New thermal power plants to start generation from next year

The three new supercritical thermal power plants with the total installed capacity of 3920 MWs coming up in various places in Punjab would begin generating electricity next year with the first unit of the Talwandi Sabo project of the Vedanta likely to be commissioned in November 2012.

GS Chhabra, Director (Generation) of the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) today said the second and third units of the 1980-MW Talwandi Sabo project were slated to be commissioned in February and May 2013, respectively.

A meeting of the coordination committee has been convened on August 25 to discuss the progress in construction of the project.

Chhabra said that the first unit of the 540-MW Goindwal Sahib thermal power project being constructed by the GVK Group would be commissioned in January 2013 and the second in April 2013.

The 1400-MW Rajpura Thermal Plant being built by the L&T Group would be commissioned in 2014 with its first unit going to stream in January and the second in May.

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NO SCHEDULED POWER CUTS THIS MONTH

In what may come as a relief for the state people, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited today released its power schedule for the month of May, as per which there will be no cuts in domestic, industrial and other sectors. “There will be no scheduled power cuts on feeders feeding main cities, district headquarters, urban industrial category-1, UPS 3 wire, UPS 4 wire feeders and no weekly off for the industry,” reads the latest power schedule released by the PSPCL. According to senior functionaries of the PSPCL, it would be for the first time in several years that the Power Corporation was not imposing any cuts during this time of the year. “The credit goes to team work, visionary planning and the efforts being made for proper renovation and the repair of thermal plants,” said PSPCL chairman-cum-managing director KD Chaudhri. PSPCL director (distribution) Arun Verma said: “If any power cuts are being imposed in any part of the state, it is because of the technical snag or necessary maintenance.” As per recent figures, against the demand of 1,163 lakh units of power on April 28, the PSPCL was able to provide 1,146 lakh units. The gap of 17 lakh units was being managed through the three-hour peak load restrictions imposed on the large supply consumers. “In view of the fact that last year during summers both domestic and industrial category consumers had to face immense difficulty owing to long power cuts, this time the consumers are happy,” a PSPCL spokesman said.