POWER
UTILITIES IN
THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL
| Name of Utility | Installed Capacity (in MW) | Command Area |
| Under State Public Sector as on 31.03.2000 | ||
| West Bengal State
Electricity Board (WBSEB) |
1284.01 |
Entire State excepting areas under other utilities WBSEB, supplies the bulk power to CESC Ltd. |
| West Bengal Power
Development Corp. Ltd. (WBPDCL) |
1470.00 |
No command area of its own. WBSEB distribution of entire power generation by WBPDCL. 2nd Unit at Bakreswar of 210 MW capacity has also been synchronized. |
| Durgapur Projects
Ltd. (Govt. of W.B. Undertaking) (DPL) |
395.00 |
Supplies power to part of Durgapur. Surplus power is fed to WBSEB grid. |
| TOTAL (STATE PUBLIC SECTOR |
3149.01 |
|
| Under Central Public Sector | ||
| Damodar
Valley Corporation (DVC) |
Thermal
: 980.00 |
Damodar Valley Corp. is jointly owned by the Govt. of India, Govt. of West Bengal and Govt. of Bihar) is a multipurpose river valley project set up under Act No. XIV of 1948 for unified development of the Damodar Valley area.DVC supplies power at 33 KV in the districts of Bankura, Bardhaman, Howrah, Hooghly and Purulia in WB. Caters to the core sector consumers like Railways, Collieries, Steel, Other Industries and WBSEB and CESC Ltd. at 132 KV and 33 KV. Connected load is 479.2 MVA in WB. |
| National
Thermal Power Corporation (Govt. of India Undertaking) (NTPC) |
1600.00 (in West Bengal) |
WBSEB has the following share from Central Power Station of Eastern Region including NTPC. NTPC at Farakka(1600 MW) (W.B.) 33.12%(530 MW) NTPC at Kahelgaon (840MW)(Bihar) 21.43%(180 MW) Chukha Hydro (320MW)(Bhutan) 37.46%(116MW) Rangit NHPC(60MW)(Sikkim) 23.33%(14 MW) Total WBSEB share - 840 MW From C.S.Power Station |
| TOTAL (CENTRAL PUBLIC SECTOR) |
2640.00 |
|
| Under Private Sector | ||
| Calcutta Electric
Supply Company Ltd. (CESC Ltd.) |
1155.00 |
|
| Dishergarh Power
Supply Company Ltd. (DPSCL) |
26.38 |
|
| TOTAL (PRIVATE SECTOR) |
1181.38 |
|
| TOTAL (INSTALLED CAPACITY IN WEST BENGAL)
|
6970.39 |
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| Eastern
Regional Electricity Board (EREB) |
Under Central Electricity Authority (CEA). The Chairmen of Power Utilities of the four States of the Eastern Region are the members. One of the members is selected as the Chairman of the EREB. An officer of CEA is the member-Secretary of EREB. The main function of the EREB is to ensure grid discipline and control of frequency of power supply etc. |
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| Eastern
Regional Load Despatch Centre (ERLDC) |
Functioning under the control of Power Grid Corporation of India. It’s main function is to control load despatch on real time basis. |
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