History of VTPS

Dr Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Plant is located at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. The power plant is one of the coal-based power plants of APGENCO.

Dr Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Plant is also known Vijayawada Thermal Power Plant. It was developed under 4 stages, with the project cost of Rs 193 Crores and Rs 511 Crores respectively. Again with an investment of RS 840 Crores 2 units were commissioned under III Stage. The seventh unit of 500 MW was commissioned on 2009. The station stood first in country during 94-95, 95-96, 96-97, 97-98 and 2001-02 by achieving the highest plant load factor. The station has received many prestigious awards from various organisations. The station has received Meritories productivity awards for twenty consecutive years and Incentive award for eight consecutive years.Power Plant

Installed Capacity

Stage	Unit Number	Installed Capacity (MW)	Date of Commissioning	Status
Stage I	1	210	01-11-1979	Running
Stage I	2	210	10-10-1980	Running
Stage II	3	210	05-10-1980	Running
Stage II	4	210	23-08-1990	Running
Stage III	5	210	31-03-1994	Running
Stage III	6	210	24-02-1995	Running
Stage IV	7	500	06-04-2009	Running

Ibrahimpatnam is a town and the mandal headquarters of Ibrahimpatnam Mandal inKrishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It falls under the Mylavaram Assembly constituency and Vijayawada Loksabha constituency. It is located by a ferry crossing of the Krishna River.Dr Narla Tata Rao Thermal Power Station (Formerly called as VTPS) is situated in this town. This town was not upgraded to nagar phanchayat or muncipality despite many new muncipalities with less population came up between 2011 and 2013. This is also a census town.