Kolkata: Ratnagiri Gas Power Pvt Ltd (RGPPL) expects to run two gas-based units of 740 MW each, at full capacity by August. According to chairman, Chandan Roy, GAIL had promised completion of its Dahej-Uran-Dabhol pipeline by June 30, which will now allow supplies to reach the plant.

Along with NTPC, GAIL is a major stakeholder in RGPPL.

"Petronet LNG Ltd has already promised us an immediate supply of roughly 8 million standard cubic metre a day (mmscmd) beginning July. Though the generation will begin in two units once the gas supply commences, we may need six weeks to stabilise the generation," Roy said.

RGPPL was so far generating power from one unit using naphtha.

According to Roy, the company has already revived one unit (block-2), which has two turbine engines using gas as feedstock. The revival of the other unit, block-3, is nearing completion.