PATIALA: The crisis of power in Punjab is increasingly within one unit of thermal plants managed by the government in Ropar also turned off on Wednesday night while it has been two private thermal factory, TSPL, closed after the technical problems and the third remaining unit is running on half the capacity following technical barriers , Closure of one unit in Ropar and the reduction of up to half the load of the remaining TSPL unit has been added to the power shortage of around 500 MW (120 lakh units in a day) from within the punjab.
One Lehra Mohabbat plant unit also stumbled on Thursday at around 1.30 in the afternoon due to a technical error, but got operational again after four and a half hours.
Chief Engineer Ropar Ravi Kumar Wadhwa said following one boiler leaking from four units closed and will operate on July 10 morning.
“With industrial closure up to July 11 and reducing the power load from the office, PSPCL still faces power shortages.
The position will increase only after the onset of the state,” said VK Gupta, spokesman for the Federation All-India Engineers (AKEF).
On Wednesday, Punjab supplied 2.929 lakh units with a maximum request of 12,438 MW.
The power supply in the state, although there are restrictions, short with 127 lakh units on the requirements of 3,057 lakh units.
There was a shortage of 650 MW during rush hour at night.
BBMB Powerhouses produces 398 lakh units and a punjab share of around 40%.
Bhakra Powerhouses produces 225 lakh units even though the water level in the reservoir fell 56 feet compared to last year’s level on the appropriate day.
Ranjit Sagar Dam with a low reservoir level also produces less power.
The total gross making in Punjab on Thursday was reduced to 4,740 MW against normal availability of more than 5,500 MW.
The Chair and Managing Director of PSPCL A Venu Prasad said, “Punjab witnessed high demand of all time in the ongoing rice season due to the arrival of the season MW.
One TSPL unit has experienced forced blackouts due to the breakdown of the turbine, the other develops technical barriers on July 7 and the third operates in half the capacity due to several technical problems.
This has resulted in a shortage of almost 2,200 MW.
“” To comply with situations other than the existing settings , PSPCL has bought an extra power of 400 MW from the open market at Rs 12.40 per unit on July 8.
A total of 1,400 MW Power was purchased for Thursday with an exchange rate of 5.46 / unit.
At the request of the Punjab government, the National Load Delivery Center has agreed to increase the ATC / TTC limit to 8,000 / 8,600 MW starting at 6pm to 9 in the morning because of the fire An TSPL unit.
PSPCL uses this limit by importing the maximum power that is possible to increase the supply position.
Last year the same import limit was only 6,500 MW.
The installed capacity of PSPCL from all sources is 13,845 MW of this around 9,000 MW is being produced.
The main reason for the lower generation is due to the failure of TSPL, less generation on BBMB, “said Venu Prasad, added that despite various steps of improvement, PSPCL has been forced to impose power regulation steps in the South Zone and the border to redeem deficiencies.
However, efforts Done to continue to supply the power of eight hours without interruption to AP consumers, he added.