NRPC pulls up J&K for grid strain amid silt woes

Srinagar, Jun 27: With hydro generation impacted by silt, the Northern Regional Power Committee (NRPC) has pulled up Jammu & Kashmir for its tendency to over-draw from the grid when its own generation dips.
This caution comes as the committee noted that despite a strict deviation mechanism, these states continue to face challenges in managing low-voltage profiles.
NRPC has said that it has been experienced that states those have major share in hydro like Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh over draw from the grid during such conditions.
As deviation mechanism is also strict, the committee reminded each state to plan in advance for such eventualities.
NRPC urged all hydro generators to regularly update the data on silt monitoring portals so that necessary load generation balancing can be carried out by load despatch centres.
About the maximising availability of ERS in summer 2026, NRPC said that several important transmission lines in the Northern Region remain under prolonged outage due to tower collapse in Apr-Jun months during windstorm events reported during the summer season. “The extended non-availability of these transmission lines impacts grid reliability, load transfer capability, and in some cases RE evacuation,” it reads.
“Further, more than 30 number of transmission lines are under outage due to tower collapse in northern region,” NRPC said. (KNO)