In its latest Statistical Handbook of Indian States, the Reserve Bank of India noted that Telangana’s installed electricity capacity doubled from 9,470 MW in 2014-15 to 18,069 MW in 2021-22
Posted Date – Mon, 11/28/22 at 11:59pm
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by Anil Kumar
Hyderabad: For a state that made electricity availability one of the most critical challenges before its inception in 2014, Telangana has seen a stunning surge in installed capacity thanks to the state government under Chief Minister K An initiative of Chandrashekar Rao.
Now, this surge is being recognized, but not by the center or the state, but by an independent institution like the Reserve Bank of India. In its latest Statistical Handbook of Indian States, the Reserve Bank of India noted that Telangana’s installed power capacity has doubled from 9,470 MW in 2014-15 to 18,069 MW in 2021-22. Fan.
Not only that, but the state government is working to increase the total capacity to 28,400 MW in the next 4-5 years.
Even the electricity available per capita has almost doubled from 11.518 billion units in 2014-15 to 20.049 billion units in 2021-22, according to the RBI handbook. In terms of available electricity over the past eight years, that’s an increase of 30 billion units. The state had 40.64 billion units of electricity available in 2015-16 and 7052 units in 2021-22.
The state’s electricity demand has almost doubled from 43.34 billion units in 2014-15 to 70.54 billion units in 2021-22 due to the growth of the state’s industrial and IT sectors.
In the area of renewable energy generation, the state has also made huge strides over the past eight years. In 2015, the total installed capacity of national grid-connected renewable energy was 91 megawatts. With the efforts of the national government, the current installed capacity has reached 4378 megawatts.
The state government is expediting work on all ongoing power projects to meet the state’s growing electricity demand. Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO) is working to commission two Stage I units and synchronize one Stage II unit at the 5×800 MW Yadadri Thermal Power Station by June 2023, while Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has plans to Its power generation capacity will be expanded from the current 1,500 MW to 4,050 MW. In addition to adding another 800 MW units to the existing 2X600 MW thermal power plant at Lower Manair Dam (LMD).
SCCL also plans to build a 1,500-megawatt solar power plant at the mine. Once these projects are completed, the country can easily meet electricity demand, officials said.
