The UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) will now purchase coal for its 950 MW Parichha thermal plant in Jhansi from the NCL (Northern Coalfield Limited) in place of the BCCL (Bharat Coking Cola Ltd), the company that had been supplying coal to the plant for years.
The move, according to UPRVUNL chairman M Devraj, will help the corporation save at least ₹400 crore on coal annually.
“The cost of the coal available with the BCCL was higher because of which the production cost of power generated by the Parichha thermal plants was also higher,” he said.
