Tn To Supply Power To Kerala At Rs 2.10 A Unit

Tamil Nadu will charge Rs 2.10 per unit for power being supplied to Kerala from last night at the rate of 100 mw per day for two weeks, according to a memorandum of understanding signed yesterday.

The Kerala State Electricity Board will make an advance of Rs 5 crore in a couple of days and settle the bill at the end of the agreement period for the actual supply.

These decisions were taken by the officials of the two governments in Chennai yesterday. The talks were held as a follow-up to Sundays decision by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to supply power to the neighbouring state to help it tide over the current crisis, a Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) press release said yesterday.

 

It was decided that the Udumalpet-Idukki 230 kv line would be closed from last night to enable drawal of this additional power by the Kerala State Electricity Board. It was decided to calculate the drawal in excess of Keralas eligibility from the Union governments power stations, in order to arrive at a correct estimate of Tamil Nadus sales.

The memorandum of understanding was signed by T G Srinivasan, member (accounts), and S R Krishnamurthy, member (generation), on behalf of TNEB and K G Rajasekaran Vair, acting chairman and member (accounts), and P A Sidartha Menon, member (technical), on behalf of the Kerala State Electricity Board.

In another development the Kerala government announced restoration of 25 per cent power supply to low-tension and high-tension industrial users on conditional basis from today, bringing down the 100 per cent power cut for these categories to 75 per cent.

However, power cut for 35 extra-high-tension users in the state will continue to be 100 per cent. The announcement was made in Thiruvananthpuram by Kerala finance minister T Sivadasa Menon during discussions in Chennai on Sunday.