Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is the

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generating and distributing company of the Government of Punjab state in India. It was formerly known as Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) which was unbundled by the government of Punjab into two companies on 16 April 2010 as Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. (POWERCOM) and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Ltd. (TRANSCO).

History

PSPCL was incorporated as company on 16 April 2010 and was given the responsibility of operating and maintenance of State's own generating projects and distribution system. The business of generation of

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of erstwhile PSEB was transferred to PSPCL.

Power plants

Thermal

Rajpura Thermal Power Plant Rajpura Thermal Power Plant is a coal-based thermal power plant located in Nalash village near Rajpura in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The power plant is operated by the Larsen & Toubro company. Capacity Ref ...

Rajpura Rajpura () is a city in Patiala district in the Indian state of Punjab, India, situated along the border of the Indian state of Haryana. It is located 26 KM Patiala city, towards East from District Head Quarter. It is Tehsil Head Quarter. Rajp ...

. It is a Case-2 based most efficient and top of the MERIT order thermal power plant in Punjab, with power capacity of 1400 MW (700x2). *

Talwandi Sabo Power Project Talwandi Sabo Power Project is a coal-based super-critical thermal power plant located in Banawala village in Mansa district, India, Mansa district in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The power plant is operated by Talwandi Sabo Power L ...

Mansa Mansa may refer to: Places In India * Mansa, Gujarat, a town in northern Gujarat, Western India; the capital of: ** Mansa, Gujarat Assembly constituency ** Mansa State, a princely state under the Mahi Kantha Agency in India * Mansa district, P ...

. It is the highest capacity thermal power plant in Punjab, with power capacity of 1980 MW (660x3). *

Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant The Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant at Bathinda was one of the three coal-fired thermal power stations in Punjab (the other being at Lehra Mohabat and Ropar). It was a medium-sized power station with four units that were begun to be built in earl ...

Bhatinda Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda District. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth l ...

. It was a 460 MW (110x2 + 120x2 MW) coal-based thermal power plant. (closed) *

Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Ghanauli near Ropar in Punjab. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of PSPCL. Power plant Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Station is situated near village Ghanauli ...

Ropar Rupnagar (; formerly known as Ropar is a city and a municipal council in Rupnagar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Rupnagar is a newly created fifth Divisional Headquarters of Punjab comprising Rupnagar, Mohali, and its adjoining distr ...

. It is a 1260 MW (6x210 MW) coal-based thermal power plant. *

Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant (''GHTP Lehra Mohabbat'') is located on National Highway No. 7 (earlier NH 64) which runs from Bathinda to Chandigarh. The Generators used are cylindrical rotor type, that were manufactured in India by BHEL. Source ...

, Lehra Mohabbat, Bhatinda. It is a 920 MW (2x210 MW, 2x250 MW) coal-based thermal power plant. * Goindwal Sahib Power Plant. It is a 540MW coal based thermal power plant.

Hydel

Ranjit Sagar Dam The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Punjab Irrigation Department on the Ravi River on the border of Union Territory, Jammu and Kashmir and state Punjab. It is located upstrea ...

, 600 MW *

Shanan Power House Shanan Power House (commissioned in 1932 ) is situated 2 km from Jogindernagar in Himachal Pradesh, India. First power house of Himachal Pradesh is Bhuri singh project in Chamba. British Engineer Colonel B.C. Batty and his team in collaboration ...

. It is a 110 MW hydro power plant. *

Anandpur Sahib Hydel Channel Anandpur may refer to the following topics in India: * Anandpur Bhadla (Gujarati: આણંદપુર ભાડલા), a village in Chotila Taluka of Surendranagar district, Gujarat, India * Anandpur State, a former princely state with seat in t ...

, 134 MW *

Mukerian Hydel Mukerian is a city and municipal council of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India. Mukerian is located on National Highway 44 and state highway 15 about north of New Delhi.It is a Sub-district headquarters situated on Jalandhar-jammu railwa ...

, 207 MW * UBDC Hydroelectric Power House, 45 MW *

Bhakra Nangal Project Bhakra may refer to: *Bhakra Dam *Bhakra, Nepal Bhraka, Nepal is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Manang District in the Gandaki Zone of northern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a popul ...

Pong Dam Project ''Pong'' is a table tennis–themed twitch arcade sports video game, featuring simple two-dimensional graphics, manufactured by Atari and originally released in 1972. It was one of the earliest arcade video games; it was created by Allan Alcor ...

Dehar Power House The Pandoh Dam is an embankment dam on the Beas River in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Under the Beas Project, the dam was completed in 1977 and its primary purpose is hydroelectric power generation. Part of a run-of-the-river power ...

Thein Dam Project Thein is a name found in several cultures. Notable people with this name include: Burmese name *Aung Min Thein (1961–2007), film director and artist * Thein Han (basketball) (born 1998), basketball player *Hla Thein (born 1944), athlete *Hmaw ...

Shahpur Kandi Project Shahpur, Shapur, Shahpoor, or Shahapur ( fa, شاه پور) may refer to: People * Shapur (name), Persian given name and a list of people with the name Places India Bihar * Shahpur, Bihar, a city in Bhojpur district ** Shahpur, Bihar As ...

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