TANGEDCO exceeds hydro power generation target for 2021-22
CHENNAI: TANGEDCO has exceeded the annual target set by Central Electricity Authority for hydro power generation in 2021-22. During this period, TANGEDCO generated 5,514.10 Million Units (MU), which was higher than the previous five years. The power utility’s earlier record was 5,470 MU in 2019-20.
A senior official told The New Indian Express that the Central Electricity Authority’s (CEA) annual target was 3,853.74 MU (in 2021-22), and TANGEDCO exceeded it after the Mettur Dam and Tunnel Hydro Plant generated 663.13 MU, because of adequate water availability in the dam.
