In the year 1871, the state's first coal reserves were discovered in Singareni village near Yellandu by Dr. William King of the geological Survey of India during the British era.

N. Sridhar, Singareni Collieries Chairman and managing director expects STPP to bring down the deficit in power generation in Telangana State.

While SCCL had an extensive background in coal mining, the company decided to enter the power industry as part of the new Bangaru Telangana initiative.

SCCL began the Singareni power plant project, to consist of two 600 MW units, on 11 November 2011 at Jaipur mandal, Mancherial District.

[4] SCCL has separate 127.31 hectares of land adjacent to the same existing plant for 800 MW and estimated cost of the project is Rs.5879.62 Crore.