Big Relief: JKPDD Announces No Power Cut From Today In These Areas

Jammu, June 20: To provide respite to the consumers during the ongoing heat wave in the Jammu region, the Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department (JKPDD) has announced that there will be no power curtailment in Jammu City from 20 th June onwards.

In Rural/Unmetered areas, the power cut shall be restricted below 6 hours.  The improvement in power supply situation is attributable to the following developments:-

II. Similarly, the power allocation from Government of India has increased by 200 MW from Hydro generating stations located outside J&K from where J&K imports power, due to improved generation in central Sector hydro generators such as Naptha Jhakri, Koldam and Tehri.

Additionally, there has been an improvement in thermal generation also by around 60 MW, leading to higher allocation of power to J&K.

It was also informed that in the present era of digitalization, stringent payment security mechanisms have been introduced by the power generating companies (gencos), whereby, JKPDD has to make advance payments to the gencos for procurement of power.

It is worthwhile to mention that the power procurement price from market is also soaring high with average per unit price ranging from Rs. 5 to Rs. 7, against which J&K is charging heavily subsidized average tariff of Rs. 3 only per unit from the residential consumers.

In light of above, the JKPDD spokesperson appealed to the general public to use power judiciously and pay their electricity bills on Time to enable JKPDD to in turn make timely payments to gencos and ensure smooth power supply to the consumers during.