October 07, 2008

Performance awards for 21 power utilities

Indian government has presented 21 power utilities with national awards for meritorious performance during the year 2006-07.

NTPC received four awards for the performance of its Simahdri, Talcher and Kaniha, Korba and Vindhyachal power stations. Three projects of PGCIL and two of Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corp were also presented with the national awards for Meritorious Performance in 2006-07. TATA Power, Reliance Energy, JSW Energy and Torrent Power and electricity utility of Tamil Nadu were also among the companies awarded.

Mr Sushilkumar Shinde union power minister, while presenting the awards, said that "There has been improvement in all fields of the power sector. However, due to the increasing demand of energy, India is still facing energy shortage of 9.5% and peak demand shortage of 15.8%."