Telangana signs MoU to buy 1,000 MW from Chhattisgarh

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Telangana on Nov 3rd, 2014 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chhattisgarh for purchase of 1,000 MW electricity.

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Chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, who arrived in Raipur on Sunday, met Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh on Monday following which Telangana principal secretary (energy) S K Joshi and his Chhattisgarh counterpart Aman Singh signed the MoU on behalf of their respective states. An official release issued by the Telangana government said Chhattisgarh had responded positively to its proposal to supply another 1,000 MW in future.

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As against the demand of 6,800 MW, Telangana is now able to meet only 4,400 MW and the severe power crisis prompted KCR to approach the BJP government of Chhattisgarh. As a next step, the officials said, the two governments would formalize a power purchase agreement (PPA) once the Chhattisgarh Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) decides the price of the power.

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“The meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere where both sides were accommodative to each other’s concerns,” said a Telangana senior official.

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Chandrasekhar Rao thanked Raman Singh as the former addressed a small gathering comprising ministers and officials from both the states and the media.”People of Telangana and Chhattisgarh are close to each other since the time of Kakatiyas ruled the region. I am thankful to Raman Singh and his government for the support we received from them at a time of dire need,” said KCR.

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As the completion of the procedure and civil works to connect with Chhattisgarh require time, Telangana is exploring the possibility of purchasing power in the interim from neighboring Maharashtra, said the release.

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Tata Power to set up 1000 MW thermal plant in Telangana

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Tata Power has offered to set up a 1000 mega watt thermal power plant in Telangana. In addition, the company also offered to provide roof-top solar installations and energy plantations for biomass based power generation.

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The company made the offer during a meeting of its senior representatives, including Anil Sardana, CEO and managing director, with chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at the Secretariat on Friday. The company informed the chief minister that it would establish thermal generation that will use either domestic or imported fuels on tolling basis and on a design, build, finance, own, operate and maintain basis.

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Besides the coal fired power project, Tata also offered its services to add solar power capacity and also establish a decentralised distributed generation system using solar power for rural areas. It will also set up roof top solar units and energy plantation on waste lands for biomass power, Tata Power chief executive officer Anil Kumar Sardana informed Mr. Rao.

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Regarding the thermal power plant, Mr. Sardana said it will use domestic or imported fuel on tolling basis and will be run on design, build, finance, own, operate and maintain basis. He added that Tata Power could act as a catalyst to develop amenities for world class smart cities with state of the art facility and services of power infrastructure.

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Mr. Rao asked the company to invest Rs. 30,000 to 40,000 crore for an integrated development of Hyderabad to make it a world class smart city.

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The delegation included Rahul Shah, Deepankar Tiwari and Madhu Kannan of Tata Sons and Tata Motors.

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