Apart from being pioneers in Power production in the private sector, Tata Power has many firsts to its credit:

• First to bring UMPP in India (at Mundra, Gujarat) based on super- critical technology and unit size of 800 MW each.
• First 150 MW thermal unit in the country · First 500 MW thermal unit in the country.
• First to Commission Gas Insulated Switchgear 220 KV and 110 KV.
• Touch screen-based Distributed Digital Control and Energy Management Systems.
• Computerised Grid Control and Energy Management Systems.
• 220 kV Transmission Lines in Four-Circuit Towers.
• 220 kV Cable Transmission Network · Flue Gas De-sulphurisation Plant using sea water.
• First 275 meter tall chimney for Unit No.6. 500 MW power plant.
• First Operational Pumped Storage Unit in the country of 150 MW capacity.
• First to install Fly Ash Aggregate Plant to convert waste product (fly ash) into a useful building material.
• Training Simulators for 150 MW, 500 MW Thermal Power Plants and High Voltage Switchyard Operations.
• First to introduce SCADA and Fibre Optic Ground Wire Communication.
• Tata Power’s Load Despatch Center is the First ever Load Despatch Center in India to have
  gotten ISO Certification (11 August 2004).