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Andhra Pradesh has 22,30,703 escaped cultivation powerfulness connections benefiting farmers crossed each districts, says Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar.
Replying to a question by Anakapalli MLA Konathala Ramakrishna successful the Legislative Assembly connected Thursday, Mr. Ravi Kumar said arsenic galore arsenic 1,02,538 caller escaped cultivation powerfulness connections had been sanctioned crossed the 3 Discoms since the enactment of the NDA authorities successful 2024. The 46,000 pending cultivation connections would beryllium cleared earlier the upcoming cultivation season, helium said.
During the 2025–26 fiscal year, the Discoms had spent ₹839.44 crore towards providing escaped powerfulness proviso to the farmers. Under the PM-KUSUM scheme, 2,61,481 cultivation connections had been sanctioned successful the State truthful far, helium added.
Highlighting the absorption connected renewable energy, Mr. Ravi Kumar said feeder-level star projects were expected to prevention the State ₹1,059 crore successful powerfulness acquisition costs. “Solar powerfulness plants are being acceptable up adjacent 11 KV lines, ensuring a azygous tariff for 25 years,” helium said.
“Land acquisition is underway for feeder-level star projects, and tenders person been floated for 1,035 MW capacity. Construction of these star plants is scheduled to statesman from May,” helium said.
The authorities had acceptable a people of generating 4,000 MW of star powerfulness betwixt 2028 and 2030. Once feeder-level star plants go afloat operational, farmers would beryllium supplied 9 hours of prime powerfulness during daytime, the Minister said.
He added that the Energy Department’s nonsubjective was to guarantee uninterrupted and prime powerfulness proviso not lone to farmers but besides to domestic, industrial, and commercialized consumers.
Vacant posts
Responding to a question by Kothapeta MLA Bandaru Satyananda Rao connected shortage of linemen successful the APEPDCL, the Minister said respective posts remained vacant successful the utility’s jurisdiction. Vacancies included 581 Energy Assistants, 1,260 Junior Linemen, 1,084 Assistant Linemen, and 22 Lineman posts.
“The authorities is taking steps to capable these vacancies astatine the earliest to amended user services. Currently, 8,770 unit are moving nether outsourcing statement to guarantee uninterrupted services,” helium said. The Minister besides stated that caller substations were being sanctioned based connected load requirements to fortify the powerfulness organisation web crossed the State.
