HYDERABAD: The demand for power supply is expected to increase by 10 million units per day in Greater Hyderabad in the ensuing summer. It is likely to cross 250 million units (MU) per day in the state during peak summer.
However, senior officials said there would be no shortage of power supply. TSGenco, TSTransco and the two power distribution companies are preparing a summer action plan to meet even a peak demand of 260 MU to 270 MU per day. “We are expecting the power supply demand to touch 14,000 MW during the peak summer and all arrangements are being made to meet this demand. Power is available at a reasonable cost at the exchange,” Transco and Genco chairman and managing director D Prabhakar Rao said.
Officials involved in preparation of the summer action plan said power consumption in Greater Hyderabad is expected to touch 73 MU per day compared to 63 MU last summer. “The power consumption had gone down during summer 2020 due to the pandemic and lockdown. Though people had stayed indoors resulting in power consumption on the domestic front increasing, the closure of industries, commercial establishments, malls and multiplexes due to lockdown has led to a steep reduction in power consumption,” said an official.
With all the commercial establishments, cinema halls, schools and colleges expected to be functional in the ensuing summer and agricultural activity to be at its peak, the officials are preparing to meet power demand of 260 MU, including 70 to 80 MU in the city alone.
“The power supply disruptions being experienced by the consumers in the city and elsewhere in the state would be minimised during the summer as rigorous rectification and pre-summer maintenance works have been taken up. Our effort is to give round-the-clock uninterrupted power supply to the domestic, industrial, commercial and agriculture sectors,” said discom director (operations) Srinivas Reddy.