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Chief Secretary and Special CS (Energy) K. Vijayanand directed the powerfulness utilities to guarantee 24x7 uninterrupted and reliable powerfulness proviso successful the coming months by duly maintaining strict fiscal prudence successful powerfulness procurement. He emphasised that the utilities indispensable follow a dynamic and cost-effective procurement strategy done continuous monitoring of marketplace prices and renewable vigor procreation trends.
Addressing a reappraisal gathering connected the functioning of the powerfulness utilities astatine Vidyut Soudha present connected Thursday, Mr. Vijayanand said that the powerfulness availability from each sources for November 2025 has been projected astatine 213 Million Units (MU) against an estimated grid request of 218 MU.
He said star powerfulness procreation was predicted to alteration betwixt 70 MW and 1,870 MW from 06.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., coinciding with the daytime peak. The upwind procreation was expected to alteration betwixt 90 MW and 400 MW, helium stated, noting that the Sileru hydro powerfulness station, with a capableness of 500 MW, would beryllium actively utilized for balancing the strategy during the time and afloat utilised during the evening highest hours.
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Officials told Mr. Vijayanand that the shortage for October has been projected astatine 15.33 MU per day, with a highest shortage of 1,800 MW. However, taking into relationship the prevailing marketplace conditions and the Srisailam procreation support, the utilities adopted a daily-basis procurement attack alternatively of semipermanent tie-ups. This flexible strategy resulted successful important savings.
Mr. Vijayanand appreciated the coordinated efforts of AP-Genco, AP-Transco and the DISCOMs successful efficaciously managing the powerfulness proviso presumption successful October, and instructed them to support the aforesaid level of preparedness and operational ratio successful the coming months. He directed the AP-Genco to support an mean regular thermal procreation of 4,200 MW successful November to conscionable the highest demand, and to guarantee optimum procreation astatine each thermal powerfulness stations.
He wanted capable ember stocks to beryllium kept successful presumption of the ongoing rains, and emphasised the request to program and procure the required prime of ember for higher-capacity units (500 MW, 600 MW, and 800 MW) astatine the 3 thermal stations to execute maximum procreation and fortify grid stableness December onward.
AP-Genco MD S. Nagalakshmi, AP-Transco Joint MD G. Surya Sai Praveenchand, Directors A.K.V. Bhaskar, J.V. Rao and N.V. Ramana Murthy, AP-Genco Directors M. Sujaya Kumar and P. Ashok Kumar Reddy, AP Power Development Company Limited Director Srinivasa Rao, NREDCAP MD M. Kamalakar Babu and different elder officials were present.
