Capacity of 6,279 MW will be added to State grid by 2014 when new projects will be commissioned: CM
The government has asserted that the situation in the power sector would definitely improve by 2014 as various ongoing generation and transmission/distribution projects would be completed by then. Making a statement in the Assembly on Monday on power supply position in the State, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy said a capacity of 6,279 MW would be added to the 15,800 MW-strong State grid, by 2014 when new projects of AP Genco, Central and private developers would be commissioned. Further, 5,259 MW capacity would be ready under wind energy plants by 2017.