The Government of Karnataka on Monday accepted a proposal of its Odisha counterpart to purchase power from the State-run Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO) limited, according to official sources.
A proposal in this regard was placed before the Karnataka Government when its Chief Secretary Kaushik Mukherjee met his Odisha counterpart JK Mohapatra here.
Odisha's Energy Secretary O K Jena told in the meeting that since the State was presently a power surplus one, it was in a position sell excess power. Mukherjee readily accepted the proposal.
"We will prefer to purchase power from the public sector undertakings of Odisha instead of getting it from private power generating companies," Mukherjee was quoted as saying in an official release.
Chief Secretary Mohapatra asked the Energy Department to carry forward the proposal and have further negotiations with the authorities in Karnataka, the release said.
Mukherjee appreciated Odisha's relative success in power generation, coastal zone management and preservation of the ecosystem, the release claimed.