NTPC may cut power to 3 southern states over non-payment; UP next in list

Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh may face power cut from 9 February

Electricity shortages loom over five states at a time when the respective governments would like to ensure a round-the-clock supply in the election season. 

NTPC has issued notices to Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh for “regulating power supply” from February 9 owing to non-payment of outstanding dues for more than two months. All these states are governed by non-BJP parties. 

NTPC has outstanding dues of Rs 7,859 crore, of which Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh account for the most, said executives of the state-run power company. The three Southern states, which together owe Rs