"28.(1) For the efficient performance of its duties under this Act, the Board or a Generating Company, as the case may be, may prepare one or more schemes, relating to the establishment or acquisition of generating stations, tie-lines, sub-stations or transmission lines, as are referred to in clause (e) of section 18 or clause (c) of sub-section (I) of section 18A, as the case may be.
(2) The Board or, as the case may be, the Generating Company which has prepared a scheme may, sanction such scheme either generally or in respect of any part of the area specified in the scheme and where a scheme has been sanctioned in respect of any part of the area, such scheme may subsequently be sanctioned in respect of any other part of that area:
Provided that where the scheme is of the nature referred to in sub-section (I) of section 29, the scheme shall not be sanctioned (generally or for part of an area) by the Board or the Generating Company except with the previous concurrence of the Authority.
(3) Every scheme sanctioned under this section shall be published in the Official Gazette and in such local newspapers' as the Board or, as the case may be, the Generating Company may consider necessary.
29. (2) Every scheme estimated to Involve a capital expenditure exceeding one crore of rupees shall, as soon as may be after its preparation, be submitted to the Authority fojr its concurrence.
(2) Before finalisatlon oi any scheme of the nature referred to in sub-section (1) and the submission thereof to the Authority for concurrence, the Board OJT, as the case may be, the Generating Company shall cause such scheme, which among other things shall contain the estimates of the capital expenditure involved, salient features thereof end the benefits that may accrue therefrom, to be published In the Official Gazette of the State concerned and in such local newspaper* as the Board or the Generating Company may consider necessary along with a notice of the date, not being less than two months after the date of such publication, before which licensees and other persons interested may make representations on such scheme.
(3) The Board or, as the case may be, the Generating Company may, after considering the representations, if any, that may have been received by it and after making such inquiries as it thinks fltj Substitution of new heading for heading under Chapter V.
Substitution of new sections for section^ 28 and 29.
Preparation and sanctioning of scheme.
Submission of schemes for concurrence of Authority, etc.
SEC. 11 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 1413 modify the scheme and the scheme so finally prepared (with or without modifications) shall be submitted by it to the Authority along with the representations.
(4) A copy of the scheme finally prepared by the Board or, as the case may be, the Generating Company under sub-section (3) shall be forwarded to the State Government or State Governments concerned:
Provided that where the scheme has been prepared by a Generating Company in relation to which the Central Government is the promoting government or one of the promoting governments, a copy of the scheme finally prepared shall be forwarded also to the Central Government.
(5) The Authority may give such directions as to the form and contents of a scheme and the procedure to be followed in, and any other matter relating to, the preparation, submission and approval of such scheme, as it may think fit.
(6) In] respect of any scheme submitted to the Authority for its concurrence under sub-section (1), the Board or, as the case may be, the Generating Company shall, if required by the Authority so to do, supply any information incidental or supplementary to the scheme within such period, being not less than one month, as may be specified by the Authority.".
19. In section 30 of the principal Act,—
(a) for the opening paragraph, the following shall be substituted, namely: — "The Authority shall, before concurring in any scheme submitted to it under sub-section (1) of section 29, have particular regard to, whether or not in its opinion—";
(b) in clause (a),—
(i) >the words "by the Board" shall be omitted;
(ii) for the words "shall satisfy itself", the words "shall satisfy itself, after consultation with the State Government, the Central Government, or such other agencies as it may deem appropriate," shall be substituted;
(c) after clause (e), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely: — "(/) in the case of a scheme in respect of thermal power generation, the location of the generating station is best suited to the: region, taking into account the optimum! utilisation of fuel resources, the distance of load centre, transportation facilities, water availability and environmental considerations;
(gr) the scheme conforms to any other technical, economic or other criteria laid down by the Authority in accordance with the national power policy evolved by it in pursuance of the pro- Visions contained in clause (?) of sub-section (I) of section 3.", Amendment of section 30.
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