Haryana overtakes Punjab in daily power supply
November 22, 2012 04:43 PM
By Vinod Gupta
CHANDIGARH: Haryana has overtaken Punjab in daily power supply after capacity addition.The capacity addition in power generation undertaken by Haryana has yielded results and the Punjab has lagged behind for it’s over dependence on private sector. Haryana is a smaller state in every respect as compared to Punjab but has taken lead in power supply during any day and meeting evening peak load demand.
As per Central Electricity Authority reports power supply in Haryana was around 1000 lac units daily whereas it was 925 lac units (LU) in case of Punjab. Haryana supplies 1000 LU on November 1, 1030 LU on November 7, 1007 LU on November 14 and 959 LU on November 21 respectively. The corresponding figures for Punjab are 945LU, 942LU, 779LU and 823LU.
In case of evening peak load demand met in November it varied between 4434 MW to 5028 MW. In case of Punjab it varied between 4196 MW to 4629 MW.
Haryana has added 1200 MW (2x600) at Khedar thermal plant. It has 90% share in China Light & Power Ltd.’s 1320 MW (2x660) thermal project at Jhajjar. Besides this state has 50 % share in NTPC 1500 MW (3x500) project at Jhajjar. HPGCL’s own generation is 2072 MW whereas total generation from all sources is 4974.4 MW.
The tragedy with Haryana was its over dependence on Reliance and Chinese machinery. Chinese machinery has been giving trouble since inception. The closure for both units at Yamuna Nagar thermal due to rotor faults for last 9 to 15 months is ample proof of this. Khedar units are also giving trouble due to technical faults.
In contrast Punjab has not added any capacity generation during last 10 years but it is likely to add in next financial year. Punjab’s over dependence on private companies have not yielded desired results. Punjab’s thermal capacity is 2620MW and Hydro generation is 994.75 MW. Thus total power generation is 3700MW.
The upcoming projects scheduled for next year are540 MW (2x270) Goindwal sahib thermal and one unit of 660 MW at Talwandi sabo. 1400 MW Rajpura thermal may come in calendar year 2014.There are no traces of NTPC’s Gidderwaha thermal; project. NTPC is reportedly thinking of walking out of the project in absence of coal linkage. Mukerian thermal in state sector is in very initial stages.