‘Centralized Cell’ to streamline power sale, purchase management in HP
Aimed at revolutionizing the coordination of power trading strategies and transactions within the state’s energy sector, the Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to establish a Single Energy Trading Desk.
“The move is set to reshape the landscape of energy management in Himachal Pradesh, ensuring efficient short, medium, and long-term planning and the economic disposition of energy resources, commencing in the financial year 2024-25,” said the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday.
The Chief Minister said that the nature has blessed Himachal with abundant water resources, boasting a total hydro potential estimated at a staggering 24,567 MW (megawatt), whereas only 11,150 MW has been harnessed through 172 hydro projects till date.
