Tag Archives: Visakhapatnam

‘Faulty’ power policies widening demand-supply gap, states former Union Energy Secretary E.A.S. Sarma

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

The growing gap between supply and demand in the power sector is due to the power policies of the government that are formulated to suit private players such as Reliance, former Union Energy Secretary E.A.S. Sarma has observed. Earlier, the … Continue reading →

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Andhra Pradesh Discoms piling up avoidable losses

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Natgrp: Issues are similar across most Discoms in the country Improvement in energy efficiency could save the day for the state, said retired divisional engineer of APEPDCL, R V Ramana Rao, adding that inefficient transformers and capacitor banks were causing … Continue reading →

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Discoms in Andhra Pradesh reeling under huge power deficit with power cuts ranging from 2 to 8 hours since March 1

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Natgrp: Andhra has a shortage of 70 Million KWhr Units per day expected to increase to 80+ Million KWhr Units in the summer. Almost 17000 MWp of Solar PV required to plug this deficit just in the state of Andhra … Continue reading →

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