Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct.12: In the midst of the country’s continuous coal scarcity issue, the Power Ministry today ordered states to use unallocated power from central generating stations (CGS) to meet the needs of their own users.
“It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry of Power that some states are not supplying power to their consumers and imposing load shedding. At the same time, they are also selling power in the power exchange at a high price,” a Power Ministry statement said.
According to the criteria for power allocation, 15% of the power generated by central generating stations is kept as “unallocated power,” which is distributed by the central government to needy states to meet their power needs.
The distribution businesses are responsible for supplying power to consumers, and they should prioritise serving their customers, who have the right to power 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
As a result, it concluded, distribution corporations should not sell power in the power market and starve their own customers.
“The states have therefore been requested to use the unallocated power for supplying electricity to the consumers of the state. In case of surplus power, the states have been requested to intimate to the Government of India so that this power can be reallocated to other needy state”, it said.
If it is discovered that a state is not serving its consumers and is selling power at a higher rate on the power exchanges, the state’s unallocated power will be withdrawn and assigned to other needy states, it added.
