Lok Sabha Question No. 747 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Electricity from Solid Waste
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: HUKUM SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.747 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04.2016

## ELECTRICITY FROM SOLID WASTE

## 747.   SHRI HUKUM SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  issued  a  circular  to  all  power  distribution companies making it mandatory for them to buy electricity from power plants fuelled by solid waste, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government  would  impose  severe penalties on them, an entitlement that comes from the recent amendment of the Electricity Regulatory Act, 2013 in case the companies brush aside the instructions, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the quantum of electricity expected to be generated during the current year and the next five years from solid waste run plants; and
- (d) whether  the  Union  Government  has  offered  any  financial  assistance  to  the States for setting up of those plants and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government would spend Rs. 38,000 crore on building solid waste management  infrastructure  across  the  country  and  the  road  to  arriving  at  energy generation is still long but the Ministry has made a significant progress in setting up an  effective  door-to-door  collection  and  transportation  of  solid  waste,  if  so,  the details thereof and present status thereof ?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) :       Yes, Madam. Ministry of Power vide notification dated 28.01.2016 has notified the revised Tariff Policy which mandates the distribution licensee to procure 100% of power produced from waste to energy plant. The provision of the policy is reproduced below:

6.4(1)  (ii):        Distribution  Licensee  (s)  shall  compulsorily  procure  100%  power produced  from  all  the  Waste-to-energy  plants  in  the  State,  in  the  ratio  of  their procurement of power from all sources including their own, at the tariff determined by the Appropriate Commission under section 62 of the Act.

.........2.

Further, in the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014 introduced in Parliament on 19.12.2014, the Waste, including municipal and solid waste, has been proposed to be included in the definition of "Renewable Energy Sources". In addition, section  142  of  the  said  Bill  provides  for  penalty  provisions  on  the  generating company and licensees not complying with the Renewable Purchase Obligation and Renewable Generation Obligation.

(c) : At  present,  there  are  five  waste  to  energy  plant  in  operation  in  the country with a total power generation capacity of 53 MW. In addition, six waste to energy plants with a total power generation capacity of 68.7 MW are expected to be commissioned  by  this  year.  Therefore,  a  total  of  121.7  MW  of  power  generation capacity is expected from waste to energy plants in the current year.

Further, another 23 waste to energy plants are under various stages of construction  and  tendering  phase  and  are  expected  to  be  commissioned  by  2021. The  total  power  generation  capacity  of  these  plants  after  commissioning  will  be 243.7 MW. Therefore, a total of 365.4 MW of power generation capacity is expected from the waste to energy plants in the next five years in the Country.

(d)  &  (e)  :        Government  of  India  is  implementing  "Swachh Bharat  Mission (SBM) since  2 nd  October,  2014  with  the  target  to  make  the  country  clean  by  2 nd  October 2019.  One  of  the  admissible  components  under  SBM  is  solid  waste  management including  collection,  transportation,  processing  treatment  and  disposal  of  solid waste with Central Support up to 20% of the project cost in the form of Viability Gap Funding (VGF)/Grant. The remaining funds have to be generated by State Government/Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) contribution/through private sector participation.  During  mission  period,  total  cost  for  Solid  Waste  Management  under Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Urban)  is ` 36,828/-  Crore  of  which  Government  of  India share is ` 7366/- Crore.

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