With power situation easing off, PSPCL relaxes usage restrictions for industries

PSPCL relaxation for industries: With slight improvement in the power supply situation due to the resumption of one of the damaged Talwandi Sabo thermal power generating units, the Punjab government on Monday decided to ease off all power regulatory restrictions on industrial consumers, except those using continuous power, with immediate effect. Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) A Venu Prasad said that all industrial consumers in districts falling in central and border zones have been allowed to operate at full capacity from Monday. Also Read | Petrol and Diesel prices in India: Do you know how much are you paying as tax? Only the Continuous Process Industries including Textile, Chemicals, and Spinning Mills, which undertake round-the-clock operations would now be required to follow restrictions as applied earlier, he said. Also Read | Youth Congress workers carry weapons during protest against fuel prices hike Adding, he said that these guidelines would be reviewed once again after three days to take a fresh decision. It may be recalled that owing to an unprecedented rise in demand for power, the PSPCL had as a temporary measure ordered restrictions on Industrial consumers of the State in order to provide continuous power supply to Domestic consumers and 8 hours power supply to the Agriculture sector for paddy operations. Continuous process industries, as of now, have been asked to operate at 50 percent of continuous process load, a department spokesperson said. The spokesperson said that despite the failure of the Talwandi Sabo power plant, PSPCL had successfully met the highest ever energy demand of 3066 lakh units on July 1. The day’s demand had surpassed the earlier record of 3018 lakh units of power supply in a single day in the state. -PTC News