SJVN signs MoU with Ministry of Power

NEW DELHI: SJVN Limited, the operator of one of the largest Hydro Power Plants in the country i.e. 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Power for the year 2018-19, here today.nnThe MoU was signed by Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Secretary (Power) and Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, SJVN. As per the targets set in the MOU, SJVN shall strive to achieve 9200 Million Units generation during the year under ?Excellent? category.nnFurther, SJVN will have Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) target of Rs. 900 crore and Turnover target of Rs. 2175 crore under Excellent category along with other targets related to operational efficiency and Project monitoring.nnIn FY 2017-18, against the target of 8950 Million Units (under ?Excellent? category), SJVN generated 9280 Million Units from its projects under operation with an installed capacity of 1964 MW. SJVN has already paid an interim dividend of Rs. 785.95 crores to its shareholders in FY 2017-18.nnCurrently, SJVN has four projects with capacity of 1610 MW under construction and another four projects with capacity of 2155 MW under various stages of clearances, soon to enter construction. SJVN envisages being a 5700 MW+ generating company in coming years.nnThe MoU signing ceremony was attended by Archana Agrawal, Joint Secretary (Hydro), Ministry of Power; R.K. Verma, Chairperson (CEA); Kanwar Singh, Director (Civil); Sanjay Uppal, CGM (BD&MS) and Ravi Uppal, CGM (Corporate Planning) from SJVN.