There will be no powersupply on Friday between10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in areasfed by the VrushabhavathiMUSS and BanashakariMUSS owing to systemimprovement works. Theareas affected are: BHEL'Layout, KenchenahalliVillage, Industrial Area,Shankarapalya, Part of IdealHomes, 2nd Block RT.Nagar, Banashankari I"Stage, NR Colony,Thyagarajanagar, 14'h andIS'h Main of

. Hanumanthanagar; Pipelinearea, Srinagar, according toa Bescom release.

1Ijhc~~jo; SIIfPMt-p, ~M:State may become

power-surplus by'17BANGAlORE: Energy-deficientKarnataka, which has startedprojects to produce 18,000 MW,has set a targetto becorne apower-surplus state by 2017,CMSiddaramaiah said Wednes-day. "Karnataka will, in all prob-ability, bea power-surplus stateby2017,"theCMsaid. Notingthat Karnataka, generating elec-tricityfor 112 years; was a pio-neer in the Indian power sector,he said the state had initiatedseveral reforms in the transmis-sion and distribution sector thatwould help reduce inefficienciesin the system. PTI

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power by 2017: eMBAN GALORE, DHNS: Chief set up base in the State, Sid-Minister Siddaramaiah on daramaiah mentioned theThursday exuded confidence "achievements" of the State inthat Karnataka would have sur- promoting a favourable busi-plus power by 2017 as a num- ness climate.ber of electricity projects had .Devendra Chaudhary, Addi-been initiated across the State. tional Secretary, Union Min-

"The State government has istry of Power, announced ainitiated several power projects slew of future plans of the Cen-to generate 18,000 MW across tre. "In the Ilth Five Year Plan,Karnataka in conventional and we had 55,000 MW of power.non- conventional sectors and In the 12th year plan, we willthey are in different stages of (almost) double this toimplementation," Siddarama- 100,000 MW, and to anotheriah said after inaugurating 'Ele- 100,000 MW in the 13th Fivecrama- 2014' (11th International Year Plan," he said,Exhibition ofElectrical and In- In the renewable energy see-dustrial, Electronics Industry) tor, Chaudhary said, there werehere. "Karnataka will, in all plans of an eight-billion dollarprobability, be a surplus power deal for evacuation of powerstate by 2017." and other supporting infra-

He also spoke about the dis- structure. As part of this initia-tribution measures that had tive, the Prime Minister's Officebrought down losses, and high- had evinced interest in settinglighted steps taken to reduce up 100,000 MW of solar powerinefficiency in the system to im- sources, he added. The weak-prove customer service. 'This, nesses to be overcome were thein turn, would give an oppor- perceived slow (and stagnant)tunity to manufacturers to sup- growth of the sector at sevenply quality equipment at rea- per cent and the uneven play-sonable prices." ing field for the domestic sector

Urging the ~~~~~_re~r~:. vis-a-vis foreign sect~r, .he said~

Clean EnergylEAforecasts that by .2035, renewableswillaccountfor almostone-thirdof totalelectricityoutput,up from 19% in 2009. Thismeans there isa hugescopefor'TNCsglobally.Here'sa listingof tIie market leaders., 'Top investors In alteniativei!lectrlclty generatlon, by number of greenfield projects

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~~u"\ ~Ut'CP\'( -nlrle.1.• state Targets to Be powerSUrplus State by 2017: Siddu'BANGALOREEnergy-deficit Karnataka, which hasinitiated projects to produce 18,000 mw,has tar-getted to be a power surplus state by 2017, CMSiddaramaiah said on Wednesday. Theprojects,both inconventional and non-conventional sec-tors were indifferent stages of implementation,he s~id."Karnataka will,inall probability, be apower surplus state by 2017,~he said. Healso saidthe state had initiated several reforms in thetransmission and distribution sector that wouldhelp reduce system inefficiencies,

Billing Dispute:History Repeatsat Dabhol PowerTroub~e.Zone

Power project. has tieen, '~;idle due to lack ofg~s~' I .

'RGPPLneeds~250croreto service debt'in next three .mont,hs .

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lOBIBarik, ICiClBank,SBIandCanara Bankfear NPA

The power plant, almost defunct forthree months, stares at NPAstatusRACHITAPRASADANDURMIGOSWAMIMUMBAI

History may repeat itself at thejinxed Dabhol plant thatwas set up and then mothballed by Enron after a billingdispute. The dispute over payments has erupted again-eight years after lenders and state energy firms revivedthe troubled project. Like It happened With Enron, thefIrm's' new' avatar, the Ratnagiri Gas and Power(RGPPL) is also locked in a fierce dispute With a distri-

. bution utility of Maharashtra that buys almost all the! 'power generated at DabhoL

The 1 950-mwplantthathas hardly generated any elec-tricity' for three months, came perilously close to de-faulting and being declared a non-performing asset,and may not be able to pay salaries after a few mon!?s,sources said. It owes ~8,500crore to lenders IncludingIDEI Bank, ICICI Bank, SBI and Canara Bank. NTPCand GAIL, both listed PSUs that hold 33% each In thecompany, are worried that the default may reflect ontheir fmancials too. The only saving grace IS the LNGterminal, which is working well.RGPPL has to pay ~250crore due in three instalments

by March and is struggling to even arrange ~50 crorethat is due January-end. In December, IDBI, which leadsthe consortium of lenders, complained to the Centralpower ministry that the Maharashtra State ElectricityDistribution Co' (MSEDCL) had dues of more ~1,OO3crore towards RGPPL, although the utility rubbishesthe claim, The Dabhol plant is facing a serious crisis asgas supply from Reliance Industries. The. companymanaged to pay the instalment of ~127crore Just a cou-ple of days before the December31 deadline, after whichthe loans would become NPAs.The company did not respond to e!l1ail~d queries but

an executive, who did not want to be Identified, said thattime is running out "We have a total repayment of-rzsocrorein the next three months, butwe have no resourcesto fmance it. With the cash that we have, we wouldn't beable to manage our operation and maintenance costformore than 4-6months, There will be a default unless weget fmancial support from government or some othersource" the executive said. "We don't even have enoughcash t~ sustain operations and pay salaries beyond

, March. We have struggled-to make sure w.edo not de-; faultsofar but it is very likely that we may default now if

, we don't get financial aid," a senior executive fromRDPPL told E'I' on conditions of anonymity. .With gas supply from Reliance's KG-D6 fields dwin-

dling, the only hope for the project was the cos~y, im-ported liquefled natural gas (LNG). But the state s utili-ty was not ready to buy the expensive electricity soproduced. To service its debt, the plant needs to operateat68% capacity, which requires 6.5mmscmd of gas.The utility has a different perspective. Power pro-

duced from dearer imported gas would cost more thanrt per Unit, which the state cannot affard. Its Powe~ Pur-chase Agreement requires the generator to obtam theutility's consent for switching to LNG: It says it doesn'towe any money to RGPPL as an amount of'N36.78 crorefor the April-September has already been paid illparts.

'n' 'state of xamafaka will::become a saidSiddaramaiah., relationship between the buye';arid sellers::1" ' PoWer surplus state by 2qt7th~ ending ,He saidKlimata!<a was a pioneer in th~, ,,'. am sure; like earlier events, theo:ti!legates win, ,';the eleCtricityshorttge ii1lhe:!~ilOlogy Indi,an po'Ner sector a's it bas been generating . find this ELECiWM very usefuland fulfilling."capital of lnaia, Chief Minister Siddaraniaiah eleCtndtytOr, 1i2 years',~rid thatthe state had said RajEsWaian, president, the indiansaid w/Jile inaugura,ting' EtECRAMA- the, ' initi,ated several feformS in the transmission,' Electrical and Electronics ManufaCtl.lrers'world's largest transmission "rid distribution, :" afi(fdistrlbutjon SectoHhat would help reduce AssClciatibr1(IEEMA). ""Co~fluence;and also imiiled the,eleCtrical ' , inefficiencies in the system and, also provide' "Asthe, Indiari'el'ldriC<lIequipment industryequil?nientindusw to set up niari'ufaCtu~ng 'enonnous opportUnity to electricel equipment 'has matUred over the years, India is becomingunits in the state. ' , ' " , ~nufadurers to supply high quality , a major sourcing destination for the global

"The state gpvemment has' initiated several :' equipment at reasonable costs. players. That is'whythe Eleaama-2014 is ,poWer proj~ to the:tune' of TB,OOOmega' "ELECRAMAhas grown to be the world's, having tile unique theme of 'Go Global' with awatts' a~Kamataka, bqth in the ' " largest shc;Mifor electrlC<lIequipments from focus to showC<l5ethe globill competitiveness '

'converrtiQoal,and nOIKOi1Vef:1tiolJalsectors 2~9:Vto 1-200Kvandir\dusmal electronics. , ,of Indian products and the C<lpability,ofIndian~.nd'~~re at differerit ~es,'(l(. ",' 1hil exhibition not only provides a platform.for rmnufacturers tb develop world dassImplementation, Kamataka wilL in all , ,showcasing the glo~11Sest ted:!nology but engineering products at competitive costs.,Iprobability, be a poWer suipll$ ,state bY2017,~, ; a~ prpvides oppqrwnityf\lr building~ng am,confident I am confident that at Elecrama, ~',.,,', .' <' '".--.. - '," , '2014th~willbemanyimportantdeals '

conduded by signifiC<lntlybo9sting the exports, 'of Indian products," 5!lid Sanjeev Sardana,

chairman, ELECRAMA2014. ') "lEEMA, the 66,yearold industry body,: ',representing the Indian ElectriC<llllnd ':' Professional Electronics equipment""1iIr\i!factliieis' ~ the apex industry association

in thi! Power Sector. Artlbng its (nyriad: activi:ties'IE~MAalso organi5eSc~;mega shOVV:;~'exhi,Qjtionevery2~e4rS, -", :,' J1Je~11thedition of ELECRAMA-2014began,~t'~ BangalorelntemaiionafEXtiibilioo"

Centre (BIEC)'on Janiiray 8 and will be run tillJanuary rz, 2014. 'It is ShoWc.1sirtgthe global

, 'ci>m'petitiveness oflndian products and the, 'capability of IOC<lImanufacturers to develop, worlcldass enginet!ring products at

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ELECRAMA-2014is at th~ h'eart~f India'sinfoted1 nucleus and the ted:mology su~ub

, city~ Bangalore, for the first timeahd will, ,showcase it as an intemational d~ation for,major events. It is the largest ElECRAMAYet. is 'sPread,r#r 6,air-Conditioned halls aiveiing' agross'area',(jf70,000 sq mtSWittl over 1200'exhibitoros-ftQm30,~ntriesdisplaying theirlatest'pj'()du~ and tec/inorOlli~ " •<''' .

B4SincsSVisitorsfrom \lVCf 120 countries are,expected'to attend this 'sho,w'providing morethan 1,25,000 footfall ThiShuge sl)ow is set toattract the,who's who of ihe globaleleCtrlC<lI 'secto(provides the Partner Stat~; Kaniataka agreat oppOrtUnity to ~qwC<lse its'varioosstrengths and leveiage ELECRAMAto attractnew inVeSto!Sto \lie Kanlatak.aPower SeCtor.

'R:' avinC;roup eslabrlShed,; in ~ yeaiI950,is one of,India's fastest growing businessroups ~ a CAGRofoWl' 20% in the

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Express News Service

Bangalorei With plans toincrease power productionby at least 18,000 MW on the

, cards, Karnataka will soonleave its power woes behindand become a power surplusstate by 2017, Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah said onWednesday.

speaking at 'ELECRAMA2014', a power transmissionand distribution exhibitionbeing held in the city, Sid-daramaiah said the state hasa ria-year-old history ofpower generation and pro-vided companies dealing inelectrical equipment ampleopportunities to flourish.

"Several reforms in thetransmission and distribu-tion sector have been initi-ated to reduce inefficiencies, n

he added.Power supply has been a

long-standing issue in thestate with many rural areassuffering from frequent pow-ercuts.

Energy Minister D KShiv-kumar, has reportedly in-structed officials to ensureeight hours of three-phasepower sup' m rural areas.However, l~dreIS continue

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ManufacturingExpo from Ian 23Express News Service

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~tate to Have SurplusPower by 2017:eM

Bangalore: The IndianMachine Tool Manufactur-ers' Association (IMfMA)will host a six-day expofrom January 23. '!MTEXFORMING 2014' and'Tooltech 2014' exhibitionsare part of the expo whichwill be held at BangaloreInternational ExhibitionCentre (BIEC), TumkurRoad.

Prior to the expo, theIMTMA will organise aninternational seminar onforming technology on

. January 22 at BIEC.

'IMTEX FORMING2014' will showcase form-ing manufacturing tech-nologies as well as roboticsand animation and'Tooltech 2014' will show-case recent developmentsin tooling technology .

Exhibitors from 25 coun-tries will participate in theexpo·this year. Companieslike Electropneumatics &Hydraulics, Hindustan Hy-draulics, ISGEC, AshokManufacturing; Bystronic,LVD-Strippit, SalvagniniItalia, Murata Machineryand Yamazaki Mazak aresome of the exhibitors.

to complain of shortage andirregular power cuts.

A few weeks ago, threemajor power plants stoppedgeneration due to technicalfaults.

The expo, organised by theIndian Electrical and Elec-

tronics Manufacturers As-sociation (IEEMA), has1,200 exhibitors from 30countries and is being held

. at the Bangalore Interna-tional Exliil";";rm Centre. Theexpo will CL rde on Janu-.ary12.~ --

\'\"h"\E.OOfVCM\~ '\,tYlf,5! ~coal MiniStrY Issues Notice.

to NTpe for Mine Delays _. NEWDELHlThecoal Ministryhas .a.Issuedashow-causenciticetoNTP~

.' for delayinprodijctionf~ofTlChattlBariatuSouthcoalblock10Jhark-

handandsoughtexplanationfromthe pow~r •PSUformakingslowprogress inanother mineinthe state.Almosta 'Yearagothe governmenthadwithdrawnthedealtocat!onofth,reem!ne~ , ,ofNTPC.includingChattiBanatuandChatt.1~a.,.riatuSouthcoalblocks."Youare hereby calt~ ;,~.upontoexplain,oneach r'nil~stoneseparate~y .1to thisministrywithina penod of20 days.from,the dateof tssqe,the reasonsfor slowprogr~ssaswellas the effortsm~debYyou 10de~el- -".

mentof-coalblock{ChattiBarlatul.failing .~hiChitwouldbepresumedthat your.compa-_nyhasnoexplanationto offer and act~o~asa~proprlatewouldbetaken: the CoalM~nlstry,said ina letter addressed to NTPCChairman .andManagingDirector.

o ~ p~ ( "0 ~u)~WeiSpUn ~1,35UcrsolarinvestlnentNew Deihl: Welspun Energy will

Invest ~1,350 crore In the nextthree years to set up 150 ~Wsolar power project In Punjab,

for which the company has sig-ned the Initial agreement with

the state government..Welspun Energy Limited on

Wednesday announced an MoUwith Punjab government to set

up solar power project of 150MW capacity," the firm said.

Welspun Energy will Invest<1,350crore for setting up this

project over the next three yea-rs, It said, adding that WelspunIs already developing a 35 MW

solar project In punjab. -PTI ~

ThL H1N'DV e")}ol/b-J1"t,

4Jivest in technology, powerequipment, industry toldSpecial Correspondent last three decades,' he pointe

ed out. Noting that most Indi-an farmers .are not connectedto the grid, he quipped: "It islike a situation in which you

.have a roti that you cannoteat."

The. eleventh edition ofELECRAMA,which is beingheld in Bangalore for the firsttime, brings on a single plat-form more than 850 domesticand 300 companies from Chi-

o na, South Korea, Turkey andGermany operating in thefield of power transmissionand distribution from China,South Korea, Turkey and'Germany. The.five-day eventincludes conferences andseminars but its 'main attrac-tion is an exhibition of vari-ous aspects of the powerindustry spread over 70,000sq.km. Sanjeev Sardana,chairman, ELECRAMA2014,was present. ' .

minimise the "technical andcommercial'" losses in the

BAN!iALORE: Chief Minister system.Siddaramaiah on Wednesday Devendra Chaudhry, Addi-urged Indian manufacturers tional Secretary, Union Min-of power equipment to invest istry of Power, said themore in technology in order project to connect the south-to meet "the evolving stan- ern grid with the national griddards global for efficiency arid would be complete by March.sustain ability." .He said this would result in

Addressing the inaugural .2,000 MW of additional ca-session of ELECRAMA2014, pacity flowingto the southernthe international flagship region, Mr. Chaudhary urgedevent of the Indian Electrical Mr. Siddaramaiah to take ini-and Electronics Manufactur- tiative to link transmissioners' Association (IEEMA), he capacity in the region to en-said the power projects initi- able the seamless transmis-ated by the State government sion of power within' thewere expected to generate an southern region.additional 18,000 MW of He observed that the perpower inthree years, "Kama- capita consumption of elec-taka will be a power surplus tricityin India is only 883state by 2017,"the Chief Min- units, compared with theister declared. . global average of more than

Mr. Siddararnaiah urged . 3;060 units.vltural consump-the industry to support the tion of electricity has not in-government's endeavour to creased significantly in the