While power demand has gone up, still Odisha continues to be a surplus State so far as energy availability is concerned, officials in the Department of Energy said.
A senior official said that as reported by State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC), the State energy demand for 2017-18 was 25,391 Million Unit (MU), in 2018-19, it was 26,268 MU and in 2019-20 up to October it was 19,053 MU respectively.
This demand was met from the power available through various generating sources in the State as well as State’s entitlement from Central generation stations. Thus the State maintains its status as power surplus State, pointed out the official.
