The Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGenco) is planning to add 3,210 Mw power in the next two years.
“APGenco, being the third largest power-generating utility in the country, fulfils around 57 per cent of the electricity requirements of the state. We are now planning to add an additional 3,210 Mw in the coming two years, out of which 2,800 Mw will be coal-based and 410 Mw hydel-based,” K Vijayanand, managing director, APGenco, said in a press release on Sunday.
According to the release, the Andhra Pradesh government has adopted various short-term and medium-term measures to provide reliable and satisfactory power supply to the industrial sector in the state.
The state has approved proposals of APTransco to purchase additional power for short-term, from mid-January and May-end 2012, amounting Rs 1,083 crore, thereby AP discoms are gearing up to purchase around 1,000 Mw power to meet the demand.
Under the medium-term measures, which is from June 2012 to May 2016, the state power utilities plan to purchase around 2,000 Mw additional power, amounting Rs 6,000 crore per year.
The power utilities have designed a revenue neutral scheme – expensive power purchase charge (EPPC) scheme – to provide reliable and quality power to the industrial sector, and to avoid loss of production.
It has also taken up the Feeder Segregation Project (FSP) scheme on a pilot basis in order to provide three-phase power supply, to encourage the medium and small scale industries in rural areas and to reduce the urban-rural areas disparities.
“The project is also aimed at creating employment in rural areas. According to the state energy department estimates, the project will require Rs 3,014 crore,” said Dinesh Kumar, principal secretary (energy).
Considering the unusual growth in demand and other constraints, the power utilities may need to impose restrictions and controls to its consumers from January 2012 to May.
The state has also asked APGenco to achieve maximum power generation in the next two to four years in order to meet the future demand for power, the release added.
