According to the real-time data of State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC) Delhi, the peak power demand reached 8656 MW at 15:06:55 hrs on Wednesday. The national capital is reeling under an intense heatwave.
On April 6, the first unit of the power plant, with 800MW capacity, had achieved its COD. Power supply from the Godda plant to Bangladesh will further enhance energy security in the neighbouring country.
Power supply in India: The railway ministry assured the availability of enough racks for transport of coal. The power ministry has directed NTPC to run its 5,000 MW gas-based power stations during the crunch periods of April and May.
The demand for power has risen in April due to heatwave and people in different parts of the country are facing power cuts.
Various states continued to reel under power shortages on Apr 29 with soaring mercury pushing the demand higher, as opposition parties blamed the Centre for coal shortages at thermal plants.
Joshi had earlier in the day held a review meeting with CMD of Central Coalfields Ltd and other senior officials and carried out a detailed discussion on further increasing coal production and offtake from CCL.
There is a possible power shortage in states like- Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu.
Global thermal coal prices have remained elevated as a fallout of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which disrupted trade flows and crippled supply amid additional demand from Europe, which has now sanctioned Russian coal.
Irked over frequent power cuts in the districts of Jharkhand’s North Chotanagpur Division, Mahto on Tuesday had threatened discontinuation of coal and water supply to DVC if the situation did not improve.
Delhi's peak power demand crossed 7000 MW, 7026 MW to be precise today. This is the highest power consumption in the capital city in last two years.
One of the worst power outages faced by Pakistan last week was caused due to poor maintenance and subsequent failure of the protection system in the national grid, the Dawn reported on Monday.
The parts of western Himalayan region, which includes the states and territories of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand have been witnessing intense snowfall.
The peak power demand in Delhi is expected to touch a record high of 5,400 MW this winter season, discom officials said on Monday. The peak power demand of Delhi in the last winter season was 5,343 MW on January 1, 2020, they said.
All 300 consumers in the Jahanpura village, under the Kairana police station limits, have not cleared their electricity bills amounting to Rs 91.88 lakh despite reminders being issued to them, said Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation's Sub Divisional Officer Atul Yadav
According to the rules, former MPs have to vacate their bungalows within one month of dissolution of the previous Lok Sabha.
On being asked, a villager said, people cook in the dark and children study under oil lamps in the village.
According to an official release on Friday, the Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said, work relating to electricity production, transmission line and sub-station is in progress so that the people of the state could get uninterrupted electricity in the coming days.
An official statement said today, "The establishment of SCADA/DMS is a major step towards realizing the vision of 24x7 Power Supply to all consumers in the twin cities.
"We have been supplying 40 MW of electricity to Nepal since April. As Tripura has surplus electricity, we are exporting power to Nepal besides Bangladesh," Dev Varma, who also holds the power portfolio, told the media.
The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) chalked out an action plan well in advance in view of the cyclone threat, the state government-promoted company's in-charge managing director Shahmeena Husain told PTI.
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