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Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. (PSPCL)
Company type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Electric power distribution and electricity generation
Founded	2010
Headquarters	Patiala, Punjab, India
Key people	Er. Baldev Singh Sran; (Chairman & Managing Director)
Products	Electricity
Owner	Government of Punjab
Number of employees	43276 (2020–21)
Website	www.pspcl.in

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is the electricity generating and distributing company of the Government of Punjab state in India. It was formerly known as Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) which was unbundled by the government of Punjab into two companies on 16 April 2010 as Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. (POWERCOM) and Punjab State Transmission Corporation Ltd. (TRANSCO).

History edit

PSPCL was incorporated as company on 16 April 2010 and was given the responsibility of operating and maintenance of State's own generating projects and distribution system. The business of generation of power of erstwhile PSEB was transferred to PSPCL.

Power plants edit

Thermal edit

Rajpura Thermal Power Plant, Rajpura. It is a Case-2 based most efficient and top of the MERIT order thermal power plant in Punjab, with power capacity of 1400 MW (700x2).
Talwandi Sabo Power Project, Mansa. It is the highest capacity thermal power plant in Punjab, with power capacity of 1980 MW (660x3).
Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant, Bhatinda. It was a 460 MW (110x2 + 120x2 MW) coal-based thermal power plant. (closed)
Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant, Ropar. It is a 1260 MW (6x210 MW) coal-based thermal power plant.
Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant, Lehra Mohabbat, Bhatinda. It is a 920 MW (2x210 MW, 2x250 MW) coal-based thermal power plant.
Goindwal Sahib Power Plant. It is a 540MW coal based thermal power plant.