Bihar State Electricity Board
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| Statutory Board | |
| Industry | Electricity Generation, Electricity Transmission, Electricity Distribution |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Headquarters | Patna, India |
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Area served
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Bihar |
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Key people
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Pratyaya Amrit, IAS (Chairman & Managing Director) |
| Products | Electricity |
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Number of employees
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14,850 (2012) |
| Parent | Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited (BSPHCL) |
| Website | bsphcl |
Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited (or BSPHCL), also known as erstwhile Bihar State Electricity Board (or BSEB) is a state-owned electricity regulation board operating within the state of Bihar in India. Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) was established in 1958 as a statutory corporation under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948. As of November 2012, BSEB has nearly 1,700 officers and 14,850 employees. The derated capacity comes to just 530 MW. The BSEB was unbundeled on August 2, 2011.Power Finance Corporation was the main consultant for BSEB's restructuring.
BSEB is unbundled into 5 parts namely Bihar State Power Generation Co. Ltd. (Generation business), Bihar State Power Transmission Co. Ltd. -BSPTCL(Transmission Business), North Bihar Power Distribution Co. Ltd. & South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited (both in distribution business) & Bihar State Power Holding Co. Ltd.(apex holding Company), vide Bihar State Electricity Reforms Transfer Scheme, 2012 vide notification 17 dated 30.10.2012. (reference: BERC tariff Order 15.03.2013).
The installed electricity generation capacity in Bihar was 2,759 MW on August 31, 2015. This is 1% of India’s power capacity and 8% of the East India. Bihar reported a peak power demand of 3,500 MW in 2014-15. The per capita power consumption in Bihar is 144 kilo watt hour (kwh), 85% lower than the all-India average of 927 kwh. Peak power availability in Bihar was highest at 2,831 MW in 2014-15. Bihar’s power generation is mainly dependent on thermal energy (91%), while hydro and renewable energy account for only 5% and 4%, respectively.
Unit No. 1, 2 & 3 of 15MW each and Unit No. 4 & 5 of 50 MW each are retired as they are very old to be maintained.
Unit 6 & 7 of 110 MW each is under renovation and maintenance being executed by Bharat Heavy Electricals which also originally supplied equipments these two units.
There is plan for new capacity addition of 500 MW (2x250 MW) to this plant. In March 2013, Central Government assured to provide coal linkage to Barauni Thermal Power Plant.
MTPS is located in Kanti, Muzaffarpur. It is now a joint venture of BSEB and NTPC since 2006.
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