Energy Bulletin to Play Regulator Role for Observing Power Supply in Andhra Pradesh

The state government has announced that it has decided to use the energy bulletin as a watchdog on the complete power supply situation in the state. Speaking to officials of the energy department, the minister for energy Balineni Srinivas Reddy said that the government targets to realize cost-effective and quality power supply with zero interruptions.

He further said the government has positioned a special emphasis on uninterrupted power supply and the implementation of the ‘Navaratnalu’ in the power sector.

“The policy of this government is to provide power from various sources, including thermal, hydro, and renewable sources. But it must be highly cost-effective and promote growth in various sectors. The energy bulletin will ensure transparency about the daily power supply position and become a powerful tool in the hands of people,” he said.

Affirming that the energy bulletin, which was introduced in July, is yielding good results, energy secretary Nagulapalli Srikant has recommended a five-point formula to make the energy bulletin more effective.

“Ensuring total transparency, enhancing responsibility at all levels, increasing scope for public participation, developing a feedback mechanism and quick response to the queries of people would help to make the energy bulletin initiative more fruitful.,” he said.

Srikant asked superintending engineers in districts, discoms officials and joint managing director of APTransco to focus especially on issuing the energy bulletin in a transparent manner and submit up-to-date reports to the government through the managing director.

The secretary also cautioned officials of APTransco and power discoms about the anticipating increase in power demand in the coming days. He said that the demand for energy is anticipated to rise and could touch around 185 million units in September itself from the existing 160 MU.