Exceeding the electricity supply of 1,735 lakh units on the night of Diwali last year, power companies in Madhya Pradesh successfully ensured the supply of 1,771 lakh units of electricity thereby creating a record of sorts.
The situation of electricity supply on all the three days since October 21 was better in comparison to previous year.
There was a demand for 7,901 MW electricity on the night of Diwali this year, as compared to 7,892 MW previous year.
Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company limited Managing Director Manu Srivastava said 2,306 MW was generated by thermal power plants and 445 MW from hydro-power plants on the day, an official release said.
This included 495 MW from Indira Sagar Hydro-Power Plant, 203 MW from Omkareshwar Hydro-Power Plant and 56 MW from Sardar Sarovar Hydro-Power Plant. Besides, 2,333 MW was received from Central Sector, 314 MW from DVC and 183 MW from Badarpur Thermal Plant’s Central Sector.
Private power generating companies including Sasan, JP Bina, JP Nigri, BlA, lanco Amarkantak and Torrent supplied 1,616 MW electricity during the day while 50 MW power was received from other sources.
Earlier, 1,799 lakh units of power was supplied on ‘Narak Chaudas’ on October 22 as compared to 1,778 lakh units in previous year. Similarly, 1,759.35 lakh units were supplied on ‘Dhanteras’ on October 21 as compared to 1,742 MW in the previous year.
Energy Minister Rajendra Shukla, Principal Secretary Energy ICP Kesari and Managing Director of MP Power Management Company Manu Shrivastava have congratulated all power companies, engineers and employees for ensuring constant power generation and smooth supply during the Festival of lights.