Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station is located at Yerraguntla (Md) in Kadapa(Dist) in Andhra Pradesh. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of APGENCO.
The thermal power station has a capacity of 1650 MW; 5 units of 210 MW each and 1 unit of 600 MW.
Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant was developed under 3 stages namely stage I, II, III and IV. The station is performing well in the recent years by achieving high plant load factor. It stood first in country during 1998âÂÂ99, 2002âÂÂ03, 2003âÂÂ04 and second during 1999âÂÂ2000, 2001âÂÂ02. The station has received meritorious productivity awards for six consecutive years and incentive award for seven consecutive years. BHEL commissioned stage IV unit 1ÃÂ600 MW in March 2018 leading to total installed capacity of RTPP to 1650 MW.