The document seeking request for proposal floated by PFC Consulting — an arm of Power Finance Corporation — also showed that five utilities have evinced interest for procuring as much as 3910 MW.
The PFC Consulting, acting as a demand aggregator, will get supply of power through tariff based competitive bidding.
The utilities that have evinced interest for scheme are Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (1000MW), Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (500MW), Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company Ltd (660MW), New Delhi Municipal Corporation (250MW), and Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (1500MW), it showed.
An official said that more states are likely to join the scheme and therefore the quantum ofpower supplyhas been kept higher at 4,500 MW.
The supply of power under the power purchase agreement for medium term or five years must begin in April, 2023.
“The authorised representative/utilities has decided to procure electricity from a power generating station that would dedicate a contracted capacity of 4,500 MW for production of electricity and supply thereof for a period of five years through public-private partnership,” it stated.
The last date for the bid submission is December 21, 2022. After completing the bidding procedure the letter of award for supply of power would be given in January, 2023.
The official said that the move would help the states that are facing power shortage and also help generation plants add capacities.
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