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NTPC coal plants generate 672 mn units power in single day

NTPC is the country's largest power producer with an installed generation capacity of 42,454 MW. The utility produced 672.44 MUs of electricity with 100.19 percent capacity availability from its coal stations on December 7, the highest daily generation achieved by its coal stations in the current fiscal.

State-owned NTPC Monday said its coal-fired plants generated more than 672 million units of electricity, the highest level this fiscal, on December 7. NTPC is the country's largest power producer with an installed generation capacity of 42,454 MW. The utility produced 672.44 MUs of electricity with 100.19 percent capacity availability from its coal stations on December 7, the highest daily generation achieved by its coal stations in the current fiscal. Total generation - coal and gas plants - on that day stood at 710.54 MUs, also the highest for the current financial year (2013-14), NTPC said in a statement. "In 2012-13, NTPC stations achieved gross generation of 232.028 billion units (BUs) as against 222.068 BUs in the previous year, registering a growth of 4.49 percent," it added. NTPC operates 16 coal-fired and seven gas-based projects, among others. NTPC stock price On December 10, 2013, at 10:27 hrs NTPC was quoting at Rs 138.00, down Rs 15.25, or 9.95 percent. The 52-week high of the share was Rs 167.25 and the 52-week low was Rs 122.65. The company's trailing 12-month (TTM) EPS was at Rs 14.55 per share as per the quarter ended September 2013. The stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio was 9.48. The latest book value of the company is Rs 97.49 per share. At current value, the price-to-book value of the company is 1.42.

Source: PTI