Confers Tata Power with the GOLD SHIELD for the Distribution Business and the ‘SILVER SHIELD’ for the Trombay Thermal Generation Unit 8
Recognizing Tata Power’s steady and stable performance in the generation of quality power and reliable supply to its consumers in the Mumbai License Area; the Ministry of Power, Government of India, bestowed the company for its achievement under the Comprehensive Award Scheme with Gold Shield for the Distribution Business and rated the Trombay Thermal 250 MW Unit 8 generation facility as the second best performing station in the country for 2008-09 with the Silver Shield award at a ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
While the GOLD SHEILD was awarded for the meritorious performance in the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) excellence thereby leading to steady reduction in distribution loss, reliability of power supply, metering, billing and collection efficiency, in Mumbai retail business; the SILVER SHEILD was conferred for the speedy completion and commissioning of the 250 Unit 8 at Trombay Thermal Generation Station in Mumbai.
Mr. Ashok Sethi, Vice President, Distribution, Mr. Vijay Chourey, General Manager, License Area, Mr. M Shenbagam, General Manager, Customer Management, License Area received the Gold Shield and the Silver Shield for the Trombay generation facility was received by Mr. K. S. Thimmiah, General Manager, Project in Charge, Trombay Unit 8 and Mr. Ashok Wankhede General Manager, Trombay Plant, Tata Power Company Ltd from the from the Honourable Minister of Power, Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde.
Apart from these awards, Tata Power’s joint venture company in New Delhi i.e. New Delhi Power Limited (NDPL) won the Silver Shield for the distribution business at the ceremony.
The Ministry introduced Comprehensive Award Scheme in 2004-05 for acknowledging and awarding meritorious performance, thereby creating competitiveness among various power stations/projects in thermal, hydro and nuclear generation, transmission project and distribution companies.
Mr. Prasad Menon, Managing Director, The Tata Power Company Limited, said, “The awards‘ reiterate Tata Power’s experience and execution skills in both the generation and distribution business, and is a recognition for the commendable efforts of the teams, who have strived hard to achieve excellence in performance in last few years. This award will further motivate us, in our endeavor to optimize performance and ensure excellent delivery from our end.”
Tata Power’s excellence has been recognized by various governing bodies across the country. Some of the recent awards won include – the Silver Shield from Ministry of Power and Central Electricity Authority for 2007-2008 for the Bhira plant, the Quality Circles Award 2007 at the “National Convention on Quality Circles” under the aegis of Quality Circle Forum of India.
Tata Power’s Jojobera Division was awarded the “Suraksha Puraskar” by the National Safety Council of India in recognition of the developing and implementing very effective Safety Management Systems and Procedures and achieving very good performance in safety during the assessment period of three years – 2003-05.
About Trombay Unit 8:
The Thermal Unit 8 of 250 MW was synchronized and commissioned in March 2009 and operates on imported Indonesian coal. This unit enhanced the generation capacity of the Trombay plant to 1,600 MW from the earlier capacity of 1,350 MW. The first synchronization with the grid was achieved on January 14, 2009, coal firing was commenced on March 7, 2009 and attained full load in March 2009. The civil works for the project has been executed by Larsen & Tubro, whereas the main plant and balance of equipment was executed by BHEL for supply, erection and commissioning under EPC contract.
About Tata Power:
Tata Power is India's largest private sector power utility with an installed generation capacity of over 2900 MW and a presence in all the segments of the power sector viz Generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind), Transmission, Distribution and Trading. The Company has successful public-private partnerships in Generation, Transmission and Distribution - “North Delhi Power Limited” with Delhi Vidyut Board for distribution in North Delhi, ‘Powerlinks Transmission Ltd.’ with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for evacuation of Power from Tala hydro plant in Bhutan to Delhi and ‘Maithon Power Ltd.’ with Damodar Valley Corporation for a 1050 MW Mega Power Project at Jharkhand. It has acquired 30% stake in Coal Companies at Indonesia and is developing the first 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at Mundra (Gujarat) based on super-critical technology. With its track record of technology leadership, customer care and redefining contours of the Indian power sector, Tata Power is poised for a five-fold growth and committed to ‘lighting up lives’ for generations to come.
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