Requests for Domestic Coal Linkages by State sector Power Projects

Ministry of Coal, in May 2017, has issued new coal linkage policy for Power Sector - 2017 Shakti Policy. Under Clause B(vii) of the policy, a provision has been made for allocating coal linkage through bidding process to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) having Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) based on imported coal, with full pass through of cost saving to consumers. Further, several State Sector projects which were envisaged on imported coal and now propose to use domestic coal have requested for accord of domestic coal linkage. These requests are considered under Clause B (i) of Shakti Policy.

Some power plants have been designed to operate on imported coal and hence, there are technical constraints in operating them on domestic coal. As per reports with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the details of coal based thermal power plants designed on imported coal are as given in the table below. In addition, some power plants use imported coal for blending with domestic coal.

Sl. No.

Plant Name

Capacity (MW)

Utility

1.

Sikka TPS

500

Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited

2.

Trombay TPS

1250

Tata Power

3.

Ratnagiri

1200

JSW Energy

4.

Torangullu

860

JSW Energy

5.

Mundra TPS*

4620

Adani Power

6.

Uduppi TPS

1200

Adani Power

7.

Mundra UMPP

4000

Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd.

8.

Salaya TPS

1200

Essar

9.

Simhapuri TPS

600

Simhapuri Energy

10.

Thamminapatnam TPS

300

Meenakshi Energy

11.

Mutiara TPS

1200

Costal Energen

(*: Out of 4620 MW, 1980 MW is designed on 70:30 blending ratio.)

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