INERGY-PULSE Volume 1, Issue 1| August, 2018 Power Generation Power Transmission Power Distribution Power Trading Coal Sector Renewable Energy Solar Non Solar Miscellaneous Articles Regulatory Updates Focus Area: Safeguard Stat of the Month Update from Web Upcoming Events Duty on Solar Cells Power Generation News Statistics Internal report of NTPC on last year NTPC Unchahar plant accident which resulted death of Power Generation Capacity of India as on June 30, 2018 45 workers have pointed the "human error" or say "error in judgement" as the reason. Capacity- 343898.39 MW An explosion of hot gas at a boiler was the result Coal of an "error in judgement" by some of the plants most experienced operators. Gas 20% Diesel The plant operators were aware of an ash Nuclear buildup in the Unit-6 boiler and had reduced the Hydro 58% unit's load to 300 MW while workers cleared the Renewable 13% ash from the furnace bottom in the hours leading up the accident, the report said. 2% Banks are looking for one-time cash settlements 0% to recover their long-pending loans even at a 7% substantial cut on their dues in order to avoid long-drawn insolvency process. Source- CEA & Inergystat Under the Parivartan scheme, many bankers saw their loans converted into equity in these Sector-wise installed Capacity projects. 12 February circular of RBI offering OTS as a possible resolution option for defaulting power sector dues, banks have taken 1 March as reference date for such loans. “According to the circular’s timeline of 180 days, State this gives banks until 26 August to resolve bad Private 25% loans, after which they head into liquidation,” 30% industry person said. Central NTPC Ltd, will add 5,680 MW generation capacity this financial year and will spend about INR 22,300 Crore on capital projects. 45% NTPC is working on creating 20.2 GW (including 5.68 GW) of coal-powered plants and around 0.8 GW of hydropower plants. Source- CEA & Inergystat The Government in June, 2017 accorded administrative approval and financial sanction for setting up ten indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) of 700 MW each in fleet mode. Undergoing projects Chutka, Madhya Pradesh; cancelled 464,727MW coal-based generation Kaiga, Karnataka; Mahi Banswara, Rajasthan; projects planned since 2010. The portfolio of Gorakhpur, Haryana & Mahi Banswara, coal-fired projects includes those in varying Rajasthan with 2 units each of 700 MW. stages, from conception to grant of permissions. IEEFA observed that the decision to cancel the With completion of projects, the total nuclear country's largest planned new coal-fired station power capacity will reach 22480 MW by the year is just the latest step in India's remarkable and 2031. ongoing energy transition. As of now, more than 80,000 MW of coal-fired capacities are shown as Recent report by C-STEP finds that the new still progressing through approval processes, environment norm brings huge opportunity report estimates that only 10,000-20,000 MW of for manufacturing industry in India. As per the planned capacity may actually see the light report, the cost and benefits of installing of the day. pollution control equipment in India’s thermal power plants is of around INR 3.91-3.96 lakh Gujarat government has formed a high powered Crore till 2030. Out of this, equipment such as committee to offer solutions for imported coal flue gas desulphuriser, catalytic reducer and fired power plants that are underutilized due to electrostatic precipitators alone will account viability issues. The committee chaired by ₹ for 2.57 lakh crore. (Click here for Report) former Supreme Court judge Justice R. K. Agrawal. The committee will offer solution to As per C-STEP report, the monetised benefit of Adani Power, Tata Power and Essar Power, avoided premature deaths is estimated to be Rs which have offered to sell 51% stake for a token 8,88,038 crore during 2015 to 2030. Further costs sum of Rs1 to govt. avoided due to reduction in Respiratory Hospital Admissions (RHA) and Work Loss Centre is mulling better rates for new projects Days (WLD) was estimated to be Rs 74,184 (where financial closure is yet to be achieved) crore. The total health benefit was monetized to and different rates for generation and be Rs 9,62,222 crore by 2030. transmission projects in order to attract investments and to create adequate capacity. According to the study, in case India is These incentives are going to be enabled for the successful in meeting the standards, over tariff period from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 3,20,000 premature loss of lives, 52 million 2024. Respiratory Hospital Admissions and 126 million Work Loss Days (WLD) can be avoided till 2030. Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis (IEEFA) recent report show India Power Transmission Statistic resource rich states, namely: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and International Exchange of Power with Maharashtra. It includes the strengthening of intra-state and inter-state transmission systems neighboring countries and the establishment of renewable energy management centers (REMCs). The inter-state 600 transmission system and REMCs are being 400 implemented by the POWERGRID. The project includes about 3200 circuit kilometers (ckms) of 200 line and six substations totaling 18,000 MVA, to 0 be completed by May 2019. -200 Key Measures Taken to Check Grid Outages -400 and Power Swings -600 Export/ImportfromCountries The operation of the power grids in the -800 country and its monitoring are governed by the Indian Electricity Grid Bhutan Nepal Bangladesh Myanmar Code (IEGC) issued by Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC). Accordingly, the operation of Note: (-) shows Power Export while (+) the regional grids is supervised by the shows Power Import respective Regional Load Dispatch Centers (RLDCs) whereas overall operation of the inter-regional grid is supervised by the National Load News Dispatch Centre (NLDC). This includes operational measures to avoid any grid outage, on real time basis. Power Grid Corporation posted over nine per In cases of sudden disturbances which cent rise in standalone net profit to Rs 2,240.54 have potential to disturb prevailing load Crore for the first quarter. generation balance or which could result in overloading of some Power Minister stated that connectivity between transmission corridors, Special the southern grid and the power grids of other Protection Schemes (SPS) have been provided on case to case basis to avoid regions are adequate to meet the power cascade tripping and to ensure faster transmission requirements between Tamil Nadu restoration of the electrical system. and other states. In monthly meetings of Regional Power Committees (RPCs), the outage Green Energy Corridors have been planned to planning of inter-state and interregional facilitate the integration of large scale renewable transmission elements are discussed and generation capacity in eight renewable energy finalized in consultation with RLDCs / The NRSS-29 is one of the largest private sector NLDC. transmission project awarded in the country. The requisite protection to avoid the unwarranted tripping on lines due to GE Power announced it has commissioned the power swings has been deployed in all 1st phase of the world’s largest Wide Area five regional electricity grids. Monitoring System (WAMS) for Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) for the Four months ahead of the schedule, the Northern Grid in India. Goliwada 400/200/11 power substation of the Kaleshwaram project was commissioned on July The project is part of the around $52.2 million 19, 2018. The power substation would facilitate contract awarded to GE T&D in January 2014 to supply of 1,000 MW to the three pump houses install WAMS across all five regional grids of which will be made operational soon. north, south, east, west and northeast India. The company has commissioned 1st phase of the In a press release Sterlite Power CEO stated that project. NRSS-29, which connects the northern grid to Jammu and Kashmir, is ready to be When fully commissioned, this new WAMS commissioned. The project would enable power solution will be the world’s largest comprising transfer of 1,000 MW to the valley, thus 1,184 Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) and 34 increasing the grid capacity by 70 per cent. control centers across India, 350 substations in the national grid. The project has been completed except for a 600- metre minor section in the Khansahib area. Power Distribution Statistics Aadhaar-linked direct benefit transfer mechanism for providing subsidised power to agriculture sector and poor households would Average AT&C Losses of Country- 18.75% check pilferage in power distribution ACS- ARR Gap- INR 0.22/ unit and Listing of discoms would bring in transparency in their operations and also force Smart Meter status them to become more efficient. Phases Target Progress % target Consumers achieved BEST is set to replace three lakh electricity Phase I: 5712803 178412 3.12% meters of low-end residential consumers and Above one lakh high-end users in the island city with 500 units hi-tech smart meters. per month The first set of meters will be installed in Phase II: 18394726 185338 1.01% Colaba-Cuffe Parade and will subsequently be Between 200 to 500 installed in phases in other parts of the island units per city. month 50.4 lakh BPL homes given free electricity connections in FY18, says government. Uttar News Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh were the largest beneficiaries. Cumulatively, 3.1 crore BPL households have been provided free power MP government waives INR 5179 Crore power connections till June 2018. dues of poor and announced implementation of Power Minister stated that the government is fixed tariff scheme (@ Rs.