A blame game has begun between Tata Power and state-run transmission utility Mahatransco over the massive power outage in the financial capital earlier this week.
Mahatransco (Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited – MSETCL) Chairman and Managing Director Dinesh Waghmare said Tata Power’s plants took time to start generating electricity following the grid collapse on Monday morning, resulting in the specially created ‘islanding’ system not working.
Hydel power stations can start generating power in 10 minutes, but Tata Power’s took over five hours, while its thermal power stations came on board only past midnight, resulting in longer time required for restoration of power to residents, Waghmare told a TV news channel on Thursday.
