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DVC has nothing to do with power shortage in Delhi.

DVC has nothing to do with power shortage in Delhi.
It is the fault of Government policy.




NEW DELHI: Summer could be a difficult time for Delhiites with discoms already warning of shortfall in power supply. With crucial projects like Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) those in Jhajjar and Bawana unable to honour the long-term agreements made with discoms, the city could be facing a shortage of about 650MW. While outages might be taken care of, expensive power purchase to meet the shortfall is likely to have an impact on the tariff that are likely to be announced later this year.

In 2010, Delhi's peak demand touched 4,720MW and going by the trend of a 10-12% rise in demand in the last few years, this year the demand could easily cross 5,100MW.

According to sources, BSES will face a shortfall of around 500MW while NDPL will be short by 100 to 150MW. Experts said DVC had already written to discoms saying it would not be able to meet its commitment.

" Delhi is supposed to get 2,250MW from DVC. But in reality it barely supplies 50MW. Two units in Bawana had to be commissioned but no gas is available for them and out of three units of the Jhajjar plant, two units of 250MW each are still not operational. Delhi's demand has grown substantially and this could lead to a major crisis in summer," said a government official.

Sources said options for meeting the shortfall are limited. "To avoid outages, discoms have no option but to buy expensive power from the central pool. Discoms have been pushing for a tariff rationalization for quite some time and claim that financially it will be very difficult to purchase this expensive power. For consumers, this means either no power or expensive power," said an official.

Government officials added there might be some respite if the Centre asks DVC to increase its supply to at least 300-350MW.


TNN | Mar 11, 2011, 03.00am IST
Source: Times Of India

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