A deal has been signed by the state-owned NLC India joint venture Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power to send 492 MW of power from its 1,980 MW Ghatampur thermal plant to Assam.
A coal-based supercritical thermal power plant with a capacity of 1,980 MW (3 x 660 MW) is being built at Ghatampur Tehsil in Kanpur Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh, by Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Ltd (NUPPL), a joint venture between NLC India and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd, with a 51:49 equity participation.
NUPPL and the Assam government on Tuesday announced the signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) to ensure a steady and reliable power supply of 492 megawatts (MW) to the state from the former’s 1,980 MW Ghatampur Thermal Power Plant.
The PPA was signed and exchanged between NUPPL CEO CS Santhosh and Chandan Deka, Chief General Manager/Commercial & EE, APDCL, at Bijulee Bhawan in Guwahati.
Under the agreement, NUPPL will supply 492.72 MW of power to the Assam government.
