NTPC Vallure station to cut power supply to three Indian states

• 7 years ago (2017-04-19)
• David Flin

Asia 893 Coal 297

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A joint venture of India’s state-run NTPC (formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation) has decided to cut power supply to the three states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Telangana from its Vallure thermal station over non-payment of dues of around $250 million.

The NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company Ltd (NTECL) has issued a notice for regulation of power supply to Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Karnataka of 1229 MW from its 1500 MW Vallur Thermal Power Station for non-payment of long outstanding dues. A person close to the decision said: “The regulation or suspension of power supply shall be implemented from 00.00 hours of 26 April 2017, and it is expected to seriously affect power supplies in these states.”

NTECL is engaged in generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The joint venture was formed to set up a 1500 MW coal-fired power station at Vallur, Ennore in Tamil Nadu, utilising the existing infrastructure at Ennore. The plant mainly supplies power to Tamil Nadu, and it also supplies Kerala, Karnataka, and Pondicherry.