Summary:
The state government bought electricity for over Rs14,000 crore from private power producers in the last two years. The reply showed that the highest quantity of power was purchased from Tata Power in both the years, followed by Adani Power. The minister's reply showed that the government purchased 27,884 million units of electricity from Essar Power, CLP India, Adani Power, ACB (India), and Coastal Gujarat Power (Tata Power) in 2017, and 20,532 MUs in 2018. The government spent Rs7,975 crore for buying power from these companies in 2017, and Rs5,724 crore in 2018. The minister also said that daily power demand in the state was 316.8 million units, of which state-owned power generation units contributed 85.4 MUs..