Odisha to have 3.1 % excess power in peak hours
The average availability of power during the peak hours is pegged at 4,019 Mw against the demand of 3,900 Mw,
 "Odisha to have 3.1 % excess power in peak hours")
The average availability of power during the peak hours is pegged at 4019 Mw against the demand of 3900 Mw, a surplus of 119 Mw, for the current fiscal.
Seven months of the fiscal will have surplus power availability in the peak hours. However, there will be deficit in supply during the balance five months.
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The months with surplus power availability are April, May, June, July, August, September and October with excess supply of 5.4 per cent, 5.1 per cent, 4.8 per cent, 3.8 per cent, 8.5 per cent , 8.6 per cent and 4.2 per cent respectively. The power demand is projected at 3700 Mw in April, May, July, August and September while for June and October the demand is 3750 Mw and 3800 Mw respectively.
On the contrary November, December, January, February and March will have deficit supply. The projected demand in these months will be 3650 MW (for November and December), 3720 Mw, 3,750 Mw and 3900 Mw with the availability being 3331 Mw, 3471 Mw, 3578 Mw, 3572 Mw and 3748 Mw respectively.
The maximum shortfall of 8.7 per cent (319 Mw) will be in the month of November.
Similarly, the total energy requirement in state is pegged at 27363 million units (mu) against the availability of 27151, a deficit of 212 mu ( a marginal 0.8 per cent deficit). The energy availability will be surplus in all the months except November(7.9 per cent shortfall) , December(17.3 per cent), January(6.7 per cent), February(10.1 per cent) and March (7.2 per cent).
Odisha had faced marginal actual energy shortage of 1.7 per cent in 2013-14 against anticipated energy shortage of 0.8 per cent.
It may be noted that the state government has signed pacts with 29 independent power producers (IPPs) with a combined generation capacity of around 37,000 Mw. The state’s share from these projects was pegged at about 6,000 Mw.
Out of the MoU singed companies, Vedanta Resources owned Sterlite Energy is the first IPP to have gone into production. The company has commissioned its 2,400 Mw plant at Burkhamunda near Jharsuguda. Similarly, GMR Energy has commissioned three units of 350 Mw each out of its proposed 1,400 Mw project at Kamalanga in Dhenkanal district.