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SHAKTI coal linkage bidding: 10,000 MW of stressed units to get supply

The bidding was for power units with power purchase agreements (PPAs) but no long-term coal supply

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Uttar Pradesh was the first to complain that it was only NTPC that was getting coal

Shreya Jai New Delhi
The first bidding under the new scheme of the Centre, “SHAKTI coal scheme” to provide coal to private power units would see the revival of 10,000 MW worth of generating units of Adani Power, Lalitpur (Bajaj Hindustan), KSK Mahanadi, GMR Energy, GVK among eight others. These power plants were listed as stressed assets as they were languishing for want of coal.

The bidding which was concluded in September saw the entire offered amount contracted by the power developers. Leading private sector players to bid for the coal offered by state-owned Coal India Ltd quoting discounts in their power tariff