Andhra Pradesh Magazine English May 2016 | Page 22

ANDHRA PRADESH SOON TO BE

100% HOUSEHOLD
ELECTRIFICATION STATE

T

he Andhra Pradesh power
utilities are gearing up to
achieve the rare distinction of
cent percent electrification of
households, including those in the
rural and remote areas.
Over 1.37 lakh households were
provided electricity connection in
2014-15. The number went up by
another 2.37 lakh in 2015-16.
The government has set a deadline
of May this year to complete electrification of the remaining 2.09 lakh
households. The power utilities are
working overtime to provide power
connections to these houses.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu
Naidu is likely to declare completion of 100 per cent electrification
of all households in the State tentatively on June 8, making the State
the first in achieving the distinction.

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Principal Energy Secretary Ajay Jain
said that despite steep increase in
the demand during summer, the
utilities were able to meet the average daily demand of 158 million
units for all categories of con-

sumers, except for the agricultural
sector, thus fulfilling the 24X7 supply under the ‘power for all’
scheme.

rs 1-lakh cr investments in
power sector

The Andhra Pradesh Government is
on course to investments of over Rs.
1 lakh crore in capacity addition in
the power sector over the next five
years.
In the Government’s efforts to ensure supply of electricity at affordable prices and provide quality
power, the new investments in the
public and private sector are expected to play a major role and
make a difference to consumers as
also attracting new investments
into the State.
The proposed investments include
Rs. 28,000 crore for 4000 MW Pudimadaka project of NTPC near Vizag,
Rs. 20,000 crore for Thermaltech
and Sembcorp in Nellore, Rs. 11,000
crore of AP Genco Krishnapatnam
(800MW) and VTPS (800 MW), Rs.

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The State
Government has set a
deadline of May this
year to complete
electrification of the
remaining households in the state to
achieve the distinction of electricity for
all cent percent.
30,000 crore for renewable energy
sector of Solar (2500 MW) and
Wind (2500 MW) power and Rs.
25,000 crore for transmission and
distribution projects.
In an open letter to the people, the
Chief Minister N Chandrababu
Naidu has appealed to them to participate in the energy conservation
mission initiated by the Government.
Coinciding with the International
Energy Efficiency workshop in Vijayawada, the Government plans to
launch a number of projects including supply of energy efficiency fans
and pump sets.
Having become a power surplus
State from a deficit one, the State
would be able to sell 10,472 MU of
power per annum to the other
states. This is likely to yield income
of Rs. 4,492 crore.
In its efforts to drive energy efficiency programmes, the State is
planning to become a “Incandescent
Free Bulb State” by March 2017.
This will be by replacing existing
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