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the details and shutdown dates of old polluting coal based power plants identified for shutdown as per Finance Minister's Budget Speech on February 1, 2020;

(b) the  details  of  location  and  developer-information  of  coal  based  power  plants  granted clearance by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) during last three years;

(c) the  details  of  coal  based  power  plants  shutdown  during  the  last  three  years  due  to environmental issues;

(d) the details of power plants penalized or shutdown for non-compliance with timeline for reducing pollution under MoEFCC notification dated December 7, 2015;

(e) the  actions  taken  against  power  plants  showing  on-compliance  to  install  Flue-Gas Desulphurization (FGD) as per the said notification;

(f) the  details  of  power  plants  exempted  from  penal  actions  despite non-compliance and the reasons therefor; and

(g) the steps taken  to identify  non-compliance  by  power  plants  by  setting  interim milestones before final FGD-installation or lapse of deadline to avoid inaction at early stages?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) : Setting  up  of  a  power  plant  is  a  de-licensed  activity.  Utilities  take  their  own decision  to  retire/shut  down  their  units  based  on  techno  commercial  assessment,  noncompliance to environment norms etc. 19 coal/lignite based units of 1640.00 MW capacities (Details  at  Annexure-I)  have  retired/shut  down  from  01.02.2020  (date  of  Finance  Minister's Budget Speech) until 31.01.2021.

(b) : List of coal-based power  plants, along with their location  and  developer information, which were given Environmental clearance by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) during the last three years is at Annexure-II.

(c) : 51 coal/lignite units of 5454 MW capacities have been retired during last 3 years (Jan' 2018 to Jan' 2021). List is enclosed at Annexure-III.

(d) to (f) : Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  &  Climate  Change  (MoEF&CC) notified  new emission  norms  for  coal  based  Thermal  Power  Plants  (TPP)  on  7 th   December  2015  to  be complied  within  2  years.  However,  keeping  in  view  the  techno  economic  feasibility  and  in order to ensure uninterrupted power  supply position in the country, a phased/yearly implementation  plan  (to  be  implemented  by  2022)  for  installation/upgradation  of  additional pollution control equipment was submitted to MoEF&CC on 13.10.2017. Accordingly, Central Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  has  issued  directions  under  section  5  of  Environment (Protection)  Act,  1986  to  thermal  power  plants  to  comply  with  emission  norms  in  a  phased manner while compressing the timelines for 9 TPPs upto December 2019.

As per the schedule for implementation of the new emission norms, 35 units of 15 plants  (details  at  Annexure-IV)  failed  to  achieve  compliance.  CPCB  issued  directions  under section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to these plants in 2020, imposing Environmental  Compensation  (EC)  @  Rs.  18  lakh  per  month  per  non-compliant  unit.  All  the plants have approached Hon'ble Supreme Court against CPCB's directions dated 08.05.2020 by filing IAs in W.P.(C) 13029/1985. Hon'ble Supreme Court has granted stay on recovery of EC in case of 14 plants, whereas, the case of one plant (Hinduja Thermal Power Station, Vizag) has been  admitted/heard  on  02.02.2021.  Therefore,  the  matter  is  sub-judice  in  Hon'ble  Supreme Court. Further, CPCB on 16.10.2020 has subsequently revised the timelines in case of 9 TPPs where  the  timelines  were  compressed,  as  per  the  plan  submitted  by  MoP  on  13.10.2017  to MoEF&CC.

(g) : Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and CPCB are periodically reviewing the status of milestone-wise progress made by TPPs for compliance of the new emission norms.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1718 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.02.2021 *************** List of Coal/ Lignite based units Retired from 01.02.2020 to 31.01.2021

| Sl. No.   | Name of Station/Plant    | State        | Fuel    |   No of Units | Unit No.   | Installed Capacity (MW)   |   Retired (MW) | Retired on   |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------|---------|---------------|------------|---------------------------|----------------|--------------|
| 1         | Kothagudem TPS Telangana | Coal         | 1       |             2 |            | 60(1*60)                  |             60 | 03.03.2020   |
| 2         | Chandrapura(DVC) TPS     | Jharkhand    | Coal    |             1 | 3          | 130(1*130)                |            130 | 19.03.2020   |
| 3         | Kothagudem TPS           | Telangana    | Coal    |             1 | 5          | 120(1*120)                |            120 | 30.03.2020   |
| 4         | Kothagudem TPS           | Telangana    | Coal    |             3 | 1, 4, 7    | 240(2*60+1*120)           |            240 | 31.03.2020   |
| 5         | Neyveli TPS-I            | Tamil Nadu   | Lignite |             2 | 1, 9       | 150 (1*50+1*100)          |            150 | 31.03.2020   |
| 6         | Panipat TPS              | Haryana      | Coal    |             1 | 5          | 210 (1*210)               |            210 | 31.03.2020   |
| 7         | Neyveli TPS-I            | Tamil Nadu   | Lignite |             3 | 2, 4, 8    | 200 (2*50+1*100)          |            200 | 08.07.2020   |
| 8         | Neyveli TPS-I            | Tamil Nadu   | Lignite |             1 | 3          | 50 (1*50)                 |             50 | 30.07.2020   |
| 9         | Neyveli TPS-I            | Tamil Nadu   | Lignite |             1 | 5          | 50 (1*50)                 |             50 | 28.09.2020   |
| 10        | Neyveli TPS-I            | Tamil Nadu   | Lignite |             1 | 6          | 50 (1*50)                 |             50 | 30.09.2020   |
| 11        | Korba-III                | Chhattisgarh | Coal    |             2 | 1, 2       | 240 (2*120)               |            240 | 01.01.2021   |
| 12        | Kutch Lig. TPS           | Gujarat      | Lignite |             2 | 1, 2       | 140 (2*70)                |            140 | 22.01.2021   |
|           | Total                    |              |         |            19 |            |                           |           1640 |              |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1718 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.02.2021

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## Environment Clearance by MoEF&CC during the last 3 years

|   Sl. No. |   Year | State/UT      | District    | Name of Project Proponent                             | Brief details of the project                                                                                                             | Date of Issue of EC   |
|-----------|--------|---------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|         1 |   2018 | Odisha        | Angul       | NTPC Limited                                          | Talcher Thermal Power Project Stage-III (2x660 MW)                                                                                       | 12-Sep-18             |
|         2 |   2018 | Tamil Nadu    | Cuddalore   | NLC INDIA LIMITED                                     | Thermal Power Station II (2nd Expansion) (2*660 MW)                                                                                      | 29-Oct-18             |
|         3 |   2018 | Telangana     | Nalgonda    | M G POWER PROJECTS LIMITED                            | MG Power Projects Limited (200 MW)                                                                                                       | 24-Apr-18             |
|         4 |   2019 | Odisha        | Dhenknal    | ODISHA THERMAL POWER CORPORATION LIMITED              | 3x800 MW Supercritical thermal Power Project                                                                                             | 10-Dec-19             |
|         5 |   2019 | Rajasthan     | Kota        | DCM SHRIRAM LIMITED                                   | Modernization & Expansion in Power Plant from 125.3 MW to 141 MW at Existing Facility of Shriram Nagar Industrial Area, Kota, Rajasthan. | 3-Jan-19              |
|         6 |   2019 | Tamil Nadu    | Thiruvallur | TANGEDCO                                              | 1x600 MW Ennore TPS                                                                                                                      | 11-Dec-19             |
|         7 |   2019 | Telangana     | Khammam     | THE SINGARENI COLLIERIES CO LTD                       | 800 MW Supercritical Coal Based Singareni Thermal Power Plant Expansion.                                                                 | 18-Dec-19             |
|         8 |   2020 | Gujarat       | Tapi        | Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) | 1x800 MW Coal Based Supercritical Thermal Power Plant                                                                                    | 13-Oct-20             |
|         9 |   2020 | Karnataka     | Belagavi    | ROQUETTE RIDDHI SIDDHI PRIVATE LIMITED                | Expansion of cogeneration power plant from 6 MW to 18 MW                                                                                 | 24-Feb-20             |
|        10 |   2020 | Uttar Pradesh | Sonbhadra   | NTPC Limited                                          | Singrauli Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-III (2x800 MW)                                                                              | 13-Jul-20             |
|        11 |   2020 | West Bengal   | Murshidabad | THE WEST BENGAL POWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED | 1x660 MW Coal based Supercritical Sagardighi Thermal Power Phase-III Expansion                                                           | 24-Mar-20             |
|        12 |   2021 | Odisha        | Jharsuguda  | NLC INDIA LTD                                         | NLC-Talabira Thermal Power Project (3x800 MW)                                                                                            | 2-Feb-21              |

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ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1718 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.02.2021

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List of Coal/ Lignite based Units Retired during last 3 years (Jan' 2018 to Jan' 2021)

| Sl. No                | Name of Station/Plant   | State        | Fuel    |   No of Units | Unit No.      | Installed Capacity (MW)   |   Retired (MW) | Retired on   |
|-----------------------|-------------------------|--------------|---------|---------------|---------------|---------------------------|----------------|--------------|
| 1 PANKI TPS           | Uttar Pradesh           | Coal         |         |             2 | 3, 4          | 210 (2*105)               |            210 | 16.03.2018   |
| 2 OBRA TPS            | Uttar                   | Pradesh      | Coal    |             1 | 8             | 94 (1*94)                 |             94 | 03.04.2018   |
| 3 BANDEL              | TPS West                | Bengal       | Coal    |             2 | 3,4           | 120 (2*60)                |            120 | 20.04.2018   |
| 4 BHATINDA            | TPS                     | Punjab       | Coal    |             4 | 1, 2, 3, 4    | 440(4*110)                |            440 | 31.08.2018   |
| 5 ROPAR TPS           |                         | Punjab       | Coal    |             2 | 1,2           | 420(2*210)                |            420 | 31.08.2018   |
| 6 Badarpur TPS        | Delhi                   |              | Coal    |             5 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 705 (3*95+2*210)          |            705 | 30.10.2018   |
| 7 Neyveli TPS-I       | Tamil                   | Nadu         | Lignite |             1 | 7             | 100 (1*100)               |            100 | 06.02.2019   |
| 8 Kothagudem          | TPS                     | Telangana    | Coal    |             3 | 3, 6, 8       | 300(1*60+2*120)           |            300 | 19.03.2019   |
| 9 Korba-II            |                         | Chhattisgarh | Coal    |             4 | 1, 2, 3, 4    | 200(4*50)                 |            200 | 13.08.2019   |
| 10 Trombay            | TPS                     | Maharashtra  | Coal    |             1 | 6             | 500(1*500)                |            500 | 12.09.2019   |
| 11 Sabarmati Station) | (C                      | Gujarat      | Coal    |             2 | 15, 16        | 60(2*30)                  |             60 | 13.09.2019   |
| 12                    | Rajghat TPS             | Delhi        | Coal    |             2 | 1, 2          | 135(2*67.5)               |            135 | 23.09.2019   |
| 13                    | Parli TPS               | Maharashtra  | Coal    |             2 | 4, 5          | 420(2*210)                |            420 | 23.01.2020   |
| 14 D.P.L. TPS         | West                    | Bengal       | Coal    |             1 | 6             | 110(1*110)                |            110 | 28.01.2020   |
| 15                    | Kothagudem TPS          | Telangana    | Coal    |             1 | 2             | 60(1*60)                  |             60 | 03.03.2020   |
| 16 (DVC)              | Chandrapura TPS         | Jharkhand    | Coal    |             1 | 3             | 130(1*130)                |            130 | 19.03.2020   |
| 17 Kothagudem         | TPS                     | Telangana    | Coal    |             1 | 5             | 120(1*120)                |            120 | 30.03.2020   |
| 18 Kothagudem         | TPS                     | Telangana    | Coal    |             3 | 1, 4, 7       | 240(2*60+1*120)           |            240 | 31.03.2020   |
| 19 Neyveli TPS-I      | Tamil                   | Nadu         | Lignite |             2 | 1, 9          | 150 (1*50+1*100)          |            150 | 31.03.2020   |
| 20 Panipat            | TPS                     | Haryana      | Coal    |             1 | 5             | 210 (1*210)               |            210 | 31.03.2020   |
| 21                    | Neyveli TPS-I           | Tamil Nadu   | Lignite |             3 | 2, 4, 8       | 200 (2*50+1*100)          |            200 | 08.07.2020   |
| 22 Neyveli TPS-I      | Tamil                   | Nadu         | Lignite |             1 | 3             | 50 (1*50)                 |             50 | 30.07.2020   |
| 23 Neyveli            | TPS-I                   | Tamil Nadu   | Lignite |             1 | 5             | 50 (1*50)                 |             50 | 28.09.2020   |
| 24                    | Neyveli TPS-I           | Tamil Nadu   | Lignite |             1 | 6             | 50 (1*50)                 |             50 | 30.09.2020   |
| 25                    | Korba-III               | Chhattisgarh | Coal    |             2 | 1, 2          | 240 (2*120)               |            240 | 01.01.2021   |
| 26                    | Kutch Lig. TPS          | Gujarat      | Lignite |             2 | 1, 2          | 140 (2*70)                |            140 | 22.01.2021   |
|                       | Total                   |              |         |            51 |               |                           |           5454 |              |

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (d) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1718 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 11.02.2021

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## List of TPPs penalized by CPCB for not complying with the new emission norms

|   Sl. No. | Thermal Power Plant                                                        | Sector   | State          | Unit No.   | Unit No. (Capacity in MW)       |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------------|------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Vizag Hinduja TPP, HNPCL, Visakhapatnam                                    | Private  | Andhra Pradesh | 2          | 2 (520)                         |
|         2 | Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah TPP, APPDCL, SPSR Nellore                        | State    | Andhra Pradesh | 2          | 2 (800)                         |
|         3 | Singareni Thermal Power Project, SCCL, Adilabad                            | State    | Telangana      | 1,2        | 1 (600) 2 (600)                 |
|         4 | Kothagudem (New) Thermal Power Station, TSGENCO, Khammam                   | State    | Telangana      | 1          | 1 (500)                         |
|         5 | North Chennai Thermal Power Station-II, TANGEDCO, Chennai,                 | State    | Tamil Nadu     | 1          | 1 (600)                         |
|         6 | Panipat Thermal Power Station - Haryana Power Generation Corporation       | State    | Haryana        | 6, 7, 8    | 6 (210) 7 (250) 8 (250)         |
|         7 | Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station - Haryana Power Generation Corporation  | State    | Haryana        | 1, 2       | 1 (600) 2 (600)                 |
|         8 | Yamuma Nagar Thermal Power Station - Haryana Power Generation Corporation  | State    | Haryana        | 1, 2       | 1 (300) 2 (300)                 |
|         9 | Indira Gandhi STPP, Haryana - NTPC                                         | Central  | Haryana        | 1, 2, 3    | 1 (500) 2 (500) 3 (500)         |
|        10 | Nabha TPP, Rajpura - L&T Power Development Ltd                             | Private  | Punjab         | 1, 2       | 1 (700) 2 (700)                 |
|        11 | Guru Hargobind, Lehra Mohabbat - Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd        | State    | Punjab         | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1 (210) 2 (210) 3 (250)         |
|        12 | Talwandi Saboo Power Limited, Punjab                                       | Private  | Punjab         | 1, 2, 3    | 1 (660) 2 (660) 3 (660)         |
|        13 | Dadri Thermal Power Plant - NTPC                                           | Central  | Uttar Pradesh  | 3, 4, 5, 6 | 1 (210) 2 (210) 3 (490) 4 (490) |
|        14 | Harduaganj Thermal Power Station, Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam | State    | Uttar Pradesh  | 8, 9       | 8 (250) 9 (250)                 |
|        15 | Ropar Thermal Power Station - Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd           | State    | Punjab         | 3, 4, 5, 6 | 3 (210) 4 (210) 5 (210) 6 (210) |

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