Power utilities told to be prepared for any contingency this summer

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu instructed the officials of the public power utilities to be prepared to face any contingency during the summer when the demand is estimated to reach 190 million units (MU) in a day with a peak demand of 7,900 Megawatts due to the soaring temperatures.

According to an official release, Mr. Naidu took stock of the power supply situation in a teleconference with the Energy Minister K. Kala Venkata Rao and the heads of power utilities on Sunday.

Uninterrupted supply

He directed the officials to ensure uninterrupted power supply to consumers and drinking water supply schemes keeping the summer in view and to attend to any breakdown or failure on a war footing to avoid any inconvenience to the consumers. Mr. Rao stated that the State government has created history by providing 24x7 uninterrupted and quality power supply to consumers. It also successfully reduced T&D losses to a single digit and introduced IT initiatives to improve the performance and quality in power generation and supply.

The State has become power cut free by overcoming the crisis of 22.5 MU power deficit during 2014-15. It has since been able to meet 9000 MW peak demand. The focus has been on the adoption of best practices across the globe to achieve lowest power interruption rate.

K. Vijayanand, MD of APGenco and CMD of APTransco, Advisor K. Ranganatham, APTransco JMDs Dinesh Paruchuri and P. Umapathi and CMDs of Discoms M.M. Nayak (SPDCL) and H.Y. Dora (EPDCL) took part in the teleconference.