South to be most affected in power shortage this year
Posted on: 08/Jun/2013 5:37:42 PM - No. of views : (1975)
According to an announcement from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), India will, in all probability, experience a 6.7 per cent shortage of power in current fiscal. The Southern Region will be the worst affected.
�The country is expected to experience energy shortage of 6.7% and peak shortage of 2.3% despite very high shortages likely to be experienced by Southern region� This is due to transmission constraints between Northern-north Eastern-eastern-Western-Southern regional grid that restricts flow of power to the Southern region� In the current fiscal the capacity addition would be 18,432 MW with majority contribution coming from thermal sources. Considering transmission constraints, all India peak shortage works out to 6.2%�, said the CEA report.
