The private power producers' lobby has taken state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL) to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over the long-standing issue of fuel supply pacts.
The new allegations are centred on the right to terminate supplies, then security deposit and the mechanism for settlement of disputes between supplier and buyer.
The Association of Power Producers (APP) have questioned the basis of having different FSAs for independent power producers (IPPs) and public sector companies.
"The discrimination has no precedents," APP Director General Ashok Khurana wrote in letters to the coal and power ministries.
"Before 2009, the FSA for public and private sector generating stations were the same. Introducing the concept of differential FSAs now is contrary to the principles of natural
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