Ministry of power has reported the new Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) document prepared by Coal India Limited (CIL) had certain clauses which were not acceptable to power developers including NTPC. The issues have been taken up with Ministry of Coal at levels and most of the issues stand resolved. However issues pertaining to supply of coal of GCV below 3,100 Kcal/kg. And Sampling and Analysis Procedure are being actively pursued for resolution.
Ministry of Coal has issued a directive to CIL on 11.04.2013 to sign FSAs with power plants without waiting for Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).
NTPC Coal Import
During the year 2012-13, against a contracted quantity of 362.0 Million Tonne (MT) coal for Public Sector and 41.2 MT coal for Private Sector, Coal India Limited (CIL) has supplied 317.2 MT (88%) and 26.6 MT (65%) coal respectively.
Coal likely to be imported by NTPC during the current year is 16.6 MT.
Details of coal import during 2012-13
Thermal Power Capacity as on Coal imported Average landed Indicative* Increase
Station 31.03.2013 (MW) (in MT) cost of imported in tariff (Rs. / kWh)
coal (INR / Tonne) due to blending
of imported coal
Talcher Super 3000 2.218 5905 0.45
Farakka 2100 1.048 6578 0.19
Kahalgaon 2340 1.075 7008 0.24
Ramagundam I&II 2100 0.339 6293 0.05
Simhadri 2000 1.479 5082 0.09
Dadri 1820 1.213 7318 0.21
Rihand 2500 0.104 7551 0.03
Tanda 440 0.004 7828 0.03
Unchahar 1050 0.216 7398 0.09
Vindhyachal 4260 0.096 7625 0.02
Korba 2600 0.365 6974 0.10
Sipat 2980 0.983 6917 0.28
Total 9.14
The GCV of the above imported coal was in the range of 5,800 – 6,500 Kcal/Kg (on air dried basis) for all NTPC stations except Simhadri where about 0.425 MT of low GCV coal in the range of 4,500 – 5,500 Kcal/Kg (as received basis) was also procured on an experimental basis.
* The exact record of the increase in cost tariff is not available as billing is done on blended coal only.
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