A Business Meet on Small Hydro Power Projects was organised by the North India Technical Consultancy Organisation Ltd. at Dehradun on October 27, 2005. The Meet was sponsored by IREDA and was attended by 35 delegates from different organisation in the Uttaranchal region.The main objective of the programme was to impress upon the importance of small hydro power projects and the role it could play to meet the challenging energy demand in the country. Besides this, the contributors of the organisation like IREDA in this field was highlighted. The financing schemes of IREDA and the financialand fiscal incentives offered by the Government was also to be highlighted.The Meet was inaugurated by Shri A. B. Giri, CMD, Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, who in his address said that the tariff determined for small hydro must be simple to implement and reflect the value of electricity generated rather than on cost because when compared to LHPs the operating cost of LHP are less distinguishable due to their small size and common accounting units multiple SHPs. Even the international and national evidence points to reference based pricing in preference to case by case rate determination.In his address Shri H.S. Rauth, DGM, IREDA said that the schems of IREDA are attractive and entreprteneurs must come forward and avail of the financing. He highlighted the schmes of IREDA, the financial gains in terms of attractive returns and case studies to show the cost benefit analysis of SHPs, whihc have been funded by IREDA. A one-to-one discussion followed thereafter.In his address, Shri S.K. Rastogi, GM, UJVNL said there was need for creating additional detailed data and engineering details by conducting geological surveys at potential sites. He also said that power channels are more prone to land slides and therefore the water conductor system should be changed to tunnel as per site specific conditions. He also said that machines ofsimple design are planned to be used for the power stations located in far off locations for their easy operation and maintenance. It was therefore imperative that all the staff posted at such sites are given proper training by the entrepreneur.</sec></body></article></article></body></html>

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A Business Meet on Small Hydro Power Projects was organised by the North India Technical Consultancy Organisation Ltd. at Dehradun on October 27, 2005. The Meet was sponsored by IREDA and was attended by 35 delegates from different organisation in the Uttaranchal region.The main objective of the programme was to impress upon the importance of small hydro power projects and the role it could play to meet the challenging energy demand in the country. Besides this, the contributors of the organisation like IREDA in this field was highlighted. The financing schemes of IREDA and the financialand fiscal incentives offered by the Government was also to be highlighted.The Meet was inaugurated by Shri A. B. Giri, CMD, Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, who in his address said that the tariff determined for small hydro must be simple to implement and reflect the value of electricity generated rather than on cost because when compared to LHPs the operating cost of LHP are less distinguishable due to their small size and common accounting units multiple SHPs. Even the international and national evidence points to reference based pricing in preference to case by case rate determination.In his address Shri H.S. Rauth, DGM, IREDA said that the schems of IREDA are attractive and entreprteneurs must come forward and avail of the financing. He highlighted the schmes of IREDA, the financial gains in terms of attractive returns and case studies to show the cost benefit analysis of SHPs, whihc have been funded by IREDA. A one-to-one discussion followed thereafter.In his address, Shri S.K. Rastogi, GM, UJVNL said there was need for creating additional detailed data and engineering details by conducting geological surveys at potential sites. He also said that power channels are more prone to land slides and therefore the water conductor system should be changed to tunnel as per site specific conditions. He also said that machines ofsimple design are planned to be used for the power stations located in far off locations for their easy operation and maintenance. It was therefore imperative that all the staff posted at such sites are given proper training by the entrepreneur.</sec></body></article></article></body></html>