NHPC is planning to leverage infrastructure investment trusts or InvITs to monetise 10 of its 22 projects. The move is in line with stepped-up efforts of state-run public sector units (PSUs) to generate resources for India’s ambitious infrastructure plans, which include tapping the InvIT route.
InvITs are trusts that manage income-generating infrastructure assets, typically offering investors regular yield and a liquid method of investing in infrastructure projects. NHPC will soon hire a consultant to assess feasibility of asset monetisation of a few hydro power projects through limited tender route.
The consultant will also provide a cost-benefit analysis of adopting different options of the asset monetisation schemes and its merits and demerits in the context of NHPC.
NHPC has a power generation capacity of 7,071 MW through its 22 operational hydro projects and two wind and solar projects. It also has four hydro projects totalling 4,424 MW under construction and 10 projects totalling 7,321 MW awaiting clearance.