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With Uttar Pradesh facing acute power woes, the Ministry of Power on Friday said peak demand for power supply in the State was about 12,700 MW, out of which 10,700 MW was met, leaving a shortage of 2,000 MW.
The Ministry said the 500 MW Paricha plant, which went on forced outage on Thursday, had been restored and was generating on full load. However, another private sector plant, Anpara-C of 600 MW, is out because of non-procurement of imported coal by the generating company, but coal supply to that plant from Coal India was more than 90 per cent, which was as per the linkage granted to that plant, the Ministry said in a statement here on Friday.
“The availability of power from the Central Generating Power Stations to UP is also normal.
The State is not taking power equivalent to its allocation from gas-based stations of Anta, Aurayia and Dadri and in case requisition is made by the State Distribution Utilities, about 300 MW can be made available immediately.
The coal stock position of other State thermal units is comfortable and adequate,” the statement added.
The Ministry said the State Government could take up initiatives to meet the shortage, such as requisitioning power from other surplus northern States.
“About 377 MW from NTPC’s Jhajjar plant is also available which can be requisitioned by the Government. During the elections, UP did obtain 277 MW from NTPC’s Jhajjar plant from May 3-15.
“Also, UP can also procure power from the power exchange to curb the shortages,” the statement added.
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