Hyderabad, March 25: Keeping in view the unprecedented increase in demand for power supply in the State, Chief Minister K Rosaiah Wednesday directed the APGenco to put all its projects on fast track. He wanted the APGenco to commission at least part of its proposed projects ahead of schedule due to the spurt in demand for power from various sectors in the State.
The Chief Minister assured to provide all support like land, water and other infrastructure facilities on top priority to the APGenco for speedy completion of the projects, in view of increasing demand for power supply in domestic, commercial, industrial and agricultural sectors in the State. He suggested the authorities to prepare time-bound programme for commissioning of various projects.
Currently, the APGenco has an installed capacity of 7,587.9 MW comprising 3,882.5 MW (51.2 per cent) thermal, 3,703.36 MW (48.8 per cent) hydel and 2 MW (0.03 per cent) of wind power.
Rosaiah, who discussed the availability of power in the State with the officials here today, has decided to convene a video conference with the officials concerned in the districts on various issues pertaining to power sector at the Secretariat tomorrow. As on date, the APGenco has taken up a massive programme of attaining additional capacity of 16,865 MW during the next five years through commissioning of 11 thermal, five hydel, two gas and one nuclear power projects.
Of the proposed projects with installed capacity of 16,865 MW, projects with 1,037 MW capacity have already been added. Ten projects of 3,946 MW are under construction, while seven projects of 11,882 MW are at development and planning stages. The officials said that the Kothagudem Thermal Power Station of 500 MW, Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant of 210 MW and Bhupalapalli (Kakatiya) Thermal Power Plant of 500 MW, will be ready by yearend.
Meanwhile, the State Government has sent the site details of the proposed 2,000 MW nuclear power plant near Pulivendula in Kadapa district to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) for inspection. The clearance for the site from NPCIL is awaited. The nuclear power plant will be a joint venture of APGenco with NPCIL.
–Agencies