21 November 2019 As part of the Indian governments strategic divestment program, the cabinet Details on the transaction value though are still awaited. According to our interaction with NTPC, the purchase value for these assets will be decided after an internal assessment. This process could take another 2-3 months. THDC (~1.5GW) and NEEPCO (~1.45GW) are broadly a hydro dominated portfolio, with combined hydro capacity of 2.3GW (refer exhibits 1/2). Acquisition of the same would increase NTPCs commercial capacity by ~5%. THDC operates 1.4GW of hydro plants and ~0.1GW of renewable capacity. According to tariff orders, regulated equity for its hydro portfolio stands at ~INR32b. Adj. profits were at INR8.5b for FY19, given CWIP and WC investments.