Fuel supply arrangement for power plants to be resolved in 2 weeks: Ahluwalia

25 Apr 2013 Evaluate

Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that the much-awaited fuel supply arrangement (FSA) for power plants is likely to be in place in the next two weeks. He further stated that all power projects which are going to be completed by March 2015, will have fuel supply agreements within two weeks.

For the coal supply to power producers, Coal India Ltd (CIL) has so far entered into fuel supply agreement (FSAs) with 60 power plants. A total of 143 FSAs are to be signed by CIL for identified power projects of 60,000 MW capacity, which have been assured of coal supply in the next five years. As per the FSA, Coal India has to provide an assured supply of minimum 80 percent of the total quantity, failing which it would be penalized.While for gas based power projects, the import of LNG and production of shale gas could be the options for gas-based power generating stations in the long term.

The country faced a huge power deficit of over 12,000 MW in the FY13. The growing electricity scarcity in the country is due to fuel shortage of gas and coal as various power plants in the country have been stranded due to fuel scarcity.

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