Power Ministry to seek Cabinet approval to UMPPs' bid documentThe Power Ministry will seek Cabinet's approval to final bid document for domestic coal-based ultra mega power projects (UMPP) of 4,000 MW ...
Power Ministry to seek Cabinet nod for revised UMPP bid documentsThe investment for a UMPP of 4,000 MW has been revised from Rs 20,000 crore to about Rs 27,000 crore recently on the basis of rise in price...
Chhattisgarh not keen to set up 4,000 MW Suruja UMPPChhattisgarh government is not keen on setting up a 4,000 MW ultra mega power project at Surguja at present citing surplus power.
Centre may resume UMPP auction in next two monthsThe government is finalising the proposed ultra mega power projects and expects to resume the auction in the next two months, officials sai...
Government sets up panel on UMPP bids; group to meet this weekThe 5-member panel includes Pratyush Sinha (ex-Central Vigilance Commissioner), Pramod Deo (ex-CERC Chairman) and R N Choubey, Special Secr...
UMPP bidding norms may be revised soon: OfficialThe main concerns are on the model change which has been incorporated in the new standard bidding document for bidding for the UMPPs.
New norms may lead to higher tariffs for upcoming UMPPs: India RatingsIndia Ratings and Research believes tariffs for the Tamil Nadu and Odisha projects will be substantially higher than the previous round of ...
Government scraps initial bids for Odisha UMPP; new tender in 15 daysGovt has scrapped initial bids received from 20 power companies for setting up the 4,000 MW power project in Odisha.
- Power ministry rectifies order on UMPP limit for a company
The power ministry has hurriedly brought back restrictions on the number of ultra mega power plants (UMPP) a company can build.
- Bid norms for ultra mega power plants may get more stringent
The draft bidding documents for the new 4,000-mw projects made bidding more stringent with higher performance guarantees and tough eligibil...
- 2nd bidding round for Orissa UMPP not likely this fiscal: Power Ministry official
"The changes in the standard bidding documents are underway, so only after those changes are made and approved by the Cabinet, we can go ah...
- EGoM meet on UMPP bidding norms in Orissa on December 5
The EGoM is likely to meet on December 5 and approve certain changes in the bidding norms for the upcoming UMPP in Orissa and Chhattisgarh.
- Two UMPP bids in April as govt plugs power gaps
The government will bid out at least two ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) of 4000mw each in April 2010 to make up for the slippage in powe...
- 3 more bids likely for ultra mega power projects this fiscal
The government plans to initiate bidding process for three more ultra mega power projects (UMPP) during the current fiscal year, allaying f...
- No bidding cap on UMPP developers
In what may help companies such as Reliance Power and Tata Power, the government has decided against putting a cap on the number of ultra m...
- Bidders may get to operate only two projects
The government may not allow one bidder to operate more than two 4,000 mw projects.
- Experience must to qualify for UMPPs
Mere equity holding in power sector projects may not be enough to qualify for an ultra mega power project (UMPP).