The state development that could additionally strain the relations between the two Telugu-speaking states, Andhra Pradesh has requested around Rs.4,000 crore of long-pending power dues from Telangana and has cautioned to stop the power supplies if power due are not paid .
Telangana needs more power than the remaining Andhra Pradesh state owing to high demand from its industrial and agricultural consumers the last vigorously dependent to groundwater for cultivating and gets free power.
Despite the fact that most power generating stations are geologically situated in lingering Andhra Pradesh, the states are sharing force 43.11% and 56.89% separately, based on a formula on past utilization.
Of 16,465-MW power generation resources of the past undivided state, the remaining Andhra Pradesh possesses more than 60% regarding land area, while Telangana claims under 40% of generation limits.
The residual Andhra Pradesh now guarantees that it was creating power by bearing the production costs and was providing to Telangana as far back as the bifurcation, and dues have heaped up finished the previous three years.
We have requested that Telangana clear long pending dues of around Rs.4,000 crore,” said Ajay Jain, the energy secretary of Andhra pradesh government. At first, Telangana power utilities had consented to clear payments and along these lines raised certain debate and stoped payments, he told ET.
Given the high costs engaged with power generation, remaining Andhra Pradesh now sees that it was suitable to produce just to the degree of its re quirements and cut down production by slowing down around 375 MW of supplies Telangana.
Addmitting receipt of notice from Andhra energy division, D Prabhakar Rao, administrator of Telangana’s power generation and transmission utilities, notwithstanding, asserted the choice of AP to slow down power supplies would not affect Telangana.
We owe around Rs.3,100 crore to Andhra against power supplies, while Andhra Pradesh owes us around . 2,000 crore, which leaves the adjust ` at around Rs.1,100 crore or thereabouts,” said Rao. Andhra had prior consented to reconcile the records, however has now served the notice on us.
Telangana, which has included around 4,100 MW of power generation limits in the course of recent years after the state formation, as of now has an aggregate introduced limit of around 11,000 MW, said Rao. Respecting the power supply arrangement with Andhra, we were in fact backing down our power generation stations to the tune of over 500 MW.
We will keep up cordial relations with Andhra in spite of its decision to slow down power supplies as it won’t affect us.