PATIALA: Stock thinning coal in a punjab heat power plant spinning into a deeper crisis on Monday, because unscheduled power cuts are imposed on all Consumer categories and Power-Run Power PSPCL forced to buy around 1,500 MW Power for RS 14 , 46 per unit.
The day before, on Sunday, PSPCL had bought 285 lakh units at an average price of 11.6 per unit.
On Saturday, the power disc to buy power at Rs 13 per unit.
Consumers must face a power outage that lasts up to four hours.
Punjab State Power Corporation Limited official describes the position of state coal shares as critical.
They said only 12 coal rakes were received on Sundays, against Daily Requirements 22 Garu.
PSPCL is the procurement of power from the market, especially to meet the demand for agricultural sector power.
Head of the PSPCL Director Managing Director (CMD) Venu Prasad said the corporation meets a maximum request of 8,885 MW State Punjab on Sundays and around 1500 MW power must be purchased from power exchanges to meet the gap between supply and demand.
“The power supply for the agriculture is increasing rapidly on Sunday, where supply is around six hours given.
Quantum power cuts in other consumers also remain less significant.
We hope that power availability tends to increase in 1-2 days because the additional quantum of around 400 MW is expected to be Received from the country sector and long-term sources outside.
One more unit GGSSTP, Ropar, will also begin to produce power from Tuesday, “Prasad said.
“Moreover, the 50mW generation of the Anandpur Sahib Hydel project also starts on Monday; this will increase to 100mW soon,” he added.
The power supply on Sunday is 1,796 lakh units on request 1,892 lakh units.
In terms of load, lack of power more than 1,000 MW.
The maximum request is around 8,850 MW.
“The power utility that is far from the coal pithead faces coal shortage.
Many thermal power plants are left with three four days of coal shares.
A number of thermal factories in the country failed to maintain coal stocks according to CEA guidelines and now countries such as Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu , Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, and others face a power outage, and others.
“Said AKPAF spokesman VK Gupta.
Friends of coal in punjab, all private coal-based plants have the remaining stock of coal less than two days.
The power plant in Rajpura has a stock of 1.9 days, and 1.6 days in Sabo Talwandi and 0.8 days at GVK in Tarn Taran.
Sate’s plants have less than 4 days of remaining coal shares.
Thermal Ropar has 3.6 days of stock coal and Lehra Mohabat has a stock of 7.8 days.
State-based coal-based plants still operate at a capacity of 50%.
The GVK Shut unit of one GVK thermal factory unit has been turned off due to thinning of coal.
A GVK official confirmed that a GVK power plant unit in Tarn Taran was closed on Sunday.
The official said the two plants running at full capacity and plants had around 10,000 MT coal filled.