Electricity-short Capital’s discoms not even drawing available capacity: NTPC
Delhi distribution companies are not drawing electricity from NTPC stations even though they are short of power but availability is not an issue, the staterun power generator said on Friday.
The remarks come amidst the National Capital Region (NCR) experiencing power cuts on increasing demand with mercury levels rising. ‘Delhi is short of power but no one is buying power from us.
They are not drawing around 283 mw of electricity even when the capacity is available,’ NTPC regional executive director A N Dave told reporters here. He said that power distribution companies have been consistently drawing less power in the past few days. In fact, lower demand has even forced NTPC to temporarily shut its plants, he added.
BSES Rajdhani, BSES Yamuna and North Delhi Power Ltd are the power distribution companies in Delhi. Five of NTPC’s plants — Badarpur, Anta (Rajasthan), Jhajjar (Haryana), Dadri and Auraiya (UP) supply electricity to the National Capital Region. ‘Some of our Eastern region plants also supply power to Delhi,’ said Dave. ‘The reason (for less drawal of power) can be best told by the distribution companies,’ he added.
On Wednesday,Delhi drew only 1,847 mw against a demand of 2,404 mw whereas 2,012 mw was available with NTPC, Dave said.
The remarks come amidst the National Capital Region (NCR) experiencing power cuts on increasing demand with mercury levels rising. ‘Delhi is short of power but no one is buying power from us.
They are not drawing around 283 mw of electricity even when the capacity is available,’ NTPC regional executive director A N Dave told reporters here. He said that power distribution companies have been consistently drawing less power in the past few days. In fact, lower demand has even forced NTPC to temporarily shut its plants, he added.
BSES Rajdhani, BSES Yamuna and North Delhi Power Ltd are the power distribution companies in Delhi. Five of NTPC’s plants — Badarpur, Anta (Rajasthan), Jhajjar (Haryana), Dadri and Auraiya (UP) supply electricity to the National Capital Region. ‘Some of our Eastern region plants also supply power to Delhi,’ said Dave. ‘The reason (for less drawal of power) can be best told by the distribution companies,’ he added.
On Wednesday,Delhi drew only 1,847 mw against a demand of 2,404 mw whereas 2,012 mw was available with NTPC, Dave said.