In order to tide over the current
power shortage, power cut has been enforced in all districts except Chennai
district. The public in all other districts resent this very much.
Power cut has been in force in Tamil
Nadu from 2008. Accordingly, power is cut for 2 hours on a rotational basis in
different parts of Chennai City and for 4 hours in other districts.
Power is distributed through
underground cables in Chennai city and through overhead cables in other
districts.
To counter the current severe power shortage
TANGED CO officials have taken several steps.
For a shortage between 200 & 500 MW, power
is cut off for the feeders carrying power to the rural areas.
If it is between 500 & 1000
MW, the feeders for Coimbatore, Erode, Tirupur, Cuddalore, and Hosur are cut.
If the power shortage exceeds
1000 MW, power cut is enforced in Chennai suburbs.
As new power stations started
generating power last year and wind energy plants als were in operation, an
additional 2000 to 25000 MW of power became available. The power consumption
was also less during the winter season. Hence, power cut period was reduced.
However, during the current year,
there have been failures in some of the thermal power stations coupled with
increase in demand, the shortage has risen to 1400 MW. This led to the power
cut being enforced again.
However, over the last few days,
the shortage of power has remained steady at 800 MW. Hence, 5 hours of power
cut has been implemented in all districts except Chennai city. With foreign
Counsel Offices, Central & State government Offices, multi-national
corporations and VIPs’ residences being located in Chennai, power cut is not
enforced in Chennai except when completely unavoidable emergency.
Currently, the power generation
in Tamil Nadu is 10000 MW. Chennai requires
2500 MW to 2000 MW. For example, the demand on 29th March was 3027 MW, which
was the maximum.
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