Riyaz Bhat
Srinagar, Mar 25: Jammu and Kashmir is likely to require additional 300 Megawatts (MWs) of power during the peak hours over the coming three years.
According to the official documents, from the upcoming financial year 2026-27, Jammu and Kashmir will likely require 3813 MWs of power during the peak demand.
The authorities have further projected that in the financial year 2027-28 Jammu and Kashmir will require 3964 MWs of electricity during the peak hours followed by 4117 MWs of energy in the financial year 2028-29.
Apart from peak demand, the authorities have projected that there will be an electrical energy requirement of 23,372 Million Units (MU) in the financial year 2026-2027.
It also said that in the year 2027-28, Jammu and Kashmir will likely require 24,559 MU of energy followed by 25,780 MU in the year 2028-29.
Earlier in March, it was reported that Jammu and Kashmir is likely to face a four percent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) increase in electricity requirement and six percent increase in peak electricity demand for the period of 2025-26 to 2035-36.
The official documents in this regard reveal that it has considered electrical energy requirement projections as per J&K State Load Despatch Center (SLDC).
The documents further reveal that the SLDC has projected that the annual electrical energy requirement of the UT is likely to grow at a CAGR of 4 percent while the peak electricity demand for the utility is likely to grow at a CAGR of 6 percent for the period of 2025-26 to 2035-36.
About the day-wise surplus coal capacity, the documents said that the surplus capacity is available with the Union Territory due to RE availability, demand variation etcetera..
“The UT has likely surplus capacity of around 700-900 MW during May to June months and 500 MW from July to September in 2028-29 which can be shared with other states and Discoms,” it reads.
As already reported by this news agency, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are likely to depend on nearly 30 percent of coal based energy by the year 2030.
The official documents in this regard reveal that the likely total projected contracted capacity for the year 2035-36 is around 11,001 Megawatts (MW).
“The projected contracted capacity consists of 3239 MW from coal, 129 MW from gas, 68 MW from nuclear, 3666 MW from hydro, 2040 MW from solar, 598 MW from Distributed Renewal Energy (DRE) and 1261 MW from MTOA or STOA,” it reads.
