Power Plant Engineering

1.11.6 BHAKRA BEAS MANAGEMENT BOARD AND BEAS CONSTRUCTION BOARD
Under the Punjab Reorganization Act. 1966, Bhakra Management Board thereto managed man-
agement of Bhakra Darn and reservoirs and works appurtenant. The construction of Beas Project was
undertaken by the Beas Construction Board. After completion of works of Beas Project, management of
the project was taken over by Bhakra Management Board redesignated as Bhakra Beas Management
Board (BBMB). BBMB now manages Hydro-electric Power Stations of Bhakra-Beas Systems, namely.
Bhakra Right Bank (660 mW), Bhakra Left Bank (540 mW), Ganguwal (77 mW), Kotla (77 mW),
Dehar Stage-I (660 mW), Debar Stage-II (330 mW). Pong Stage-I (240 mW) and Pong Stage-I1
(120 mW), all having a total installed capacity of 2,704 mW.
1.11.7 POWER ENGINEERS TRAINING SOCIETY (PETS)
The Power Engineers Training Society (PETS) was formed in 1980 as a autonomous body to
function as an Apex National Body for meeting the training requirements of Power Sector in the Coun-
try. The society is responsible for coordinating training programmes of the various State Electricity
Boards, Power stations, etc. and supplementing these with its own training activities. The society has
Four Regional “Thermal Power Station Personnel Training Institutes at Neyveli, Durgapur, Badarpur
(New Delhi) and Nagpur. These Training Institutes conduct regular induction courses, in-service re-
fresher and short-term courses, on job and on plant training programmes for Power Engineers, operators
and technicians of Thermal Power Stations/State Electricity Boards, etc. A Simulator installed at the
Training Institute at Badarpur (New Delhi) provides training to engineers and operators of 210 mW
Thermal Units.
1.11.8 CENTRAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CPRI), BANGALORE
The Central Power Research Institute, which was set up in 1960 as a subordinate office under the
erstwhile Central Water and Power Commission (Power Wing), was reorganised and registered as a
Society under the Karnataka Societies Act, 1960, with effect from January, 1978. The CPRI functions as
a National Laboratory for applied research in the field of Electric Power Engineering. While the Central
Power Research Institute has a Switchgear Testing and Development Station at Bhopal, the main com-
plex of its laboratories is at Bangalore. The institute is an Apex Body for Research and Development in
the Power Sector and conducts tests of electrical apparatus in accordance with the National/Interna-
tional Standards so as to meet fully the research and testing needs of electrical, transmission and distri-
bution equipment. The CPRI also serves as a National Testing and Certification Authority for transmis-
sion and distribution equipment. The institute possesses Highly Sophisticated Laboratories comparable
to those in the Developed Countries.