The plant was not functional between 2003 and 2013; however, renovation of both older units paved the way for commercial production of electricity by the end of 2013.

[4] In November 2013, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that another new 500 MW power plant will be set up at Kanti.

East Central Railway will provide uninterrupted supply of coal to the thermal power station.

Kanti thermal Power Plant came into existence with the efforts of then MP of Muzaffarpur, George Fernandes.

[12][13] To take over Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station (2*110MW), a subsidiary company named Vaishali Power Generating Company Limited with NTPC on 06/09/2006,-contributing 51% of equity; and the balance equity was contributed by Bihar State Electricity Board.

[18][19][20] In May 2023, NTPC Kanti secured the first position in Bihar and tenth position in India among power generation corporations, in terms of better plant load factor in the rankings released by Central Electricity Authority (India).