Maharashtra sends notice to Tata Power for Mumbai power outage on Feb 27

Tata Power says the issuance of the notice by MSLDC is a part of laid out procedures during such events.

The Maharashtra government has asked Tata Power to explain the company’s Trombay power plant failing to comply with a directive to ramp up production—a shortage that stopped the city on February 27th morning.

In a notice dated March 2 the State Load Despatch Centre, the apex body which ensures integrated operation of the power system in the state, asked the company to send detailed reasons for the power outage or it will take strict action against the company as per the Electricity Act 2003. The SLDC said there was continuous over-drawal of electricity to the tune of 800-1700 MW from