Center Rejects Allegations of Delhi Government Regarding Power Crisis, Shows Demand and Supply Data by Fact Sheet

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 12^th Oct. Amidst various news of power crisis in many states of the country, the Center has dismissed the allegations of the Delhi Government regarding the shortage of electricity. According to information received from Delhi Discoms, there was no outage due to power shortage. The required amount of electricity was supplied. Delhi’s maximum demand on October 10 was 4536 MW (peak) and 96.2 MU (energy). In order to meet the energy needs of Delhi, the Ministry of Power directed NTPC and DVC to fulfill the demand being made by Delhi.

The Central Government has prepared a fact sheet from 25 September to 10 October regarding the demand and supply of electricity in Delhi. It has been shown in this fact sheet day wise it has been shown demand for electricity and how much was supplied. From this sheet, it is revealed that between September 25 and October 10, Delhi has not been supplied less electricity than demand, not even for a single day.

During this, electricity has been supplied only according to the demand of Delhi. The Ministry of Power has issued instructions to NTPC and DVC that the distribution companies of Delhi should be given as much power as they need according to their demand.

The ministry has instructed these companies that both NTPC and DVC will provide Delhi as much power as the discoms of Delhi demand. NTPC may offer Standard Declared Capacity (DC) to Delhi DISCOMs as per their allocation (from gas based power plants) under the respective PPAs. Gas available from all sources including SPOT, LT-RLNG can be included while offering DC to Delhi Discoms.

Apart from this, guidelines have also been issued regarding utilization of allocated power to meet the increased demand for coal based power. Under these guidelines, the states have been requested to use the allocated power for supplying electricity to the consumers.

Also, in case of extra power, states have been requested to inform the ministry so that it can be allocated to other needy states. If a state is found to be selling electricity at the power exchange or is not scheduling this allocated power, the power allocated to it may be temporarily reduced or withdrawn. This power will be allocated to those states which need electricity.