(a) whether the State Government of Haryana has sought allocation of gas
for setting up of gas based power projects in the State;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the action taken by the Union Government in this regard?
(a) whether the State Government of Haryana has sought allocation of gas
for setting up of gas based power projects in the State;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the action taken by the Union Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL)
(a) to (c): Yes, Madam. State Government of Haryana has
sought allocation of 7.5 Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter per
Day (MMSCMD) of gas for setting up of gas based power project
at Faridabad by Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited.
Ministry of Power (MOP) / Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has
received a large no. of requests from public and private sector
for gas allocation. The aforesaid request of Government of
Haryana has, inter-alia, been included in the Agenda for
consideration at the next meeting of Empowered Group of
Ministers (EGOM) to consider and decide commercial utilization
under New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP). But due to
limited availability of gas as indicated by Ministry of Petroleum &
Natural Gas (MOP&NG) it has not been found possible by MOP to
accede to the request of all of them. Accordingly in the private
sector, only those developers who have placed the orders and
projects which are likely to be commissioned in 11th Plan as per
assessment of CEA has been forwarded for consideration of
EGOM. As regards public sector projects, only 10 central / state
sector projects having total capacity of 8003 MW has been
recommended for allocation/assurance of 30.95 MMSCMD of gas
(Annex) for consideration of EGOM.