Seven Sisters of India to get electricity from ONGC Tripura Power Company
Sucheta Dalal 02 Jul 2013

The first unit of the ONGC Tripura Power Company is set to go on stream in the next few days. Besides supplying power to the seven eastern states, the Tripura government had committed supplying power to Bangladesh


AK Ramdas

ONGC’s gas-based Tripura Power Company (OTPC) set up at Palatana in Tripura with an installed capacity 2 x 363.3 MW is likely to go on stream in the next few days, starting with the first unit.


Based on the APM (or administered pricing mechanism) applicable to gas sourced from oil, it is expected that the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission may approve a tariff of Rs3 per unit, said to be cheapest in the country.


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