With the sowing season of paddy kicking in and amid intense heatwave situations in Punjab, the ability demand within the state crossed 16,000 MW for the primary time and touched an all-time excessive of 16,078 MW on Wednesday. Energy division officers stated through the peak demand, Punjab’s personal technology stood round 5,700 MW whereas greater than 10,300 MW was drawn from the northern grid.
On Tuesday, Punjab had provided 3,390 lakh unit (LU) of energy and the Punjab State Energy Company Restricted (PSPCL) bought 588 LU of energy from different exchanges.
In the meantime, amid heightened energy demand, a unit of the 660 MW Talwandi Sabo energy station tripped on account of a boiler drawback and thus, the PSPCL is anticipated to buy extra energy on Wednesday. Because of the journey, experiences of unscheduled energy cuts are being reported from a number of components of the nation.
Over the past 5 days, demand for energy in Punjab has been hovering above 15,000 MW. AS per accessible knowledge, on June 13, it was 15,478 MW, 15,815 MW on June 14, 15,448 MW on June 15, 15,030 on June 16 and 15, 484 MW on June 17. On Tuesday, it stood at 15,930 MW.
All of the 4 items of the Ranjit Sagar Dam (RSD) challenge are working to bridge the hole between the demand and provide. The reservoir degree at RSD is 504.67 metre in opposition to final 12 months’s degree of 511.97 metre. That is greater than seven metre lower than final 12 months’s degree on the corresponding day.
The coal inventory in any respect thermal items in states is adequate besides the Talwandi Sabo energy plant which has three days of coal inventory.
As anticipated, the utmost energy demand of Punjab might cross 16,500 MW within the coming days if no climate reduction is seen. The PSPCL can draw 10,000 MW from exterior Punjab, together with energy allocation and purchases, via the northern grid and for the steadiness 6,500 MW and above, the hole will probably be stuffed by the PSPCL from the ability accessible in Punjab.
The PSPCL had earlier set a document of three,435.4 lakh items of energy provide on a single day on June 24, 2023 and had additionally set a brand new document of most energy demand of 15,325 MW on June 23, 2023.