Power engineers’ body seeks withdrawal of Centre’s directive to gencos for coal imports

All India Power Engineers Federation has urged the central government to withdraw its direction to states’ gencos to import coal amid the shortage of dry fuel, crippling electricity generation in the country.

“Correct determination of GCV (Gross Calorific Value) is critical to avoid overcharging and over-billing. The government of India while instructing state discoms to import coal has apparently ignored the factor that most of the state gencos/thermal stations have no past experience in coal imports, particularly regarding the procedures for coal quality determination at the loading point,” AIPEF (All India Power Engineers Federation) said in a statement.