The modified scheme of the Ministry of Power for a cumulative generation capacity of about 31,350 MW would be implemented from FY2024-25 to FY2031-32.
The subsequent week is observed as National Electrical Safety Week (NESW). The theme for this year's Electrical Safety Awareness Programme was "Safety Starts from School".
The ministry on Tuesday said that the Northern Region of India has been experiencing high demand conditions due to a prevailing heat wave since May 17. Despite these challenging conditions, the highest-ever peak demand of 89 GW in the Northern Region was successfully met.
The stocks are sufficient to meet the requirement of 19 days. During the month of May 2024, the average daily depletion at the thermal power plant end has been only 10,000 tonnes per day.
This milestone has been achieved with an average Plant Loading Factor (PLF) of 77.06% for NTPC’s coal stations, till 13th March, 2024 in the current financial year.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh will lead the Joint Indian Ministerial official delegation of the Ministry of Power, New and Renewable Energy and Ministry of Science and Technology on a five-day visit to USA.
Union Minister for Power and MNRE, R.K. Singh, provided this information in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
The Ministry of Power has issued a stern warning to the sellers of coal and asked them not to hike the coal prices even if demand rises.
As per the guidelines for allocation of power, 15% of power from the Central Generating Stations (CGS) are kept under “unallocated power” which is allocated by the Central Government to the needy States to meet the requirement of power of the consumers.
NTPC may offer the normative declared capacity (DC) to the Delhi DISCOMS as per their allocations (from gas-based power plants) made to them under respective PPAs.
