The northeastern part of India is a hub of . It has almost 40 per cent of the country’s total hydro potential. Additionally, the region also has abundant resource of coal, oil and gas for thermal power generation. With continual improvement of Infrastructure and Communication facilities, the North East Region stands to become the Power House of India by utilising its power potential, especially in the hydel sector, according to North Eastern Electric Power Corporation.
The region is blessed with huge hydro potential of about 58,356 MW (>25 MW), out of which 2027 MW (about 3.47 per cent) has so far been harnessed as on 30th November 2021. Additional 2120 MW of hydro power are under construction. The balance of about 92.9 per cent is yet to be exploited. Contribution of NEEPCO in the hydro installed capacity of NER is 1,525 MW, that is, about 75.23 per cent. Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to transfer 14 major hydropower projects from private power developers to Central Public Undertakings (CPUs), including NHPC, NEEPCO, SJVN and THDC hydropower development in the state and the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MoA) is due in May, reported The Meghalayan.