Ratings agency ICRA has said that the auction of coal linkages under the SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala (Coal) Transparently in India) policy to independent power projects (IPPs) will have a positive impact on coal-based power plants. ICRA’ Group Head and Senior Vice President -- Sabyasachi Majumdar said the availability of coal linkage will enable the plants to declare normative availability allowing recovery of fixed charges and improve their merit order position.
The government had recently notified the third round of auction for award of coal linkages under SHAKTI to independent power projects having long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs). This will have a positive impact for coal-based power plants. The government has proposed the minimum tariff discount to be quoted by the bidders for securing coal linkage at 7 paise per unit.
However, agency stated that the high base tariff discount and 90 percent cap on quantity under the third round of auction are negative for the IPPs. The latest discount is higher than 1 paise per unit base discount set under the first round of auction held in September 2017 and 4 paise per unit base discount set under the second round of auction for coal linkages held in May 2019. The base discount for the third round of auction is equal to the bid discount discovered in this second auction.
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