|
(1975-2006)
The
Meghalaya State Electricity Board, or MeSEB as it is
known, came into being on
the
21st January, 1975
, consequent upon the bifurcation of the erstwhile Assam
State Electricity Board. The bifurcation was an offshoot
of the emergence of Meghalaya as a State in 1972.
The
MeSEB was constituted under Section (5) of the
Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 by the Government of
Meghalaya vide notification No. PE304/74 dated 21.12.74.
With
the bifurcation, the MeSEB inherited 4 power stations,
the connecting transmission and distribution lines
including the distribution sub-stations. Out of the 4
power stations, the Umiam Stage-III power station was
then under construction. The total installed capacity at
the time of bifurcation in 1975 was 66.506 MW, the
details of which are furnished below:
|
Sl No
|
Power Station
|
Capacity
|
Year of commissioning
|
|
1.
|
Sonapani
Mini Hydro Plant
|
1.305
MW
|
1922
(abandoned since 1982)
|
|
2.
|
Umtrew
|
11.20
MW
|
1957
|
|
3.
|
Umiam
Stage-I
|
36.00
MW
|
1960
|
|
4.
|
Umiam
Stage-II
|
18.00
MW
|
1965
|
|
5.
|
Umiam-Umtru
Stage-III
|
60.00
MW
|
(under
construction)
|
The
total installed capacity has since gone up to 185.20 MW
with the addition of the 60 MW Umiam-Umtru Stage-III
Power Station in 1979 and the 60MW Umiam-Umtru Stage-IV
Power Station in 1992.
The
Table below depicts the existing
Power Stations of the Board.
|
Sl
No
|
Power
Stations
|
Location
|
Unit
|
Capacity
|
Commissioning
|
|
I
|
Umiam
Umtru Stage I
|
Sumer
|
I
|
9
MW
|
21.02.1965
|
|
|
|
|
II
|
9
MW
|
16.03.1965
|
|
|
|
|
III
|
9
MW
|
06.09.1965
|
|
|
|
|
IV
|
9
MW
|
11.09.1965
|
|
II
|
Umiam
Umtru Stage II
|
Um
Sumer
|
I
|
9
MW
|
22.07.1970
|
|
|
|
|
II
|
9
MW
|
24.07.1970
|
|
III
|
Umiam
Umtru Stage III
|
Kyrdemkulai
|
I
|
30
MW
|
26.01.1979
|
|
|
|
|
II
|
30
MW
|
30.03.1979
|
|
IV
|
Umiam
Umtru Stage IV
|
Nongkhylem
|
I
|
30
MW
|
11.08.1992
|
|
|
|
|
II
|
30
MW
|
16.09.1992
|
|
V
|
Umtru
|
Dehal
|
I
|
2.8
MW
|
01.04.1957
|
|
|
|
|
II
|
2.8
MW
|
01.04.1957
|
|
|
|
|
III
|
2.8
MW
|
01.04.1957
|
|
|
|
|
IV
|
2.8
MW
|
01.04.1968
|
|
Meghalaya
State Electricity Board ... Then and Now
