Unsure of what to make of the various levels of shortfall in generation at various NTPC-run power stations due to planned and forced outages, the Ministry of Power (MoP) has called for benchmarks of such occurrences, to see exactly where the power major stands.- In this context, the MoP has asked NTPC to compare outages at its premises vis-a-vis those at power plants around the globe, to ascertain the efficiency of its plants.
- Pertinently, the coal-based stations of NTPC witnessed planned and forced outages of 8.65% and 2.25%, respectively, in the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal. The corresponding figures for Q1 were 5.81% and 2.84%.
- The power utility's gas-based power stations also faced planned and forced outages 3.34% and 0.15% of the time in Q2, while, in the first quarter, the same were 4.15% and 0.29%, respectively.
- During the first two quarters of 2010-11, NTPC witnessed a shortfall of 3,064 MU in power generation, with five of its operational stations, namely Badarpur and Kahalgaon TPS, Rihand, Farakka and Talcher STPS, suffering due to outages.
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