Jindal Power Limited

Jindal Power Limited (JPL), an affiliate of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL) and part of the US$12 billion (over Rs. 60, 000 crore) O P Jindal Group, has been contributing significantly to the growing needs of power in the country. JPL has set up India’s first mega power project – the 1000 MW O P Jindal Super Thermal Power Plant at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Company has invested US $ 0.90 billion (Rs. 4, 500 crores) for setting up 1000 MW power plant which was commissioned in a record time – beginning in September 2007, all four units (250 MW each) were commissioned within a span of one year. The fuel supply of the plant is met through its captive coal mines. A 7 km cross-country conveyer pipeline has been set up for transportation of coal between the mines and the plant. The company has constructed a 258 km, 400 KV Double Circuit transmission line from the plant to the PGCIL substation at Raipur for distribution of power throughout India. For meeting the plant’s consumptive water requirement, 18 m high dam over the Kurket River has been built, 25 km away from the project site.