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About Us:
Foundation of Power sector was laid on 27th May 1927 with the
commissioning of first Micro Hydel project at Ranikhola near Gangtok with
the installed capacity of 50 KW. During this era, activities under power
sector in Sikkim were not at all significant. Till the year 1954,
operation and maintenance of power supply system were managed with the
help of a foreman and an electrician, under the supervision of Sikkim
Public Works Department. In the year 1957, keeping in view of growing
demand for electricity and as a standby measure, a Diesel power house was
established and commissioned at Gangtok with a capacity of 257 KW. The
then Prime Minister of India late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated it
on October 1, 1958. Following this development one more 150 KW SKODA Diesel
generating set was added in this Diesel Power House. The year 1974
witnessed an important historical event in Sikkim. Following a Political
upheaval Sikkim joined the mainstream of the Indian Union on May 16th 1975 as the
22nd state of India. Ever since Sikkim became a part of India there has
been all round development in the state.
Since then the sector has achieved the
tremendous mileage in terms of installed capacity coupled with the
Transmission & Distribution networks virtually connecting the every
household in Sikkim.
Sikkim with its picturesque landscape and amazing terrain has some of
swiftest rivulets system has a huge power potential.
The Energy & Power
Department of Sikkim is engaged in the generation of electricity, its
transmission to various load centers and finally distribution to the
consumers of all categories. As a whole the Department is responsible for
the development of power project in the state in order to meet the ever
growing requirement and raise revenue from there.
Now with the liberalized power policy Sikkim is poised to gain in
a big way. With the opening of this sector for private developers, Sikkim
can look forward for developing and exploiting its huge Hydro Power
Potential which has been assessed to 8000 MW Peak with a firm base of 3000
MW.
At present the total Installed Capacity of the state is 95.70 MW.
Total hydro power potential in the state
so far is 5352.7 MW and they are in different stages of implementation.
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