Power producers report minimum impact on fuel costs
following the January 31 revision by Coal India Ltd in gross calorific value
(GCV) based price list.
NTPC, running capacities
in excess of 35,000 MW mostly located on the pit-head, reported a 'negligible'
2-3 per cent cost push under the latest GCV-based prices regime.
According to NTPC Chairman, Mr Arup Roy Choudhury, “new coal
prices have had “negligible”, maybe 2-3 per cent”, impact on the company's
generation costs.
Assuming that the company's existing average tariff is around Rs 2.80 a
unit, a back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that electricity supplied by
NTPC should be costlier by about 8 paise a unit, following the CIL price
revision.
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