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Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) Proposes To Buy 625 MW Power
By Dr arvind, Section Electricity
In a bid to avoid second staggering day, that is no power day, for industries and reduce load-shedding in the state, the Maharashtra state electricity distribution company Ltd (MSEDCL) has filed a petition before the Maharashtra electricity regulatory commission (Merc) seeking permission to purchase 625 MW power.
Significantly for the city, the petition has also suggested giving 100 MW power as grid support for the Pune model of zero load-shedding. In the Pune model, which came into existence in June 2006, about 30 industries have been using their captive power plants (CPPs) to generate and consume nearly 90 MW power to keep Pune free from load-shedding. Consumers using more than 300 units have been paying 42 paise per unit as reliability charge to meet the cost of running the CPPs. But with the city's demand for power increasing since 2006 and the CPPs managing to generate only about 60 MW, there's a need for additional grid support to keep the model running. In its petition, the MSEDCL has said that the industries had approached the power utility requesting that a second staggering day should be avoided. Merc had suggested another no power day for the industry in view of the increasing shortfall and to ensure equitable distribution of power. The petition has said that about 550 MW power was available at Kawas (400 MW) and Kayakulam (150 MW) generated from liquid fuel. "Urgent steps need to be taken to book this power," the petition said, adding that the cost of Kawas/Kayakulam power was likely to be in the range of Rs 8.50 to Rs 9 per unit. Click on "Full Story" for more...
The MSEDCL said that there was also a possibility of harnessing about 450 MW power from the CPPs for four hours, but as most of them use diesel as fuel, the rate of this power was likely to be Rs 11 to Rs 12 per unit. The total net availability during peak hours would be 625 MW, it stated.
The petition has proposed to allocate 350 MW to avoid second staggering day for Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) industry, 100 MW as grid support for Pune model, 100 MW for Thane, Belapur, Vashi industrial belt and balance 75 MW to reduce load-shedding in the state. MSEDCL said that it proposed to recover the charges of this costly power from the industrial consumers who benefit from cancellation of second staggering day and areas with less than 20 per cent aggregate technical loss who wish to reduce their load-shedding. The power utility has proposed to set up franchisee accounts for areas and sectors desirous of having reduced load-shedding, will purchase costly power in separate franchisee accounts which will be maintained by the MSEDCL. The power company will recover cost of the costly power as reliability charge from consumers. The most costly power will be allocated to avoid second staggering day and then to franchisee of other urban areas. In the interim, the MSEDCL has sought permission to book the additional power for a minimum period of six months and start purchase as any delay may result in selling of the power to others. Meanwhile, Merc has invited objections and suggestions from public on the petition. A public hearing has been scheduled at 11 am on December 6 at the Y.B. Chavan hall, Gen Jagnnath Bhosale Marg, opposite Mantralaya.
From: TOI, Nov-24-07
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