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Mysore, Nov 5: The Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) managing director K Jothiramalingam has said that with good inflow of water to the reservoirs following good monsoon rains this year and six thermal units at Raichur generating maximum power, the power supply position in the state was expected to be comfortable till June 2001.
He said power generation capacity of hydel projects will reach 32 million units per day, over the inflow of 295 tmc of water to all the reservoirs this year and six units of Raichur Thermal Plants Station (RTPS) operating at an average of 90 per cent plant load factor.
Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, he said on commissioning of the power project at Bidadi near Bangalore, it would be possible to provide power at cheaper rates to Bangalore. On expansion of the same it would be possible to supply power at the same rates to even southern districts like Mysore, he added.
The Gerusoppa project was expected to be completed by November 2000 and hoped to generate power on a commercial basis by December 2000 from the first unit of the project and the second unit was expected to be commissioned by March 2001, said Mr Jothiramalingam.
The Kadra and Kodasalli hydel projects of 150 and 120 MW respectively are fully operational and there was a proposal to develop Tattihalla Augmenting scheme of 400 million units, he added.
The Cabinet has decided to re- allot Almatti power project to KPCL instead of Chamundi Power Corporation (CPC), to which the project was allotted earlier, he said. While the CPC has indicated the project cost of Rs 1,464 crore, the KPCL has informed the government that it could do the project within about Rs 715 crore.
The KPCL was confident about completing the Almatti power project within 32 months at lower cost and has proposed to take-up other downstream projects in the Krishna basin, he added.
The KPCL`s turn over and power generation has touched Rs 1,630 crore and 19,500 million units respectively during 1999-2000. The KPCL provides nearly 60 million units per day to the grid and meets 75 per cent power requirement of the state, he said.
An agreement has been reached between Karnataka Government, KPCL, KPTCL and IDFC for funding the RTPS seventh unit at an estimated cost of Rs 640 crore and the clearance from the Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Environment, Forest was expected at the earliest, he added.
The KPCL has also finalised two important packages viz boiler, turbine and generators with M/BHEL and the station building works with M/S Bridge and Roof at a cost of Rs 31.30 crore, he said.
There was an overwhelming response from banks and other leading financial institutions to fund the projects initiated by the KPCL, said Mr Jothirmalingam.
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