State-owned NTPC Ltd has kept in touch with the power ministry proposing pooling of its "entire capacity" available to be purchased of capacity to distribution organizations, as per individuals mindful of the turn of events. Whenever supported, the proposed move could ease supply and tasks as the organization would have the option to offer capacity to a discom from any station and not confine it to organize insightful units, individuals acquainted with the matter said.
The power purchase arrangements (PPAs) with some discoms are endorsed in phases of charging and each stage is a different substance for levy and planning purposes. According to the organization the ongoing plan limits functional adaptability and frequently influences power accessibility for discoms in the event of constrained blackouts and breakdowns of a station.
"Discoms/states will get a steady supply of power even in the case of shutdown of units......," the company said in a letter to the ministry, people familiar with the matter said.
It likewise becomes challenging to work when a discom plans a power station underneath the technical least during off-peak hours. "The request is for all stations to be pooled. It is a proposal the Central Electricity Authority is examining," one of the persons said.
In a central generation company like NTPC, power is designated to dissemination organizations by the public authority after which a power buy understanding is endorsed between them. The Central Electricity Authority, the preparation and warning body under the power service, has been approached to evaluate the effect of the move that will welcome on the power duty for distribution companies.
