Govt. can meet power demand up to 16,500 MW
The government has handled the highest ever intraday peak load of power on transmission and highest ever daily energy consumption on Friday (March 8), with the two clocking at 15,623 megawatt and 305.19 million units respectively, Deputy Chief Minister M. Bhatti Vikramarka, who holds the portfolios of Finance and Energy, said.
“The fact that the government is meeting higher demand of energy without any problems itself indicates that it is handling people’s needs better than the previous BRS government,” Mr. Vikramarka said while addressing a press conference here on Saturday.
Stating that the demand of energy was expected to go up to a maximum of 16,500 MW the Deputy CM said the government had made all arrangements to supply required energy. He asked the people to rest assured about getting uninterrupted and quality power supply and there was no truth, whatsoever, in the misinformation being spread by BRS.
Mr. Vikramarka said the government was planning to develop Telangana into a model State in the matter of green energy generation by focusing on alternative energy sources. Accordingly, government was focusing on taking up solar, wind, hydel and pumped storage power plants, including establishing solar plants in coal blocks and overburden dumps.
Further, they were planning to develop floating solar power generation capacity in the medium and major reservoirs without affecting the aquatic life. The Deputy CM stated that the authorities concerned were also told to study the possibility of developing solar power plants on the main canals network and canal bunds of the irrigation department.
On Gruha Jyothi scheme, Mr. Vikramarka said the Opposition parties were spreading misinformation intentionally and reiterated that all white ration cardholders (below poverty line households) would get free energy up to 200 units a month, if their consumption was up to 200 units and they would not be required to pay bills.