It is the biggest electricity producer in the country outside state control. Tata Power has got capacity of 2,785 MW of power generation, but it plans to increase it 5 fold to 13,000 MW by 2014, with a capital expenditure of over Rs 10,000 crore. By 2011, the company will be taking a big step towards achieving that objective, when its ultra-mega power project (UMPP) in Mundra is completed, thereby adding 800 MW to its existing capacity.
This article was originally published on July 29, 2009.