The government of Maharashtra is eyeing allocation of gas from Krishna-Godavari (KG) 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 KG 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 told PTI here.
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 Petroleum and Natural Gas about fuel supply.
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"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.
"The ministry had said that since it had obligations to provide the fuel to other agencies, it could not assure the allocation for a project on which work had not begun yet. Therefore, we decided to go on with the tendering processing. Once this process is over, we will pursue the matter with the Ministry for getting the fuel," he added.