UP govt seeks 75% power from NTPC's proposed plant

The UP government has sought 75 per cent of the electricity produced from NTPC's proposed 1,320 MW power plant in the state.

NTPC has selected Dhundwa Jamauli near Kanpur for setting up a supercritical thermal power project of 1,320 (2x660) MW and has sent the proposal to the power ministry.

"NTPC wrote to us a month back, we are looking at the possibility and also how much power we would get. We would want 75 per cent of the electricity from the power station," a UP government official said.

As per the Gadgil formula of power allocation, the home state gets 10 per cent as preferential allocation while 15 per cent is kept unallocated for the Centre. The balance 75 per cent is allocated to beneficiary states, including the home state.

Meanwhile, NTPC has said that it would pump in Rs 40,000 crore for setting up three coal-based power plants in Madhya Pradesh.

The sites for the proposed power plants have been selected and the plants are expected to be commissioned in the next 5-6 years.

The current power generation capacity of NTPC is over 31,000 MW, which the company plans to scale up to 50,000 MW by the end of the XIth Five-Year Plan (2007-12).