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September 06, 2008


Power ministry calls upon states to come forward

Mr Sushilkumar Shinde union minister of power has recently called upon the states and union territories to jointly address the various issues and problems facing the power sector.

Addressing the conference of the chief secretaries of all states and union territories, Mr Shinde said that the government is fully committed to achieving the target of quality power for all at an affordable rate by the end of 11th Plan. However, the states also have to play a major role in achieving this goal.

He said that the set target of capacity addition of 78,577 MW for the 11th Plan period can be possible only if there is rigorous monitoring of various milestones in the implementation of each and every project. The central government is monitoring the capacity addition program very closely. However, success cannot be assured unless the State Governments also participate in the process actively.

Observing that over the last 4 decades, the central share in the generation has been constantly increasing while that of the states has been decreasing, Mr Shinde made it clear that states should actively pursue their capacity addition programs and not depend only on the central sector or private sector projects.

Mr Shinde also pointed out that thought it was unanimously decided that placement of orders for power projects proposed to be commissioned during 11th Plan had to be completed by December 2007, the orders for projects aggregating to 11,125 MW in the state sector are yet to be placed. He told the representatives of the states to ensure that all the orders are placed latest by March 31st 2008.

On open access in transmission and distribution, Mr Shinde observed that while central transmission utility has fully operationalized open access in transmission, the same cannot be said about the states. He urged the states to prepare a clear program for the expansion and strengthening of their transmission and distribution systems with definite timelines and monitor their implementation closely.