Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station

Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station
Country	India
Location	Kadapa, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
Coordinates	14.70°N 78.46°E / 14.70; 78.46
Status	Operational
Commission date	Unit 1: 31 March 1994 Unit 2: 25 February 1995 Unit 3: 25 January 2007 Unit 4: 20 November 2007 Unit 5: 14 March 2018
Operator(s)	APGENCO
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	1650 MW

Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station is located at Yerraguntla (Md) in Kadapa(Dist) in Andhra Pradesh. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of APGENCO.

Capacity

The Thermal Power Station has a capacity of 1650 MW; 5 units of 210 MW each and 1 units of 600 MW.

Phase	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning	Status
I	2X210	1994	Commissioned
II	2X210	2007	Commissioned
III	1X210	2010	Commissioned
IV	1X600	2018	Commissioned

Power Plant

Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant was developed under 3 stages namely stage I,II, III and IV. The station is performing well in the recent years by achieving high plant load factor. It stood first in country during 98–99, 2002–03, 2003–04 and second during 99–2000, 2001–02. The station has received Meritorious productivity awards for six consecutive years and Incentive award for seven consecutive years. BHEL commissioned stage IV unit 1x600MW in March 2018 leading to total installed capacity of RTPP to 1650MW.