Centre, Arunachal differ on pvt power projects
Differences surfaced between the Centre and the Arunachal Pradesh government on hydel projects in the state, with Chief Minister Gegong Apang disagreeing with Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde over the role of private companies in developing...
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Differences surfaced between the Centre and the Arunachal Pradesh government on hydel projects in the state, with Chief Minister Gegong Apang disagreeing with Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde over the role of private companies in developing power projects.
Expressing reservation over the involvement of private players in hydroelectric projects in the state, Power Minister Shinde said, "We have alerted the state".
The Centre had advised the state that private promoters could only distribute the power locally. The state would need the power to be transmitted to other state, for which the Central PSUs were better equipped, Shinde said during a joint press conference with Apang to announce MoUs for setting up nine projects totalling 15,000 MW by the Central PSUs.
Asked if he would still prefer private promoters, Apang said: "Private developers are giving us up to 19 per cent free power (from the hydro projects). We have also requested the Centre to increase the share of free power from 12 per cent."
Apang said he has also requested the Centre to provide transmission facilities to evacuate electricity from all the projects in the state - be those in public or private sectors.
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Shinde also reminded Apang about the detailed project reports made by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation for two projects, which were given to private companies including Reliance Energy in February this year, saying that whoever used these reports would have to pay for these."There has to be transparency," Shinde asserted.
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