PANJIM: The Union Ministry of Power has asked States to utilise unallocated power of the Central Generating Stations (CGS) only to meet the power requirement of their own consumers.
The Ministry also warned that in case any State (government) is found that they are not serving their consumers and selling power in the power exchanges at higher rate, the unallocated power of such States shall be withdrawn and allocated to other needy States.
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In a statement issued by the Ministry on Tuesday, it has stated that it was brought to their notice 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 high prices, the Ministry added.
“As per the guidelines for allocation of power, 15 per cent power from the CGSs is kept under ‘unallocated power’ which is allocated by the Central Government to the needy States to meet the requirement of power of the consumers,” said the Ministry.
It further added that the responsibility to supply power to the consumers is of the distribution companies and they should first serve their consumers who have the right to receive 24×7 power supply.
“Thus, the distribution companies should not sell the power in the power exchange and starve their own consumers. The States have therefore been requested to use the unallocated power for supplying electricity to the consumers of the State,” said the Ministry.
“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 States,” the Ministry added.
