Tata Power DDL gears up to meet record peak summer demand

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (Tata Power-DDL) has estimated a peak electricity demand of about 2,150 mw this summer season and made an arrangement of up to 2,400 mw, the power utility catering to north Delhi said in a release.

As per IMD’s summer forecast  2021 the regions along the Indo Gangetic Plains including Delhi are likely to experience maximum temperatures that will be above normal during May and June. The forecast says that the maximum temperatures can go up to 0.71 degree Celsius over the normal Long Period Average (LPA), the release noted.

TPDDL is fully prepared to meet any increase in electricity demand by the essential service providers amidst the raging pandemic like hospitals, vaccination centres, quarantine centres, pharmacies, labs, water treatment plant, street lights etc.  The company also believes that the work from home guidelines during the ongoing pandemic will further increase the domestic AC load leading to a spurt in demand.

 

Power arrangements

TPDDL’s power arrangements during the summer-months include long-term agreements from power-plants like Maithon Power, NTPC stations, and Delhi-based gas fuelled generating stations. Additionally, the company will also be receiving around 20 mw from Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), 180 mw from Sun Edison and around 50 mw from wind energy. The company had also exported power up to 200 mw to Kerala and Tamil Nadu during winter of 2020 under banking arrangements and the same power shall now be returned by these states to Tata Power-DDL in the summer months of 2021. Additionally Renewable, non-solar, power has also been arranged from Himachal Pradesh. Any further requirements will be met through power exchanges by the company.

Apart from these, Tata Power-DDL is also using advanced techniques and avenues like ‘Banking’, ‘Reserve Shutdown’, ‘Power Exchange’ and ensuring sufficient ‘Spinning Reserves’  towards effective power management.

 

Prior maintenance

Tata Power-DDL has already strengthened its power network by conducting preventive and condition based maintenance of all critical electrical installations during January and February 2021, the release added.

(Featured photograph showing a grid substation of TPDDL is for illustration only)