Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Nov 20:
In its pursuit of developing & optimally utilizing the available hydel potential of the state to provide cheaper & reliable power to all its consumers, JKPCL had a meeting with PTC India to explore the possibilities of optimizing its power procurement costs through various technical interventions. PTC shared its experience of working with other similar utilities for helping JKPCL for optimised scheduling and procurement of power through various power market channels including short term bilateral, power exchanges, medium term and long term solutions.
Meeting was chaired by Shri. Chaudhary Md. Yasin, Managing Director, JKPCL. Mr. Harish Saran, Executive Director, PTC India, Mr. Neeraj Sharma, Chief Engineer were present during the meeting with other officers from JKPCL and PTC India.
It is worthwhile to mention that JKPCL is procuring power to the tune of 3150 MW from all sources to cater the load of UT of JK , achieving a-peak load of 3133 MW in winters of 23-24 and 2924 MW in summer of 24-25 with a average load of 2450 MW Commenting on the occasion, Shri Chaudhary Md. Yaseen, Managing Director, JKPCL said:
“JKPCL remains committed to optimising the power procurement costs for supply of power to the consumers of J&K and development of sustainable infrastructure for the consumers. We will continue exploring avenues for optimising Power procurement costs and improving the reliability of the power supply to the consumers.”
