At a current assembly of the Southern Regional Power Committee (SRPC), the State power managers raised some points on the North Chennai Thermal Power Station.
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The commissioning of the 800-MW North Chennai Thermal Power Station (NCTPS) Stage III has been pushed to June 2023 from March 2023. The plant was to have been accomplished by July 2019.
It was additionally one of a complete of 4,380 MW of coal power initiatives envisaged by the State sector between 2017 and 2022 which didn’t materialize, in accordance to the info offered within the Draft Electricity Plan printed by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), beneath the Union Ministry of Power.
Trial runs have been carried out at NCTPS.
At a current assembly of Southern Regional Power Committee (SRPC), the State power managers stated some points had been raised, and the plant is likely to be commissioned in June 2023.
They additionally knowledgeable that the NCTPS capability was not thought-about for the power availability throughout the coming peak summer season demand interval.
According to the info shared on the SRPC assembly, Tamil Nadu’s power demand reached a most of 16,063 MW on January 10, round 7% larger than the identical time final yr.
According to the info from the State Load Despatch Centre, Tamil Nadu’s peak demand was 16,370 MW on Friday. Tamil Nadu noticed an all-time high-power demand of 17,563 MW on April 29, 2022.
According to the coverage notice of Tamil Nadu’s Energy Department for 2022-23, the State’s peak demand is about 17,000 MW-17,500 MW. The State’s night peak demand is anticipated to vary from 17,600 MW to 18,300 MW from March-May 2023, as per the info shared on the SRPC assembly.
Tamil Nadu is anticipated to see a deficit of 1,938 MW-2,193 MW in opposition to the supply throughout the night peak demand interval.
According to the Energy Department’s coverage notice for 2022-23, the overall put in capability from standard sources is 16,652.20 MW. Tangedco’s personal thermal power capability is 4,320 MW and the Central producing stations account for six,972 MW.
The power managers stated they deliberate to supply power within the vary of 1,250 MW-2,850 MW by way of bilateral agreements in addition to by way of purchases from power exchanges.
