CHANDIGARH: Summer has come a month earlier and the predictions of dry spells are making Haryana sweat because the state has inadequate power backup. After failing to add own capacity, Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) now cries before Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) for justice, making the situation worse.
Electricity consumers will bear the brunt of both dry weather and limited coal stock. For the past more than a week, the state requires 6,200 to 8,300 megawatts of electricity in the lean period to peak hours every evening, of which it gets only 6,200 to 6,600 MW, a daily deficit of 1,900 to 2,200 MW.
