Government of Chhattisgarh
Energy Department
Dau Kalyan Singh Bhavan, Secretariate
POLICY DIRECTIVES ON
ESTABLISHMENT
OF CAPTIVE POWER
PLANTS (CPP) IN CHHATTISGARH
1. Meaning of Captive Power Plant
Captive
Power Plants are power plants including Generation Sets, normally established
by an industry to meet its own requirements.
2. Eligibility and Ceiling for Captive Power Plants
For
establishing Captive Power Plant, only those industrialists would be eligible
who are consumers (HT or LT) of Chhattisgarh State
Electricity Board (CSEB) and no dues of CSEB are outstanding against them.
Permission
for CPP would be given only to new industries or existing industries who want
to expand and thus bring in additional investments in Chhattisgarh.
They would be permitted to install CPP to fulfill their requirements. In case
they sale power to consumers outside the state, permission for additional
capacity could also be granted.
3. Permission for Captive Power Plant
If
the capacity of proposed Captive Power Plant (CPP) is upto
25 MW, permission would be accorded by Chhattisgarh
State Electricity Board. For capacity exceeding 25 MW, consent of Central
Electricity Authority would be required before permission by Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board.
4.
No permission for sale of electricity produced by Captive Power Plant to any
industrialist within the State (third party sale) shall be given. However, if
the Captive Power Plant owner intends to sell electricity out side the State,
then subject to technical capacity of the transmission system of Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board, permission for
wheeling of power shall be accorded on payment of wheeling charges.
5.
Where the Captive Power plant owner consumer intends to supply electricity to
its sister concern, eligibility of which shall be decided by State Electricity
Board, then such permission would be granted. In case Board's transmission and
distribution system is used by the Captive Power Plant consumer to supply power
to its sister concern, requisite wheeling charges to CSEB would be payable by
the Captive Power Plant owner.
6.
In case of excess power with captive power plant consumer for any reason,
permission would be granted for selling such power to consumer outside the
state. However, selection of purchaser would be done by CPP owner only. Board
would facilitate such sale where technically feasible and subject to payment of
requisite charges including wheeling charges, electricity duty and cess, etc. fxed from time to time
by the Government / Board.
7.
Those industrialists who have already established captive power plant after due
permission and who also have permission for third party sale under the previous
policy then such permission shall continue till the expiry of the power
purchase agreement.
8. Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board would not be under any
obligation to buy electricity produced by captive power plant but when
required, Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board shall
have the first right to purchase such electricity. Rate of purchase pf power
shall be based on rates at which power from other sources are available.
9.
Captive Power Plant owner consumer or consumer to whom the power is being
wheeled can increase or decrease the contract demand as per the agreement
signed with Chhattisgarh state Electricity Board for
power supply from the Board.
10. Levy of Electricity duty on electricity produced by Captive
Power Plant
Electricity
Duty on electricity produced by the Captive Power Plant will be payable at
rates applicable from time to time. However, existing exemption from payment of
electricity duty shall be allowed upto the period
notified and thereafter, electricity duty as per prevailing rates shall be
payable.
11. Cess on electricity produced by
Captive Power Plant
Energy
Development Cess at the rate of 10 paise per unit shall be payable on electricity produced by
Captive Power Plant.
12.
If the Captive Power Plant owner consumer runs his captive power plant parallel
to Board's system, then such consumer shall have to install a meter with
requisite standard and quality to measure export and import of energy and also
provide an inter connection point at his own expense. If a consumer receives
any R.K.V.H. power (Reactive Power) from the Board's system then R.K.V.H.
charges fixed by the Board from time to time shall be payable separately.
13.
Expenses towards connecting the Captive Power Plant with the Board's system
shall be borne by the Captive Power Plant owner.
14.
No energy banking facility shall be given to captive power plant owner consumer
/ industrialist.
15.
After obtaining approval for establishment of captive power plant, the
industrialist shall be required to complete installation of such plant within 3
to 5 years, as decided by Chhattisgarh State
Electricity Board.
16.
in consumers receiving electricity supply from the
Board are desirous to install DG-set as a stand-by for meeting emergency
requirement, then permission for the same would be granted under Electricity
(Supply) Act, 1948.
17.
To measure the electricity produced by the Captive Power Plant, such owner
shall be required to install a high precision and quality meter as per the
standards of Electricity Board at his own cost, so that monitoring of
electricity produced from time to time could be done and monthly reading taken.
18.
Where sale of power from the Captive Power Plant owner industry to its sister
concern is arranged using Board's network then wheeling charges and other terms
and conditions as announced by the Government from time to time shall be
applicable.
19. Statutory requirements and clearances
For
establishment of a Captive Power Plant, all required statutory clearances would
have to be obtained by the industrialist. Arrangement for land, supply of fuel
and water, etc., required for establishing Captive Power Plant would also have
to be made by CPP owner.
20. Cancellation of the permission
In
case of violation of the guidelines / directions issued by the State Government
or conditions prescribed in the sanction accorded by the Chhattisgarh
State Electricity Board to the captive power plant owner / industrialist with
regard to establishment of the captive power plant or in case of violation of
any terms and conditions of the agreement signed between CSEB and the captive
power plant owner consumer, the permission granted for establishment of such
captive power plant may be reworked and action will be taken as per the
law.
Energy Department has declared the above policy
directives vide Notification No. 2714 / Sec / Energy Deptt
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