The coal for the power plant is sourced from Jagannath Mines of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited.

Stage I units were boilers (Babcock and Wilcox, USA) and TG’s of GE make.

Talcher TPS was transferred to NTPC on 03-06-1995 in pursuance to the Talcher Thermal Power Station (Transfer and Acquisition Act, 1994) with an objective to improve its performance using NTPC’s technical and managerial expertise.

Units 5 and 6 of Talcher TPS were undertaken for R&M and LE Programme in Phase-III of R&M implementation plan with an addition to some works based on RLA study reports in TG and auxiliaries of Stage I units.

Some schemes in BOP area common to both stage I and II such as air compressors and ash dyke were also covered in this phase.

There was also a significant decrease in forced outage of the unit from 43% at time of takeover to 3.6% during the year 2004-05.

The benefits envisioned after performing successful R&M implementation were sustained unit availability and generation, the reliability of the unit has improved, life of the units have been increased by implementing technological up-gradation of equipments, flexibility of operation and maintenance, technological obsolescence have been overcome by replacing older equipments to get the spares of the new ones, improvement in plant safety and better environment management by installing new ESP.

For the last few years it has almost constantly topped the charts of NTPC in terms of PLF (Power Load Factor) of electricity generation.

[citation needed] As part of further growth strategy, two units of 660 MW are planned to be installed within the available land of Talcher Thermal.

There is a special guest house for accommodating the company guests ("Purvasha"), a multipurpose recreational center, a sports complex ("Shakti" Stadium), a modern medical facility ( "Ashalok" Hospital ), an executive club ("Spectrum" Club) and an open-air theatre.