MoP - Ministry of Power

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The Conference of Chief Secretaries of States / UTs on Power Sector Issues at New Delhi, 19 th February, 2008 chaired by
Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, Minister of Power flanked by Shri Anil Razdan, Secretary (Power) and Shri Rakesh Nath, Chairperson, CEA on his right
and Dr. Kirit S. Parikh, Member (Energy), Planning Commission, Justice Anil Dev Singh, Chairman, ATE and Sh. Bhanu Bhushan, Member CERC on his left
7. The capacity addition programme is being continuously
kept under watch by the Central Government in
consultation with the State Governments. A number of
specific action points have been identified to achieve
this extremely large capacity addition programme. All
out efforts are being made to complete the ordering of
the projects, wherever it is yet to be done, so as to
achieve the 11th Plan target.
8. Setting up of Ultra Mega Power Project
8.1 The Ministry of Power, Government of India has
launched an initiative for development of coal-based
Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) in India, each with
a capacity of 4,000 MW or above. These projects will
be awarded to developers on the basis of tariff-based
competitive bidding. To facilitate the tie-ups of inputs
and clearances, project-specific shell companies have
been set up as wholly owned subsidiaries of the Power
Finance Corporation (PFC) Ltd. These companies
undertake preliminary studies and obtain necessary
clearances including water, land, fuel, power off
take tie-up etc. prior to award of the project to the
successful bidder.
8.2 Originally, nine sites had been identified by CEA in nine
States for the proposed UMPPs. These include four
pithead sites, one each in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand,
Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, and five coastal sites,
one each in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka,
Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. It is proposed to set up
pithead projects as integrated projects with
corresponding captive coal mines. On the request of
Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal has already
allocated captive coal mining block(s) for Sasan UMPP
in Madhya Pradesh, for Orissa UMPP (except for
Chaturdhara block), for Tilaiya UMPP in Jharkhand and
for Chhattisgarh UMPP. For the coastal projects,
imported coal shall be used. The projects are to be
developed with a view to lower the cost of power to
the consumers. These projects, adopting supercritical
technology to reduce emissions, would be
environment-friendly. A time bound action plan for
preparation of project report, tie-up of various inputs/
clearances, appointment of consultants, preparation
of RFQ/RFP has been prepared.
8.3 The bidding process in respect of Sasan, Mundra and
Krishnapatnam UMPPs has been completed.
M/s. Tata Power has been awarded the Mundra Project
at Rs. 2.26 per KW/H. M/s. Reliance Power Ltd. has
been awarded Sasan and Krishnapatnam UMPPs at
Rs. 1.19616 per KW/H and Rs. 2.33 per KW/H
respectively. The respective Special Purpose Vehicles
(SPVs) of Sasan, Mundra and Krishnapatnam UMPPs
have been transferred to the successful bidders. The
bidding process in respect of Tilaiya UMPP has been
initiated by the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) i.e.
Jharkhand Integrated Power Ltd. The last date of
submission of RfQ documents was 12.11.2007 and
13 bids have been received. The bids are under
evaluation. The development of other five projects is
contingent upon the various clearances from the
respective State Governments.