Lehra Mohabbat plant exceeds 100 per cent PLF

YOGINDRA mohan
Patiala

Lehra Mohabatt thermal plant in the state sector has exceeded 100 per cent plant load factor (PLF) for the second consecutive month as the country exceeded the electricity generation targets for the month of November.

The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in the latest report has claimed that the monthly generation during November was 71033 million units (MU), which was 101.95 per cent of the programme. The thermal generation during the month has exceeded the programme by 779 MU on account of improved supply of coal.

In northern region, the generation from thermal plants exceeded their monthly target by 11.93 per cent due to better availability of coal. MR Parihar, Chief Engineer, Lehra Mohabatt thermal plant in Punjab, said that the plant had achieved more than 100 per cent PLF for the consecutive second month. PLF for the month of November is 101.31 per cent whereas the same was 103.14 per cent in October. The availability of coal for power sector continued to be critical input for thermal generation growth. Thermal stations received about 33 million tons (MT) of coal against the requirement of 37.9 MT during November. The coal stock of 48 thermal plants was critical on November 30 this year. Out of these, 29 thermal plants were having coal stock of less than four days.

The plant load factor of the thermal stations during November also improved to 74.45 per cent. The PLF per centage of the central sector stations during the period under review was 83.01 per cent. However, the plant load factor of independent private producers was 69.60 per cent.