National Hydroelectric Power
Corporation has commissioned all the three units of 510 MW Teesta Stage V
hydro-electric project, at Singtam, Dikchu in East Sikkim.
The cost of the entire project is
about Rs.2,650 crore and the provisional tariff approved by the Central
Electricity Regulatory Commission is Rs.1.62 per unit. Two of the three units of
170 MW each are expected to become commercially operational shortly, while the
first unit is already functional. The project will generate 2,573 million units
of energy annually.