Government of India has taken a joint initiative with respective State Governments for preparation of State Specific Documents for providing 24x7 Power for all (PFA) to all
Government of India has taken a joint initiative with respective State Governments for preparation of State Specific Documents for providing 24x7 Power for all (PFA) to all. Government of India would assist the State Governments in achieving this objective. This was stated by Piyush Goyal, Minister of State for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
The Minister further stated that the non-generation of power to its capacity is linked to the type of power station (thermal/hydro). While the thermal units are meant to be utilized continuously as base-load units, hydro units are to be utilised both as base or peak load, depending on availability of water. Further, utilisation of installed capacity depends on a number of factors such as vintage of the unit, forced and planned outages, availability of water, schedule of power from beneficiary States and transmission / distribution constraints, etc.
Government has taken the following steps to ensure availability of coal and gas to power projects:
(i) Efforts have been made to increase the domestic coal production to meet the requirement of power plants. The growth in domestic coal supplied to power plants during 2014-15 was 10.4%.
(ii) Government of India has sanctioned a scheme for utilisation of gas based power generation capacity for the years 2015-16 and 2016-17. The scheme envisages supply of imported spot Re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) to the stranded gas based plants as well as plants receiving domestic gas, selected through a reverse e-bidding process.
The overall AT&C losses have reduced from 26.63% in 2011-12 to 22.70% in 2013-14.
The Minister further stated that the non-generation of power to its capacity is linked to the type of power station (thermal/hydro). While the thermal units are meant to be utilized continuously as base-load units, hydro units are to be utilised both as base or peak load, depending on availability of water. Further, utilisation of installed capacity depends on a number of factors such as vintage of the unit, forced and planned outages, availability of water, schedule of power from beneficiary States and transmission / distribution constraints, etc.
Government has taken the following steps to ensure availability of coal and gas to power projects:
(i) Efforts have been made to increase the domestic coal production to meet the requirement of power plants. The growth in domestic coal supplied to power plants during 2014-15 was 10.4%.
(ii) Government of India has sanctioned a scheme for utilisation of gas based power generation capacity for the years 2015-16 and 2016-17. The scheme envisages supply of imported spot Re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) to the stranded gas based plants as well as plants receiving domestic gas, selected through a reverse e-bidding process.
The overall AT&C losses have reduced from 26.63% in 2011-12 to 22.70% in 2013-14.
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