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Availability of better quality domestic coal leads to reduction in power costs: NTPC

| | Apr 20, 2017, at 04:53 pm
Kolkata, Apr 20 (IBNS): Easy availability of quality domestic coal and coal sector reforms initiated in the last couple of years are soon likely to ease the power costs for consumers in India, according to India's largest power utility National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), which reduced its coal consumption by 5.5 per cent in 2016-17.

Initiatives to improve coal quality and efficiency in the supply chain have brought down the cost of power from coal-fired plants in spite of revisions in the price of coal, central cess and railway freight in the past three years.

Lower cost of power ultimately benefits consumers through lower tariff.

As per government data, power stations are now burning 8 per cent less coal than they used to three years ago for each unit of electricity.

NTPC, which accounts for 17 per cent of all generation capacity in the country and is the key supplier to states, has reduced its coal consumption by 5.5 per cent in 2016-17.

NTPC's coal cost stood at Rs 2 per unit in 2014-15 and should have risen by 33 paise due to revisions in coal price, government cess and railway freight.

However, it stood at Rs 1.94 per unit for 2016-17.

In other words, even after paying 33 paise more since 2014-15, NTPC's power costs 6 paise less today.

There is also import substitution of over Rs 23,000 crore, which saves fuel costs.

The decline in the cost of power has accrued mainly from power stations burning less coal to generate each unit of electricity on assured quality of domestic fuel.

The cost of coal alone makes up to 54 per cent-60 per cent of the price charged by power producers and is passed on to consumers.

Coal consumption has a bearing on tariffs and environmental dividend in terms of emissions.

In addition to burning less coal, Government’s initiatives to improve supply chain has also added to the cost reduction in power.

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