The Telangana Government has made arrangement for supply of 1000 MW of power from the power-surplus State of Chhattisgarh.
A memorandum of understanding was entered into between by S.K.Joshi and Aman Singh, Principal Secretary Energy of Telangana and Chhattisgarh governments in the presence of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and his Chhattisgarh counterpart Raman Singh in Raipur today.
As per the memorandum, Chhattisgarh is expected to supply power from Madwa Thermal power project located in Janjgir-Champa district now under construction and expected to be commissioned by March next.
It was also decided that a power purchase agreement would be entered into between the two states and the tariff for purchase is likely to be fixed by the Electricity Regulatory Commission.
While the memorandum provides for supply of 1000 MW to Telangana, the State is hoping to seek more power from Chhattisgarh.
The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited is making necessary arrangement to set up an evacuation line from Chhatisgarh to Telangana. Till such time the new line to evacuate power is developed, it is proposed to get power via Maharashtra line.
During the meeting, Rao, while thanking his counterpart sought his support in providing another 1000 MW of power to the State, which is currently faced with huge demand-supply mismatch.
The Chief Minister said that a letter has been written to the Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal requesting the Centre to develop a new transmission line to facilitate supply of power to Telangana.
During the meeting, both the Chief Ministers also decided to cooperate in irrigation projects, including Inchampalli project on Godavari river on the border between the two States.