Rs 84.41 cr loss for NHPC due to plant shutdown

NHPC says it will suffer a loss of Rs 84.41 crore due to the shutdown of 120 MW Sewa-II power station in Jammu and Kashmir till March 31, 2021. “Anticipated financial loss due to shutdown will be Rs 84.41 crore,” a BSE filing said. Earlier, the company had informed that the Sewa-II power station (120 MW) in Jammu & Kashmir has been under complete shutdown from 25^th September, 2020 to 31^st March, 2021 for damage of head race tunnel (HRT) which carries water from intake to a power house for electricity generation. The shutdown will cause tentative loss of 157.4 million units (MUs) in generation (design energy) and 35.61% in NAPAF (Normative Annual Plant Availability Factor). The Sewa-II power station (3 X 40 MW) is a run-of-the-river project with a small pondage to harness the hydro power potential of river Sewa.