Lok Sabha Question No. 3059 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-16
Subject: Coal Fuelled Power Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3059 ANSWERED ON 16.12.2021

## COAL FUELLED POWER PLANTS

3059.  SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) the total installed capacity of coal fuelled power plants, State-wise;

(b) the reasons for which certain power plants do not maintain prescribed normative coal stock of 22 days; and

(c) the  corrective  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  avoid  frequent  crisis  of  coal supply?

## A N S W E R

## THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) : The details of State-wise installed capacity of Coal based power plants as on 31.10.2021 are furnished at Annexure.

(b) : During April-Nov, 2021, power plants were not able to maintain sufficient stock  as  coal  based  power  generation  in  the  country  increased  by  about  16%  as compared to the corresponding period of the preceding year due to revival of economic activities. Further, there were interruptions in domestic coal supplies due to heavy rains which continued until first week of Oct, 2021 as well as rise in imported coal prices in the international markets which resulted in less coal import by thermal power plants. Due to second wave of Covid-19 Pandemic in Apr-Jun, 2021, the production & logistic arrangements were also affected as a huge number of manpower got infected.

- (c) : The  Government  has  taken  the  following  measures  to  increase  the  coal supply to power plants:
- (i) To  address  the  issues  of  coal  supplies  to  power  sector,  an  Inter-Ministerial  Sub Group  comprising  of  representatives  from  Ministries  of  Power,  Coal,  Railways, Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Coal India Limited (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) meet regularly to take various operational decisions to enhance supply of coal to thermal power plants (TPPs) as well as for meeting any contingent situations relating to Power Sector including to alleviate critical coal stock position in power plants.

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- (ii) Ministry of Power has constituted a Core Management Team (CMT) with members from MoP, Railways, CEA, CIL, NTPC, DVC and POSOCO to ensure close monitoring of  coal  stocks  at  TPPs  and  operational  decisions  are  being  taken  in  CMT  to augment supply of sufficient quantity of coal to the TPPs.
- (iii) To help the power plants in enhancing their coal stock, CIL in Oct'21 had offered about 5.2 Million Tonnes coal from its various subsidiaries to State/Central Gencos for lifting through Rail Cum Road (RCR)/ Road mode.
- (iv) Revised  coal  stocking  norms  based  on  85%  Plant  Load  Factor  (PLF)  have  been issued by CEA, mandating the coal stock of 17 days at pit head stations and 26 days at non-pit head stations to be maintained by power plants during February to June every year.
- (v) Recently, an Inter-Ministerial Committee comprising of Secretary (Coal), Secretary (Power),  Secretary  (MoEF&CC)  and  Chairman,  Railway  Board  has  been  set  up  to review  the  situation  and  ensure  adequate  supply  of  coal  to  power  plants  in  the country.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3059 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 16.12.2021 **************

Installed Capacity of  Coal based Power plants as on 31.10.2021

| Fuel   | State          |   Capacity (MW) |
|--------|----------------|-----------------|
| Coal   | Haryana        |          5330   |
| Coal   | Punjab         |          5680   |
| Coal   | Rajasthan      |          8900   |
| Coal   | Uttar Pradesh  |         23729   |
| Coal   | Chhattisgarh   |         23688   |
| Coal   | Gujarat        |         14692   |
| Coal   | Madhya Pradesh |         21950   |
| Coal   | Maharashtra    |         23856   |
| Coal   | Andhra Pradesh |         11590   |
| Coal   | Karnataka      |          9480   |
| Coal   | Tamil Nadu     |          9520   |
| Coal   | Telangana      |          7572.5 |
| Coal   | Bihar          |          7710   |
| Coal   | Jharkhand      |          4250   |
| Coal   | Odisha         |          9540   |
| Coal   | West Bengal    |         14177   |
| Coal   | Assam          |           750   |
| Total  | Total          |        202414   |

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