Power ministry seeks coal cess waiver for FGD power plants
The power ministry has sought the waiver of Rs 400 GST compensation cess on coal supplied to thermal power projects that implement emission control equipment to offset the increase in power tariff to end consumers due to implementation of emission control equipment as per the directions of the environment ministry.
The Clean Energy Cess was started in 2010 to promote clean energy technologies but later subsumed in GST compensation. With the introduction of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) in July 2017, the Clean Energy Cess was abolished and a new cess on coal production at Rs 400 per tonne, called the GST Compensation Cess, is being levied.
