Govt asks power plants to auction fly ash through transparent bidding

The Ministry of Power on Wednesday issued an advisory to power plants to auction fly ash through a transparent bidding process.

“It was directed that power plants shall invariably auction the fly ash through a transparent bidding process and an advisory has been issued by the Ministry of September 22, 2021 for this purpose. This will reduce the tariff of electricity and burden on the consumers,” a power ministry statement said.

According to the statement, Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, R K Singh, held a meeting on Wednesday to review the status of fly ash transportation to end users and fly ash utilisation.