Power Generation Status

Separation of Jharkhand from Bihar has left us with only three Power Generation Plants. Details of which are as follows:

1. Barauni Thermal Power Station

Unit No.	Capacity (in MW)	Date of Commissioning	Present Status
1.	15 MW	26/01/1966	Retired on 16/02/1983		Due to uneconomical operation
2.	15 MW	16/01/1963	Retired on 26/11/1985
3.	15 MW	20/10/1963	Retired on 05/10/1985
4.	50 MW	09/11/1969	Under shut down since 24/04/1996.
5.	50 MW	01/12/1971	Under shut down since 15/03/1995.
6.	110/105	01/12/1984	In Operation
7.	110/105	31/03/2005	Proposed for R&M
Total	320/310	--	--	--

Unit No. 1, 2 and 3 (3x15 MW) of this station were declared obsolete. Sale of these units on as is where is basis is under process by S&P Dept, BSEB, Patna.

Unit No. 4 & 5 (2x50 MW) are of (Polish-make) of this station are under shutdown since 1996 & 1995 respectively due to pollution problem. The proposal for revival and R&M of Unit No. 4 & 5 was sent to CEA for getting approval of the scheme but CEA declared revival/R&M of these units not Techno-economically viable.

Now Board has decided to revive these units on LROT (Lease, Renovate, Operate and Transfer) basis subject to approval of Govt. of Bihar. The proposal has already been submitted to Govt. of Bihar for approval.

Unit No. 6 & 7 (2x110 MW) are of BHEL-make. After completion of restoration work, Unit No. 6 (110 MW) was synchronised on 24-11-2007 and is generating 70-80 MW. R&M work on these two units will be carried out by BHEL one by one after getting approval from the Planning Commission, Govt. of India.

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2. Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station

Unit No.	Capacity (in MW)	Date of Commissioning	Present Status
1.	110	31/03/1985	Proposed for R&M.
2.	110	17/03/1986	In operation.
Total	220 MW	--	--

On 8-Sep-2006, MTPS stands transferred to JVC of BSEB and NTPC in the light of MOU signed on 26-11-2005 vide notification no. 36 dated 08-09-2006 of Energy Department, Govt. of Bihar.

R&M work of Unit No. 1 & 2 (2x110 MW) are of BHEL make. After completion of restoration work, Unit No. 2 was put in operation on 29-Jan-2008 and it is generating 80-90 MW.

R&M work on both these units will be carried out by BHEL one by one after getting approval from the Planning Commission, Govt. of India.

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3. Koshi Hydel Power Station

Unit No.	Capacity (in MW)	Date of Commissioning	Present Status
1.	4.8	April, 1970	Koshi Hydel Power Station has been handed over to Bihar State Hydel Power Corporation on 16/11/2003 vide notification no. 11 dated 26-06-2003 of Energy Dept., GoB and BSEB notification no. 46 dated 31-7-2003.
2.	4.8	March, 1971
3.	4.8	October, 1973
4.	4.8	October, 1978
Total	19.2	--	--

Thus, the total installed capacity of BSEB as on 1/02/2006 is 320+220 = 540 MW. The derated capacity comes to just 530 MW.

There are some new projects in the pipeline to improve overall power generation situation. Click on the link New Projects to learn about them.

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