Reliance Energy
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Reliance Energy, formerly known as Bombay Suburban Electric Supply (BSES), is a company under the Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group [1] banner, one of India's largest conglomerates. The company is headed by Anil Ambani. The company is the sole distributor of electricity to consumers in the suburbs of Mumbai. It also runs power generation, transmission and distribution businesses in other parts of Maharashtra, Goa and Andhra Pradesh. Reliance Energy plans to increase its power generation capacity by adding 16,000 MW with investments of $13 billion.
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| Type | Public (BSE: REL) |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Key people | Anil Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director |
| Industry | Electricity Generation and Distribution |
| Revenue |  $1 billion USD (2005) |
| Slogan | Think Bigger, Think Better |
| Website | Reliance Energy |
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[edit] History
Reliance Energy came into existence when it took over BSES in 2002 .
[edit] Projects
Reliance Energy won on competitive bidding last year for 280 MW Urthing Sobla hydro power project in Uttaranchal. It has also won two power projects totaling 1700 MW in Arunachal Pradesh.
[edit] Relationship with Tata Power
Tata Power is the India's oldest private power section company and considered Reliance Energy biggest rival. However Tata Power and REL have unusual business relationship in that Tata Power is a net generator of power and sells power to REL while REL has insufficient generation capacity to supply its Mumbai retail customers and thus must buy the short fall from Tata Power. Tata Power and REL both compete directly against each other in the high end use industrial customer market. This has resulted in several contract disputes between the two rivals.
[edit] Dadri Power Plant
Reliance Energy is currently constructing a 5500MW gas generation power plant in the district of Dadri in the norther state of Uttar Pradesh. It is planned to be the single largest gas grassroot gas fired generation plant in the world and will solve much of the power supply shortages of northern India.
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