Lok Sabha Question No. 1956 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-28
Subject: Natural Gas Fired Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: M. K. RAGHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1956 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.07.2016

## NATURAL GAS FIRED PLANTS

1956.  SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the country has more than 24000 MW of natural gas fired power plants lying idle, if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether  any  measures  are  being  taken  to  energise  these  plants,  if  so,  the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : Government of India has sanctioned a scheme to supply imported spot Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) in 2015-16 and 2016-17 for the stranded gas based power plants  as well as for plants receiving domestic gas upto the target Plant Load Factor (PLF) selected through a reverse e-biding process. The list of such plants is  given  at  Annex-I  and  Annex-II  respectively.  The  scheme  provides  for  financial support from  PSDF  (Power  System  Development  Fund).    The  Scheme  further envisages sacrifices to be made collectively by all stakeholders, including the Central and the State Governments by way of exemptions from applicable taxes and levies / duties  on  the  incremental  RLNG  being  imported  for  the  purposes.  The  waivers provided under the scheme are as under:-

- (i) Customs duty waiver on imported LNG;
- (ii) Waiver of Value Added Tax, Central Sales Tax, Octroi and Entry Tax;
- (iii) Reduction in pipeline tariff charges, regasification charges and marketing margin;
- (iv) Exemption from transmission charges and losses for stranded gas based power projects.

The  Scheme  is  under  implementation  w.e.f.  1 st   June,  2015  and  three rounds of auction have been completed so far.

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ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1956 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 28.07.2016.

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## LIST OF STRANDED GAS BASED CAPACITY

| Sl. No.        | Name of Power Station         | Installed Capacity (MW)   | Name of the State   |
|----------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| CENTRAL SECTOR | CENTRAL SECTOR                |                           |                     |
| 1              | RATNAGIRI (RGPPL-DHABHOL)     | 1967                      | MAHARASHTRA         |
|                | Total (CS)                    | 1967                      |                     |
| STATE SECTOR   | STATE SECTOR                  |                           |                     |
| 2              | PRAGATI CCGT-III              | 750                       | DELHI               |
| 3              | DHUVARAN CCPP(GSECL)          | 112                       | GUJARAT             |
| 4              | UTRAN CCPP(GSECL)             | 374                       | GUJARAT             |
| 5              | PIPAVAV CCPP                  | 702                       | GUJARAT             |
| 6              | DHUVARAN CCPP(GSECL)          | 376.3                     | GUJARAT             |
| 7              | HAZIRA CCPP EXT               | 351                       | GUJARAT             |
|                | Total (SS)                    | 2665.3                    |                     |
|                | TOTAL(PUBLIC)                 | 4632.3                    |                     |
| PRIVATE SECTOR | PRIVATE SECTOR                |                           |                     |
| 1              | VATWA CCPP (TORRENT)          | 100                       | GUJARAT             |
| 2              | RITHALA CCPP (NDPL)           | 108                       | DELHI               |
| 3              | ESSAR CCPP **                 | 300                       | GUJARAT             |
| 4              | UNOSUGEN CCPP                 | 382.5                     | GUJARAT             |
| 5              | DGEN Mega CCPP                | 1200                      | GUJARAT             |
| 6              | GAUTAMI CCPP                  | 464                       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 7              | GMR - KAKINADA (Tanirvavi)    | 220                       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 8              | JEGURUPADU CCPP (GVK)         | 220.5                     | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 9              | KONASEEMA CCPP                | 445                       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 10             | KONDAPALLI EXTN CCPP .        | 366                       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 11             | VEMAGIRI CCPP                 | 370                       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 12             | SRIBA INDUSTRIES              | 30                        | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 13             | RVK ENERGY                    | 28                        | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 14             | SILK ROAD SUGAR               | 35                        | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 15             | LVS POWER                     | 55                        | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 16             | GMR Vemagiri Exp              | 768                       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 17             | Kondapalli Exp St-III         | 742                       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 18             | Samalkot Exp                  | 2400                      | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 19             | CCGT by Panduranga            | 116                       | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 20             | Gas Engine by Astha           | 35                        | TELENGANA           |
| 21             | Kashipur Sravanthi St-I&II    | 450                       | UTTARKHAND          |
| 22             | Beta Infratech CCGT           | 225                       | UTTARKHAND          |
| 23             | Gama Infraprop CCGT           | 225                       | UTTARKHAND          |
| 24             | CCGT by Pioneer Gas Power Ltd | 388                       | MAHARASHTRA         |
|                | Total (PVT)                   | 9673                      |                     |
|                | Total                         | 14305.3                   |                     |

-  Note that out of total 515 MW capacity, 300 MW electricity is being supplied to grid & balance 215 MW is used as captive generation.

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ANNEX-II

ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1956 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 28.07.2016. ***********

## LIST OF PLANTS RECEIVING DOMESTIC GAS

| Sl. No   | Name of Power Station   |   Installed Capacity (MW) | Name of the State   |
|----------|-------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | NTPC,FARIDABAD CCPP     |                    431.59 | HARYANA             |
| 2        | NTPC, ANTA CCPP         |                    419.33 | RAJASTHAN           |
| 3        | NTPC, AURAIYA CCPP      |                    663.36 | UTTAR PRADESH       |
| 4        | NTPC, DADRI CCPP        |                    829.78 | UTTAR PRADESH       |
| 5        | NTPC, GANDHAR (JHANORE) |                    657.39 | GUJARAT             |
| 6        | NTPC, KAWAS CCPP        |                    656.2  | GUJARAT             |
|          | TOTAL (CS)              |                   3657.65 |                     |
| 7        | I.P.CCPP                |                    270    | DELHI               |
| 8        | PRAGATI CCGT-III        |                    750    | DELHI               |
| 9        | PRAGATI CCPP            |                    330.4  | DELHI               |
| 10       | DHOLPUR CCPP            |                    330    | RAJASTHAN           |
| 11       | DHUVARAN CCPP(GSECL)    |                    106.42 | GUJARAT             |
| 12       | HAZIRA CCPP(GSEG)       |                    156.1  | GUJARAT             |
| 13       | UTRAN CCPP(GSECL)       |                    144    | GUJARAT             |
| 14       | URAN CCPP (MAHAGENCO)   |                    672    | MAHARASHTRA         |
|          | TOTAL (SS)              |                   2758.92 |                     |
|          | TOTAL(PUBLIC)           |                   6416.57 |                     |
| 1        | TROMBAY CCPP (TPC)      |                    180    | MAHARASHTRA         |
| 2        | BARODA CCPP (GIPCL)     |                    160    | GUJARAT             |
| 3        | GODAVARI (SPECTRUM)     |                    208    | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 4        | JEGURUPADU CCPP (GVK)   |                    235.4  | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 5        | KONDAPALLI CCPP (LANCO) |                    350    | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 6        | PEDDAPURAM (BSES)       |                    220    | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 7        | VIJESWARAN CCPP         |                    272    | ANDHRA PRADESH      |
| 8        | PEGUTHAN CCPP (GTEC)    |                    655    | GUJARAT             |
| 9        | SUGEN CCPP (TORRENT)    |                   1147.5  | GUJARAT             |
|          | TOTAL (PVT)             |                   3427.9  |                     |
|          | GRAND TOTAL             |                   9844.47 |                     |

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