Riyaz Bhat
Srinagar, Jul 23: For nearly five years, Jammu and Kashmir has been relying on imported power in order to meet the increased electricity demand.
The official documents reveal that Jammu and Kashmir has not been able to increase the internal power generation.
The official documents reveal that “There has also not been an increase in internal generation in J&K UT for the last 4-5 years, therefore the increased demand had to be met by importing higher power from the interstate network.”
It also said that the Ministry of Power urged the J&K to take necessary measures for improvement in transmission and distribution system so that power shortages in J&K can be avoided and also take measures for resource adequacy minimizing dependence on day ahead market and real-time market purchases.
“J&K representative stated that load restriction and curtailment are being resorted to by DISCOMS and at SLDC level to limit the over drawl from grid,” it reads.
Previously, it was reported that Jammu and Kashmir reels under persistent low voltage issues, reveals the report.
In this regard, the report reveals that “Low voltage related issues of J&K and Ladakh (UT) have been regularly shared by NRLDC with CEA and CTUIL in Grid-India’s quarterly operational feedback report as well.”
“The issue has been continuously raised in NRPC as well as OCC meetings, still the issues of low voltage persist in J&K especially Kashmir valley,” it reads.
Besides, the report further states that power is being imported by J&K from 400KV Moga-Kishenpur D/C lines and 400KV Jalandhar-Samba D/C lines.
The Ministry of Power for Government of India (GoI) in the report further said that it has been discussed and suggested on numerous occasions earlier to J&K to plan and expedite commissioning of reactive power devices especially capacitors at lower voltage level to improve the voltage profile in valley area and also avoid large sums payable as reactive energy charges.
