GUWAHATI, Sept 5 - Although Assam�s power generation installed capacity is 280 MW, which is around 15 per cent of the total demand in peak hours now, the four State-owned projects are generating just around 150 MW daily, which is half the installed capacity. As on today, the Lakwa Thermal Power Station generated 93 MW of power (both in peak and off-peak hours) against its installed capacity of 167 MW. Sources said there had been some technical snags in a transformer which has affected production in the project since the last few days.
The Karbi Langpi project generated 50 MW of power against its capacity of 100 MW. According to sources, one unit of the project is closed since February after a decision was taken for overhauling it. The work is still pending.
The government has also decided to replace the old units of the Namrup thermal plant with two units of the Namrup Replacement Power Project (NRPP). The new units were to be commissioned on May 28, but due to a technical snag it will be delayed till 2021. The result � the old Namrup project produced just 10 MW of power in the peak hours today.
Performance issues have been plaguing the Myntriang Small Hydro Electric Project (MSHEP) for years now. It has a capacity of 13.5 MW, but it produced just 4.5 MW during the off peak hours today.
The gross power demand during the peak hours in the last 24 hours was 2012 MW (at 8 pm last night), while in the off peak hours (at 8 am today) the demand was 1448 MW.
To meet the demand, the State got 626 MW from the NEEPCO projects, and 702 MW from three other power projects in the region. From NTPC, 154 MW was procured, while 144 MW was bought from Bhutan�s Mangdechu HEP. The demand met was 1213 MW.
The maximum demand met by APDCL till date is 1964 MW.
Sources in APDCL said there have been no issues of load-shedding. �The power cuts at places are results of faults and technical issues. As it is peak summer, the heavy load in the equipment, like transformers, often lead to snags,� the sources added.
