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POLICY CHANGES, FEE SCHEDULE, PRE-REQUISITES REQUIRED ETC.
A : POLICY CHANGES:-
Sr. No. |
Description |
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Clause 1.1 (iii) Page 039
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"If there are more than one
Himachali (Applicant) preference shall be given to the person of
the area or the District.” Projects for which
applications have been received upto 30/04/2007
i.e. before amendment was issued shall be governed by the
original policy guidelines.
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Clause 2 (viii) (b), Page-041:-
The following may be added:-
“The Fisheries department will charge compensation @ Rs. 0.50 lac per K.M. from Tail Race to weir of the project. In addition, the IPPs will pay Rs. 0.50 lac per MW to the Fisheries Department. It will be mandatory to utilize this amount on the same stream/ nallah or elsewhere and formulate schemes accordingly. However, these provisions shall not be applicable to projects above 5.00 M.W."
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Clause 2 (xxxviii) 7 Clause 2 (xxxix), Page-049:-
The following may be added;
“The amount on account of local area development shall be paid by the developer to Deputy Commissioner of the Project Affected Area(Chairman LADC) in equal annual installments staring from the date of signing of the IA till the date of commercial operation but not beyond the date of milestones as stipulated in the IA.”
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Clause 3.1 (ii), Page-050:-
The existing clause may be amended as under;-
“Wheeling charges of generated power by the IPP within and outside the State shall be determined as per the policy of HPSEB/SERC at that time.”
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Clause 3.1 (iv), Page-050:-
The following amendments is approved:-
"Third party sale within the State be allowed in case of those project proposals where cost generation is above Rs. 2.50 per unit. However, it shall be obligatory on the part of the IPP to submit the third party power sale proposal within the State, wherever, peak load demand exists, duly approved by HPERC along with the DPR for accordance of TEC. However, the final tariff rates shall be determined by the HPERC after the financial closures.”
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Clause 3.1 (v), Page- 50 :- The words “in respect of sale of power within the State” may be added in the first line after the words “Royalty on Water Usages” and in the third line from top at Page-051 the word “18%” may be replaced by “12%”. |
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Enhancement of Capacity of Hydroelectric Projects already allotted:-
The following shall be added
wherever applicable:-
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The
Government will consider request for enhancement of
capacity.
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Approval in
such cases will be subject to levy of 3% 'Additional Free
Power' over & above the existing free power royalty (0 to
30% as the case may be).
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The afore
said levy of 3% 'Additional Free Power' will not apply in
cases where the enhancement of capacity is upto 20% of the
capacity originally allotted.
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In all cases
wherever the enhancement is allowed by the Government, a
fresh Implementation Agreement will be signed with the IPP.
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In cases,
where the enhancement of the capacity of a Project results
in the Project getting shifted from 5 MW capacity to above 5
MW capacity, the free power royalty will be charged on the
enhancement capacity in full besides the 'Additional Free
Power' as mentioned and no exemption from free power royalty
will be permitted on the ground that the original allotment
permitted such concession.
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In view of
the fact that 'Free Additional Power' is prescribed to be
levied on enhancement of capacity' in all cases where
'additional free power' is levied the 'additional
upfront premium' for enhancement, as prescribed in Hydro
Policy, shall not be levied.
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B. FEE SCHEDULE:-
i)
After the allotment of the
Project site(s) the allottee firm shall fulfill the following pre
requisite criteria:-
(a) Furnishing
of the Processing Fee (non-refundable) in favour of “Director,
HIMURJA” payable at Shimla. The processing fee for Himachali,
Cooperative society/Company comprising of the bonafide Himachalis
shall be Rs. 25,000/- upto 2 MW and beyond 2.00 MW upto 5 MW @
Rs.25,000/- + Rs.10,000/- per MW for the capacity exceeding 2 MW.
For others, the processing fee shall be Rs. 2.00 lac per Project.
If
an IPP enhances the capacity of already allotted Project after
Techno Economic Clearance/ signing of IA then the IPP shall be
required to furnish the processing fee afresh at the rate specified
above.
(b)
Furnishing of Security charges
in the shape of Bank Guarantee or Demand draft (refundable) in
favour of “DIRECTOR HIMURJA” payable at Shimla. Security charges to
be taken from the bonafide Himachali/ Cooperative society/Company
comprising of the bonafide Himachalis shall be in favour of Director
HIMURJA payable at Shimla which shall be as follows:-
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i) Upto 2 MW |
Rs. 50,000/-
in shape of Bank Guarantee or Rs. 25,000/- in the shape of
Demand Draft. |
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ii) Beyond 2
MW upto 5 MW |
Rs. 75,000/-
in the shape of Bank Guarantee or Rs. 35,000/- in the shape
of Demand Draft. |
In
case of others, the security charges will be paid in cash or by way
of demand draft @ Rs. 50,000/- per MW.
(c) A resolution from the Board of Directors shall be
obtained to authorize one of the Director for signing application, MOU/IA and all other relevant papers etc.
ii)
There are SHP sites up to 5.00 MW which stand cancelled due
to non-seriousness of the developers and for which TEC already
stands accorded. These Projects shall be considered for allotment
after inviting fresh applications on six months basis and
advertisements issued by HIMURJA. HIMURJA shall give advertisements
in Giriraj and in leading Newspapers. The applications shall be
scrutinized by HIMURJA and approved by the Government.
iii) The allottee firm shall have to sign the MOU with the
Government of Himachal Pradesh, within a stipulated date, the
details of which shall be given in the allotment letter.
iv) The up-front premium for SHPs above 2.00 MW and upto 5.00 MW
shall be charged in the following manner and shall be deposited by
the developer on the allotment of the Project and before signing of
MOU:-
a) For new Projects:
(a) Upfront premium is exempted for projects upto 2.00 MW.
(b)
Rs. 45,000/- per MW above 2.00
MW and upto 5.00 MW with the ceiling of Rs. 75,000/-
(Non-refundable) in shape of bank draft in favour of Director,
HIMURJA, payable at Shimla.
b) For
Projects where Detailed Project Reports (hereinafter referred to as DPRs”) are ready and which were considered for allotment but
cancelled after due consideration:
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i) Projects
upto 5.00 MW capacity: |
Rs. 10,000/-
(fixed) + cost of DPR as per norms of Ministry of Non
Conventional Energy Sources (hereinafter referred to as MNES) |
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ii) Beyond 2MW
upto 5 MW |
Rs. 75,000/-
in the shape of Bank Guarantee or Rs. 35,000/- in the shape of
Demand Draft. |
v)
Upfront premium, processing charges and other security
deposits shall not form part of the Project cost, which shall be
borne by the developer out of his own source of income.
vi)
In case of augmentation of capacity of already commissioned Projects by
an IPP, the following capacity addition charges (Non-refundable)
shall be levied, before according the approval by the First Party.
(i)
0.50 MW & below Rs. 1.00 Lac
(ii) Above 0.50 MW to 1.00 MW Rs. 2.00 Lacs
(iii) Above 1.00 MW Rs. 5.00
Lacs/MW
Other charges such as security deposits as specified
against in Sr. No. i (a & b) mentioned above, shall be payable by
the IPP in addition to above charges.
C.
ESSENTIAL CLEARANCES:-
a) Before signing of MOU:- IPP has to obtain
the following clearances/NOCs from different Departments and furnish
other requisite documents as per detail given below:-
i) Wild
Life stating that the Project area is outside the Wild Life Park,
Sanctuaries, Zoos etc.,
ii) I&PH
& Revenue department(s) stating that the proposed Projects(s) does
not infringe with the drinking and irrigation rights of the local
inhabitants and of the ownership of traditional water mills i.e.
Gharats.
iii) Consent
from the Gram Panchayat through Panchayat Secretary within one
month’s time. In case, no communication is received from the
concerned Gram Panchayat including that of tribal areas within the
stipulated period, it will be presumed that they have no objection
in giving consent to such a proposal. The Administrative Department
shall monitor the progress of such reports in a time bound manner.
iv) Undertaking to the Fisheries Department of the local area
that wherever feasible, rearing of fish shall be promoted by the IPP
in consultation with the Fisheries Department in the Project area at
the time of final implementation of the Project.
v)
Proof in regard to bonafide Himachali.
vi) Pre-feasibility Report (PFR) of the proposed Project along
with the above mentioned reports. If not submitted earlier.
vii) Name with complete address, Tel. No./Fax No. etc. of the
promoter Company and the associate companies.
viii) Details with complete address, Tel. No./Fax No. etc. of
the present Directors of the promoter Company and the associates
companies.
ix)
Detail of the individual equity share holder(s) with
complete address, Tel. No./Fax No. etc.
x)
Establish its corporate office in Himachal Pradesh after the
allocation of the Project and the proof thereof.
b) After signing of Implementation Agreement
(IA):- The IPP has to obtain the following necessary clearances from the
concerned departments within a stipulated period as prescribed in
the IA.
i)
Forest,
ii)
I&PH,
iii)
HPPWD,
iv)
Fisheries,
v)
Pollution Control Board,
vi)
Wild Life,
vii)
Revenue
viii)
Essentiality Certificate
ix)
Financial Closure
x)
Power Purchase
Agreement
D. STATUS OF 1608
APPLICATIONS:-
813 applications were received from different IPPs for 94 HIMURJA
advertised project against 168 projects advertised on 05/02/2007.
16 projects have been approved for allotment to sole
qualified applicant and rest of the projects shall be re-advertised
only after proper re-survey/investigation by HIMURJA and after
fixing up 2 (two) main parameters i.e. optimum capacity of each
project and clear cut elevation ranges to avoid any possibility of
future clash between projects; especially on the same river/stream
and avoid suppression of potential etc.. List of recently allotted
projects is as under:-
PROJECTS UPTO 2MW CAPACITY
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Sr. No. |
Name of project &
Capacity
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District |
Tentative Elevations Likely to vary at PFR stage
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1 |
Ogan
(0.65MW) |
Kullu |
±1740 M to 1470 M |
2 |
Daredi
(1.20MW) |
Chamba |
±1170 M to 1110 M |
3 |
Dehar-III
(1.00MW) |
Kangra |
±590 M to 495 M |
4 |
Khagna
(0.50MW) |
Shimla |
±2060 M to 1600 M |
5 |
Upper Machad
(1.00 MW) |
Shimla |
±1600 M to 1400 M |
6 |
Dhurmu
(1.00MW) |
Mandi |
±1430 M to 1190 M |
7 |
Manikaran
(0.99MW) |
Kullu |
±1510 M to 1482 M |
8 |
Tindi
(0.40MW) |
Lahaul & Spiti |
±2685 M to 2575 M |
9 |
Sanjoin-I
(1.00MW) |
Kullu |
±2765 M to 2550 M |
10 |
Shansha
(0.40MW) |
L&S |
±2900 M to 2871 M |
11 |
Bakar-Kiara
(1.10MW) |
Kullu |
±3400 M to 3080 M |
12 |
Kapri
(1.00 MW) |
Kullu |
±2980 M to 2800 M |
PROJECTS ABOVE 2MW UPTO 5MW CAPACITY
Sr. No. |
Name of project &
Capacity |
District |
Tentative Elevations
Likely to vary at PFR stage |
13 |
Goshali-Roharu (2.80MW) |
Shimla |
±2190 M to 2130M |
14 |
Sakchum
(3.00 MW) |
Lahaul & Spiti |
±3200 M to 2889M |
15 |
Lanrenttar
(3.00 MW) |
Lahaul & Spiti |
±3205 M to 2890 M |
16 |
Chhatru
(2.20 MW) |
Lahaul & Spiti |
±3500 M to 3393 M |
Note: The above
data is informative only and subject to change from time to time. For
details, contact HIMURJA on any working days. |
