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**Headline: Major Power Boost for Bihar: ₹28,000 Crore Thermal Plant Attracts Top Bidders**
**Patna, June 28, 2025** – Bihar is set to receive a significant boost to its power infrastructure with a ₹28,000 crore (approximately $3.5 billion USD) investment in a new 2400 MW thermal power plant. Four major private power companies – Adani Power, JSW Energy, Torrent Power, and Bajaj Group’s Lalit Power – have expressed their interest in the project, which will be located in Pirpainti, Bhagalpur.
The Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited (BSPGCL) is overseeing the Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) process. BSPGCL invited applications from private companies for participating in e-bidding with the last date for submission of application was June 25, 2025. The project marks the largest private sector investment in the power sector of the state.
The proposed plant will consist of three 800 MW units. The Bihar government has already acquired 1200 acres of land for the project and appointed M/s SBI Capital Markets Limited as consultants. Coal supply of 10.43 MTPA (Million Tonnes Per Annum) to the plant is likely to be linked with nearby coal block from Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) while the plant would draw 60 cusecs of water from river Ganga if given clearance by the state government.
According to an Energy Department official, the bid documents will be invited by July 2, 2025, with a deadline for submission on July 11, 2025. The technical bid will be opened the same day and the financial bid on July 16, 2025. The “Letter of Award” (LOA) will be issued within 30 days of the completion of the bidding process.
The South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd and North Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd will have the first right to purchase the electricity generated, with any surplus power to be sold on the open market. The addition of new power plants would further boost and strengthen the power supply system of the state ensuring round the clock quality power supply to the consumers and agriculture and industries, accelerating the overall growth of the State.
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