By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : Power trader PTC India will swap power with Orissa to help it overcome the power shortage it is facing currently, an official said Wednesday.
PTC – formerly Power Trading Corp of India – will supply about 150 MW daily to Grid Corp of Orissa (Gridco), the bulk supplier of electricity in the state.
Under a short-term agreement signed Tuesday, PTC will make the supply from Feb 25 to March 31, and get back 5 percent more than what it supplies between Sep 1 and Oct 15, Gridco director (commercial) A.C. Mallik, told IANS.
PTC will source the energy from New Delhi Power Ltd, a distribution company controlled by Tata Power.
Orissa is facing a daily shortfall of 110 MW after one unit of the Talcher thermal power plant developed a technical snag. The state government is at present meeting the shortfall drawing electricity from Orissa Hydro Power Corp.
According to Mallik, Orissa requires about 2,800-3,000 MW during peak periods, particularly in summer, and about 2,300-2,500 MW during off-peak periods.