A comprehensive roadmap document for 24x7 power in Himachal Pradesh has been signed by Jyoti Arora, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India and Tarun Shridhar, Additional Chief Secretary (MPP and Power), Government of Himachal Pradesh to transform the power scenario in the hill state.
This includes power generation, strengthening of transmission, distribution, separation of feeder, metering of power to consumers, renewable energy and energy efficiency measures proposed to be implemented during financial year 2016 to 2019.
Power for All (PFA) program is a joint initiative of Government of India (GoI) and Government of Himachal Pradesh (GoHP), aiming to achieve availability of 24X7 reliable power to all households, industries, commercial establishments and all other electricity consuming entities by the end of financial year 2019.
Although Himachal Pradesh has already achieved almost 100% electrification, HPSEBl plans to electrify the remaining households by FY17. There are several projects being executed by HPSEBl, HPPCl and various IPPs which will add 1565 MW generation capacity by FY19 under the document.
HPSEBl aims at ensuring adequacy of transmission infrastructure by addition of 16 new substations with a capacity of 1,055 MVA and augmentation of 15 substations by 550 MVA. The ongoing schemes will also enable augmentation of the inter-state transmission capacity by 1,680 MVA.
Under the document HPSEBl will also be focused towards augmentation and improvement of distribution infrastructure with a proposed investment of Rs. 2047 Crore from FY16 to FY19.