BHUBANESWAR: As two units of the NTPC’s Talcher Super Thermal Power Station (TSTPS) at Kaniha are out of the grid, the State is losing its share of about 200 MW electricity from the national thermal power major. NTPC Kaniha plant has six power generating units of 500 MW capacity each - two units in stage-I and four in stage-II. While second unit of stage-I is on scheduled shutdown, NTPC stopped generation from the third unit of Stage-II from June 30 in response to a closure notice by Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB). The Board found that the fly ash management of NTPC, Kaniha, is wanting in many ways. Power situation in the State is comfortable notwithstanding the closure of the two units, said a senior officer of the State Load Despatch Centre (SLDC). The State will face problem if all the four units of stage-II of TSTPS are shut down as per OSPCB’s order, the officer said. The State has a share of 508 MW energy from NTPC, Kaniha. While the State’s share from the first two units is 31.6 per cent, the remaining four units provide 200 MW, 10 per cent from each unit. The evening peak demand for power in the State was 2,853 MW as against a normal demand of 3,200 MW. The shortfall in demand is due to sporadic monsoon rains, the SLDC sources said. The Orissa Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) has the capacity to meet the peak demand. Water level in all the major reservoirs having hydro power stations is comfortable. Hydro power generation during the evening peak was 1,157 MW. There was normal flow of power from other sources. Senior NTPC officers from Delhi are camping here and trying hard to convince the State Government to give the PSU time to meet the pollution norms. NTPC officers met their senior OSPCB counterparts on Saturday and sought four months to repair the fly ash pond and increase its height. In July, 2010 and on June 3, 2011 there were breaches in the dykes and ash slurry oozed out of the pond.
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