Lok Sabha Question No. 387 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-27
Subject: Coal Demand for Tamil Nadu
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Shri K Gopinath

## 387 Shri K Gopinath:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

(a) Whether the Government is aware that as per Government's report on Integrated Coal Logistics Plan for efficient coal evacuation, the maximum coal demand of power sector in Tamil Nadu would rise to 65.7 million tonnes by 2030;

## (b) If so, the details thereof; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to support and facilitate the power sector in Tamil Nadu for adequate supply of coal for functional thermal units and for the upcoming thermal plants viz., Ennore SEZ Super Critical Thermal Power Project of 1,320 MW, North Chennai Thermal Power Station Stage III expansion of 800 MW and Udangudi Super Critical Thermal Power Project Stage 1-1,320 MW?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) & (b): Yes Sir. The Integrated Coal Logistics Plan was prepared and launched by the Ministry of Coal in February 2024. It projected the optimistic coal demand for power sector in Tamil Nadu state by FY2030 as 65.7 million tonnes and realistic coal demand is 56.6 million tonnes.

Details  of  likely  coal  demand  of  power  sector  for  Tamil  Nadu  State  by  FY2030  are  estimated  as follows:

|   S. No. | Category               | Power Plants                          |   Capacity (MW) |   Optimistic coal demand by FY 2030 (MT) |   Realistic coal demand by FY 2030 (MT) |
|----------|------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|        1 | Existing Power Mutiara | Existing Power Mutiara                |            1200 |                                     5.86 |                                    5.04 |
|        1 | Plants demand          | IL & FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd. |            1200 |                                     4.81 |                                    4.14 |
|        1 | Plants demand          | NLC Tamil Nadu Power Ltd.             |            1000 |                                     5.42 |                                    4.66 |
|        1 | Plants demand          | Vallur                                |            1500 |                                     8.41 |                                    7.24 |
|        1 | Plants demand          | Tuticorin                             |            1050 |                                     6.74 |                                    5.8  |
|        1 | Plants demand          | Mettur-I                              |             840 |                                     5.04 |                                    4.33 |
|        1 | Plants demand          | Mettur-II                             |             600 |                                     3.5  |                                    3.01 |
|        1 | Plants demand          | North Chennai-I &II                   |            1830 |                                    10.7  |                                    9.2  |
|        1 | Plants demand          | Sub Total                             |            9220 |                                    50.48 |                                   43.42 |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 387 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2024

## Coal Demand for Tamil Nadu

| 2.   | Under         | Ennore SCTPP             | 1320   | 5.95   | 5.12   |
|------|---------------|--------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|      | Construction  | North Chennai TPP St-III | 800    | 3.42   | 2.94   |
|      | Power         | Udangudi STPP St-1       | 1320   | 5.89   | 5.07   |
|      | Plants demand |                          |        |        |        |
|      |               | Sub Total                | 3440   | 15.26  | 13.13  |
|      |               | TOTAL                    | 12660  | 65.74  | 56.55  |

(c):  Supply of coal to the power plants is a continuous process. The Government has undertaken the following steps to support and facilitate Power Sector for the country including Tamil Nadu:

(i) Supply of coal to the power plants is a continuous process. To address the issues of coal supplies to  Power  Sector,  an  Inter-Ministerial  Sub-Group  comprising  of  representatives  from  Ministry  of Power,  Ministry  of  Coal,  Ministry  of  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 as well as for meeting any contingent situations relating  to  Power  Sector  including  to  alleviate  critical  coal  stock  position  in power  plants.  In  addition  to  this,  an  Inter-Ministerial  Committee  (IMC)  has  been  constituted comprising  of  Chairman,  Railway  Board;  Secretary,  Ministry  of  Coal;  Secretary,  Ministry  of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Secretary, Ministry of Power; to monitor augmentation of coal supply and power generation capacity. Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Chairperson, CEA are co-opted as Special Invitees as and when required by the IMC.

(ii) The coal supply to Tamil Nadu based thermal power plants for 2023-24 and 2024-25 (till October) from Coal India Limited sources is as under:

(Quantity in Million Tonnes)

| Consumer         | Year                   |   Coal Supply |
|------------------|------------------------|---------------|
| NLC Tamil Nadu   | 2023-24                |          1.95 |
| NTECL Vallur     | 2023-24                |          4.34 |
| NTECL Vallur     | 2024-25 (till October) |          2.71 |
| TANGEDCO         | 2023-24                |         19.07 |
| TANGEDCO         | 2024-25 (till October) |         11.29 |
| Tamil Nadu Total | 2023-24                |         25.36 |
| Tamil Nadu Total | 2024-25 (till October) |         14    |

(iii)  The supply from Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), for 2023-24 and 2024-25 (till October), is as under:

(Quantity in Million Tonnes)

| Plant                         | 2023-24   |   2024-25 (till October) |
|-------------------------------|-----------|--------------------------|
| Mettur TPS I &II              | 1.84      |                     1.59 |
| North Chennai TPS Stage - III | -         |                     0.21 |

(iv)   Coal  linkages  have  been  granted  to  50  %  of  the  installed  capacity  of  Uppur  Super  Critical Thermal Power Project (2 x 800 MW) of TANGEDCO from SCCL under Para B (i) of SHAKTI Policy and Fuel Supply Agreement has been signed by SCCL. Coal linkages have also been granted to 50 % of the installed capacity of Udangudi Stage-I (2 x 660 MW), Ennore TPS Expansion (1 x 660 MW) and Ennore SEZ (2 x 660 MW) of TANGEDCO under Para B (i) of SHAKTI Policy.

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