‘Dangerous’: Andhra CM seeks PM’s intervention to address energy crisis

In order to prevent chaotic situations arising out of load shedding, the Chief Minister asked the PM to direct the Ministries of Coal and Railways to allot 20 coal rakes to thermal states and direct the banks to liberally support the discoms (distribution companies). Provide capital loan. Until the crisis is over.

Jagan said, “In Andhra Pradesh, the COVID-19 power demand has increased by 15 per cent in the last six months and 20 per cent in the last one month, along with the shortage of coal which has thrown the country’s energy sector into turmoil. Pushing into turmoil,” Jagan said. In a letter to the Prime Minister.

Grid demand has become difficult to meet and circumstances are pushing the state towards load shedding, he said and urged, “We need your immediate intervention in this hour of crisis.”

He said unplanned power cuts, once resorted to, would lead to a chaotic situation in the society, as the state saw in 2012.

Seeking immediate measures to prevent load shedding, the CM sought revival of stranded/non-functional pit-head coal plants in India on an emergency basis without PPAs or coal linkages.

He said that this would save coal transportation time and quantity limitations in coal transportation in non-pit head coal plants.

Jagan also sought supply of deep water well gas available with ONGC and Reliance on an emergency basis to 2,300 MW stranded/non-working gas plants in the state.

He further said that the shortfall of about 500 megawatts (MW) from central generating stations due to plant maintenance can be met by either reviving the plants at the earliest or postponing the maintenance.

Highlighting the energy crisis being faced by the State, the Chief Minister said that Andhra Pradesh is meeting the grid demand of about 185-190 Mega Units (MU) per day. Power generation stations operated by APGENCO, which supply about 45 per cent of the state’s energy needs, hardly have coal stocks for a day or two and these could further affect production.

Due to shortage of coal, Apigenco’s coal plants are operating at less than 50 per cent of their 90 MU per day capacity. He said that even the Central Generating Stations (CGS) are not able to supply more than 75 per cent of their 40 MU per day capacity.

Further, the CM said that in order to absorb energy from 8,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy capacity, the state is not executing contracts with coal-based plants and as a result it is lacking in its market purchases for sourcing energy. Depends a lot on.

The daily average market price of about 40 MU of energy per day, which the state buys, has increased three times the daily average. ₹Daily average of 4.6 per kWh (kilowatt-hour) on 15 September ₹15 per kilowatt hour on October 8 this year, he said.

Jagan also mentioned that the rates are increasing day by day and have reached peak in the day-to-day and real-time electricity markets. ₹20 per unit for most of the day irrespective of peak or off-peak hours.

“Due to low availability of generation in the country, electricity is not available in the market even in few hours,” he said, adding that it is quite a “dangerous situation” and if the situation persists, the financial condition of the distribution companies may worsen. Will go

He said that the last stage of harvesting is affecting the farmers due to power shortage.