Rajasthan Urja Vikas and IT Services Limited (RUVITL) filed a petition seeking approval for procurement of 3200 (4 * 800) MW power from Thermal Power Stations for 25 years to be set up on Design, Build, Finance, Own & Operate basis through competitive bidding. Given the impact of adding 3200 MW of Round the Clock (RTC) thermal power locked in for 25 years, on the state's power sector and the electricity consumer, Prayas (Energy Group) made a submission on the following: 

• Weaknesses and inconsistencies in consideration of Peak demand and Energy requirement in CEA's Resource Adequacy Plan for Rajasthan
• Lack of consideration of net demand for assessment of requirement from coal-based generation
• Insufficient consideration of generation from RE and the declining trends in prices for options such as FDRE and RE+storage
• Unrealistic timelines for commissioning of thermal power stations
• Scrutiny of deviations in the tender documents towards ensuring accountability from the project proponent

An additional submission on the matter was also made on 29th September 2025.

The Commission issued an order on 18th November 2025, rejecting RUVITLs' petition to contract 3200 (4 * 800) MW power from Thermal Power Stations.

Following this, RUVITL filed a petition seeking a review of  the order passed on 18th November 2025, citing apparent errors committed by the Commission with regards to the consideration of 2025 CEA Resource Adequacy Plan for Rajasthan, and the meeting of Expert Assessment Committee held on 21st August 2025. It also cited new information not available during the original proceedings.

All stakeholders party to the original proceedings were impleaded to the review petition and granted two weeks time to file their comments/submissions. Towards this, a submission was made by Prayas (Energy Group) on 27th January 2026 which questioned,

• the evaluation of demand based on which capacity addition was determined
• the suitability of the proposed RTC coal project to meet demand given competitive alternatives and the evolving sector
• the admissibility of the grounds for review

In response to the rejoinder submitted by RUVITL in the matter of the review petition, Prayas (Energy Group) also made an additional submission on 13th February 2026. Our response to the rejoinder questioned the legal maintainability of the review petition itself, and also continued to highlight the lack of substantive justification for the proposed capacity addition.

Post the hearing on the matter, held on 20th February 2026, another submission was made to the Commission further strengthening the legal basis of the non-maintainability of the review petition filed by RUVITL.