(a) whether the State Government of Karnataka has submitted any
proposal for allocation of long term coal linkage to the new coal based
thermal power project at Gulbarga in Karnataka State;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely
to be awarded; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL
(SHRI PRATIK PRAKASHBAPU PATIL)
(a) to (c): The Power Company of Karnataka Limited (PCKL) had submitted
an application seeking long term coal linkage/Letter of Assurance (LOA) for
their proposed 1000-1320 MW power project at Jewargi, Gulbarga District of
Karnataka through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding. The application was
forwarded to Ministry of Power for their comments/recommendations and that
Ministry has, inter-alia, recommended the application of Gulbarga TPP of PCKL
As per procedure, such recommendations are placed before the Standing Linkage
Committee (Long Term) (SLC(LT)) for Power in its meeting, as and when held,
to consider authorization of LOAs for power projects. However, as more
than 80,000 MW linkages/LOAs already exist against which power projects are
likely to come up during 12th Plan, prima facie, there appears no scope to
consider any further power projects for the grant of linkages/LOAs. Therefore,
no time frame for providing long term coal linkage to the power project
mentioned can be visualized at this stage.