TANGEDCO to buy 400 MW to meet summer demand

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has given the go-ahead to TANGEDCO to purchase 1,000 MW of power and 400 MW will be purchased immediately. TANGEDCO officials said that the process has already commenced and that the immediate power purchase is to manage the summer demands.

With commercial establishments set to commence activities and schools and colleges scheduling the examinations, the demand for power will be on the rise from March onwards coupled with the scorching summer that the state will have to go through.

A TANGEDCO official while speaking to IANS said, “Presently there is an expected deficit of 1,253 MW of power in March as the demand is expected to be 15,500 MW while the availability is only 14,247 MW”.

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