Riyaz Bhat
Srinagar, Oct 06: With the dip in mercury, the power demand in Kashmir has increased by nearly 200 Megawatts.
An official said that Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has witnessed an additional demand of nearly 200 MW of power in the past two days.
The official informed the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), “Earlier, there used to be a power demand ranging from 1350 to 1400 MWs. However, from the past two days the demand has increased by nearly 200 MWs.”
The official further informed that KPDCL is trying to provide improved power supply to the consumers. “This year there has been a noticeable improvement and there will likely be better power supply for the Kashmir region in the winters.”
Pertinently, KNO earlier this month reported that with the present and other planned Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) or a Transmission Service Agreement (TSA), Jammu and Kashmir will likely be unable to meet and cater the power demands of consumers in the upcoming nine years.
A study in this regard by the Government of India (GoI) reads, “The study has analyzed the daily and monthly pattern of unserved energy in the year 2034-35, it can be seen that contracted capacity (present and planned) is unable to meet the demand.”
“It can be seen that during the high demand of winter months, the proportion of unserved energy is high,” reads the study.
Besides, the report further reveals that the surplus capacity is available with states due to RE availability, demand variation etc. (KNO)
