VIJAYAWADA: In view of increased demand for medical oxygen, the state energy department has prepared an action plan to ensure continuous power supply to oxygen manufacturing plants on priority so as to facilitate faster generation and supply of the critical gas. The department has also appointed special officers for all the 22 oxygen generation units in the state.
In a review meeting held on Friday by energy secretary Srikant Nagulapalli on power supply particularly to hospitals and oxygen generating units, the officials said, “Power utilities have accorded highest priority to oxygen plants in operation and appointed special nodal officers, who are not less than the rank of an executive engineer, to each plant to ensure the continuous power supply. There are 22 such oxygen generating plants under the purview of three Discoms with energy demand of 2,49,196 kilo volt ampere (kVA).”
