A Power Purchase agreement for procuring 1500 MW power from Thermal Power Project at TALABIRA, Jharsuguda District in Odisha was signed between TANGEDCO and NLCIL in the presence of the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Thiru M.K Stalin. The occasion was graced by Hon'ble Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise, Tamil Nadu, Thiru. V.Senthil Balaji, Dr. Anil Kumar Jain, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Govt.

of India, Dr. V.Irai Anbu, IAS, Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu, Shri Rajesh Lakhoni, IAS, CMD, TANGEDGO, Shri Ramesh Chand Meena, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Energy Department, Tamil Nadu, Shri Rakesh Kumar, CMD,NLC India Limited, and Shri Jaikumar Srinivasan, Director (Finance), NLC India Ltd. The Agreement was signed by Shri Shaji John, Director (Power) on behalf of NLC tndia Ltd. and Shri U.B.Eleni, Director (Generation) on behalf of TANGEDCO. NLC India Limited, a Navratna PSU under the administrative contro! of Ministry of Coal, Gol, is in the process of setting up a thermal power ' Plant with a capacity of 2400 MW consisting of 3 Units of 80OMW super critical technology.

This will be a pithead captive thermal power project linked with NLCIL's Talabira II & III Mines of capacity 20 Million Tonnes per annum. The mines at Talabira has already started coal production. The power from this plant is expected to be one of the cheapest round the clock Power among Thermal Power Plants in the country with super critical Technology and environmental compliances.