Private producers such as
Torrent, in Gujarat, and Lanco (Amarkantak), in Chhatishgarh reported 117% and 54% cost push respectively in erstwhile E and F grade coal
sourced from the Raipur-headquartered South Eastern Coalfields (SECL).
Torrent reported a Rs. 1.43 a
unit rise in generation cost at its Sabarmati unit to Rs. 4.42 a unit. Among
PSUs, NTPC reported nearly 39 per cent rise in overall cost of domestic coal.
The impact is as high as 74 per cent to NTPC's Vindhyachal super thermal power
station for sourcing coal from Northern Coalfields (NCL). The total cost impact
on the company is estimated to be Rs 7,700 crore.
Kolkata-headquartered statutory
organisation Damodar Valley Coporation (DVC) which has over 3300 MW pithead
capacity in West Bengal and Jharkhand, reports 81 per cent price rise for
sourcing E-grade coal from Dhanbad-headquartered Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. The
corporation, however, did not elaborate the total impact.
State government controlled
utilities of Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan located far away from the coal
mining belt report 54 %, 113 % and 81 % rise in billing,
respectively, for the same grades of coal (E and F) supplied by SECL and
Ranchi-based Central Coalfields (CCL).
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