1.	How many local people will get employment in this bio gasification project activity as mentioned in social well being section?
2.	Where is source of biomass located and what is level of certainity of supply?
3.	List of stakeholders which were present during consultation and minutes is not shown in PDD. 
4.     Regular air monitoring including SPM, RSPM, Sulfer content should be carried out from this project.
5.	Whether local villagers would be beneficiary of CDM revenue earned by? Any plan has been develop to earmark certain fund from CDM revenue for community welfare to improve social well being of local people? 

From
Mahesh Pandya
Environmental Engineer
Paryavaran mitra
502, Raj Avenue, Bhaikakanagar road
Thaltej, Ahmedabad - 380059
Telefax - 079-26851321/1801
email - paryavaranmitra@yahoo.com

For a biomass gassifier project, auxiliary consumption of 12% appears to be very high. It normally does not exceed 9-10%. DOE may collect the equipment, power rating and expected hours of working an check the veracity of this assumption.

Is the wheeling charge for small investors with less than 5 MW capacity in the state is 10.01%?

Exports to third party are given as 5582 MWh in the 1st and 5th years and 6380 MWh in other years. There is no explanation for this. The generation is much more than 5582 MWh and 6380 MWh. PP may be selling surplus power to state grid. Revenue from the sale of excess power should be taken into account in financial indicator calculation.

Though in sec. B.5 the biomass consumption is given as 1.20 kg/kWh, as per data given in sec. B.7.1 it works out to 1.22 kg/kWh. GERC has proposed only 1.15 kg/kWh. At this rate, any project will be additional

PDD takes into account 4% as O&M cost and over and above that Re.0.35/kWh as repairs and maintenance cost. Both put together, the O&M cost works out to more than 8%. Does GERC order provide for such a high O&M cost? On what basis is this provided. DOE should not accept more than 4% of capital cost for O&M and repairs & maintenance cost put together

PDD provides for Electricity Duty. Is the company not eligible for exemption for 10 years?

Only regular tax rate has been provided. If this is an IPP, then in the first 15 years, the company will be paying only MAT and not regular tax. 

Even with CDM benefits, the project is not likely to reach the benchmark. Why is the PP setting up this project? Is it a charity? Why to ask for CDM benefits if the PP intends to charity?  Either the benchmark is very high or the input parameters are inflated.