The Delhi Dialogue Commission task force, which held a meeting with Power Minister Satyendra Jain on Monday, questioned the BSES discoms over their inability to get “full quota of 446 MW from Saasan Power Plants run by their sister concern Reliance Anil Ambani Group, which is running at 1000 MW instead of 3100 MW, installed capacity at present”.
Delhi government officials said it was decided that “BSES discoms should make all efforts to ensure that Saasan Power Plants run at its full load so that Delhi gets its full quota of cheaper power”.
The meeting was attended by the commission’s four-member task force, Jain, DDC vice-chairman Ashish Khetan, DDC member secretary Ashish Joshi and principal secretary (power) Shakuntala Gamlin. It was also decided that the “provisions of the PPA (power purchase agreement) be studied for penalising Saasan for not generating at its full available capacity”.
Putting in place a summer action plan, Jain insisted that discoms ensure that there are no power cuts during peak summer months this year. The discoms were asked to certify that they have made adequate arrangements to meet peak power demand in summer.
The task force also asked the Delhi Transco Limited (DTL) to inform it about the work carried out for strengthening the transmission system and solutions for mitigating the crisis in Central Delhi. The task force sought the information as BSES Yamuna Power Limited had said all sub-stations supplying to Central Delhi are overloaded and cannot be augmented further.
The task force has also asked discoms to inform it by March 25 about steps taken to mitigate the crisis resulting from defaulting on payments to power generating and transmitting companies.
If due to a crisis, discoms had to resort to load-shedding, citizens should be informed in advance and no single area should have load-shedding for more than an hour, the DDC said.
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