Power generation in Tuticorin Thermal Power Station has been completely paralysed as the third unit, which alone was producing electricity from coal, developed a technical snag on Friday night.
The five units of TTPS, each with the capacity of 210 MW capacity, were generating power till the second week of March. Following fire accident in the first and the second units of TTPS, both the units were almost destroyed and efforts are on to restore these damaged units back to operation.
Even as the third unit was generating 210 MW electricity, the fourth and the fifth units with similar capacity, were stopped a few months ago for scheduled maintenance.
As a technical snag developed in the third unit on Friday night, power generation was hit to leave the TTPS ‘powerless’ on Saturday morning, sources in TTPS said.
“Since power consumption during this season would be considerably low and the wind power generation would usually become the backbone of Tangedco during this season, we won’t face any immediate crisis. However, efforts are on to bring all the units back to generation mode at the earliest,” the sources said.
Published – December 06, 2025 08:50 pm IST
