With Telangana State expecting high power consumption during the current summer season, the Energy Department is preparing to deal with the situation.
Power consumption trends in the state have already put authorities on high alert, as demand is rapidly increasing. Although power demand in the state was 257.755 mu on Tuesday, it is expected to gradually increase in the coming week.
The power utility department had previously predicted that peak demand would exceed 15,000 MW in March and had made plans for electricity supply. Agriculture consumers accounted for approximately 37% of total demand, while industrial and domestic consumers accounted for the remaining 63%.
On March 30, the state recorded a peak power demand of 15,497 MW, which was expected to exceed 16,000 MW in the coming days, with daily energy consumption exceeding 300 million units, according to officials.
The highest power consumption was 14,160 MW in March of last year, but this time it has crossed the 15,000 MW mark multiple times. In fact, for the last month, the state has been registering a daily power demand of over 14,000 MW to meet agriculture, domestic, and industrial power requirements.
According to officials, power demand in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits had already reached 2,900 MW and was expected to reach 3,500 to 3,900 MW in the coming days. The power demand for agriculture, on the other hand, had slightly come down due to the harvesting season.
Officials said that the number of agriculture power connections in the state has increased to 27 lakh in the last few years, and the government is providing them with 24×7 power supply despite financial constraints. It is estimated that agricultural power consumption accounts for approximately 5,500 MW of the total power demand of 14,000 MW.
Meanwhile, autostarters have become a source of concern for Discoms, as they are losing power worth roughly Rs.8 crore a day owing to the usage of autostarter devices fitted to agricultural pumpsets. The discoms are now urging farmers to remove the autostarters on their own so that power can be saved during the off season.
For uninterrupted electricity supply during the summer peak, officials reported that lines were being repaired and maintained.
(This story has been sourced from a third-party syndicated feed, agencies. Raavi Media accepts no responsibility or liability for the text’s dependability, trustworthiness, reliability, and data. Raavi Media management/ythisnews.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content at its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.)
