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Discoms ensuring uninterrupted power to hospitals, oxygen plants
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Energy Secretary lauds employees for their round-the-clock services
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Energy Secretary lauds employees for their round-the-clock services
The Energy Department has attached due priority to supplying power to oxygen plants, which have become the lifeline for the COVID-19 patients.
Nodal officers, not less than the rank of an executive engineer, have been posted in-charge of each one of the 22 oxygen plants (three of them are major units located in Visakhapatnam city and Srikakulam district) in the purview of the three Discoms with a demand of 2,49,196 KVA.
“By doing so, continuous power supply is ensured,” Energy Secretary N. Srikant said in a review meeting on Friday.
APERC public hearing on power tariff begins
Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) Chairman C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy said that due to the decisions taken in the financial year 2019-20, the State government has saved ₹200 crore on power purchase.
He was delivering the inaugural address for the three-day public hearing on Aggregate Revenue Requirement and tariff filing for Financial Year 2021-22 at the APEPDCL office here on Monday.
Due to the the prevailing COVID-19 situation, the hearing was held online for all the three Discoms APEPDCL, APCPDCL and APSPDCL.
He said that the APERC will take a balanced decision keeping in view the financial position of the Discoms and interests of consumers.