Mumbai: With the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) fearing a shortfall of 40 to100 megawatts (Mw) from this summer to March 2024, the undertaking has sought immediate short-term agreements with power suppliers.
This shortfall was initially supposed to be met through renewable energy (RE), but this will be possible only from December 2024 onwards. BEST thus approached the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC), which on March 31 passed an order asking it to go in for short-term power procurement from April ‘23 to March ’24 to meet the shortfall.
“We have an agreement with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for procurement of 400 Mw of wind-solar hybrid power at a tariff of ₹2.48 per unit for 25 years,” explained a senior BEST official.
