Patna: Bihar Government to purchase 1,500 MW of electricity from the open market before summer. It was announced by Bihar Power Minister Ramashray Prasad Singh. The Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) had last year invited a request for proposals (RFP) to purchase power from the open market.

Bihar receives 800-1,000 MW from the central pool despite the scheduled allocation of 1,553 MW per day. Its daily demand is 2,000-2,500 MW. BSEB provides 400-450 MW to Patna alone apart from supplying 75-100 MW to neighbouring Nepal and 125 MW to the Indian Railways. Besides this, BSEB supplies 200 MW for maintaining emergency services such as hospitals and defence establishments.