government owned corporation psu industry electric power distribution founded 2010 vide notification number1 9 08 fb pr 196 dt . 16.04.2010 1 headquarters patiala punjab india key people sri k.d. chowdary chairman cum managing director 2 products electricity website http pspcl.in punjab state power corporation limited pspcl is the electricity generating and distributing company of the government of punjab state in india . contents 1 history 1.1 milestone 2 power plants 2.1 thermal 2.2 hydel 3 references history edit pspcl was incorporated as company on 16 04 2010 and was given the responsibility of operating and maintenance of state s own generating projects and distribution system . the business of generation of power of erstwhile pseb was transferred to pspcl . milestone edit all the power stations operated at their best ever plant load factor since their installation . kdfsfds net power generated during 2008 09 is 37222 million units which is more than 2006 07 by 2238 million units resulting of 6.40 % increase in two years . the 1980 mw 3x660 talwandi sabo power project awarded to m s sterlite energy ltd. mumbai on 4.7.08 and ppa signed on 1.9.08 . power purchase agreement with m s gvk for installing 2x270 mw thermal power station at goindwal sahib signed on 26 may 2009 . the foundation stone has been laid and the company has started the construction . 4.76 lakh new connections including 61849 no . tubewell connections were released during 2007 09 . 24 hrs . urban pattern supply made available to 12428 villages and 6158 deras dhanies with 5 or more houses . to help sc & bpl consumers free monthly consumption up to 200 units allowed for connected load of 1000 watts w.e.f. 12 10 06 instead of earlier 500 watts . strict measures have been taken to reduce power theft . disciplinary action taken against the erring employees and 5 numbers anti power theft police stations have been set up . new technologies like electronic meters remote control of transformers remote meter reading and hvds system for ap industries introduced . 20.29 lakh meters out of 55.98 lakh general industrial consumers shifted out of their premises as on 31.3.09 to curb theft of energy . all these measures have helped in reducing losses by 4 % from 23.92 % 2006 07 to 19.91 % 2008 09 which resulted in substantial increase in revenue . during 2007 09 62 numbers new grid substations erected and capacity at 132 number grid substations augmented besides addition of 1070 circuit km . transmission line and 149 mvar shunt capacitors to state grid . power plants edit thermal edit guru nanak dev thermal plant bhatinda . it is a 460 mw 110x2 120x2 mw coal based thermal power plant . guru gobind singh super thermal power plant ropar . it is a 1260 mw 6x210 mw coal based thermal power plant . guru hargobind thermal plant lehra mohabbat bhatinda . it is a 920 mw 2x210 mw 2x250 mw coal based thermal power plant . hydel edit ranjit sagar dam 600 mw shanan power house . it is a 110 mw hydro power plant . anandpur sahib hydel channnel 67 mw mukerian hydel 207 mw ubdc hydroelectric power house 45 mw references edit http www.pspcl.in docs aboutus.htm http pspcl.in docs aboutus.htm v t e power stations and organizations of punjab power stations goindwal sahib power plant guru gobind singh super thermal power plant guru hargobind thermal plant guru nanak dev thermal plant rajpura thermal power plant shanan power house talwandi sabo power project organizations punjab state power corporation powergrid corporation of india power system operation corporation limited related topics electricity sector in india states of india by installed power capacity indian states ranking by households having electricity this article about a company or corporation involved in the energy industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about an indian company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title punjab state power corporation & oldid 729579791 categories companies based in punjab indiaelectric generation companies of indiastate agencies of punjab indiastate electricity agencies of indiaenergy in punjab indiaenergy company stubsindian company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 july 2016 at 05 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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