As part of her government's efforts to ensure uninterrupted power supply and develop the infrastructure for the purpose, 60 sub-stations and 2500 km of high voltage power transmission corridor will be set up at a cost of Rs 5284 crore in the current financial year, she informed the state Assembly.
Two sub-stations of 230 kv at an estimated Rs 338.08 crore will be set up in Chennai-one each at West Mambalam and Porur.
Making suo motu statements in the House, Jayalalithaa proposed modernisation and up-gradation of two of the existing units of Solayar Hydroelectric station in Coimbatore district at a cost of Rs 120 crore.
Already, similar power stations at Papanasam and Mettur have been modernised, she said.
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On the solar power front, 102 mw of installed capacity has been created since 2011 even as TANGEDCO had issued letters of intent (LOI) to entrepreneurs for generating 708 mw of solar power, she said.
Recalling her government's various efforts in increasing power generation in the wake of the 4000 mw shortage when her government assumed office in 2011, Jayalalithaa said TANGEDCO (Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation) met a peak demand of 13,775 mw on June 24, 2014, supplying a 'record' 294 million units.