As long power cuts returned to haunt the residents in the sweltering heat, Delhi Government on Saturday said it was making sincere efforts to make available enough electricity during the summer.
Senior officials in power department said discoms have tied up with various generating plants for 6,100 mega watts of electricity as they expect a rise in demand in peak summer months.
The current power demand has been fluctuating between 4,200 MW to 4,600 MW. The maximum demand had gone little over 5,600 MW last summer. “The discoms are not buying any costly power from gas stations and liquid fuel stations of NTPC and have tied up with reasonably cheaper sources in the interests of Delhi consumers,” said the officials. Several areas in the city witnessed power curs ranging from one to three hours in the last few days.
“The Government of Delhi is committed to ensure 24x7 power supply to the citizens of Delhi,” said the officials. They said government has directed the private power distribution companies to attend to the local faults so that power cuts does not take place for longer duration.
“During summer, it is possible that due to ambient temperature which keeps on rising in summer, the machines, conductors or wires are susceptible to incur tripping and faults. Apart from this the Discoms normally take few minutes in changing over the lines and supply wherever there occurs any tripping on account of technical reasons,” he said.
Discom does not use power it supplies!
In a move to go green, the BSES Yamuna Power limited (BYPl) has shifted to using solar power in its offices. The power distribution company has installed solar panels at 9 of its offices. Besides, it has also initiated a Renewable Energy Assisted Pump (REAP) project which along with solar power is expected to generate nearly 450 KW of energy.
“Solar panels will be installed at the car parking area of BYPl’s head office in Karkardooma and other office locations. These will generate over 355 KW of solar power. In addition, 88 solar pumps will help it to harness an additional 100 KW power,” said Ramesh Narayanan BYPl CEO. SR