The power plant is owned and operated by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam.
It has a 275 Metres high chimney which is one of the tallest structures in India The plant has been set up in three stages.
The Third Stage is under construction, it will have 1 unit of 660 Mega Watts, its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019,[2] and it will begin operation by December 2022.
The state government decided in July 2014 to build a unit of 660 Mega Watts to the power plant.
[5] A contract was issued by UPRVUNL to BHEL on EPC basis for construction of 1x660 MW units at Panki on 31 March 2018, with scheduled project completion in December 2022.