AGARTALA, December 9 (TIWN): After few days shutdown, Palatana OTPC Gas based Thermal Power Project Unit I resumed generating power.Current power generation from the Unit I peaking at 350-360 MW.Talking to TIWN over telephone today, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) Asset Manager V.P. Mahawar said that the Unit I started generating power at its peak capacity. However, Unit I has to undergo another routine checkup now with the cooling of gas based turbine to ensure longevity and smooth performance and it would take at least three weeks, said Mahawar.The first unit is currently generating 350-360 MW of power out of which 92 MW comes to Tripura under the product sharing agreement with NEC. Also OTPC Palatana is now running under the unscheduled interchange (UI).Earlier, while briefing the gas supply to the OTPC Palatana Gas based Thermal Power Project, Mr. Mahawar said that the currently the ONGC is supplying a total of 26.5 lakh Cubic Metric Ton of gas to both the units.

He also said that there is no chance of further disruption in the gas supply, as earlier it already happened and it was learned lesson for the ONGC.

Out of total installed capacity of 726.6 MW in the Palatana plant, Assam is slated to get 240 MW of electricity, followed by Tripura with a share of 196 MW from both units. The power sharing agreement between the NEC and project shareholders at Palatana include Meghalaya (79 MW), Manipur (42 MW), Nagaland (27 MW), Mizoram (22 MW) and Arunachal Pradesh (22 MW), 98 MW was allocated for commercial trading to ONGC.