The government has asked the officials concerned to take all necessary steps to ensure normal supply of electricity in the state.
Maharashtra government has agreed to buy electricity from the Dabhol power project at Rs 5.01 per unit and the plant is likely to be re-started by the middle of next month.
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the energy portfolio, held a meeting with trade union representatives and later said the government had no intention to privatise state-run power utilities.
The 1,967 MW plant has not been operating since August because of stoppage of natural gas supplies from domestic fields.
Goyal's statement comes in the wake of RGPPL board giving its approval last month for the conversion of debt into equity equivalent to interest dues of Rs 405 crore (Rs 4.05 billion).
The Dabhol power plant has seen power generation plunge in recent days on account of dwindling gas supplies.
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Ratnagiri Gas & Power Pvt Ltd, in charge of Dabhol assets since 2005, has admitted it is passing through a difficult phase in the absence of gas allocation and low recovery of dues from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company.
From Jammu and Kashmir to Andhra Pradesh, consumers are facing power cuts ranging from 2 hours to 8 hours.
Gas prices have fallen to $10 per million British thermal unit. But the fate of the power project, run by Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd, will hang in balance till the committee takes a decision on gas pooling, reduction in certain taxes and providing per unit subsidy.
The statement comes in the wake of reports that warned of power crisis looming large due to the coal shortage in the country.
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