Crucial Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) meet held on Monday shelved the coal price pooling issue- pegged
as the second biggest reform after the State Electricity Board (SEB) restructuring, despite getting an
in-principle nod in February 2013 for its clearance.
It is known that the power and coal ministries have been
sparring over the pooled pricing proposal and analysts say NTPC has been
opposed to participating in a pooling arrangement because it could place the
power company's plants lower in the merit order of dispatch for SEB's.
Speaking to media about its differences with Coal India, NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury said the company is not sure if the coal giant has
the ability to meet the power sector's growing demand. He insisted that the
real issue is not about the quality of coal being supplied, that can be sorted
out mutually. “The question is if CIL can supply the amount of coal
demanded by the sector.”
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