BIZ-NTPC-FLEXI-SCHEME

State-run power producer NTPC

Ltd has sought more coal from Coal India subsidiary Northern

Coalfields Ltd (NCL) under the Flexi Utilisation of Domestic

Coal scheme, a top official has said.

NTPC Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh has

urged NCL to extend its support further to the upcounty power

stations of NTPC including Mauda Thermal Power Station (TPS)

in Maharashtra under the Flexi Utilization of Domestic Coal

scheme, a NCL official told PTI.

Singh was on a visit this weekend to Nigahi Coal mine

of NCL that feeds coal to NTPC's Vindhyachal Super Thermal

Power Station (STPS) -- Indias largest thermal power station.

Mauda supercritcal thermal power station has a

capacity of 2,320 MW (500 MW x 2 and 660 MW x 2). However, the

power station is presently operating at nearly half its

capacity although NTPC is hopeful of making use of its full

capacity by the end of this fiscal.

As on December 31, 2018, the plant had utilised just

1,160 MW out of the total 2,320 MW capacity.

NCL is already supplying 2.5 Lakh tonnes of coal per

month to NTPC Mauda STPS under the Flexi Utilization of

Domestic Coal scheme, NCL officials said.

NTPC was in talks with Central Coalfields Limited

(CCL), besides NCL, to meet the desired demand of coal,

company officials had said during an investor's conference

call recently.

Presently, NTPC Mouda was receiving coal from Western

Coalfields Limited (WCL) and South Eastern Coalfields Limited

(SECL).

NCL has Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) with three of the

NTPC pit-head thermal power stations -- Vindhyachal STPS,

Singrauli STPS and Rihand STPS.

The NCL spokesperson said these three power stations

are having sufficient stock of coal.

Vindhyachal STPS is fully fed by NCL coal and is

having 26 days coal stock against the normative requirement of

15 days.

The Flexi Utilisation of Domestic Coal scheme

envisages that all the long term coal linkages of individual

State Generating Stations shall be clubbed. Similarly, coal

linkages of individual Central Generating Stations (CGS) shall

also be clubbed and assigned to the company owning the CGS, to

enable efficient coal utilization amongst end use generating

stations.

The aim of the scheme is to bring flexibility in use

of such coal amongst the generating stations of state-owned

utilities, plants of other state power utilities, and

companies owning the Central Generating stations and

Independent Power Producers, among each other.