Haryana’s bid to buy 500MW power on short-term basis for three years to tide over the power shortage in state has hit a roadblock.
An order of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) to allow the Haryana Power Purchase Centre (HPPC) to buy power from two private power producers only for a limited period starting from April to October each year instead of round-the-year has come as a setback for the state’s plan to buy round-the-clock power.
The state is short of about 2,400MW power every day. This includes 1,424MW of Adani Power, 380MW of Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd (CGPL) and 600MW from Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant in Hisar.
