The Hindu Business Line : Kerala seeks full share of power from Central pool

Thiruvananthapuram, July 22 The Kerala Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the Centre to make available to the State its full share of 1,041 MW from Central generating stations in view of the serious power crisis it finds itself in following poor monsoon rains.

The resolution, introduced in the House by the Electricity Minister, Mr A.K. Balan, on Tuesday, also wanted the Centre to allocate at least 300 MW more from its unallocated pool to the State.

The resolution pointed out that the State was experiencing severe shortage of power in the wake of the weak monsoon that left the water storage in the hydro-electric reservoirs at just one-third of what it was obtaining in the past. The daily inflow of water into the reservoirs had come down to one-eighth of the normal flow during the season.

Consequently, the availability of power from the hydel stations was expected to decline by half from 8,000 million units to 4,000 million, the resolution said.

The State has to receive 1,041 MW as its share from Central power stations. However, it is now getting only 600-700 MW in the context of the generation at the Central stations having been reduced following a shortage of fuel. In the event, the State is expecting only 6,000 million units from the Central power stations in place of 7,300 million units it received last year.

The resolution noted that the State was facing a deficit of 5,000 million units this year, in context of the requirement of 15,500 million units.

The price of power from thermal stations has gone up to Rs 12.40 a unit in tandem with the rise in the price of naphtha to more than Rs 63,000 a tonne.

The purchase of high-cost power from the thermal stations had put the State Electricity Board under heavy financial burden, the resolution said.

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