WITH peak demand for electricity expected to cross 15,000-MW mark this summer, Punjab with generation capacity of 6600 MW from its own sources, will have to fill the gap in demand and supply by purchasing power and draw it from state’s share in the central pool.
On Tuesday, the demand was 6523 MW and it would cross 15,000 MW during the paddy transplantation season, power utility sources say. They predict that while the government will be able to sail through in the current year, the next year would be difficult. The government would have to think on generation line.
