For the 3rd year in a row, SJVN's flagship 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station (NJHPS) has been selected for 'Silver Shield' for the year 2012-13 by Ministry of Power, Government of India. For its performance, the NJHPS had bagged 'Bronze Shield' for the year 2011-12 and 'Gold Shield' for the year 2010-11.
The prestigious awards will be presented by Power Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, at a function at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on February 4. The Ministry of Power had instituted this Award Scheme for recognising meritorious performance in Power Sector in the year 2004-05. The Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station (6 x 250 MW) of SJVN limited has been selected for the 'Silver Shield' for the year 2012-13 and the 'Bronze Shield' for the year 2011-12 by the Central Electricity Authority in the category of "Performance of Hydro Power Stations".
The Power Station, in operation since 2003-04, had established a new record of power generation at 7610 MU during the year 2011-12 while during the year 2012-13 it had generated 6777 MU. During the year 2011-12, the power station had exceeded its design energy of 6612 MU by 1000 MU and established an all time high record of generation while during the year 2012-13 too it had exceeded the design energy despite all odds of extremely low flow in river Satluj.
R.P. Singh, CMD congratulated all the SJVN employees and NJHPS in particular for this remarkable achievement. He exhorted all concerned to deliver their best to make SJVN a vibrant organisation. He said successive records of power generation were being achieved by the Power Station as a result of optimum machine and water management.
Singh informed that the Company's 412 MW Rampur H.E. Project in Himachal Pradesh was nearing completion is likely to be commissioned during the current financial year.