Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Limited (Tantransco) has indicated the problem of NLC units failure, resulting in a lack of allocation of the state from the central generation stations (CGS).
Tamil Nadu loses a share of 745 MW out of 1,999 MW due to forced outages in May, Tantransco chairman J Radhakrishnan stated in a recent letter addressed to NLC India Ltd.
“In the past years, NLC units have maintained less generations that quote the various reasons that make Tamil Nadu gain a smaller schedule against the assigned share there by facing many hardships in maintaining their balance of” load generation “,” he said.
The Center for Sending Tamil Nadu is facing great difficulties in maintaining the balance of the generation of the load, especially during the non -volume hours, said Mr. Radhakrishnan. He called for the necessary immediate measures in the long -term perspective to remedy the outage and maintain full generation from the complex NLC units during the current summer period, especially during non -volume peaks.
Tantransco also pointed out that there was an available cross -country unit during 12 May, leading to a total affected share of 964 MW of 1,999 MW.
Tamil Nadu grid faces 5 peaks, namely morning peak, solar peak, evening peak, lighting peak and air -conditioned (AC) night peak. At present, the solar peak and evening peak are met through renewable energy sources, namely solar and wind, among other generators, according to the policy of the State Energy Department for 2025–2026.
The lack of resources faces during the morning peak, peak of lighting and peak AC, especially in the months of February, March, April and May. After the demand with available sources see. Thermal, hydro, central generation station (CGS), long -term open access (LTOA), medium -term access (MTOA) and sources of renewable energy sources, lack of demands are met through the short -term market (dam), during the long time market (RTTM), in real time (RTTM).
The challenges faced by the grid is the heat outages, the CGS shares outages, among other things, the political note emphasized.
Tamil Nadu reached 19 May 2024 Historically High Top Energy Demand for 20,830 MW and a record high daily consumption of 454.32 million units on April 30, 2024. Last month, the Minister of the SS Sivasankar said that Tamil Nadu was in demand for the current summer.
Energy consumption in India was 148.7 billion units in May 2025, which meant a 4%decline compared to the previous year. Uncomfortable rains and early onset of monsoon maintained temperatures lower than usual, leading to a reduction in demand for electricity according to Indian energy exchange.
Published – June 5, 2025 12:46 PM
