India is taking measures to assure an adequate supply of electricity during the summer’s peak demand.

15 Mar 2023

The power ministry has worked out a multi pronged approach, including a transparent mechanism for the allocation of coal to States to prepare for a summer months when demand peaks, according to a statement released by the minister on Thursday the power minister RK Singh on Tuesday held and enter ministry of meeting with coal and railway officials in attendance to check the preparations sing directed power utilise to undertake maintenance work for cold waves plants will before the peak demand begins adequate call stocks would be made available at code base power plants the ministry said.Gas base power would be used to meet any peak demand the ministry said NTPC will run it’s 5000 MW gas based power stations in April and May in addition 4000 MW additional gas based Power capacity would be added by other entities for availability during the summer months. Gail(India) Ltd has already assured the ministry of the necessary supplier of the fuel during the summer months all hydro power plants have been instructed to operate in consultation load dispatch centres to optimise water utilisation in the current month for better availability in April and additional capacity of 2920 MW is likely to be available through new call base plants which may be commission by the end of the month.