Tata Power Inks Two Contracts with OPG Group

The Tata Power Company Limited, India's largest integrated private power utility, signed two contracts on 20th June, 2009 with the OPG Group of Chennai.

Under the first contract, Tata Power will provide Operations and Maintenance Services to OPG Power Generation Pvt. Ltd., for its 1x80 MW Coal based power plant. This power plant is located at Gummidipoondi which is about 50 Kms from Chennai city. The contract is for an initial period of two years and can be extended with mutual consent. The plant is expected to be commissioned by September-October, 2009.

Under the second contract, Tata Power will provide Project Management Services to OPG Power Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. for their upcoming 2x150 MW coal based thermal power plant. This plant will be located at Bhadreswar, in the Kutch district of Gujarat and is likely to be commissioned by September 2011.

The Services Division of Tata Power offers the following Services to customers:

• Operations and Maintenance Services
• Project Management Services
• Commissioning Services across the power sector value chain
• Construction Management, Erection & Commissioning Management
• Quality Assurance and Inspection Services 
• Residual life test and analysis of electrical equipments
• Restoration, Efficiency Improvement, Renovation and Modernization
• Specialized Testing Services – Integrated testing, GIS, Partial Discharge & Sonic Analysis

About Tata Power:
Tata Power is India's largest private sector power utility with an installed generation capacity of over 2750 MW and a presence in all the segments of the power sector viz Generation (thermal, hydro, solar and wind), Transmission, Distribution and Trading. The Company has successful public-private partnerships in Generation, Transmission and Distribution - "North Delhi Power Limited" with Delhi Vidyut Board for distribution in North Delhi, 'Powerlinks Transmission Ltd.' with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. for evacuation of Power from Tala hydro plant in Bhutan to Delhi and 'Maithon Power Ltd.' with Damodar Valley Corporation for a 1050 MW Mega Power Project at Jharkhand. It has acquired 30% stake in Coal Companies at Indonesia and is developing the first 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project at Mundra (Gujarat) based on super-critical technology. With its track record of technology leadership, customer care and redefining contours of the Indian power sector, Tata Power is poised for a five-fold growth and committed to 'lighting up lives' for generations to come.