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CESC Promises All-Out Effort to Tame Power Crisis

  • With board examinations around the corner, the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company (CESC) seems to be leaving no stone unturned to ensure uninterrupted power supply.The CESC has appealed to the industries in the district to stop using diesel generators at least during peak hours to help students burning the midnight oil."If heavy industries - high-tension (67 HP users) and extra high-tension (> 67 HP users) power consumers - in Mysore agree to cooperate with CESC, there will no power outage between 7 pm and 10 pm," claimed CESC chief engineer M Shanthi.

  • A meeting with the heads of various industries will be held in Mysore on March 14 to discuss the issue. Power consumption in the division of five districts - Mysore, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Hassan and Kodagu - is on the rise every year by 15-20 %.In January 2011, the division's peak demand for power rose to 956 MW. But this year, the restricted peak demand touched 1,020 MW in February itself, she said.The demand is high during peak hours between 7 pm and 10 pm. "As the pre-university board exams are commencing in mid-March and SSLC exams are scheduled in early April, we are trying hard to supply uninterrupted power supply to all residential areas in the city," she said.

  • She claimed that she has already dispatched a request letter to the Mysore Industries Association.Industrialists have been requested to use DG sets during peak period. The CESC will also seek the support of industrialists in other four districts.According to Shanthi, there are some 1,023 bulk power consumers in Mysore. At present, the CESC is getting only 840 MW power, but they are overdrawing additional 200 MW power from the Central grid to meet the demand of the CESC division.

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