Power companies lose Rs 550 cr in 2 days
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Pow e r com panie s lose Rs 550 cr in 2 day s
Sudhe e r Pal Singh / Ne w De lhi Aug 03, 2012, 00:46 IST
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The m as s ive electricity grid failure earlier this week, that left a m ajority of India in darknes s , has im pacted the volum es of power generation com panies . The wors t power black-out in the world hit their revenues by an es tim ated Rs 550 crore in two days . The com panies affected by the grid collaps e were s tate-owned power generator NTPC Ltd, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd ( NPCIL) and Neyveli
Lignite Corporation (NLC) in the central s ector. Am ong the s tates , power utilities of
Rajas than, Haryana and Uttar Prades h had to s hut capacity down.
About 35,000 Megawatt (Mw) of capacity had to be s hut as the northern grid, that caters to nine s tates including the national capital, collaps ed under the weight of exces s ive load on Monday. Even before the exact caus e of the incident could be unders tood, two additional grids – eas tern and north-eas tern, tripped along with the northern grid on Tues day. The generation los s on the s econd day was