Adani giving power at cheaper rate: Haryana Power Minister

Haryana Power Minister Ajay Yadav today said Adani Group is supplying power at cheaper rate as compared to state-owned power generating units.
"Haryana is getting power at a rate of Rs 3.26 per unit from Adani Group which is cheaper as compared to power generated by own sources," he said in a release.
Refuting the allegations leveled by opposition in this matter, Yadav said power was being purchased from Adani Group within the frame of policy and nothing was wrong in purchasing cheap power from outside the state.
Opposition party INLD had accused the state government of deliberately purchasing electricity at higher rates to provide benefit to the private companies while shutting down its own power plants.

Last month, Haryana distrubition companies had claimed that the per unit cost of power sold from several units ranged between Rs 4.10 to 5.33 per unit.
Supporting the Minister, newly appointed Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) member M S Puri said on technical ground, the efficiency of new power plants is better as compare to old power plants.

"The power units of Panipat power plant are very old therefore the production would be costly whereas the production of power is cheap in new power plants," he said.
The power units of Adani Group are new and if the state is getting cheap power from Adani then it is good for the state, he added.

Puri said the position of Haryana is better in terms of power availability and it is among top three states in terms of per capita power consumption, with peak load at 8,000 MW.
Expressing concern over line losses, he said that there is a need to take necessary steps in this regard.