December 1949, Nanyang has been liberated for more than a year, is vigorously restoring production, Nanyang Alcohol Plant electrical technician Sun Cheng Yi was ordered to go to Shanghai to buy machinery and equipment, passing through Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou South Railway Station platform found 22 large wooden boxes, wooden boxes labeled "Nanyang Electric Co. Nanyang Electric Company" and "U.S. Relief Administration relief Nanyang supplies" and other words. Sun Cheng Yi then to the station to understand, the original wooden box is a power generation equipment, ready to ship to Xi'an and the flour mill, the equipment to Zhengzhou, when the liberation of Luoyang, Zhengzhou to Xi'an railroad can not be, and later due to the nervousness of the wagon train, has been stranded in the Zhengzhou South Railway Station.
Sun Chengyi to Shanghai, continue to inquire about this matter. It turned out since Chu Huai Li refused to accept the power generation equipment, because the United States Relief Administration non-Nanyang not sold, the equipment has been stored in Shanghai. Xi'an and the flour mill manager Lu Rongchang learned of this matter, the Nanyang Tai Shilin to buy this equipment in the name of Nanyang Electric Company, and then transferred to Lu Rongchang. Learning of this situation, Sun Cheng Yi immediately reported to the Nanyang Commissioner by telegram. Commissioner Guo Sijing replied: "to get this set of equipment", and sent cadres Cui Jiesan to Shanghai to specialize in this matter. After investigation, in the former Nationalist Party Resources Committee of the legacy of the archives found the set of equipment related records: "relief Nanyang materials, price 300 two gold, installments, and noted that has been sold to the Nanyang Electric Company, has been handed over to the 80 two gold". Shanghai Military Management Committee and the Henan Provincial Construction Department contacted, and then transported this set of equipment back to Shanghai. Commissioner Guo Sijing understood the situation, immediately called back: "80 two gold for the price of the refund, bought."
Power generation equipment shipped back to Shanghai, Lu Changrong and holding the Shaanxi Provincial Government's letter of introduction to the Shanghai Military Management Committee to claim the equipment, by Nanyang reasoning, and finally the Military Management Committee will be the set of equipment broken to Nanyang. After all the formalities are completed, that is to start transportation. At the time of the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, highway bridges generally load 15 tons, while the boiler weighs 27 tons, not easy to transport. In order to strengthen the bridge, and in Shanghai to buy 12-inch square wood 10, 5-inch thick planks 15. Lifting problems, by the Shanghai Pan-China Machine Engineering Company is responsible for, and manufactured a 20-tire trailer. 1950 April from Shanghai, the boiler was shipped from Shanghai, the boiler due to pieces of large transport to Luohe transit Nanyang. In July of the same year, all the equipment back, stored in the courtyard of Nanyang Silk Weaving Factory. After the return of this 500KW generator set, the Nanyang Specialized Agency immediately embarked on the construction of the Nanyang Power Plant. 1952 spring, the Nanyang Specialized Agency will build the plant plans were submitted to the Henan Provincial Department of Industry, the Finance Committee, the Ministry of Industry in the Central and South China and the Central and South China Finance Committee. But the province that 500KW generating units in Henan for a few, in Nanyang with too large, will cause waste. In the summer of the same year, the Henan Provincial Finance Commission instructed to stop building.
December 1953, China *** Nanyang Local Committee, Nanyang Specialized Department of the joint application for the construction of Nanyang Power Plant, and attached to the "resumption of the construction of the power plant proposal", Nanyang's electric power production capacity, electric power sales and load estimates as well as the operating conditions were explained in detail. At that time, the projected load, power needs 330KW, according to the utilization rate of 60% for 198KW; lighting 267.2KW, according to the utilization rate of 25% for 67.3KW; the highest load of 265.3KW, the lowest load of 198KW. According to this load forecast, there is a certain margin for development, the construction of the 500KW generating unit is not too big. Before making the proposal, the Nanyang Specialized Department had already ordered the Industrial Department to set up a power plant preparatory office.
By the end of 1953, the preparatory office was canceled because the provincial government did not approve the proposal.
February 1954, the Nanyang Specialized Agency again to the provincial Department of Industry to apply for the construction of the plant, and submitted to the Nanyang power plant plan task book, approved by the provincial Department of Industry agreed to the construction of the Nanyang power plant in 1955, the regional industrial office for the second time to set up the power plant preparatory office, and immediately began to purchase equipment and equipment. Purchased 8 tons of copper scrap in Zhengzhou, transported to Hankou Electric Wire Factory processed 7 tons of copper wire. From Changchun, Shenyang and other places to buy back all kinds of containers, transformers more than a hundred. Purchased from Hunan 12 meters, 13 meters cedar poles more than 600. At the same time to complete the expansion of the preliminary design reported to the provincial Department of Industry.
Nanyang power plant is in full swing, the provincial Department of Industry and change the plan, ready to transfer power generation equipment to Xinxiang, and instructed the suspension of the preparatory work, the power plant preparatory office was also withdrawn in October.
The Xinxiang side sent people to understand that Nanyang has done a lot of preparatory work, and took the initiative to give up the equipment. The various materials and equipment that had been purchased back were sealed in place.
In 1955, the city's production scale was rapidly expanding, and the construction of the power plant was a top priority. Nanyang Specialized Agency for the fourth request to build the Nanyang Power Plant, and on the basis of survey design and estimation, in November to complete the technical design of the power plant submitted to the provincial Department of Industry.
Early 1956, the provincial department of the approval agreed to the third set up Nanyang Power Plant Preparatory Office. So far, the Nanyang Power Plant after four applications, three preparations, which lasted six years, finally entered the formal construction track. Nanyang power plant project plan to invest 964,000 yuan, of which 430,000 yuan for power generation equipment, financial investment of 534,000 yuan, in the construction of additional budget of 106,500 yuan, all investment of 1070,500 yuan. Productive building and machine installation by the provincial industrial department design, non-productive building and line erection by the preparatory design, civil engineering by the Nanyang Construction Company, power generation equipment and line erection by the Henan Provincial Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Team.
Because the preparatory work is quite sufficient, the construction of the project is progressing rapidly, all the works were completed on December 14, 1956, and a successful test run was conducted on the 15th, and after the acceptance of the project, it was officially put into operation on December 20, 1956, which is the first time that the project has been completed.
The 500KW generator set put into operation, the daily consumption of about 10 tons of coal, in addition to the initial plant power, the external load is only 40-100KW, with the development of the national economy, to the second half of 1957, the load of up to 420KW.