Indraprastha Power Generation Company Limited (IPGCL) is the

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generation company of the

Government of Delhi The Government of Delhi, officially the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) is the governing body of the Union Territory of Delhi, whose urban area is the seat of the Government of India. It also governs the city or l ...

state in

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History

IPGCL came into existence on 1 July 2002 after unbundling of

Delhi Vidyut Board The Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) was formed by the Government of Delhi in 1997 for the purpose of generation and distribution of power to the entire area of NCT of Delhi except the areas falling within the jurisdiction of New Delhi Municipal Council ...

(DVB) commenced operations from the same date. It was formed as part of power sector reforms by the state government to unbundle the activities relating to Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Power. All the Generating Stations owned by erstwhile DVB.

Generation capacity

The installed capacity of IPGCL as on 31 July 2010 is 405 MW comprising 135.00 MW from

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-based

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and 270.0 MW from

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-based thermal power plants. IPGCL is one of the power generating utilities in the capital city of Delhi along with PPCL. *

Rajghat Power Station Rajghat Power Station is located at NCT Delhi. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of IPGCL Power plant Rajghat Thermal Power Station has an installed capacity of 135 MW. The First unit was commissioned during 1989–90. Late ...

. Coal-based thermal power plant of 135 MW installed capacity. *

IPGCL Gas Turbine Power Station IPGCL Gas Turbine Power Station was a power plant that was located at Delhi. The power plant was one of the gas based power plants of IPGCL. Source of water for the power plant was the Yamuna River. Capacity IPGCL Gas Turbine Power Station ...

. Gas-based thermal power plant of 270 MW installed capacity. *

Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project is located between Khanpur Khurd (to south of the plant) and Jharli village (to the north of the plant) in Jhajjar district of Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part ...

,APCPL jhajjar. Coal-based thermal power plant of 1500 MW installed capacity.

References

{{Power Plants of Delhi Electric-generation companies of India Energy in Delhi Companies based in Delhi State agencies of Delhi State electricity agencies of India Energy companies established in 2002 Non-renewable resource companies established in 2002 2002 establishments in Delhi

History

Generation capacity

See also

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