Power Curtailment Set To Increase For Feeders With Over 40 Per Cent Losses | Kashmir Life

SRINAGAR: The Power Development Department (PDD) is likely to announce a new power curtailment schedule for consumers in the Kashmir division, which will include extra hours of load shedding in high Aggregate Technical and Commercial loss zones.

Sources informed that the Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited (KPDCL) is devising a new power curtailment plan that is likely to be rolled out in the coming days.

They said that power feeders recording losses of more than 40 per cent may face restrictions of four to six hours.

“As of now, areas with more than 40 per cent Aggregate Technical and Commercial losses are facing a power curtailment of nearly four hours. However, in the revised schedule, these feeders may face power shedding of five to six hours,” sources said.

They added that in the case of feeders recording losses between 20 and 40 per cent, consumers may face power curtailment of three hours. “Earlier, there was a restriction of only two hours. However, an additional one-hour curtailment is in the pipeline.”

Sources further said that there will be no power curtailment in areas where feeders are recording less than 20 per cent Aggregate Technical and Commercial losses.

On power distribution, sources said the distribution company, on average, was delivering 1,700 megawatts of power. “During peak hours, we are meeting a demand of 1,900 to 1,950 megawatts of power in the Kashmir region.”

Pertinently, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah last week said that nearly 48 per cent of households in Srinagar are enjoying uninterrupted electricity supply following a successful Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme trial with zero power cuts.

The Chief Minister, in a post on X, congratulated KPDCL on making another 83 areas in Srinagar round the clock power zones following a successful Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme trial with zero power cuts.

“With this, 108 areas in Srinagar now enjoy uninterrupted electricity supply, benefiting 1.25 lakh households, nearly 48 per cent of the city. Similar upgrades are underway in other districts to ensure round the clock power supply,” he said. (KNO)