Incorporation of Dishergarh Power Supply Company Limited primarily to supply power to the collieries of Bengal Coal Company Limited (the then largest producer of coal in Asia), to the railways, industries and townships in the Asansol-Raniganj areas.
Awarded Distribution License for distribution of electric energy in the Asansol-Raniganj belt.
The name of Dishergarh Power Supply Company Limited changed to DPSC Limited.
Commissioned 10.4 MW Wind Power Plant in Karnataka, India.
Commissioned 24.8 MW Wind Power Plant in Gujrat, India.
Developed a 2 MW Solar Plant at Seebpore in association with West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation Limited (WBGEDCL) which was the first-of-its-kind grid-connected solar plant in Asia.
Erstwhile IPCL merged with DPSC and the name of DPSC changed to India Power Corporation Limited (IPCL).
IPCL formed a Joint Venture, India Uniper Power Service Private Limited, with Uniper Kraftwerk Gmbh, to provide operation and maintenance services to power plants in India.
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Completion of 132KV Distribution Project to supply Traction Power to Eastern Railway at Pandabeshwar, Paschim Burdwan, as the first private utility in West Bengal.
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