thermal power development - Infraline

Central electricity authority Annual Report 2009-10
by limited tendering process under the
competitive bidding route.
To evaluate the bids called for appointment
of consultants, a “Committee for Evaluation
of Price Bid for appointment of International
Consultant/ Expert” was formed. The officer
of E&C Wing, CEA was nominated in the
Committee.
c) A “Tender Evaluation Committee for
Evaluation of Proposals for Selection of
consultants” was constituted for carrying
out the following studies under the Technical
Assistance being provided to CEA under
World Bank funded Coal Fired Generation
Rehabilitation Project for addressing
barriers to energy efficient rehabilitation &
modernization of coal fired generating units
in India:
(i) Implementation Support Consultant.
(ii) Consultant for studies regarding reduction
of barriers to R&M interventions in thermal
power stations in India.
(iii) Consultant for studies regarding developing
markets for implementation of R&M in
thermal power stations in India.
(iv) Consultant for review of experience form
pilot R&M interventions in thermal power
stations.
(v) Consultant for studies regarding
strengthening institutional capacity at CEA.
The officer of E&C Wing, CEA was
nominated in the Committee.
d) Power Sector has been facing financial
resource crunch. To find out the ways for
mobilization of financial resources and
reducing the cost of Power Sector projects,
MoP had set up a Committee of Experts on
“Cost Benefit Analysis for granting fiscal
incentives/ concessions for Power Sector”.
The officer of E&C Wing, CEA was
nominated in the Committee.
e) As an effort of addition of more & more
generation capacity under Ultra Mega
Power Project policy, one more project
namely Chhattisgarh UMPP in addition
to earlier awarded four projects, has
been launched. This project is also to be
awarded based on tariff based competitive
bidding guidelines.
For evaluation of bids for this project, an
“Expert Committee (RfQ) for bid evaluation
of Chhattisgarh UMPP” has been formed by
Chhattisgarh Surguja Power Ltd. The officer
of E&C Wing, CEA has been nominated in
the Committee.
f) Rate of Royalty on coal & lignite was
fixed in July 2007 which was to be revised
every 3 years. For this purpose, Ministry of
Coal under the chairmanship of Additional
Secretary (Coal) has set up a Committee/
Study Group on revision of “Rates of
Royalty on Coal & Lignite”. The officer of
E&C Wing, CEA has been nominated in the
Committee.
9.8 The Electricity Act, 2003 & Follow-up
9.8.1 Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2007
The Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2007
amending certain provisions of the Electricity
Act, 2003 has been enacted on 29 th May, 2007
and brought into force w.e.f. 15 th June, 2007. The
main features of the Electricity (Amendment)
Act, 2007 are:
‣ Central Government jointly with State
Government to endeavor to provide access
for electricity to all areas including villages
and hamlets through rural electricity
infrastructure and electrification of
households.
“Electricity is life: Conserve it.”
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