The industrial units in Orissa having captive power plants of their own paid Rs 706.61crore electricity duty to the state government in the last 5 years.

There are 45 industries in the state which have captive power plants (CPPs) and these units combinedly generated 141636.5 million units between 2004-05 and 2008-09, according to state energy minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak.

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These companies paid Rs 161.2 crore as electricity duty in 2004-05 which increased to Rs 197.2 crore in 2005-06.

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