Power sector makes tremendous progress in Telangana: Harish Rao
Hyderabad: Telangana made enormous progress in electricity generation, transmission and distribution since 2014, said Finance Minister T Harish Rao here on Monday. The installed capacity was 7,778 MW when the state was formed, but now it has reached 17,305 MW due to efforts of the Government “Telangana is leading the country in terms of per […]
Hyderabad: Telangana made enormous progress in electricity generation, transmission and distribution since 2014, said Finance Minister T Harish Rao here on Monday. The installed capacity was 7,778 MW when the state was formed, but now it has reached 17,305 MW due to efforts of the Government “Telangana is leading the country in terms of per capita consumption of power. In 2014, the per capita consumption was 1,110 units. By 2021, it has reached 2,012 units. Compared to the national average our consumption is higher by 73 per cent. This is a good indicator of the progress that the State made,” he said while presenting the budget in the State Assembly. He said the State government has allocated Rs.12,209.86 crore for the energy department.
The State used to generate 74 MW of solar power in 2014 and it is now generating 4,431 MW. In the ensuing two years, this is likely to go up to 7,000 MW, Harish Rao said. He said Telangana made history by putting an end to woes in the electricity sector. “We are the only State which supplies quality power for 24 hours to all the sectors. Four units of the Bhadradri thermal power plant were fully operational with 1080 MW capacity.
In Nalgonda district, the Yadadri ultra-mega power plant works are going on rapidly. By 2023, this project would be completed and Telangana would become a power surplus State. In March last year, the electricity demand in the State touched a peak of 13,688 MW. The State has created infrastructure for supply and distribution even if the peak demand goes up to 17,000 MW. An amount of Rs.34,970 crore has been spent so far to strengthen the distribution and transmission network.
There were power cuts and power holidays to the industry and manufacturing sector earlier. Today, the State government was able to supply power for 24 hours enabling the manufacturing units to work in three shifts. Following instructions from the Chief Minister to ensure uninterrupted power supply to greater Hyderabad, the transmission and distribution network at 400 KV and 220 KV level has been strengthened ensuring that there is no power cut even for a second in the capital region, Harish Rao added.
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