Kochi:
Union Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal said on Monday that a format with regard to sharing of power from nuclear and thermal plants was in place, which had not been altered so far.
The minister was responding to a query from media personnel over Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa staking claim over the plant's entire projected generation of 2000 MW power from Kudankulam nuclear plant.
Venugopal said the allocation of power from nuclear and thermal plants were based on pre-set norms. There is a clear format as per which 50 per cent of power allocated from these plants would go to the home state where it was located, 15 per cent to the Centre and the remaining is decided as per the per capita consumption and allocation to each state. These norms have not been changed so far, he said.
Kerala was getting the maximum unallotted quota from central pool compared to other southern states--Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, he said.
About 1300 MW central share has been allotted to Kerala.
In the 11th five year plan, 55,000 MW of power was generated and Kerala's contribution was 100 mw. In the 12th plan, the Centre was planning to generate 75,000 MW of power and Kerala's contribution would be nil, he said.
While there would be no power crisis in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the next two years, Kerala's consumption by 2016 will touch 4800 MW and there would be a deficit of 1000 mw, he said.
The Centre was making efforts to reduce the excise duty on Naptha, he said.
Kerala should go for non-conventional energy like wind and solar and mini hydel projects of 25 MW for its power needs, he said.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, reacting to his TN counterpart's demand, said it was for the Centre to take a decision on the matter.