Adityanath asks officials to draft blueprint for 'energy security'

UP energy demand is estimated to overshoot 30,000 Mw by 2031

Eyeing a trillion dollar economy in the next 5 years, the Uttar Pradesh government will now draft an ‘energy security’ blueprint to become self reliant in its electricity needs by 2031.

The state energy department has estimated the gross electricity demand in UP to exceed 30,000 megawatt (Mw) by 2031, which therefore needs proper planning to ramp up energy production capacity, signing new power purchase agreements (PPA) and economising on power transmission and distribution.

Chairing a review meeting with senior bureaucrats here last night, chief minister Adityanath stressed on the urgent need to make UP self reliant in energy and taking all