Power supply across India is abundant and there should not be concerns about power shortage, said Gurdeep Singh, CMD of NTPC Ltd.
Singh was speaking in the wake of Delhi government’s letter to the centre about the acute shortage of coal in the capital’s thermal power stations.
The Delhi government on Wednesday warned the centre about an impending electricity crisis in the national capital because of fast depleting coal stockpiles at power plants in the city.
State power minister Satyendar Jain told union minister of state for power RK Singh that the situation is “extremely critical”.
“We have sufficient supply and there has been backing down on the power stations and now with rain setting in, the power demand is not going to increase so sharply,” added Singh.
There has been some concerns on the coal stock level, but there is no problem as far as power supply is concerned, he said.
“Power consumption is increasing at a very fast rate and this is registering almost about 6 percent growth and as far as NTPC is concerned, we are registering almost 8 percent growth,” said Singh.
On draft tariff policy front, he said it’s too early to comment on it.
“Discussions are going on,” he said. “We will be submitting our comments by July 15 to honourable commission.”