The Maharashtra government is eyeing allocation of gas from Krishna-Godavari (K-G) Basin reserves for its proposed 1,200-MW gas-based combined cycle power plant at Uran, in Raigad, Maharashtra.
The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MSPGCL) has proposed to set up two units of 406-MW and 814-MW capacity, respectively, in Uran.
“We are pursuing our case with the Centre for supply of fuel from the K-G Basin. Since we have already invited tenders for the project and are likely to start the construction in the next 2-3 months, we expect to get the gas allocation by this year-end,” State Energy Secretary Subrat Ratho said.
MSPGCL expects to get 5.5 million metric standard cubic metres per day (mmscmd) of gas from the source.
The state expects to commission the first block by July-August, 2013, and the second by October-November in the same year.
MSPGCL had proposed the project over two years ago, but it could not get underway as the state government did not receive an assurance from the Union ministry of oetroleum and natural gas about fuel supply.
“We had acquired land and also received all the necessary clearances for the project. But since we did not get any assurance from the ministry for the fuel, we had not begun the process,” Ratho said.
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