After prolonged squabbling, power generator NTPC and Coal India (CIL) have sorted out their differences over the fuel supply agreement (FSA), which is expected to be signed in a month's time. However, the boards of both the companies would have to approve the matter. The CIL’s board would meet on December 12, while the board of NTPC would meet on December 26.
There will be no major changes in FSA draft, however CIL might remove the present cap on ‘impurities’ (stones and boulders) found in coal for which the draft FSA had set a limit of 0.75 per cent of supplies for deductions. Some other changes too will be made with respect to arbitrator and coal movement by rail. Meanwhile, NTPC’s inconvenience in signing two sets of FSAs for plants in brown-field capacity expansion too would be looked upon by Coal India on case-to-case basis.
The coal behemoth has so far has been able to sign only 33 FSAs as against the November-end deadline given by Prime Minister’s office. According to FSA pact, Coal India will meet 80 per cent of the coal requirements of power companies, a part of which will be imported. For imported coal, power companies will have to make advance payment and once they place an order they cannot reject the coal under any circumstance.
Company Name | CMP |
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NTPC | 365.70 |
Tata Power | 413.55 |
Power Grid Corp | 337.00 |
Adani Power | 460.75 |
Torrent Power | 1517.70 |
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