Published On:August 6 2014
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Lack of gas delays commissioning of ONGC Tripura power unit.

A delay in creating requisite gas transportation infrastructure by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is holding up the commissioning of a 363.3-MW unit of ONGC Tripura Power Company (OTPC).

OTPC, which is setting up a 737-MW plant in the North-Eastern State, had commissioned the first unit of the project in January this year. At a little over Rs. 3 a unit (provisional generation tariff), OTPC sells the cheapest gas-based power in India-nearly Rs. 1 cheaper than the electricity generated by several new coal-based power plants of NTPC.

According to Manik De, power minister of Tripura, though the second unit was ready for operations some time, it could not be brought on stream due to non-availability of gas.

'ONGC may miss the August deadline for starting gas supply. We are now expecting the unit to start in September,' he said.

HBL


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