Parliament Question: Modernisation of Thermal Power Plants

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3100 ANSWERED ON 06.08.2026 MODERNISATION OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS

3100. SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has conducted any recent survey of existing Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) across the country during the last five years, if so, the details thereof, year-wise;

(b) the details regarding the list of power plants that are to undergo modernisation/upgradation and those that are to be shut down;

(c) the details regarding the funds allocated, released and utilised for modernisation of thermal power plants across the country, plant-wise especially those in Andhra Pradesh; and

(d) whether the Government has conducted any study/survey regarding the potential impact of modernising power plants on India’s power security, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? A N S W E R THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a), (b) & (d) : Government of India constituted a Committee on 16.03.2022 comprising representatives from NTPC Ltd., Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd. (GSECL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) which studied various aspects of Life extension and Renovation & Modernization (R&M) of coal based thermal power stations and brought out a report in the form of R&M Guidelines 2023. Thereafter, based on the guidelines, CEA identified 223 units as potential candidates after consulting with all the concerned stakeholders for Renovation & Modernisation/ Life Extension (R&M/LE) works with age older than 20 years as on December 2022. The R&M/LE works in these units have to be implemented in nine phases to avoid any major energy demand- supply gap. The details are given at Annexure.

(c): At present, the Central government neither provides funds nor has any central sector scheme for modernization/ upgradation of thermal power plants across India including Andhra Pradesh. The generating company is expected to commercially finance the R&M/LE works after evaluating the feasibility.

********ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b) & (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3100 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 06.08.2026 ************* Phasing Plan Phase Period Central Sector State Sector Private Total Total Sector Units Capacity

(MW) I 01.01.2024 – 11 Units 25 Units (5,230 MW) 1 Unit 37 7,960

30.06.2026 (2,230 MW) (500 MW) II 01.07.2026 – 18 Units 12 Units (3,140 MW) – 30 8,310

31.12.2028 (5,170 MW) III 01.01.2029 – 12 Units 12 Units (2,560 MW) – 24 5,370

30.06.2031 (2,810 MW) IV 01.07.2031 – 8 Units 15 Units (3,730 MW) 2 Units 25 6,780

31.12.2033 (2,550 MW) (500 MW) V 01.01.2034 – 5 Units 17 Units (4,330 MW) 3 Units 25 6,710

30.06.2036 (1,630 MW) (750 MW) VI 01.07.2036 – 12 Units 8 Units (2,175 MW) – 20 7,595

31.12.2038 (5,420 MW) VII 01.01.2039 – 5 Units (2,000 MW) 16 Units (4,590 MW) 4 Units 25 7,590

30.06.2041 (1,000 MW) VIII 01.07.2041 – 5 Units (1,740 MW) 9 Units (2,655 MW) 9 Units 23 7,055

31.12.2043 (2,660 MW) IX 01.01.2044 – 5 Units (2,490 MW) 2 Units (460 MW) 7 Units 14 6,070

30.06.2046 (3,120 MW) Grand Jan. 2024 – 81 Units 116 Units 26 Units 223 63,440 Total Jun. 2046 (26,040 MW) (28,870 MW) (8,530 MW) *************