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TANGEDCO to procure 1500 MW to meet the extra power demand in summer

Posted on: 14/Feb/2019 12:35:20 PM
TANGEDCO has decided to procure 1500 MW additional power to overcome the power-cut problems during the summer.

A TANGEDCO official shared in this regard:

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be conducted during this May. Due to this, there will be an additional power demand for campaign operations and public meetings. During the summer, the demand in domestic circles will also be higher due to the functioning of fans/air conditioners/cooler, etc.

It is expected that the state demand during the summer would be from 15500 to 16000 MW during summer. However, the present generation is only between 13000 to 14000 MW.

Further, it has been estimated that there would be a shortfall of 125 to 700 MW during the period from 6.00 AM to 9.00 AM and between 500 MW to 1800 MW from 6.00 PM to 11.00 PM.

Thus, in order to meet this shortfall, TANGEDCO has decided to procure 1500 MW. The rate per unit of the procurement will be decided later.`