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Energy Demand in AP Poised to Go Up Further

  • Energy demand is projected to go up to 300 million units a day and the production coming down due to dwindling gas supplies and hardly any generation from hydel generating stations, the State is poised for load shedding during the ensuing summer. Energy demand, which has spiked up during January up to March thus far, mainly due to increased requirement from the farm sector, is projected to go up further. The demand has gone up by 14 per cent this year with average demand at 260 MUs a day.

  • The demand has gone up due to continuous dry spell leading to increased demand from agriculture and domestic sectors. The high-tension power industrial consumers are already facing two days of power holidays and small and medium enterprises have warned of closure of their units if the situation persists.According to Government sources, all possible efforts to augment additional supplies have been explored, including more power purchases from Central generating stations. All Southern States are faced with increased demand, leading to shortage. The evacuation lines of the grid cannot take any additional loads.

  • The State has made arrangements for additional supplies during February-May for 1,387 MW. But due to the transmission corridor constraints between North East and West (NEW) Grid and Southern Grid, Andhra Pradesh is able to get only 546 MW and 734 MW from South. The Centre has allocated 231 MW from NTPC's Jhajjar unit.

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