Tata Power's plan to reduce debt through InvIT gets delayed
Tata Power’s plans to reduce debt by hiving
off its renewables energy businesses into an infrastructure investment trust
(InvIT) has missed the March-end deadline.
The company was planning to bring down its gross debt to below Rs
25,000 crore from Rs 49,000 crore with the InvIT structure.
The earlier deadline mentioned by Tata group chairman N
Chandrasekaran was March 2021 but due to the Covid-19 disruption, the plan
could not take off.
InvITs own, operate and manage operational infrastructure assets.
The cash flows from the businesses owned by the InvITs are
distributed among the unitholders.
In the financial year ending March this year, Tata Power had
re-started talks with several potential investors, including Petronas and
Brookfield, but could not close the transaction.
Tata Power Renewable
Energy (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, is currently leading the power
firm’s initiative to increase non-fossil generation to about 60 per cent of its
total capacity by 2025.
The combined portfolio of TPREL and Walwhan Renewable Energy
generate around 2.7 Gw, making it a significant proportion of Tata Power’s
generation capacity of around 30 per cent.
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