1st unit of Talwandi Saboo plant starts production

Punjab is set to become power cut free with the first unit of the 1,980-MW Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd (TSPL) becoming operational and adding 660 MW to the national grid.
Besides, POWERCOM has already tied up power from all available sources to meet the anticipated demand of 10,000 MW (2,200 LUs) per day during June and July 2014.
Disclosing this here today, an official spokesman said earlier the first unit of the 700 MW super-critical (2x700 MW) Rajpura thermal power plant had also became operational on trial bases.
Besides, the third power project- GVK's Goindwal plant will be operational very shortly as the coal supply issue have been resolved, the spokesmans said.

He said the Union Ministry of Power had also acceded to the State's request and issued a notification asking Coal India Ltd to sign Fuel Supply Agreements (FSA) to include the Unit-1 of Talwandi Sabo TPP and Unit-1 of Rajpura TPP for 2013-14 besides Talwandi Sabo TPP unit-2 and 3 and Rajpura TPP Unit-2 for 2014-15.
He said Punjab Sstate Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) is fully geared up to provide regular and uninterrupted power supply to all categories of consumers during the paddy season.
Regarding availability of Power, PSPCL has already tied up power from all available sources to meet the anticipated demand of 10,000 MW (2,200 LUs) per day during the month of June and July 2014, he said.

He said in addition to state owned thermal and hydel plants, which were generating to its full capacity, Corporation has tied up short-term power to the tune of 1315 MW for the month of June and 1,350 MW for the month of July, 2014.