VIJAYAWADA: With improvement in coal arrivals to thermal units and an increase in thermal power production, the procurement of energy from exchanges by the Discoms has come down. The prices in the spot market, which touched Rs 20 per unit in the last week, have come down drastically, thereby easing the burden on the already beleaguered power utilities.
While the off-peak prices have come down to as low as Rs 3.01 per unit (not the landed cost) on Wednesday, the peak hour price remained at Rs 20 per unit at the exchanges, according to Union Ministry of Power’s portal. The State power utilities procured about 748 MW between 11.30 am and 12 pm, when the per unit price at exchange stood at Rs 3.15.
