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Hydel power hit as rains play truant
With no inflows into the reservoirs even after 20 days of the onset of monsoon in the State, hydel power generation stations at major reservoirs are idle and the State is depending on the thermal power stations for its power needs. The capacity of 2351 mw of hydel power generation stations have not been working for the past few months as there is no water in the reservoirs.
Hyderabad: With no inflows into the reservoirs even after 20 days of the onset of monsoon in the State, hydel power generation stations at major reservoirs are idle and the State is depending on the thermal power stations for its power needs.
The capacity of 2351 mw of hydel power generation stations have not been working for the past few months as there is no water in the reservoirs.
In the past three months, these stations have produced just 44 Mus of power though they could have generated 2250 MUs if run at the full capacity every day. The reservoirs have gone empty during the summer and the production was stopped. They were used sparingly to generate power to meet the emergencies in the peak hours of the day.
Reports of the TS Generation Corporation (Genco), which owns the hydel power stations, show that 2 MUs to 3 MUs of power has been produced that too once in a week during the past three months in them. The installed capacity of these stations is about 28 MUs per day.
Priyadarshini Jurala Project has a capacity of 234 mw , Lower Jurala has 240 mw , Srisailam Left has 900 mw, Nagarjunasagar has 815 mw , Nagarjunasagar Left Canal has 60 mw, Pulichintala has 30 mw , Singur has 15 mw, Nizamsagar has 10 mw, Pochampad has 36 mw, Peddapally has 9 mw and Palair Mini Hydro has 2 mw.
As on July 2, Jurala has 1041 ft of water level against the FRL of 1045 ft and it could produce 6 mw of power. Srisailam’s FRL is 885 ft and present level is 779 ft and no power could be generated at this level.
Nagarjunasagar has 501 ft of water against the FRL of 590 and here too power could not be produced. Singur Project’s FRL is 1718 ft and present level is 1380 ft and power of only about 11 mw could be generated here.
These projects could not produce power to their capacity in the previous monsoon season as there were no good inflows into the reservoirs. Nagarjunasagar received just 10 TMC of water during that period.
Since hydel power is generated at a lower cost, the power distribution companies could procure it at a lower price and pass on the benefits to the consumers. They could also provide cross subsidy.
