Government Initiatives to Promote Gas-based Power Generation

  • Gas-based plants in the country are operating at very low Plant Load Factor (PLF).
  • The Government periodically introduces schemes for competitive procurement of power from gas-based power plants during peak demand periods.
  • Steps taken by the Government to increase the share of natural gas in the energy basket include:
    • Expansion of National Gas Grid Pipeline.
    • Expansion of City Gas Distribution (CGD) network.
    • Setting up of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals.
    • Allocation of domestic gas to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Transport / Piped Natural Gas (PNG) Domestic on priority.
    • Allowing marketing and pricing freedom with a ceiling price for gas produced from high pressure/high temperature areas, deep water ....
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