Hyderabad, March 14: Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has said there would be no power cuts between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. in view of the ongoing Intermediate and other examinations.
Reviewing the power generation and supply in the State with the officials of Energy Department, APTransco , APGenco here on Sunday, Mr. Reddy directed them to ensure seven hour supply for the farm sector with priority to domestic and drinking water supply schemes besides hospitals.
Officials informed the Chief Minister that at present there was a short-fall of 675 MW (16 MU per day) due to several technical reasons in the power generating stations of the State. They pointed out that power utilities were currently supplying 257.2 MU per day as against 231 MU a day during the corresponding period last year and meeting a peak demand of 11,700 MW as against 10,500 MW last year.
They informed the Chief Minister that advance planning was done by the power utilities this year with the approval of the government by booking 1000 MW of power for March and 800 MW for April this year to meet the unprecedented demand in the State.
It may be recalled that the Chief Minister on Saturday had requested the Union Minister for Petroleum S. Jaipal Reddy to direct the Chairman and Managing Director of GAIL and Reliance Industries to immediately sort out problems and supply the 2.5 Million Metric Standard Cubic Metres per Day (MMSCMD) of Re-gasified Liquified Natural Gas (RNLG) to the independent power producers in the State. He requested the Union Minister to direct officials to permit swapping of the RNLG from the Reliance D-6 well.
He reiterated the plea to Centre for immediate direction to GAIL for supply of 2.5 MMSCMD of RLNG to IPPs in the State to generate additionally 500 MW of power needed for providing seven hours power to Rabi.
Principal Secretary, Energy Sutirtha Bhattacharya, CMD of APTRANSCO Ajay Jain, CMD, APGENCO Vijayanand and other senior officials attended the meeting.
-Agencies