details about power sharing issues in Telangana and Andra Pradesh
Q: Can someone tell me what are the latest updates with regards to the power/electricity sharing issues in the city, after the separation of Hyderabad and Telangana.
If you want my opinion, i think it will be good for the real estate of the city, since with clear government approved guidelines determining the course of electricity supply in the city, the potential investors will get some much needed confidence.
I know that this will be the third meeting by the committee which had been constituted in July last year, after APGenco had announced that it was withdrawing from all the PPAs for which regulatory approval was pending.
Also to be raised by Telangana is the issue of ownership of the Nagarjunasagar Tail Pond Dam and power house. The power house is owned by Andhra Pradesh as of now, as per the bifurcation agreement.
Did you know that the meeting will be attended on Telangana’s behalf by the Energy principal secretary Aravind Kumar, and on AP’s side by the CMD of APTransco K.Vijayanand. Those are some political bigwigs, so expect some major decision making.
Some other issues pertaining to validity of the power purchase agreements, sharing of infirm power from the Krishnapatnam plant, and share of the equity and assets of APPDCL as well as inter-state hydro electric projects. Good that this is getting resolved, right?
Yeah, originally scheduled to be conducted on February 18, the meeting was postponed, and both States received communication recently about the fresh date. Also the meeting will be conducted by Central Electricity Authority and Ministry of Power.
Hey, well issues ranging from each State’s share of power from central generating stations, to refusal by Andhra Pradesh to transmit power from the Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station at Krishnapatnam, are likely to come up for discussion.
Here is what i know; Issues of power sharing between the two newly carved States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are likely to be discussed threadbare at the high level committee meeting to be held at Delhi, sometime this week.