The commissioning of one unit of Mukerian Hydel Stage-II Project is expected to reduce power purchase of Rs6.80 lakhs per day by generating additional 1.93 lakh units of electricity per day.
“One unit of this project of nine megawatt (MW) capacity has been synchronized on May 19 and same has been put in commercial operation on June 6, this year,” said Punjab State Power Corporation limited chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) and the State Principal Secretary (Power) A Venu Prasad on Tuesday.
He said the estimated cost of construction of two units of nine MW is around Rs242.43 crore.
“At this project, the power is generated at 11 KV and is delivered to grid by stepping up to 66 KV and Power House (MHP Stage-II, PH-5) is connected to grid through two 66 KV lines, one line connected to 66KV Bhattian Jattan sub-station (under DS Division, Mukerian) and the second line connected to Power House No. IV.,” he said
PSPCl CMD said the commissioning of this project would result into improvement in the system voltage stability and power availability in the region to meet with the continuous and uninterrupted demand of power supply.