HPGCL records minimum consumption

Chandigarh, Mar 29 (UNI) The Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGCL) has achieved a record of minimum consumption of specific oil, coal and auxiliary in power generation during the current financial year since its formation in the year 1998.

Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Power, Ashok Lavasa today said the specific oil consumption of thermal power stations of HPGCL had improved to 1.84 ml per unit as compared to 3.89 ml per unit during the corresponding period of last year.

Similarly, the specific coal consumption had come down to 721 gm per unit as compared to 743 gm per unit in last year. The auxiliary consumption had also been brought down to a record low of 9.76 per cent since the formation of HPGCL.

He said the State's own power projects generated 14,727.85 lakh more units of electricity during the current year up to March 28 as compared to the corresponding period of the last year. The State generated and supplied 96,732.82 lakh units this year as compared to 82,084.97 lac units of the last year.

He said HPGCL procured the maximum power by tapping all possible sources at even higher rates by scheduling liquid generation of NTPC Gas Stations at the rate of seven rupees per unit and arranging power of surplus power stations, captive power plants, the rate of which varied from four rupees per unit to Rs 6.85 per unit.

Besides this, the State also overdrew electricity from the grid, the rate of which varied from three rupees per unit to five rupees per unit to cater the demand of consumers during the current financial year.

The overall Plant Load Factor during the current financial year from April, 2006 to February, 2007 had been 79.37 per cent against a PLF of 67.50 per cent during the corresponding period of last year which was the highest ever PLF achieved.

Mrs Jyoti Arora, Managing Director, HPGCL said the planned maintenance and overhauling of all the generating units of Panipat Thermal Power Station had been carried out in such a way that the units generated maximum power during the peak demand period from May 16 to October 15 last.

She said without considering the planned outage of various units, the PLF worked out to be 82.54 per cent for the current year.

The PLF of unit five to eight of Panipat Thermal worked out to be 92.50 per cent which was comparable to the best performing power plants in the country.

UNI