5,000-Mw capacity lying idle due to gas shortage

  • 12/10/2008

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)

Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai October 13, 2008, 0:59 IST State power boards incur fixed cost of Rs 3,500 crore. Around 5,000 Mw of gas-based electricity generation capacity, built at a cost of about Rs 20,000 crore, is lying idle due to the shortage of gas in the country. The state electricity boards prefer incurring fixed cost