Enigin Update - Tamil Nadu use Energy Efficiency to Cope with Power Outages
THE Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa of Tamil Nadu today has requested Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, to allocate more power to the southern state as they are currently outstripping their supply.
Jayalalithaa sent a letter to the prime minister, in which she said: ‘Due to increasing demand and stagnant generation of power, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) is resorting to scheduled load-shedding of around 1,500 MW and frequent unscheduled load-shedding.’
The measure has hit farming hard along with the industrial and domestic sectors, the letter stated. The addition of new power generation in the state may take two years, as current projects are still in various stages of construction, she said.
Energy efficiency has proved evermore vital to try and combat the difficulties. The gap between the demand and supply, Jayalalithaa said in her letter, has been tackled to a degree by trying to improve energy efficiency, but despite these efforts, ‘..the power shortage is likely to continue for some more time due to lack of capacity for additional generation of power.’
‘Even the central power projects such as the Kudankulam Atomic Power Station (2×1000 MW) and Neyveli Thermal Power Station Stage II expansion (2×250 MW), which were expected to commence power generation by the year 2009 are yet to be completed and commissioned, causing serious concern to the state government,’ the letter notes.
‘Therefore, I request your personal intervention to immediately allocate additional power of 1,000 MW from June 2011 to May 2012, from the central pool to meet the genuine needs of the farmers and the public,’ the letter notes.
Energy efficiency to keep commerce, industry and governmental organisations running is vital for the state, lowering demand, saving costs and keeping production and services running.
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Picture of Chennai - busy T. Nagar market by McKaySavage
