Summary:
Till August 2019, total hydel generation from the PSPCL hydel plants was 2,588.5 Million Units (MU) in comparison to only 1,533 MUs in the last financial year (2018-19). According to the PSPCL, previous highest generation from April to August was in 2014-15, when 2,519 MUs of hydel generation was supplied. Baldev Singh Sran, CMD, PSPCL, said, “Good water level in dams at the beginning of the season, good rain and optimum operation of all hydel plants by the PSPCL helped to achieve record results. At a time when the PSPCL has been buying power at high rates from thermal plants, its hydel plants exceeded 1,055 MUs as compared to the last fiscal. Installed capacity of PSPCL Hydel projects.