The government has allowed imported coal-based power plants to sell any surplus electricity to states other than those with which they have supply tie-ups.
The power ministry has issued a clarification to the emergency clause invoked in May this year
that mandated non-operational imported coal-based plants to start generation amid a sharp rise in power demand.
They could sell surplus electricity on the power exchanges if the beneficiary states did not buy the entire electricity generated.The dispensation will be valid till October end.
As per the dispensation issued last week, if the imported coal-based plants do not get requisition from their consumer states for supply three days in advance for the next week, they can sell the power to another distribution company at an energy charge determined by a government panel plus fixed cost, a government official said.
"The power demand has reduced on account of rains. But between rain spells and post-monsoon, the electricity demand will rise owing to humid weather conditions," an executive with one of the imported coal-based power plants said.
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