Madhya Pradesh has surpassed its own record by supplying over 21.62 crore units of electricity on December 11 as against the demand of 10,580 MW power, a top official said.
“This was the highest demand the State registered in the last two months,” Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company MD Sanjay Shukla told PTI here on Saturday.
“In the last eight days, the power demand in the State remained above 10,000 MW and the company found no difficulty in meeting the growing requirements from agriculture, industrial and domestic consumers,” he added.
As compared with the last year, the company was able to supply 166.49 lakh units in the State, he said, adding that even the demand was 385 MW more than the corresponding period last year.
At present, MP Poorv Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company, comprising (Jabalpur, Rewa and Sagar) registered a demand of 2,823 MW, Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Ltd (Bhopal and Gwalior) 3,413 MW and Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Ltd (Indore and Ujjain) 4,344 MW, he said.
The State met the growing demand by drawing 2,932 MW power from MP Power Generation Company’s thermal and hydro power plants totalling, 972 MW from Indira Sagar and Sardar Sarovar Hydro Power Project, 2,809 MW from Central Sector and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), 2,591 MW from independent power producer (IPP), 977 MW from power banking system and 402 MW from other sources, he added. -- PTI
The power demand remained above 10,000 MW and the company found no difficulty to meet requirement
