The Grid Controller of India Limited (GRID-INDIA) has urged Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Limited (TANTRANSCO) to deal with the problem of constraints in transmission.
The Grid Controller is a Government of India enterprise beneath the Ministry of Power. One of its regional arms, Southern Regional Load Despatch Centre, takes care of the grid features of the southern area.
In its letter to TANTRANSCO, it identified that Tamil Nadu has met an all-time excessive demand of 19,387 MW and all-time excessive each day consumption of 415.37 million models on April 20.
Every 12 months through the peak demand season, the transmission system in Tamil Nadu experiences extreme loading in 400/230 kv transmission strains, GRID-INDIA identified.
Considering excessive progress in energy demand in Tamil Nadu year-on-year , the import requirement would improve within the coming years. The present import functionality of Tamil Nadu is 12,500 MW, it mentioned. GRID-INDIA referred to the constraints in transmission strains throughout the State.
Tamil Nadu would expertise a peak demand of over 27,000 MW in 2026-27 and additional would have an import requirement of about 18,000 MW, the grid operator identified. Loading points within the 230 KV strains must be addressed in an outlined timeframe as they’re sure to get extra extreme within the close to future, it mentioned.
The grid operator additionally referred to as for an expedition of labor on deliberate substations and strengthening of transmission strains. If the work is just not expedited, it warned that the State’s import functionality shall be affected.
