The Haryana Power Generation Company Limited (HPGCL) is likely to purchase 1,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from three private entities for three years starting this week to resolve the power crisis in the state, officials said after holding a marathon high-level review meeting regarding the existing power scenario on Monday. HPGCL would be able to avail this power the instant it would be required to meet the state’s demand, they added.
Officials did, however, say that the purchase of the 1,000MW of electricity is an ad-hoc arrangement–but for three years. Officials said generally such arrangements are in place for four months but the existing scenario is different because there is a power shortage of around a maximum of 2,000MW in the state.
