"Consequent upon successful trial run of Unit no 3 of Teesta Low Dam HE Project Stage IV (4 x 40 MW) at its installed capacity of 40 MW for continuous 12 hours on July 12, 2016, the unit 3 is hereby declared under commercial operation with effect from 00:00 hours of July 17, 2016," NHPC said in a filing to BSE.
Further, 100 per cent power generated from TLDP-IV has been allocated to the state of West Bengal and the same shall be supplied through West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (WBSEDCL), it said.
"Unit-III of TLDP-IV has been loaded up to full load (40 MW) successfully on July 3, subsequent to its synchronisation with grid on July 1," NHPC had informed.
The TLDP-IV project (4 X 40MW) is a run of the river scheme with diurnal storage for peaking purpose. The estimated annual energy generation is 720 MU (million units) in a 90 per cent dependable year.
The project area is located at about 350 meter upstream of Teesta Kalikhola confluence on NH-31A and 18.3 km downstream of Teesta Bridge near Teesta Bazar village in Darjeeling.