Report of Indian Institute of Public Administration ... - Ministry of Power

Synopsis of State Reports (Vol.-IV)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
Government, as well as the improvement targets to be achieved by the
restructured companies, over a long-term period, has also been a unique feature
of the reform process.
9.12 WAY FORWARD
GUVNL’s functions of purchasing bulk power from the generating companies
and selling in bulk to the DISCOMs at differential tariff, arranging loans from
the market for other restructured companies, and coordination on behalf of
these companies with the State Government could leave little room for
individual companies in terms of operational freedom, deployment of
innovative ideas, etc. Fortunately, GUVNL is aware of this possibility and has
already signed separate individual agreements with each of the companies.
However these structures need to be formalised on a long-term basis. Also,
long-term agreements on similar lines of FRP need to be finalised with each
company.
GSECL has proposed to carry out Life Extension R&M works of about 1,860
MW of generating capacity in the next six years which is almost equal to the
proposed new capacity addition. Obtaining assured level of performance of
these machines after R&M is extremely important from considerations of
achieving expected savings in fuel costs agreed to in FRP. This aspect needs to
be carefully looked into.
GSECL will need to carefully mitigate risks of non-availability of the required
quantity and quality of coal for its generating plants. In future, the company
may be required to own and operate coalmines and coal washeries. Also, longterm
contracts may have to be entered into for imported coal for running its
stations. These aspects need to be looked into carefully and suitable actions
taken in time.
Presently, a large number of interconnection metering points have been
identified for introducing ABT operation. This is because of a single 66 kV
meshed network for the entire State and a number of 66 kV lines traversing
between the areas of operation of individual DISCOMs needing provision of
meters at interconnections.
In order to simplify ABT operation, efforts should now be made to plan the 66
kV network in such a manner that the interconnection of transmission lines
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