Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) ( hi, हरियाणा विद्युत उत्पादन निगम लिमिटेड) is the

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generating company of the

Government of Haryana The Government of Haryana, also known as the State Government of Haryana, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Haryana and its 22 districts. It consists of an executive, ceremonially led ...

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. It has been entrusted with the responsibility of setting up of new generating stations in state of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ...

. HPGCL is an ISO: 9001, ISO:14001 and OHSAS:18001 Certified company. The certification was awarded by M/s British Standards Institution (BSI). Currently it has six power stations and projects situated at Panipat, Yamuna Nagar, Hissar & Jhajjar districts.

History

HPGCL was incorporated as company on 17 March 1997 and was given the responsibility of operating and maintenance of State's own generating projects. The business of Generation of

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of erstwhile HSEB was transferred to HPGCL on 14.08.98 pursuant to power reforms in

. As a result, HPGCL came in existence on 14.08.98 for bringing in excellence in power generation in the states own Generating stations. In addition, it has been entrusted with the responsibility of setting up of new power plants.

Generation capacity

The installed capacity of HPGCL as on 1 July 2016 is 4850.50 MW from

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based

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and

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power plants.

Achievements

* 2x300 MW DCRTPP Yamuna Nagar commissioned in record time. First Unit was commissioned in a record period of 27 months which is the lowest for any coal based green field project in the Country. * Work of 2x600 MW RGTPP Hisar, the first mega project in Northern Region – progressing on fast track towards commissioning in 2009-10. The boiler hydraulic test of Unit-1 completed successfully on 1 March 2009 within 25 months which is a record for fastest hydraulic test in the Country. * 2x660 MW power project at Jhajjar awarded to IPP- First power generation project in Haryana based on Super Critical Technology * Central Electricity Authority, New Delhi selected 250 MW Unit-8 of PTPS, Panipat for the award of ''Best Executed 250 MW Thermal Power Project'' of Year 2004-05. * The Ministry of Power, Govt. of India awarded ''Meritorious Productivity award to PTPS for good performance'' during the year 2003-04 as the power station achieved highest ever PLF of 78.75% during the year.

Plans

Faridabad Solar Power Plant is set up by (HPGCL) at the site of defunct Faridabad Thermal Power Station in

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. The power generator plans to set up the plant over 151.78 acres near Bata Chowk in the district that generated coal based energy in the past.

References

{{Power Plants of Haryana Energy in Haryana Electric-generation companies of India State electricity agencies of India State agencies of Haryana Indian companies established in 1997 Energy companies established in 1997 Non-renewable resource companies established in 1997 1997 establishments in Haryana

History

Generation capacity

Achievements

Plans

See also

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