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Government of India
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
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MINUTES OF THE MEETING CHAIRED BY MS. JAYATI CHANDRA, SECRETARY,
DONER
TO
REVIEW
THE
STATUS
OF
PALATANA
POWER
PROJECT,
ACCOMPANYING TRANSMISSION AND COORDINATION ISSUES .
Date :
17th January, 2011 (11:00 AM)
Venue:
Committee Room, Ministry of DONER
List of participants is annexed
The meeting on 17.1.2011 is a follow up of the meeting held on
16.12.2010 and specifically discussed the following issues:
(i)
Status of the sub-stations being constructed by the PGCIL and
the State Governments
(ii)
Contribution to North East Transmission Company by State
Government
(iii)
Forest clearances by State Governments
(iv)
Supply of Gas Turbine-2 by BHEL, Hyderabad for Palatana Unit-2
– urgency due to time limit of transit facility obtained from
Bangladesh.
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Status of sub-stations
Sl.
Sub-station &
No.
lines
1.
State
Implementing
Issues & Status
Agency
Silchar
Assam
PGCIL
To be commissioned matching with
(i) 400/132 KV,
Unit 1 of generation. Completion by
2 x 200 MVA
November, 2011. This completion
Silchar
schedule may be rather optimistic.
sub-
station
Hence, needs tight monitoring.
(ii) 132 KV D/C
PGCIL is also constructing lines to
line from 400
connect with the Assam Grid.
KV
(PGCIL)
Silchar
Sub-
station to 132
KV
Silchar
(AEGCL) Substation.
(iii) 132 KV D/C
line from 400
KV
(PGCIL)
Silchar
sub-
station to 132
KV Hailakandi
(AEGCL) substation.
2.
Silchar
132/33 KV,
Assam
AEGCL
Assam
AEGCL
Completed.
2
x 25 MVA substation
3.
LILO of 400 KV
1. Not started yet as aviation
D/C Palatana-
clearance
from
Airports
Silchar-
Authority of India is required
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Bongaigaon
line
since
at
Guwahati
airport
is
within 3 km radius of the 400
Kukurmara
KV
(Azra)
Formalities for the clearance
station.
sub-
Azra
sub-station.
have been completed by
the Assam Government. The
matter is under consideration
of the Airports Authority of
India.
2. AEGCL expects land to be
handed
over
Administration
by
by
District
end
of
December, 2010.
3. AEGCL has finalized notice
inviting tender for 400 KV into
220 KV sub-station.
4. Assam
Government
released
Rs.30
crore
has
to
AEGCL for 2010-11. It has
assured AEGCL for another
Rs.100 crore in 2011-12.
5. However, information about
the
firm
date
for
commissioning and complete
financial
closure
is
not
available. Hence, it is clear
that Azra will not be ready by
December, 2011.
6. Under NLCPR, Rs.36.22 crore
has been sanctioned in 2007
for 220 KV x 132 KV substation at Azra. This project is
still incomplete and delayed
by 7 months.
7. OTPC is of the view that this
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sub-station is unlikely to be
ready
before
the
commissioning of even the
2nd Unit of Generation.
8. This project is very essential to
enable Assam to evacuate
240
MW
power
from
the
Palatana Project.
9. The total cost of the substation is Rs.189 crore. The
funding is not fully tied up.
Therefore, Secretary, DONER
advised
that
Assam
Government should go in for
a single source of funding
such as NLCPR / SPA / State
Plan.
10. AEGCL is also not clear about
the
completion
date.
However, AEGCL feels that
315 MVA Transformers will be
sufficient to draw power from
the first phase.
11. AEGCL should send the full
status to this Ministry –
4.
Bongaigaon
Assam
PGCIL

Status of land,

Status of AAI clearance

Project components

Source of funding

Completion date
To be commissioned by November,
2011
matching
with
Unit
1
of
generation.
5.
Hailakandi
Assam
Assam
The 2nd tranche of ADB loan for
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132/33
KV,
Electric Grid
power sector in Assam is going to be
2x16 MVA sub-
Corporation
used for this sub-station. Project will
station.
Ltd. (AEGCL)
be completed only December, 2013
and will not be ready for drawal of
power by 2011.
No clearances from MOEF or GOI
required as this is a power transform
6.
Srikona
Assam
Assam
This is a commissioned sub-station.
Electric Grid
Corporation
Ltd.(AEGCL)
7.
Byrnihat
Meghalaya
Meghalaya
1. Now
the
Meghalaya
Energy
Government has proposed
Corporation
the entire funding of Rs.127
Ltd.
crore out of NLCPR for 201112.
2. The land is available with the
Government of Meghalaya.
3. It will be implemented as a
deposit work by PGCIL on
behalf
of
Government
of
Meghalaya.
4. The DPR has been prepared.
It will be vetted by CEA.
5. Secretary, DONER directed
that
NLCPR
meeting
be
scheduled at the earliest to
discuss
the
proposal
of
Byrnihat sub-station.
8.
Melriat,
Aizawl
Mizoram
PGCIL
To be commissioned matching with
Unit
2
of
available.
generation.
The
work
Land
is
involves
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upgradation of existing sub-station.
9.
Imphal
Manipur
PGCIL
To be commissioned matching with
Unit 2 of generation and completed
by March, 2012. Land is available.
10.
Surjyamanina
gar
SS
Tripura
and
two lines
Tripura State
Funding
obtained
from
NLCPR.
Electricity
TSECL has awarded contract for
Corporation
Surjyamaninagar
Ltd. (TSECL)
two associated transmission lines. Will
Sub-station
and
be completed by December, 2012.
The important issue that arose that
since this sub-station is completed
only by December, 2012, Tripura has
to
make
contingency
plan
for
drawing power from Unit 1.
11.
P K Bari
Tripura
PGCIL
To be commissioned by December,
2011
matching
with
Unit
1
of
generation.
12.
Pasighat
Arunachal
Arunachal
The sub-station will be completed by
Pradesh
Pradesh
May, 2011. It is being funded out of
Power
State Plan.
Department
13.
Dimapur
–
Nagaland
Nagaland
The work is being done through State
upgradation
Power
Plan and will be completed by
of
Department
March, 2012.
existing
132/60
MV
sub-station at
Dimapur
being
upgraded
to
220 KV.
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2.
Two other issues were highlighted regarding the preparation of the
State to draw power:
(i)
It was agreed that the distribution system of the States upto
the final consumer level should be ready in time so that the
power allotted to it from Palatana is fully used for the benefit
of the people of that State.
(ii)
Principal Secretary (Power), Arunachal Pradesh stated that if
any State is not ready to draw its share of power from Unit 1 of
the project, in the interim period, Arunachal Pradesh would
like to draw it so as to use it as construction power for the
various hydro power projects coming up in that State. This of
course is an issue of negotiation and the understanding
between
the
power
company
and
the
other
State
Governments.
(iii)
Officials of OTPC expressed their apprehensions about the
States not being fully ready to draw their share of power
which may render the generating facility having idle
capacity and the prospect of OTPC having to pay penalty to
ONGC for drawing the gas.
Equity participation in NER States by North East Transmission Company
3.
Meghalaya – Planning Commission has approved Rs.17 crore as SPA
to Meghalaya for equity participation. RC, Meghalaya informed that the
Ministry of Finance has raised certain query. However, Meghalaya has to
pay Rs. 5 crore to NETC by March, 2011 which it can comfortably
contribute from its own resources.
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4.
Nagaland – As the State Government has to pay Rs.18 crore, it
would like to pay it in installments. The State is however, ready to pay Rs.6
crore by March, 2011 to NETC as its contribution.
Forest clearance related issues
5.
Assam - Principal Secretary (Forest), Assam informed that the Assam
Government is preparing reply on the conditions imposed by M/o E&F.
Secretary, DONER directed him to give this aspect the highest priority.
Meghalaya - Confirmation on Forest Rights Act is awaited by M/o
E&F from the State Government.
Supply of Gas Turbine-2 by BHEL, Hyderabad for Palatana Unit-2 – urgency
due to time limit of transit facility obtained from Bangladesh.
6.
For commissioning of Unit 2 of the generating unit by March, 2012,
Gas Turbine No.2 is being assembled based on the supply of Rotor from
GE-USA coming in BHEL, Hyderabad. There are apprehensions that BHEL,
Hyderabad will not able to deliver GT Unit 2 in time. If BHEL is not able to
deliver in time, it will delay transportation through Bangladesh. Time limit
for transport arrangement between OTPC and Bangladesh (upto June,
2012, as per the MOU) will expire, needing fresh negotiations with the
Bangladesh authorities and also re-building of by-passes, since the ones
being built now will be washed off or dismantled during the monsoon. In
the event of the delay in the commissioning of 2nd Generation Unit, OTPC
will have to pay penalty (as per the stipulation of
“take or pay provision
of the Gas Supply & Purchase Agreement”) to ONGC if it is not able to use
the ONGC’s gas as per agreement.
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7.
The suggested solution was that the turbine being assembled for
Bawana Project in NCR should be diverted for the Palatana Project. As
per the current schedule of assembling of GT at BHEL, Hyderabad, OTPC
has been given third priority after Pipavav (Gujarat) and Bawana (NCR)
projecting its dispatch ex-Hyderabad by end of March, 2011 as against
the earlier commitment of February, 2011.
8.
CMD, ONGC has written to CMD, BHEL (vide letter No. CMD/09
dated 5.1.2011) stating the following constraints owing to the long
distance to be covered through India, through the sea route and most
importantly through inland waterways through Bangladesh.
“Given that the GT has to be transported to Kolkata by sea via
Machhlipatnam port (transit time : Hyderabad – Machhlipatnam around 6
weeks and Machhlipatnam to Kolkata around 3 weeks) and beyond
Kolkata to Ashuganj in Bangladesh (transit time of around 3 weeks), and
to Akaura Check Post by the Road Network in Bangladesh (transit time of
around 2 weeks), any slippage on account of unforeseen circumstances
in the long chain of logistics could result in delay in crossing the borders of
Bangladesh. This would have following ramifications:
(i)
The by-passes being constructed on 16 water bodies (rivers,
ponds, rivulets etc) in Bangladesh for the passage of the ODCs
shall be washed away or badly damaged during the monsoon,
requiring reconstruction of these by-passes, involving fresh
permission and enormous expenditure.
(ii)
The MOU with Government of Bangladesh for the transit of the
ODCs, being valid till 30th June, 2012, shall require revalidation,
which is a very cumbersome & challenging process and could
take a couple of months (may not even materialize, in a worst
case scenario).
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(iii)
The 2nd Unit of OTPC (363 MW), scheduled for commissioning in
March, 2012 (within the 11th Plan) may slip by 8 to 12 months.”
9.
CMD, ONGC has requested CMD, BHEL to prepone the supply of
Gas Turbine to Palatana in view of the above issues. OTPC officials also
brought to the notice that as per extant instructions of DG, Shipping,
vessels are not allowed to sail in Bay of Bengal.
Secretary, DONER said
that this would be taken up with the PMO and Cabinet Secretariat by her.
Meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair.
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Annexure
MEETING TO REVIEW THE STATUS OF PALATANA POWER PROJECT,
ACCOMPANYING TRANSMISSION AND COORDINATION ISSUES .
List of participants
1.
Secretary, DONER
……….
In the Chair
2.
Sh. U.K. Sangma, Secretary, NEC
3.
Ms. Jayshree Mukherjee, JS (JM)
4.
Sh. P.K. Pattanaik, JS (PKP)
5.
Sh. Jolly Newman, Joint Secretary(Power), Government
of Mizoram
6.
Dr. H.K. Paliwal, Principal Secretary(Power) Arunachal
Pradesh
7.
Sh. R.K. Vaish, Pr. R.C. Tripura
8.
Sh. Pankaj Jain, Pr. R.C. Govt. of Meghalaya
9.
Shri Sarawwati Prasad,Principal Secretary Env. and
Forests, Government of Assam
10.
Sh. Arun Kumar, Director, Ministry of Power
11.
Sh. Prahlad, MOP, CEA
12.
Sh. D.K. Saxena, Chief Engineer, CEA
13.
Sh. Swapan Handique, MD, Assam Electricity Grid
Corporation
14.
Ng. Birjit Singh, S.E. Elec Deptt. Manipur
15.
Sh. P. Wangchem, Pr. Chief Engineer-cum-Secretary,
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Govt. of Sikkim
16.
Sh. A.M. Pavgi, AGC(Engg) Power Grid
17.
Sh. CD. Sais, Director, Meghalaya Energy Corpn.
18.
Sh. R. Binchhlo Thonts, Commissioner & Secretary(Power),
Government of Nagaland
19.
Sh. S.K. Dube, M.D. OTPC
20.
Sh. Shree Narayan, DGM, OTPC
21.
Shri ImLi, AO, S.E.(P&G)Power, Govt. of Nagaland
22.
Sh. R.K. Madan, Director, OTPC
23.
Sh. M. Krishna Kumar, Director(Projects), NETC
24.
Shri Anil Jain, GM(CMG), Power Grid Corporation of India
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