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CHANDIGARH: Punjab is lately going through a deficit of about 2,000 MW of energy thus there were extended energy cuts around the state and in June and July the placement is prone to worsen. The farmers and others had been protesting around the state and at few puts the folks entered the ability grids. The Punjab State Energy Company Restricted (PSPCL) was once not able to make well timed bills for the acquisition of coal, because the Punjab Executive has no longer paid Rs 11,699 crore to the company because of subsidy expenses of unfastened energy to farmers and others but even so arrears of presidency departments.
Speaking with this newspaper, Ajay Friend Singh Atwal Common Secretary of PSEB Engineers Affiliation and Further Superintending Engineer of PSPCL mentioned that the affiliation has sought extra coal linkage for personal thermal crops (IPPs) at the side of upgrading of the Ropar thermal energy plant from a sub-critical to
supercritical thermal plant.
The Punjab Executive has no longer paid Rs 11,699 crore to the PSPCL thus it was once not able to make well timed bills for the acquisition of coal. The state executive has no longer paid the subsidy invoice of Rs 9,020 crore for the yr 2021-22 because it offers unfastened energy to the farmers, SC households and others. Additionally until date Rs. 2,679 crore arrears are because of executive departments similar to places of work of Deputy Commissioners,
Training Division, Irrigation Division, Punjab Police and others, he mentioned.
Atwal mentioned that the state was once going via an remarkable and serious energy disaster as a result of inadequate provide of coal, shutting down of thermal devices inside the state because of technical system faults at this serious time, non-operationalisation of the Pachhwara coal mine, no building up in energy era
within the public sector and the closure of the 880 MW of state thermal plant at Bathinda and Ropar.
He mentioned that from January 1, 2018, 8 devices of Bathinda and two devices of Ropar had been close down earlier than the time. The unilateral determination to close down those devices with none techno-commercial research has exacerbated the ability disaster in Punjab. It was once mentioned that those devices had been a burden at the exchequer.
Then again, the untimely closure of those devices has value the state executive dearly and has no longer stored a lot cash for the state. The facility disaster can have been have shyed away from if those devices have been to be had at the moment.
“Punjab is lately going through a deficit of about 2000 MW. Because of this, there were extended energy cuts around the state. All the way through the months of June and July, the placement is prone to worsen,’’ he added.
He mentioned that the devices at TSPL Talwandi Sabo weren’t operational or even all the way through
the remaining summer time, the plant failed to verify dependable operations. The affiliation calls for that a direct audit of this plant will have to be carried out to verify power safety all the way through the approaching summer time months.
“The PSPCL will have to arrange a 250 MW solar energy era plant at the vacant land of the Bathinda thermal energy plant this challenge can also be operated at an overly low value and in much less time as a result of the prevailing transmission programs and substations on the GNDTP web site. This sun plant can also be named after Guru Nanak Dev.
The PSPCL will have to be sure early operationalisation of the Pachhwara coal mine and the
coal linkage with IPPs will have to be enhanced preserving in view the estimated
era,’’ mentioned Atwal.