The country’s largest power generator- NTPC ltd, having an installed capacity of 43,128 MW, posted excellent operational performance for Q1 of the financial year 2014-15, according to a NTPC Press release issued here on Thursday.
Gross generation for the quarter has grown to 63.133 billion units from 57.005 billion units of previous corresponding quarter — up by 10.75 per cent. The coal stations of NTPC ltd. clocked Plant load Factor (PlF) of 84.29 per cent — an increase by 5.17 per cent over previous corresponding quarter.The un-audited total income for Q1 of financial year 2014-15 was Rs18,885.14 crore as against Rs16,391.00 crore reported for the corresponding quarter in previous year, registering an increase of 15.22 per cent on quarter on quarter basis.
The company declared an un-audited profit after tax (PAT) of Rs2,201.20 crore for Q1 of financial year 2014-15 as compared to Rs2,527.02 crore declared in the corresponding quarter of previous year.Despite posting outstanding generation growth, profitability has declined owing to the implementation of Tariff Regulations 2014 having provision of retrospective tightening of technical parameters post investment decision. Almost 53 per cent of Energy Sent Out has negative contribution on account of implementation of Tariff Regulations 2014.