Delhi's total power requirement in 2010 - including what it will need for the Commonwealth Games - has been pegged at 6,000 MW, twice the present average requirement of 3,000 MW.
In order to bridge the gap between requirement and supply, a committee has been formed to make plans to meet the additional demands.
"The committee has been formed to chalk out a plan to meet power demands that are expected to peak when the games are held in the city. We are assessing the load requirement and ways to meet it," SR Sethi, director, operations, Transco, who heads the committee, told
Business Standard.
The committee has representatives from the Central Electricity Authority, the Planning Commission and power distribution companies.
"We are planning at 20 per cent more power than the requirement and are also exploring a cold reserve for taking care of unforeseen outages. We may set up a gas turbine which can be available at a short notice when a power generation
plant trips," Sethi added.
Delhi government officials believe that the task is easy to achieve given the fact that the state has recently signed up to purchase 1,031 MW power from the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation THDC) and the NTPC Ltd.
According to agreements between Delhi Transco Ltd and power generating companies, the THDC will supply 600 MW and the NTPC will supply 431 MW. Power supply will reach capacity by 2009, ahead of the Commonwealth Games in 2010.
There are also plans for setting up a 490-MW plant at Dadri that will contribute towards meeting Delhi's needs.
This will take Delhi's power generation capacity to 2,000 MW. To add to the kitty, around 200 MW is also expected to come from Bhutan, by December.
The officials' enthusiasm stems from the proposed 2,000-MW plant in Chhattisgarh to exclusively service Delhi's power needs. "Around 900 MW will come from the Chhattisgarh plant when the games begin," Sethi said.
