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Principal Secretary (Energy) Navin Mittal said for the upcoming 2026 Rabi/Summer seasons, the State’s powerfulness request is projected to transcend 19,000 MW, and instructed Chief Engineers and Superintending Engineers to implicit each planned enactment repairs, installation of caller transformers and different developmental works by December.
At a reappraisal gathering with elder officials astatine the Southern Power Distribution Company (TGSPDCL), helium stated that contempt the maximum powerfulness request reaching 17,162 MW this year, the energy proviso remained unchangeable and uninterrupted acknowledgment to proactive measures taken by the utilities arsenic per authorities directives.
Given the expected surge successful demand, 72 caller substations volition beryllium established nether Southern DISCOM and 31 nether Northern DISCOM. Under TRANSCO, the capableness of transformers astatine 181 EHT substations is being enhanced. Additionally, 8,384 caller organisation transformers volition beryllium installed nether Southern DISCOM, and 5,280 nether Northern DISCOM, on with enlargement of kV lines and PTR capacities astatine kV substations.
He said BTPS and KTPS-IV units were nearing completion and each units of the Yadadri Thermal Power Station volition go operational wrong a fewer months, adding 4,000 MW of procreation capacity. Singareni CMD Balaram said that ember accumulation presently stands astatine 1.8 cardinal tonnes per day, and volition scope 2.2 cardinal tonnes per time by November with capable proviso to thermal plants to conscionable Rabi and Summer play demands.
Mr. Mittal urged authorities organisations to instrumentality afloat vantage of the incentives for mounting up EV charging stations nether the PM-eDrive inaugural and rise consciousness accordingly. He directed the utilities and TGREDCO to enactment jointly towards making Hyderabad the EV hub of India.
TGSPDCL CMD Musharaf Faruqui reported that nether the ongoing EV infrastructure survey, 3,121 imaginable locations for EV charging stations person been identified arsenic of October 25, and this fig is apt to increase. Krishna Bhaskar, CMD, TGTRANSCO; Harish, CMD, TGGENCO; Varun Reddy, CMD, TGNPDCL and Anila, Managing Director of TGREDCO were present.
