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Tamil Nadu’s powerfulness request remained level successful the archetypal fractional of 2025-26. The State’s vigor request was 69,092 cardinal units (MU) during the April-September 2025 period, erstwhile compared to 69,303 MU successful the aforesaid play past year, arsenic per information from the Central Electricity Authority, nether the Union Ministry of Power.
The State’s highest powerfulness request oregon maximum request has besides been little at 19,878 MW successful the archetypal fractional of 2025-26, erstwhile compared to the levels reached successful the aforesaid play past year. Tamil Nadu saw an all-time precocious highest request of 20,830 MW, reached connected May 2, 2024, and a grounds precocious regular depletion of 454.32 MU connected April 30, 2024.
Tamil Nadu had expected maximum highest request expected for this twelvemonth to be 22,150 MW, 6% higher than the erstwhile twelvemonth highest request of 20,830 MW. The State has the highest powerfulness request successful the confederate region. The State has the highest fig of factories, accounting for 15.66% of the full fig of factories successful India.
According to ratings steadfast ICRA, India’s energy request saw a muted 1% maturation successful the archetypal fractional of FY2026, owed to factors specified arsenic aboriginal monsoon. It projects India’s energy request to turn by astir 4.0%-4.5% successful FY2026, arsenic it expects a strong recovery successful the 2nd to offset the monsoon-related weakness seen successful the archetypal half.
Meanwhile, arsenic per information from the Southern Regional Power Committee (SRPC) based connected the adjacent 13-month play from October 2025 to October 2026 load procreation equilibrium reports furnished by State Load Despatch Centres, Tamil Nadu is expected to spot a powerfulness shortage successful the 2026 summertime period. Tamil Nadu is expected to spot a highest powerfulness request of 20,700 MW successful April 2026, against which the availability is projected to beryllium 13,756 MW, resulting successful a shortage of 6,944 MW.
The Tamil Nadu State Load Despatch Centre informed SRPC that it was readying to procure powerfulness done short-term tender of astir 2,400 MW and medium-term tender had been opened and nether dialog for astir 1,500 MW. Additionally, banking arrangements volition besides beryllium pursued. Further, completion of Udangudi (2x660 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Project Stage I), Unit-1 is expected by November 2025, it said.
The Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporation Limited’s (TNPGCL) own thermal powerfulness capableness stands at 5,120 MW, including the North Chennai Stage III 1X800 MW. Along with the State’s stock from Central Generating Stations (CGS) and different contracts, Tamil Nadu’s full accepted capableness stands at 16,713.87 MW.
During the summertime months, the State manages powerfulness shortage by procuring powerfulness done abbreviated and mean word tenders and power purchase done exchanges, among others.
