PATNA: The NTPC started commercial operation from the third and final unit of Nabinagar Power Generating Company (NPGC) at Nabinagar in Aurangabad district from Tuesday midnight. The electricity generation capacity of the unit is 660MW, out of which Bihar is to get 559MW henceforth.
As per the power allocation agreement, Bihar is slated to get 84.8% of the total power generated from the unit. The rest has been allocated to Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Sikkim. Now, Bihar’s allocation of power generated from six NTPC plants in the state has surged from 5361MW to 5,920 MW.