(a) whether in order to recover its huge outstanding dues from various State
Electricity Boards, National Thermal Power Corporation is likely to take over inefficient
thermal power plants from such States; and
(b) if so, the names of those State Electricity Boards?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER ( SHRIMATI JAYAWANTI MEHTA )
(a) & (b) : Subject to feasibility, NTPC would be willing to selectively take over
some of the existing thermal plants of SEBs in order to recover its outstanding dues.
NTPC has already taken over three power stations from SEBs of UP and Orissa for
settlement of old outstanding dues. The detail of thermal plants taken over by NTPC in
past are as under :
Name of the Power Stations Capacity Date of take over Taken over from
Talcher Thermal Power Station (460 MW) 460 MW 3.6.1995 Orissa Tanda Thermal Power Station (440 MW) 440 MW 14.1.2000 U.P. Unchahar Thermal Power Station (420 MW) 420 MW 13.2.1992 U.P.
Presently, no further proposal is under consideration.