Pressure on imported coal prices will lead to lower e-auction premium
Cooling of international coal prices leads to lower e-auction premium
Increase in FSA prices would help mitigate some hike in wage costs
Electricity prices in the spot electricity market rose 31 percent in February 2022. Prices continue to remain firm
Taking stock of a spurt in international coal prices due to new regulations in Indonesia, the Power Ministry may tweak the bidding documents for upcoming ultra mega power projects to cater to the possibility of future increases in raw material rates.
There is a substantial increase in global and local coal prices, however, Arup Roy Choudhury chairman and managing director of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) maintains that the company is confident of being able to meet FY11 guidance of over 3,000mw in FY11.