North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited
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Company type | Central Public Sector Undertaking |
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Industry | Electricity |
Founded | 2 April 1976 |
Headquarters | Shillong, Meghalaya, India |
Area served | Northeastern India |
Key people | Gurdeep Singh, (CMD) Additional charge |
Products | Electricity generation |
₹4,342 crore (US$510 million) (2024/25) | |
Owner | Ministry of Power, Government of India |
Number of employees | 1,341(April, 2025) |
Website | www |
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) is a central public sector undertaking. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Power, Government of India. It was formed on 2 April 1976 to plan, investigate, design, construct, generate, operate and maintain power stations in the North Eastern Region of India.NEEPCO is a subsidiary of the Maharatna PSU, NTPC Ltd. NEEPCO is conferred with the Schedule A- Miniratna Category-I CPSU status.
Venture
[edit]NEEPCO is embarking on a plan to generate power from non-conventional sources of energy, especially by tapping solar power and wind in the coming years. Current capacity of NEEPCO is 2057 MW. Project Under Construction (As on 2025)
- 300 MW solar project in Bhanipura, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
- HEO Hydro project 240 MW, Arunachal Pradesh
- Tato-1 Hydro Project 186 MW, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Tato-2 Hydro Project 700 MW, Arunachal Pradesh
NTPC Limited takeover
[edit]On 21 November 2019, the Government of India approved the take over of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) by NTPC Limited.[1]