Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu proudly claimed that consumers have not experienced a single second of power disruption, in spite of the state witnessing a humongous power demand of around 16,000 MW on February 10 and 16,140 MW on February 19.
He stated that the state was ready to supply even 17,000 MW during the peak summer, thanks to strategic management of power supply and advanced planning.
Anticipating significant increase in consumption from the IT industry, as well as increased demand for cultivation under Rabi, apart from household demand in summer, the state government has boosted transmission and operational infrastructure to meet rising power demand.
“The daydreams of political rivals who anticipated that the Congress government would fail to manage the power sector have been proven wrong due to advanced planning, effective implementation, and the teamwork of power sector employees,” Bhatti, who also holds power department, remarked.
“The state has a contracted capacity of 26,212 MW, as against the current 21,339 MW,” he said.
Telangana also actively trades electricity in power exchanges — it sells power that it produces to the exchange when the demand is lean, and buys power when the demand rises. This flexibility allows for efficient power resource management and helps address sudden spikes in demand.
Apart from supply management, the state power utilities also work on regulating power demand through load shedding and encouraging industrial users through various incentives to shift their activity to off-peak hours.
Power demand in the state, according to power utilities, will be high between 6 am and 10 am, and 6 pm and 10 pm, when industrial users will have to pay additional prices. Similarly, off-peak hours fall between 10 pm and 6 am.
Shifting to off-peak hours leads to substantial savings for both the customer as well as the power distribution company.
By engaging in interstate power trading, the government collaborates with neighbouring states for power exchange and banking arrangements. It coordinates with other state load dispatch centres to manage seasonal variations in power demand and supply efficiently.
Through this multi-faceted approach, the Telangana government, via the TSLDC, is effectively managing and meeting the state’s power demand while striving for more sustainable and efficient power utilisation.
Latest records from the Telangana State Load Dispatch Centre (TSLDC) are testament to the state government’s efforts to address its power requirements. When the state met the power demand of 16,140 MW on Wednesday, power utilities recorded the consumption of 307.63 million power units or million kilowatt hours.
Of the total power consumption of 311.961 million units (MU), Telangana Genco contributed 81.752 MU through thermal and hydel stations, while the Singareni thermal power plants provided 27.187 MU. The state procured 162.039 MU from purchases and central government’s power generating stations. Additionally, non-conventional energy and other sources contributed 40.983 MU, while reversible pump consumption accounted for another 4.331 MU.
