Power pang-3 units of state’s private plant shut down; dependency on central pool increased
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ July 1,2023
With the outage of two out of three units of Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL) and one out of two units of GVK plant, the dependency of Punjab state power corporation limited (PSPCL) on central pool, increased.
As per sources, two units of 660 MW each of Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL) are not working due to boiler leakage. One unit of 270 MW of GVK Thermal plant is also not in a running condition.
As per sources, the two units of 660 MW of Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL) will be functional by around July 4,2023, till than PSPCL has to shell out extra money for purchasing power.
The total installed capacity of three private power plants is 3920 MW. Out of these 3920, all three combined private power plants are generating around 2147 MWs only. Nabha Power Limited’s (NPL) both units are running on full capacity.
Whereas the state owned thermal plants- GGSSTP Ropar have a generating capacity of 840 MW (4units of 210 MW each) and GHTP Lehra Mohabbat have 920 MW (2 units of 210 MW each and 2 units of 250 MW each) are generating 1326 MW. 885 MW is being generated by the hydro projects.
With hot and humid weather and 8 hour power supply for the agriculture sector, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited is working overnight. As per available information, even on a holiday, today, the state demand touched 14298 MW at 11:58 AM and the powercom met the same.State is generating around 4500 MW from all sources.
Monsoon is also saving the PSPCL from backlash.
Power pang-3 units of state’s private plant shut down; dependency on central pool increased. PSPCL is shelling extra money to purchase extra power in this scenario. With the shortage of IPPs generation, the financial burden came on Punjab state power corporation limited.
How many money the powercom is forced to spent and how many units Punjab has to purchased today to meet the rising power demand in the state, is not immediately known.
