Sheila to approach power ministry over grid overdraw
May 23rd, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit will seek the central government’s intervention to ensure that neighbouring states comply with grid discipline and don’t overdraw power from the national grid.
“The chief minster will be writing to the Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, requesting his intervention to ensure strict compliance of grid discipline by the states,” said a government official.
According to the official, all states except Delhi have been overdrawing from the national grid.
In a high-level meeting Wednesday, Dikshit reviewed the power availability and distribution with power distribution companies, which assured her that arrangements have been made to meet the power demand up to 5300 Mega Watt (MW).
It was discussed that disruptions in power supply are arising due to non-compliance of grid discipline by neighbouring States.
The power demand in east and central Delhi Wednesday reached an all time high of 1,243 MW surpassing the previous record of 1237 MW in May whereas the power demand in east and central Delhi Wednesday reached all time high of 1243 MW, surpassing the previous record of 1237 MW in May.
“Since adequate power to meet the demand has been ensured, the chief minister told the power distribution companies that local outages will not be tolerated,” said an official.
While the power distribution companies (Discoms) were instructed to submit daily reports on power supply and outages to the government’s power department, the Principal Secretary (Power) has been instructed to closely monitor the situation.
It was also decided that the Discoms would provide alternative power lines to water treatment plants to ensure uninterrupted power supply and the Delhi Jal Board has been asked to meet the expenditure in this regard.
The meeting chaired by Dikshit was attended by Chief Secretary P.K. Tripathi, Principal Secretary (Power) Shakti Sinha, Chief Executive Officer, Delhi Jal Board and CEOs of all the three Discoms.
- Delhi power firms warned against cuts - Oct 13, 2011
- Power demand reaches all time high in Delhi - May 23, 2012
- Southern power grid safe from tripping (Lead) - Aug 02, 2012
- 'Southern power grid safe from tripping' - Aug 02, 2012
- Power will return by 7-7:30 p.m.: Power Grid - Jul 31, 2012
- Electricity restored almost fully in all regions: Power Grid - Aug 01, 2012
- Dikshit orders swift action on power cuts - Jun 22, 2010
- Power crisis: Centre, states in blame game (Lead) - Jul 31, 2012
- Delhi to extend financial help to BSES - Dec 27, 2011
- Power plants face coal shortage, Delhi suffers - Oct 07, 2011
- Delhi faces power shortage as NTPC shuts units - Oct 05, 2011
- 'Inability to handle peak-time power loads hit us hard' - Jul 31, 2012
- Power woes in UP set to disturb Akhilesh honeymoon (Uttar Pradesh Newsletter) - May 25, 2012
- Sheila Dikshit calls power tariff hike 'inevitable' - Jul 02, 2012
- Power tariff hike inevitable: Sheila Dikshit (Lead) - Jul 02, 2012
Tags: adequate power, alternative power, central delhi, chief executive officer, chief secretary, dikshit, mega watt, neighbouring states, overdraw, power availability, power distribution companies, power minister, power ministry, principal secretary, shiela, shinde, strict compliance, sushil kumar, uninterrupted power supply, water treatment plants