Expecting more PPAs from state governments like Gujarat, says JSW Energy
Jindal Power is one of the lowest bidders of the medium-term power purchase agreement (PPA) pilot scheme floated by the government. CNBC-TV18 spoke with one more such player who has been declared the lowest bidder for 290-megawatt (MW) project - JSW Energy. Prashant Jain, Joint MD & CEO of Jindal Energy, spoke at length about the PPA."This is a 2500 megawatt (MW) pilot-II scheme from Government of India for which NHPC was the aggregator," Jain said.“As per the bidding document, the supply is supposed to start by October but given the past experience, it can be another 2-3 month delay. So the supply should commence anytime between October and January 2019,” he added.Talking further about the PPA, Jain said, “We have given this capacity from .....