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Eastern region pegs 33 pc jump in power exports
Our Bureau
KOLKATA, April 2
THE eastern region, which exported 9.6 billion units of power to other regions in 2002-03 (against 9.3 in 2001-02), is looking at a 33 per cent jump in exports this fiscal.
Power sector sources said this would mean an export of 40 million units average every day. Besides the availability of surplus power, this level of exports would also need matching transmission network which was now available with the expansion of the transmission and distribution network, under which nearly 5,000 MW of power can move freely between the eastern, northern, western and the southern regions.
It may be mentioned here that the Eastern Regional Electricity Board (EREB) is unique in the sense that it is the only REB which is connected with all the other power zones of the country. This, along with the power surplus status of the region, makes it possible to transfer a large chunk of power to the other regions, especially during the offpeak periods sources said.
Sources said that in 2002-03 the southern region bought 4.6 billion units of power followed by the West that took 2.7 billion units and the North that imported 1.6 billion units.
The North-eastern region bought 0.7 billion units of power according to sources.
The average price of power from this region is Rs 2 per unit for bulk buyers.
Explaining the rationale behind the stiff target of over 13 billion units set for the current fiscal, sources said that several lines had been set up which had increased the capacity of power transmission.
These included the 600 MW Budhipara-Korba line which linked the west with the east and the 500 MW Sasarm link which provided a link with the north. The region's total capacity was around 14,000 MW but it suffered due to an adverse thermal-hydel mix.
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