Overview
- A March 27 agreement between NHPC and JKSPDCL covers Uri-I Stage-II (240 MW) and Dulhasti Stage-II (260 MW) on a 40-year Build-Own-Operate-Transfer model.
- PDP leaders called the move a new handover to the central utility, while the ruling NC said it implements a 2020 board decision and a 2021 MoU.
- NC MLA Sajjad Shaheen plans a Private Member’s Bill that seeks a phased transfer of NHPC-run projects back to the J&K government.
- Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Singh supported the call for return, saying the Union Territory pays steep costs to buy power generated in the region.
- Under current terms reported from the MoU, J&K gets a little over 12% of output from NHPC projects and buys the rest at market rates, a setup long contested since recommendations in 2006 urged transferring some assets to the region.