Hyderabad, January 21: The state government is keen on expediting all the ongoing power projects to meet the ever-growing demand for power, which increases 10 per cent every year.
The APGenco has embarked on an ambitious programme of capacity addition in the next four years, member-secretary of the newly-created Energy Coordination Cell (ECC) A Chandrasekhara Reddy has said.
Amidst chanting of hymns by pundits, former press secretary to chief minister Chandrasekhara Reddy took over as member-secretary of ECC at his chambers in the APTransco office premises here today. Speaking after assuming charge, Chandrasekhara Reddy said the state government has created the Energy Coordination Cell to coordinate the activities of the three arms of power sector in the state (Transco, Genco and Discoms).
The ECC will coordinate among all the power utility companies, distribution companies and APPDCL for proper coordination and planning on various issues pertaining to generation, distribution and transmission.
“We will give a new impetus in redressing the grievances of the consumers in all power utilities. Consumer satisfaction is our ultimate goal. The government entrusted the task to me to make use of all my experience and expertise in the field. It is a fact that the state today is far ahead in power sector. We have 2.25 crore consumers and AP power sector is adjudged the best performing power utility in the country,” he said.
Reddy said the new initiatives already implemented in the power utilities have been paying good dividends in addressing the challenges of consumer satisfaction. Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is very particular that the state should not only become self-sufficient in power but become power surplus.
The state government is keen in implementing Rajiv Vidyutikaran project, which would ensure supply of quality free power to farmers, he said.
Reddy said the APTransco has achieved the most prestigious award – India Power Award for sufficient reduction of transmission and distribution losses and overall performance.
—Agencies