Jindal Power Ltd.  (JPL)  a  subsidiary of Jindal  Steel  &  Power Ltd,  is setting up  a  1000  MW OP Jindal Super Thermal Power Plant at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, with an investment of over Rs. 4,500 crores. In fact, this is the first mega power project in the private sector to have achieved financial closure. JSPL with its large experience in installation, operation and maintenance of thermal power plants is the Project Management Consultant (PMC) for the project.

In order to reduce the project cost, JPL has decided not to appoint any EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) Contractor. Instead, it will place individual orders on various suppliers for major packages. JPL has also decided not to appoint any O&M (Operations & Maintenance) Contractor to reduce the running cost of the plant. Instead, it will deploy its own team to operate and run the plant. In fact, it is the first power project to have a pit head with its own coal mine.

All these initiatives have enabled JPL to provide lower tariff in the competitive power sector. This will help in contributing towards achieving Government of India's goal of 'affordable power for all by 2012'.