Dear Readers,

Year 2013 has been full of challenges for Trombay with the unit 6 going into economic shutdown, and the major overhaul of Unit 7. The prospect of unit 6 getting the nod for coal conversion becoming brighter, the challenge is for getting proper PPAs in place, for the off-take, before we take a decision to go ahead with the coal conversion project at an estimated investment of over 1100 crores.

Another challenge faced by Trombay is the pricing and availability of natural gas for Unit 7. There was a proposal by the Center to increase the gas price from present $4.2 to $8.4 per MBTU from 1st April 2014. This pricing if implemented, will make Unit 7 generation unviable in the MOD, when cheaper power is expected to be available in the national grid. There has been a hue and cry about this proposed hike in gas price, and the same is now put on hold, as per information available.

Unfortunately for Trombay, another disaster like situation emerged after a major fire in Unit 8, which is now under crash restoration process. This unfortunate and sudden incident has been major setback for Trombay since this coal based unit has been performing well for the last one year.

With the above three scenarios staring at us in the face, the challenge is to put a viable business plan in place. Notwithstanding the pressure of the above challenges playing heavily in the minds of the people, the plant activities are going on as usual. We are certainly hopeful that our core strength will help us overcome these challenges and come out winners in the forthcoming year.

ETHICAL VALUES

TRUST is one of the core values of Tata group, and it may be worthwhile to write something about the qualities that generate trust.

First, let’s talk about being trustworthy, not about trusting others. There is a relationship between the two concepts, but a decision to trust another is a choice, not a moral obligation. Being trustworthy, however, is an indispensable aspect of good character. Thus, we should always act so as to be worthy of trust—not simply because it's wise to do so, but because it's the right way to live.

Being worthy of full-bodied trust entails two distinct qualities: character and competence. Of course, the attribute we first associate with trustworthy behaviour is integrity. This crucial aspect of good character is demonstrated through scrupulous honesty and moral courage. If we want people to trust us or our organization, they must believe that we will consistently do the right thing, regardless of the circumstances or pressures.

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Editorial

Report of Highlights from

Performance, Safety, Security, HR/Admn

January 2014

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Other aspects of character include accountability and fairness. People trust those who accept responsibility for their choices and don't palm off blame to others. It's also important to be regarded as fundamentally fair.

But in business, confidence in character is not enough to justify trust. Trust also involves the conviction that the person or organization will successfully do what is expected. This competency dimension of trust embraces faith in ability, knowledge and judgment as well as a belief that the person or organization will be reliable and responsive. Reliability is established through diligence and follow-through while responsiveness involves respectful communication and demonstrated concern.

These are among some of the personal values I have brought out in one of the earlier editions of this newsletter.

K V Johnson, Head-ES&A-Trombay & Local Ethics Counsellor

Plant Performance Highlights

• There was one forced outage in Unit # 8 due to fire on TG & one planned outage in Unit # 6 for Annual Overhaul.

• Generation & PLF were lower than plan due to low system demand, Unit # 6 Economy shutdown & planned outage, low PLF of U7 due to less APM gas availability & Unit 8

forced outage.

• Total Incentive for the month is 0.81 Crores.

Security 8 Jan.2014 – Monthly meeting of Trombay security officers chaired by Col P B Dalvi was held in the

conference hall at Security Complex. 10 Jan.2014 – Mr Anil Sardana, MD, visited Trombay. 11 Jan.2014 – On-the-job training for MGB security personnel was conducted at FOT. The following topics

were covered during the training session: Turn out/Knowledge of duty post/Parade drill/Charge hand over/Take over Handling of security gadgets Security related safety & safety behavior Pattern of behavior at work place Principle of Security & access control Value adding while on duty

12 Jan.2014 – Annual Inter divisional athletic meet held at Trombay Sports Complex was concluded. Necessary Security arrangements were made by Trombay Security for the events.

15 Jan.2014- A seminar on Disaster Mgmt Plan by Col. P B Dalvi, Mr. S V Kale & Mr. Sanjeevan Joshi was arranged in auditorium at Station –A for officers. Total 60 Management staff attended the session.

16 Jan.2014- A seminar on Disaster Mgmt Plan by Col. P B Dalvi, Mr. S V Kale & Mr. Sanjeevan Joshi was arranged in auditorium for non mgmt at Station –A and for contractor staff. Total 50 Non Management staff and 80 Contract staff attended the sessions.

23 Jan.2014- Mr SK Choubey and Himanshu Pandey from Intelligence Bureau visited in the Plant to discuss

security matter with Col. P B Dalvi Head – Security.

25 Jan.2014- 12 Police personnel were deployed at different locations in Plant vicinity for bandobust

duties as a part of Republic day advisory and Mumbai Kavach operations. Level of Security alert was raised

to Red Alert from 1800 hrs onwards.

Meeting was conducted at Trombay Thermal Power Station, Chembur on 28 Jan 2014 to discuss the various

waterfront security/ fire related issues & coordination among the members of Port Facility Security

Advisory Committee & representative of neighboring industries IB, Mumbai Police, BARC, HPCL, BPCL,

AEGIS, CTTL, RCF, IOCL, GAIL & Mahul Fishermen Association (MARG).

The 64th Republic day was celebrated with high spirit, pride, enthusiasm and dignity at Trombay Thermal

Power Station on 26 Jan 2014. The flag hoisting ceremony on the occasion was held at Station B. Employees

from all the departments from Station A and B, Coal Jetty along with contractor staff attended the National

Flag Hoisting. The National flag was hoisted by Manager U # 5 Mr. Sashikant Shardul at 0830h. Sweets and

snacks were distributed amongst all to mark the occasion. Mr. Shardul described importance of safety at

work and advised to take care of self and work safely.

30 Jan.2014- Command & Control Room training was conducted as On Job Training for security personnel.

Total 12 security personnel including four permanent employees attended the training. All the personnel

were made aware about functioning of Control Room, Role of Control Room in case of Emergency. All were

made familiarize with available security gadgets.

30 Jan.2014- R & R certificate was issued to Head Guard G M Basha for Keen observation whilst on duty and

following the correct procedure of reporting.

11 Jan.2014 & 22 Jan.2014- ISPS Training at Coal Berth Security staff imparted on Techniques used to

circumvent security measures (with aspect of Port Facility) and Recognition and detection of weapons,

dangerous substances and devices by PFSO/DY PFSO.

SAFETY • January was an Accident free month.

• CSC meeting was conducted.

• 26 NM - Investigations done and recommendations derived. Out of 26 recommendations- 12 Recommendations closed and 14 recommendations pending for closure.

• Various special safety trainings like safety standards and procedures training, first aid and fire fighting training, DMP awareness, defensive driving training, LOTO, working at heights trainings were also conducted during the month.

• Apart from “Basic safety & IMS awareness training”, working at height trainings and Safety induction trainings for contractors for “Unit 6 outage & Unit 8 restoration” were also conducted.

• During the month 73 mandays achieved from own employees training. 85 Tata Power employeeswere trained.

• During the month 484 man-days achieved from contractors training. Total number of contract employees trained for the month is 979.

• KMI of Safety department reaches 40 YTD.

• SIAT (safety intervention audit training): 4 SIAT audits were conducted. Unsafe acts and unsafe conditions were captured during the audit and most were corrected at the site itself and for few observations, recommendations were given to concerned departments for actions.

• Safety trainings for Unit 6 outage & Unit 8 restoration : • Basic safety trainings were conducted for workers. Totally 30 trainings were conducted including working at

height & scaffolding safety training and defensive driving training. 806 freshers were trained for the month. • Safety observations were being carried out by SAFETY DEPARTMENT on all days. Unsafe acts and unsafe

conditions were corrected at the sites then and there. Reports were made on safe and unsafe observations and were shared.

HR & ES&A

The 15th Session of “Samvaad” held in Trombay on 29th January 2014. Mr. Manjrekar interacted with 15 control desk engineers from Operations Department- Trombay.

During this session of Samvaad, Mr. Manjrekar explained the sole purpose of Samvaad which is interaction with all levels of employees, sharing of knowledge, and various way of making our plant better place to work. After this Mr. Manjrekar asked and explained the reasons of incident happened in Unit 8 and what is

the progress in terms of commissioning unit 8 within 4 months. He also discussed the importance of making decision and proper communication during emergency.

A considerable amount of time was also spent on discussion about Ethics. Employees were asked to share

what they understood by Ëthics”. And the role of ethics as a strong foundation for doing business.

During the session, employees also shared their concerns related to transportation and canteen. Immediate action has been initiated by Admin and Security department to address these concerns and the progress will

be monitored regularly by Admin department.

Lunch with Divisional Head

The very first session of “Lunch with Divisional Head” held in Trombay on 30th Jan 2014. During this session

Mr. Manjrekar met with 21 employees who were nominated by their HODs for being recognised for their

efforts and for making valuable contribution in their respective domains.

The session saw participants sharing their achievements and initiatives undertaken. While efforts are

recognised regularly at departmental level, the session gave a platform for employees to understand what

good work is happening in other departments and served as a platform for knowledge sharing.

ETHICS

Trombay celebrated ‘Founder’s Day’ on 3rd March 2013, with garlanding of statues of the Founder at both

Station’A’ and Station’B’ and distribution of sweets on the occasion. Few photos taken during the

celebration are given below.

Ethics week celebrations were inaugurated on 3rd March and many programs were organized during the week. Painting

competition for children was organised in the colony, while employees participated in variety of competitions and entertainments. A detailed report on the same has been uploaded on Anant. Ethics Week Celebration also coincided with the Safety Day/Week celebration, which together brought in a lot of enthusiasm among the employees and a kind

of festive atmosphere in the premises. It shows the importance given to values by our employees who have made

ethics a way of life.

Mr K V Johnson, Local Ethics Counsellor sharing his thoughts with the

employees.