THE MINISTER OF POWER (SHRI SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE)
(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.130 TO BE
ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 05-03-2010 REGARDING SALE OF POWER THROUGH POWER EXCHANGES.
(a) & (b): No, Madam. Presently, various Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs)
including National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and National Hydro-Electric Power
Corporation (NHPC) are not allowed to sell any power from their existing plants through
the power exchanges in the country at the market determined rates.
(c): The Power Exchanges do not undertake wheeling of power. The terms and conditions
for transmission of collective transactions cleared in the power exchange are governed by
the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) regulations on short term open access
in inter-state transmission and the procedure for scheduling of collective transaction
published by the Central Transmission Utility in pursuance of the said regulations and
approved by CERC. Relevant extracts are enclosed as Annex.
(d): No, Madam. Presently, NTPC is selling power of its existing power plants to State
Power Utilities/Distribution Companies through long term PPA based on the tariff determined
by Central Electricity Regulatory Commission and no power available is being sold in short
term through power exchange. No power has been earmarked from the existing NTPC plants by
the Ministry of Power for sale to the power exchanges in the country.
(e): Does not arise in view of reply to (d) above.
