Patiala: To meet the increasing demand for electricity in the ongoing rice season, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) Director of Managing Cum-Managing (CMD) Venu Prasad on Monday visited the Load State (SLDC) delivery center and reviewing the power supply.
Situation for all consumer categories.
He said PSPCL bought the maximum power available from the energy exchange market.
On July 4, PSPCL bought 1,178 MW at RS 4.07 per unit, he said.
“PSPCL has bought power due to the failure of the second unit of TSPL (660MW) and fewer power plants from the Bhakhra Dam (because of the lower water level).
On a maximum request of 13,148mW ​​at 2020-21 PSPCL has supplied 13,525 MW as the highest in a day at State.
On Sundays, PSPCL manages 13,213 MW of all sources including 8,188 MW (external state, including purchases), 2.425MW (IPPS), 1,740MW (has thermal plants) and 860 MW (have hydel power).
-Rata, 10.3 hours supply is given to the agricultural sector (border zone (14.7 hours), north zone (11 hours) and the south zone (10.2 hours), “said Prasad.
During a visit to the SLDC office, CMD at CMD The presence of the Pspcl (Generation) Director of Parmjeet Singh and PSTCL Director (Technical) Yogesh Tandon appealed to SLDC officers to accept the challenges faced by PSPCL / PSTCL during the ongoing period of peak requests.
Previous Prasad held a K Meeting Ulty, about the situation of Punjab power the presence of Director (Distribution) DPS Grewal, Director (Commercial) Gopal Sharma, Director (Generation) of Parmjeet Singh and others and discussed the steps of regulations imposed on the industry last week.
Meanwhile, lack of power caused by forced blackouts from other units TSPL has been managed and the possibility of restarting on Tuesday.