- Venkat Gandhi Poddutoori I feel sad that the state of AP that we belonged to for 58 Years choose to Breach the Law and deny the fair Share of Power promised in the Andhra Pradesh Re-organization Act 2014 that the people of Telangana needed most in the peak Summer . APERC has summarized as below in its Order on 11th Aug 2014 “ Chapter V- Summary of Findings 97. The PPAs submitted by APCC/APDISCOMS are not void for want of express consent of the Commission. Refer Paras 53 to 77 above. 98. The attempted withdrawal of select PPAs by APGENCO is not valid and such PPAs cannot be unilaterally rescinded by APGENCO. Refer Paras 78 to 88 http://www.aperc.gov.in/aperc1/assets/uploads/files/4aea9-o.p.-no.s14-to-25-of-2012-(suo-moto).pdf No force can set right the ...

While AP CM Chandrababu Naidu makes all positive noises about solving issues through dialogue with his TS counterpart, he continues to play the negative role in adhering to the AP Reorganisation Act or to the advice of Central Government bodies. Only yesterday the ERC rejected AP’s ‘PPA Cancellation’ exercise in a detailed report. Today, AP rejected those findings and continued to insist the PPAs are cancelled and so it can’t share power with Telangana. The AP Reorganisation Act ensured 53 per cent of the available supply to the new state while AP refuses to abide by it. AP has rejected guidelines from CEA, APERC, LDC, Union Power Ministry in the PPA issue till now and seems in no mood to abide by ...

Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) of China has come forward to set up a 660-1,000 Mw power generation facility in Telangana in the shortest time possible. A high level delegation from Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) of China met the Hon’ble Chief Minister Sri. K. Chandrashekar Rao today at Secretariat. The delegation consists of Mr. Han Zhiqiao, President DEC International and Chairman DEC India, Mr. Liang Jian, Managing Director, DEC India, Dr. Zhang Hong, General Manager (Thermal) DEC International China, Mr. Zhang Chengli, Mr. S.K. Bhan DEC Representative in India. DEC is the world’s largest power equipment manufacturers and are based at Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Their main business has been power equipment manufacturing and power projects contracting. They have their business base in more than 30 countries and ...

Desperate to tide over the power deficit in the state, Telangana Government  has decided to call for bids towards procuring 2,000 MW of power on medium term basis immediately, from generation in Southern region. Through a GO on Wednesday, it authorised the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana as the lead procurer, and instructed it to initiate proceedings for power procurement for five years through Case-I bidding. The 2,000 MW is expected to be for medium term period of 5-7 years and a successful bid may translate to getting additional power in few months through the southern grid.While 1,000 MW is being purchased from Chhattisgarh on a long-term basis, that plan may need time to fructify considering the non-availability of ...

AP Government blocked a bid by the Neeraja Mathur Committee to give Telangana it’s due share in power, as per the AP Reorganisation Act. In the 2nd meeting held in Delhi yesterday, AP questioned the locus standi of the Committee to oversee the PPA dispute between both the states. This brings the issue back to square one. AP’s stance was always questionable as AP CM Chandrababu Naidu declared even earlier that the Committee is just an advisory body. The Committee held it’s 1st meeting on July 14th and both states presented their arguments. Based on the arguments, the Committee sent a draft of its recommendations last week to both the state governments. AP which didn’t question the authority of the ...