About Thdc India Limited
THDC India Limited is a Joint Venture of Govt. of India and Govt. of Uttar Pradesh. The Equity is shared in the ratio of 75:25 between GoI and GoUP. The Company was incorporated in July’ 88 to develop, operate & maintain the 2400 MW Tehri Hydro Power Complex and other hydro projects. The Company has an authorised share capital of Rs. 4000 cr. THDCIL is a Mini Ratna Category-I and Schedule ‘A’ CPSE.
The initial mandate of THDCIL was to develop, operate and maintain the 2400 MW Tehri Hydro Power Complex (comprising of 1000 MW Tehri Dam & HPP, 1000 MW Tehri Pumped Storage Project & 400 MW Koteshwar HEP) and other Hydro Projects.
Total installed capacity of THDCIL presently is 1513 MW. THDCIL has two Hydro generating stations, namely Tehri HPP (4X250 MW) and Koteshwar HEP (4X100 MW) and two operational Wind Power Plants in Gujarat, one at Patan (25X2 MW) and another at Devbhumi Dwarka (30X2.1 MW).
The Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company has been modified to reflect the current business reality of projects outside Bhagirathi valley. The object clause has been amended to incorporate development of Conventional/ Non-conventional/ Renewable sources of Energy and River Valley Projects.
The Corporation has grown into a multi-Project Organization, with Projects spread over various States as well as neighboring country, Bhutan.
THDCIL presently has a portfolio of 13 projects totaling to an installed capacity of 5539 MW under various stages of implementation / development.
The 1000 MW Tehri HPP was commissioned by THDCIL in 2006-07. The Tehri HPP (1000 MW) is a multipurpose project, providing electricity to the Northern Region, Irrigation benefits to Uttar Pradesh, and Drinking Water to NCT of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Due to regulated releases from the Tehri storage reservoir, the existing downstream hydro projects of the State are also benefited by way of augmentation in generation at no additional cost to them.
The 400 MW Koteshwar HEP, downstream of Tehri was commissioned in 2011-12. The 1000 MW Tehri Pumped Storage Plant, which is under construction, would utilize the Tehri and Koteshwar reservoirs as the upper and lower reservoir.
In addition to the 2400 MW Tehri Hydro Complex, THDCIL is implementing the 444 MW Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project (VPHEP) on the river Alaknanda in Uttarakhand. THDCIL is also implementing 24 MW Dhukwan Small Hydro Project on the Betwa river in Uttar Pradesh. In addition, there are various hydro projects of THDCIL under Survey & Investigation / DPR preparation.
THDCIL is consistently profit making company since commissioning of Tehri Dam & HPP in the year 2006-07.