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Central electricity authority Annual Report 2009-10
CHAPTER – 2
PLANNING FOR POWER DEVELOPMENT
2. Power Planning
2.1.1 Generation Planning Studies
i) Generation Planning Studies have been
carried out for the terminal year of 12 th
Plan and 13 th Plan for preparation of Draft
National Electricity Plan.
ii) Power absorption studies for accord of
concurrence to the following projects have
been carried out:
1. Indira Sagar (Polavaram) HEP
(12x80=960 MW) in Andhra Pradesh
by M/s APGENCO.
2. Dibbin HEP (2x60 MW) in Arunachal
Pradesh by KSK Dibbin Hydro Power
Pvt. Ltd.
3. Nafra Hydro Electric Project
(2x48 MW) in Arunachal Pradesh by
Sew Nafra Power Corporation Private
Limited.
4. Demwe Lower HEP (1750 MW) in
Arunachal Pradesh by Athena Demwe
Power Pvt. Ltd.
5. Bajoli Holi HEP (160 MW) in Arunachal
Pradesh by M/s GMR.
6. Lower Siang HEP (9x300=2700 MW)
in Arunachal Pradesh by M/s Jaypee
Arunachal Power Ltd.
7. Sainj HEP (2x50=100 MW) in
Himachal Pradesh by Himachal Power
Corporation Ltd.
8. Kutehr HEP (3x80=240 MW) in
Himachal Pradesh by JSW Energy Ltd.
9. Tato-II HEP (4x175 MW) in Arunachal
Pradesh by Tato Hydro Power Pvt Ltd.
10. Nyamjang Chhu HEP (6x150 MW) in
Arunachal Pradesh by Bhilwara Energy
Ltd.
11. Teesta-IV HEP (4x130 MW) in Sikkim
by M/s NHPC Ltd.
2.1.2 Reports brought out
1) Guidelines for 'Qualifying Requirements of
the Bidders for Balance of Plants (BoP) of
Coal/Lignite based thermal power projects'
were revised and circulated to all PSUs
and State Utilities in November, 2009.
Later on, some comments/ observations
were received from the EPC contractors,
engineering and manufacturing firms, State
utilities and joint venture companies. Based
on these feedbacks, some amendments were
proposed in the Qualifying Requirements
of bidders and same were discussed in the
meeting held in CEA by CEA Committee
[comprising of CE(IRP) and CE(TE&TD)
as members] on 11/01/2010 and decisions
were taken regarding the amendments. These
modifications would shortly be carried out
in the Guidelines.
2) Draft National Electricity Plan covering
review of 11 th Plan & 12 th Plan in detail and
perspective 13 th Plan is under preparation.
The draft Plan will be circulated to all
stakeholders for suggestions / comments
and the same would be incorporated
suitably in the final Plan. The Plan will be
thereafter notified in the Gazette of India
after approval by Government, as per the
Electricity Act, 2003.
2.2 Participation of CEA as Committee
Member / Interaction Meets etc.
1) Officers from CEA participated in the
Interactive Session on 'Issues in Tapping
of Surplus Power from the Captive/
Cogeneration Power Plants' held at Pune on
11/09/2009 in which representatives from
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