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Electricity restored almost fully in all regions: Power Grid
Wednesday August 01, 2012 10:12:50 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: A day after
the biggest blackout in the country, affecting half of India's
population, the main distribution company Wednesday said nearly
100 percent of the demand had been restored in all five regions of
the country.
According to the Power System Operation Corp, a subsidiary of the
state-run Power Grid Corp that carries electricity across the
national grid, the entire Delhi's demand of 2,94 MW had been met,
while for the northern region it was 95 percent of 29,546 MW.
In the eastern, too, the demand catered to was 95 percent, while
in north-eastern, the western and southern regions, the demand met
was 100 percent, said the company in a grid status report
Wednesday morning.
This was also thanks to the revival of 16,372 MW of hydel power in
the country.
A massive power outage Tuesday afternoon -- which was the second
successive day of a blackout -- had crippled life across 19
states, disrupting not just rail and Metro services, but also
leaving some major traffic snarls.
The Power Grid Corp and its subsidiaries buy electricity from
various generating firms, including those outside India like in
neighbouring Bhutan, and transmit such power via their network to
the distribution companies, which in turn sell it to
end-consumers.
The company has already filed a complaint with the electricity
sector watchdog against some states for successively overdrawing
power, which was the main reason for such a large-scale outage
Monday and Tuesday.
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, in turn, has
summoned top officials of five errant states to appear before it
Aug 14, holding them personally responsible for not adhering to an
earlier order of not to overdraw electricity.
Those summoned for the Aug 14 hearing by the Central Electricity
Regulatory Commission are the heads of the respective electricity
bodies of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Jammu
and Kashmir.
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