Question raised in Lok Sabha on Electricity from Solid Waste, 28/04/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Electricity from Solid Waste, 28/04/2016. Ministry of Power vide notification dated 28.01.2016 has notified the revised Tariff Policy which mandates the distribution licensee to procure 100% of power produced from waste to energy plant. Distribution Licensee (s) shall compulsorily procure 100% power produced from all the Waste-to-energy plants in the State, in the ratio of their procurement of power from all sources including their own, at the tariff determined by the Appropriate Commission under section 62 of the Act. At present, there are five waste to energy plant in operation in the country with a total power generation capacity of 53 MW. In addition, six waste to energy plants with a total power generation capacity of 68.7 MW are expected to be commissioned by this year. Therefore, a total of 121.7 MW of power generation capacity is expected from waste to energy plants in the current year.